Montgomery County IL Archives Obituaries.....Wright, Elijah  October 13, 1918
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Tim Casey timcasey5@gmail.com and Tammy White tammyw@digitekpro.com  April 14, 2008, 7:46 pm

Montgomery News, October 15, 1918
Elijah Wright Dead
(Montgomery News, October 15, 1918) 
  On Sunday, October 13, Elijah Wright died in Bayle City, Fayette county, 
aged 93 years, 10 months and 19 days. 
  Deceased was born in Fillmore township and was probably the oldest native 
born citizen of the county at the time of his death.  His wife, Druscilla Lynn 
Wright, died several years ago.  He leaves four living children:  Jefferson of 
Ramsey, Emerson of Houston, Texas, Mrs. Celestia Whitten, who lives south of 
Fillmore, and Mrs. Camelia Nelson of Fillmore.  Besides his four children he 
leaves 21 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. 
  At one time he was the owner of 500 acres of land in Fillmore township and 
was for years one of the most prominent farmers of the east side of the 
county. 
  The funeral services were held Monday at 2 o'clock PM at the residence, Rev. 
Baker officiating.  Interment was made at Fillmore cemetery. 
  We would like to give Elijah Wright a more extended notice, but time and 
space forbids.  He lived long enough to see remarkable changes in the country, 
for when he was a grown man Fillmore township and in fact most of the county 
was yet a wild, uncultivated prairie, and his stories of the early days were 
intensely interesting.  
 
 


Additional Comments:
Tim Casey is a descendant of Elijah Whitten and Charity Duckett and a 
descendant of John Casey and Drucilla Hill. Elijah Whitten is a descendant of 
both.

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