Born in Gilead, Oxford, Massachusetts, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ephraim Wight
and Susannah (Patch) Wight
Sister of
William Wight, Eliza (Wight) Richardson, Gardner Wight, Timothy Wight, Emily Wight, Caleb Wight, Polly Patch (Wight) Bean, Susannah Dublin (Wight) Philbrook, Hannah (Wight) Burbank and Ephraim Wight
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 31
in Gilead, Oxford, Maine, United States
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Biography
Almira (or Elmira) Wight was born on June 28, 1815, in Gilead, Maine, the daughter of Ephraim Wight and Susannah Patch.[1]
On August 1, 1843, in Gilead, Maine, she married William Prescott Scribner.[2] They resided in Gilead.[3]
She died on March 29, 1847, childless.[3] She is buried in Peabody Cemetery in Gilead, Maine.[4]
Sources
- ↑ Wight: Page 119
- ↑ "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HVY-T21 : 2 March 2021), William P Scribner and Almira Wight, 01 Aug 1843; citing Gilead, , Maine, United States, multiple sources, Maine; FHL microfilm.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wight: Page 201
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60051592/elmira-scribner: accessed 19 September 2023), memorial page for Elmira Scribner (1815–29 Mar 1847), Find a Grave Memorial ID 60051592, citing Peabody Cemetery, Gilead, Oxford County, Maine, USA; Maintained by In Memory (contributor 47058623).
- Wight, William Ward. The Wights: A Record of Thomas Wight of Dedham and Medfield (Swain & Tate, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1890) Page 119, Page 201
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