Grover Cleveland Wright 
Grover Cleveland was born on January 31st, 1884 in Mercer Co., West Virginia.1 Grover Cleveland's father was JAMES Montgomery Wright and his mother was NANCY Miller. His paternal grandparents were THOMAS J. Wright and SARAH J. CRAWFORD; his maternal grandparents were WILLOUGHBY Miller and ELIZABETH DANNER. He had eight brothers and three sisters, named James Edward, Andrew Frazier, Marvin Clyde, Eugene Blake, Pharis Lamon, Luddy Gaines, Earl, George, SARAH Elizabeth, Regina and Mary Roman. He died at the age of 79 on May 28th, 1963 in Mercer County, West Virginia. He was buried in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia.1 General Notes
Sandlick Cemetery. Take Route 20 out of Bluewell toward Princeton. Go about one mile, and turn left on Surface Hill Road. At the bottom of the hill turn left on Skating Rink Hollow Road. The cemetery is on
the hill to the left behind the first house in the intersection. The cemetery is not accessible by automobiles. You have to park your car beside the road, and walk up a very steep hill. The cemetery has 236 graves that can be read or partially read. There's 117 graves that either have no tombstones, marked with fieldstones, tombstones that are badly broken, or tombstones that have weathered away through time.
He married Virgie Ann Bailey. She was born 07/16/1890,in W.V. and died 07/1979 in Rock,Mercer Co. WV.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.WFT Est 1716-1763 in Scotland d.WFT Est 1755-1806 in Ireland
- b.~ 1783 in Tyrone, Ireland
- b.WFT Est 1722-1766 d.WFT Est 1755-1816 in Ireland
- b.1824 in Tyrone, Ireland d.WFT Est 1874-1918 in Mercer County, West Virginia
- b.~ 1726 in England d.WFT Est 1777-1818 in County Fermanaugh, Ireland
- b.~ 1785 in Ireland d.> 1860
- b.WFT Est 1712-1739 in England d.WFT Est 1778-1830 in County Fermanaugh, Ireland
- b.05 May 1857 in Virginia d.10 Oct 1934 in Mercer County, Virginia
- b.1836 in Virginia d.1924 in Mercer County, West Virginia
- b.31 Jan 1884 in Mercer Co., West Virginia d.28 May 1963 in Mercer County, West Virginia
- b.1826 in Wythe Co., Virginia d.1908
- b.1856 in Iowa or Nebraska d.1949
- b.Dec 1827 in Wythe Co., Virginia d.1902
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Grover Cleveland and Virgie Ann were married in a religious ceremony on April 18th, 1906 in Mercer Co, West Virginia.1 They had a daughter named Eva Byrd.
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Children
Eva Byrd Wright
Eva Byrd was born on December 3rd, 1915 in Mercer County, West Virginia.1 She died at the age of 71 on July 14th, 1987 in Mercer County, West Virginia.1
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