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Cornelius Warren Burright, ‘Hero’ of the Battle of Pleasant Hill

Cornelius Warren Burright, ‘Hero’ of the Battle of Pleasant Hill

by paul.a.ricketts@gmail.com | Aug 16, 2020 | The Burright Family

Cornelius Warren Burright was the son of Orrin Burright and the grandson of Cornelius Burright. He was born in Van Wert County, Ohio in 1842. By 1861 Cornelius had moved to Iowa, where he enlisted as a volunteer in ‘G’ company of the 14th Iowa Volunteer...
Burright Family Research – Where To Get Started

Burright Family Research – Where To Get Started

by paul.a.ricketts@gmail.com | Feb 5, 2020 | The Burright Family

If the Burright family is one of the branches of a family tree you’re currently researching there are a number of specific online and traditional book resources that you’ll find very helpful. So, once you’ve gathered all you can from your relations...
Finding Husking Peg Schoolhouse, Orrin & Marilla Burright’s Journey’s End

Finding Husking Peg Schoolhouse, Orrin & Marilla Burright’s Journey’s End

by paul.a.ricketts@gmail.com | Mar 30, 2019 | The Burright Family

On the first page of The Sun Rides High, Orrin Burright describes how, in 1845, the Burright family left Ohio and headed west. He notes that families traveled together for protection, before mentioning that when they arrived in Illinois, two of the young children in...
Orrin Burright Arrives In Arkansas City, Kansas

Orrin Burright Arrives In Arkansas City, Kansas

by paul.a.ricketts@gmail.com | Sep 9, 2017 | The Burright Family

Arkansas City, Kansas, 1889. Orrin Ulysses Burright walks into the Derry Brothers photography studio to get his picture taken. One of the thousands of settlers who amassed in camps around this small city prior to the Oklahoma land runs of 1889 and 1891. Orrin Burright...
Reba Burright’s Journey To Chicago

Reba Burright’s Journey To Chicago

by paul.a.ricketts@gmail.com | Mar 8, 2015 | The Burright Family

During the 1920s Reba Burright and Ivy Burright took a train journey to Chicago to meet up with their sister Ora Blanche Burright. Reba documented the trip in one of her notebooks. The notebook has several random sets of handwritten notes in it so it is not clear...
Burright’s Role In Van Wert County Trial

Burright’s Role In Van Wert County Trial

by paul.a.ricketts@gmail.com | Aug 18, 2009 | The Burright Family

We know where Orrin Burright and his brother Ashbell Burright [Asabel] were in 1840. According to ‘The History of Van Wert County’ they were members of the Indicting Jury, in the first murder trial at the Van Wert County courthouse. We recently discovered...

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