WRIGHT, Millie Rilla (Elliott) 1879-1941

WRIGHT, ELLIOTT, MOSS, GIBSON, HOWLAND, BALSEY

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 4/27/2012 at 13:50:34

Millie Rilla (Elliott) Wright – 1879-1941

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MRS. FRANKLIN WRIGHT SUCCUMBS AT OSAGE

Osage – Mrs. Franklin Wright, 61, died at her home Wednesday afternoon after a lingering illness.

She is survived by her husband and five children; Mrs. Wayne Gibson, Eaton, New York; Mrs. Robert Moss, Little Cedar; John Wright, Charles City; Marion, Orchard; and Gordon, Fort Riley, Kansas.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Thursday May 1, 1941

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Millie Rilla Elliott was born December 1879 in Richland Co., Wisconsin 1880, the daughter of Joseph Franklin Elliott and Julia Amelia (Howland) Elliott. She married Benjamin Franklin Wright, the son of Benjamin Franklin Wright and Hannah (Balsey) Wright.

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1920 US Census: East Lincoln, Mitchell, Iowa
Benjamin F Wright 50 born Iowa
Millie R 40 born Wisconsin
Bernice L 17 born Iowa
Estelle M 15 born Iowa
Marion G 14 born Iowa
John F 12 born Iowa
Gordon E 2 10/12 born Iowa
**note: the birth record for the daughter Bernice Lucile Wright born September 26, 1902 in Mitchell County, shows her parents as B. F. Wright and Millie Rilla Elliott

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Riverside Cemetery, Riceville, Mitchell, Iowa
B. F. Wright .. no dates
Millie Wright…no dates