The Wright Brothers  liver for a time in Richmond, I think S 14 St.  > Thanks for bringing this to my attention - > > No, I was unaware of the Beaver Creek Meeting house - so I did a study > of information on the Wrights, available on WorldConnect - > > It seems that 4 or 5 of the sons of Richard Wright (w: Elizabeth Ann > Morgan) moved from the Uwharrie River, Rowan Co NC (Brethren Church > there) - to Wayne Co KY (just west of the Cumberland Gap on the > Cumberland River headwaters). >From what I remember of that area of > Kentucky, it could have been a good farming area. > > The youngest 2 sons: Amos and Philbert Wright moved on to Washington Co > IN (Amos' first wife, Elizabeth Lowe, died in Wayne Co KY, 1806). Some > of the children of others of the family also moved to Washington Co IN, > and the eldest son, Benjamin ended up at Indianapolis IN (one daughter > married and stayed in Washington Co). Your Evan went on to Missouri - > did he stop in Indiana on the way, or did he move directly from Wayne Co > KY to Macon Co MO? > > There is a possibility that this was a Brethren Family (especially since > Amos' son, John Wright, is listed as Dunker/Brethren -in Washington Co > IN), and that the Beaver Creek Meetinghouse (Christian Church) was > originally a Baptist Brethren. I'm going to have to investigate more of > the early families in Wayne Co. Can you tell me closer where this is > located? Be aware that Amos, Philbert and their families were leaders > in the Christian Church movement in Southern Indiana -and were involved > in the movement of all the Brethren Churches there into the Disciples of > Christ, Christian, Church. I'm not surprised to have Beaver Creek named > as a Christian Church - in later times, and would not be surprised to > find that it was originally one of the Brethren Churches. We Brethren > had a habit of naming our churches after nearby Rivers and Streams, > while few others churches did. This is one of the leads I use to locate > these early Brethren Churches of Kentucky (especially if it is a Baptist > or Primitive Baptist Church). > > Just a question - since the Wright Brothers lived over here in Henry Co > IN, before moving to Dayton - and the airplane - do they fit in this > expose? - possibly Benjamin's line? > > Merle C Rummel > >> >> I am researching Evans (?C) Wright. (1762-1846) >> >> Evans Wright went to Randolph Co., Missouri by 1830. He is in the 1830 >> Randolph Co., MO census. >> >> Evans Wright died in 1846 in Macon Co., Missouri. >> >> He possibly married a Rebecca Summers in 1793 in Wayne Co., KY. >> >> She is a possible daughter to Thomas Summers who died about 1805 in >> Wayne >> Co., KY. >> >> Evans Wright is a possible son of Richard Wright. >> >> Richard Wright died in 1784 in Rowan Co., North Carolina, wife Ann. >> >> >> >> > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >