Family Group Sheet
NameAmbrose L. Wright, 2C5R
Birth1816, Bath Co., Kentucky
Death1891, Bath Co., Kentucky
BurialOwingsville Cemetery, Bath Co., Kentucky
FatherFlemstead Ransome Wright (1788-1874)
MotherCynthia Sharp (1787-1872)
SpouseMary Catherine Moore
Birthabt 1821, Kentucky
Children
1 MWilliam M. Wright, 3C4R
Birth15 Feb 1840, Bath Co., Kentucky
Death20 Sep 1919, Lexington, Fayette Co., Kentucky
2 FElizabeth Wright (Died as Child), 3C4R
Birthabt 1842, Bath Co., Kentucky
Death10 Sep 1853, Bath Co., Kentucky
3 FMargaret Wright, 3C4R
Birthabt 1846, Bath Co., Kentucky
4 FCaroline Wright (Died as Child), 3C4R
Birthabt 1848, Bath Co., Kentucky
Death6 Sep 1853, Bath Co., Kentucky
5 MBenjamin T. Wright, 3C4R
Birth27 May 1858, Bath Co., Kentucky
Death22 May 1951, Mt. Sterling, Montgomery Co., Kentucky
SpouseLeanora Peck
6 FMary Bell Wright, 3C4R
Birthabt 1862, Bath Co., Kentucky
Census Notes for Ambrose L. & Mary Catherine (Family)
1850 census of Bath Co., Ky, division 2, enumerated 31 July, lists on p. 34 as family #233:
Ambrose L. Wright, 34, farmer; Katharine, 29; William, 9; Elizabeth, 7; Margaret, 4; Caroline, 2. Dudley Shrout, 20, laborer. All born in Kentucky.
Dudley Shrout is also recorded on p. 49 with his parents, Samuel Shrout and Hetty Fitzgerald.
1860 census of Bath Co., Ky, Owingsville precinct, enumerated 1 Aug, lists on p. 169 as family #1212:
Ambrose L. Wright, 44, farmer; Catherine, 39; William, 19, farm hand; Margaret, 14; Benjamin, 2; John, 13. All born in Kentucky.
John is Ambrose’s nephew, the son of Benjamin Woodson Wright, who died in 1857, and Susan Hart, who died in 1854.
1870 census of Bath Co., Ky, Owingsville precinct, enumerated 25 Aug, lists on pp. 30-31 as family #198:
Wright, Ambrose, 54, farmer; Catherine, 49; William, 28, farmer; Benjamin T., 12; Mary Bell, 8. All born in Kentucky.
Ambrose L. Wright, 34, farmer; Katharine, 29; William, 9; Elizabeth, 7; Margaret, 4; Caroline, 2. Dudley Shrout, 20, laborer. All born in Kentucky.
Dudley Shrout is also recorded on p. 49 with his parents, Samuel Shrout and Hetty Fitzgerald.
1860 census of Bath Co., Ky, Owingsville precinct, enumerated 1 Aug, lists on p. 169 as family #1212:
Ambrose L. Wright, 44, farmer; Catherine, 39; William, 19, farm hand; Margaret, 14; Benjamin, 2; John, 13. All born in Kentucky.
John is Ambrose’s nephew, the son of Benjamin Woodson Wright, who died in 1857, and Susan Hart, who died in 1854.
1870 census of Bath Co., Ky, Owingsville precinct, enumerated 25 Aug, lists on pp. 30-31 as family #198:
Wright, Ambrose, 54, farmer; Catherine, 49; William, 28, farmer; Benjamin T., 12; Mary Bell, 8. All born in Kentucky.
