I have a Greene County, PA brickwall of many years standing. Hope someone can help. My maternal 2nd great-grandfather was George B WRIGHT (14 Sep 1824-04 Aug 1863), born "in PA." He married Lucinda BOOHER on 24 Apr 1849, apparently in Greene County, where she was born 01 Oct 1827, at Ryerson's Station, Richhill Twp., Greene County, PA (dau of Solomon and Mary COX BOOHER). Dates from a relative's DAR application. Mary COX was the daughter of Christopher COX, Jr., whose own father was a Revolutionary War soldier, buried in the Old Lutheran Cemetery, Marianna, Washington County, PA (Leckley's Tenmile Country and Its Pioneer Families and U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2006). George and Lucinda lived in Washington Twp., as he announced for sheriff of Greene County from there in Mar 1858 (March 24, 1858, The Waynesburg Messenger newspaper notice). He was elected and served from Oct 28 1858 - Nov 22 1861 (Bates History). He died 04 Aug 1863, leaving his widow and six surviving minor children. George appeared in the 1850 US Census (under the spelling RIGHT) in Washington Twp. At that time, his household consisted of his wife, one child, Mary Ann (1849-1853) and two young ladies, Elsey and Martha WRIGHT (RIGHT), who may have been his sisters, based on their ages. His occupation was farmer. He appeared in the 1860 US Census for Waynesburg, with his wife and 5 surviving children, Elizabeth, Rachel, Emma Jane, Andrew Jackson, and Nancy Ann. His occupation was sheriff, and he also had a William M. WRIGHT, age 27, living in the home with his occupation listed as deputy sheriff. This may have been his brother, as George and Lucinda's second child was named William M. WRIGHT (1850-1851). I have been unable to locate the deputy, William M WRIGHT, in any 1850 PA census when he should have been about 17, nor have I found him in any census after 1860. George and Lucinda had one more child, George B, Jr in 1861, who died in 1953. (There have been several histories of a Verna WRIGHT, born 1859, that claimed George, Sr. and Lucinda as her parents, but she never appeared in any census for the family, either before or after his death.) Lucinda married Stephen WHITE in 1865, and, in addition to the six children named above (excluding Verna), they had 4 children of their own between 1866-1872. Mr. WHITE already had seven children by his first wife, Sarah BRADFORD, but all were adults and out of the home at the time of the 1870 census. The six known surviving WRIGHT children were all accounted for in the 1870 census of the WHITE home. The only older Wright found was Louis Wright, a Revolutionary War pensioner, but his census records (pre-1850) show such a changing number of ages and sexes that he cannot be attached to anyone. He could have been George B's grandfather at best, considering his age. The only other hint as to his parentage comes from George, Jr.'s notation that the "B" stood for his paternal grandmother's maiden name of BRUCE. I have found no such name in Greene or Washington County. Can anyone attach my George B WRIGHT to any WRIGHT family in Greene or Washington County? Susan in Louisiana ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour