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 Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Ashley Bascom, congressman; b. Hinsdale, Mass., May 25, 1841; attended Lincoln Acad., Hinsdale. Moved to North Adams, Mass., 1861; chief dep. collector internal revenue for 10th Mass. Dist., 1861-65; engaged in merc. bus.; selectman North Adams; commr. Berkshire County (Mass.), 1884-87, chmn., 1 year; mem. Mass. Exec. Council, 1890-91; mem. U.S. Ho. of Reps. (Republican) from Mass., 53d-55th congresses, 1893-97. Died North Adams, Aug. 14, 1897; buried Hinsdale Cemetery.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Augustus Romaldus, congressman; b. Wrightsboro, Ga., June 16, 1813; attended Franklin Coll., U. Ga.; attended Litchfield (Conn.) Law Sch. admited to Ga. bar, 1835, began proctice in Crawfordville; moved to Cassville, Ga., 1836; judge Superior Cts. of Cherokee Circuit, 1842-49; moved to Rome, Ga., 1855, practiced law; men. U.S. Ho. of Reps. (Democrat) from Ga., 35th Congress, 1857-59; del. Ga., Confederate secession convs. (opposed secession); declined provisional governorship of Ga. offered by Pres. Lincoln; mem. Confederate Congress; organized Wright's Legion, 38th Ga. Inf. during Civil War; mem. Ga. Constl. Conv., 1877. Died "Glenwood" nr. Rome, Mo 31, 1891; buried Myrtle Hill Cemetery, nr. Rome.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Benjamin, {RIN-14480} canal engr.; b. Wethersfield, Conn., Oct. 10, 1770; s. Ebenezer and Grace (Butler) W.; m. Philomela Waterman, Sept. 27, 1798, 9 children including Benjamin H. Land surveyor Oneida and Oswego counties (N.Y.), 1792-96; active in promoting canal bldg. to facilitate transport of farm produce, 1792; elected to N.Y. State Legislature, circa 1797; reported on canal route from Rome on Mohawk to Waterford on Hudson for state canal commission, 1811; apptd. county judge, 1813; in charge of bldg. middle sect. of Erie Canal. 1816, later in charge of constrn. Eastern sect., chief engr., until 1827; cons. engr. on several canal projects; chief engr. Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, 1828-31, St. Lawrence Canal, 1833; street commr. N.Y.C., 1833; made surveys for road from Havana to interior of Cuba, 1835-36. Died N.Y.C., Aug 24, 1842. [NOTE: Benjamin is also listed in "Individual Histories" on this Web Page.]
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Charles,{RIN-14523} botanist; b. Wethersfield, Conn., Oct 29, 1811; s. James and Mary (Goodrich) W.; grad. Yale, 1835; never married. Taught sch., Miss., also East Tex., 1835-44; tchr. Rutersville (Tex.) Coll., 1845; accompanied battalion of U.S. troops from San Antonio to El Paso, Tex., summer 1849, collected plants and sent many specimens to Asa Gray at Harvard; botanist on U.S.-Mexican boundary survey, 1851-52; became botanist of N. Pacific Exploring and Surveying Expdn., 1852; made collections of plants at Cape of Good Hope, Hong Kong, Loo Choo Islands, Japan, 1853-56; conducted bot. explorations of Cuba, 1856-67; curator herbarium, Cambridge, Mass., 1868. Died Wethersfield, Aug 11, 1885.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Charles Barstow, railroad exec.; b. Bradford, Pa., Jan. 8, 1822; s. Rufus and Elizabeth Wright; m. 2d, Susan Townsend; 4 children. Commd. to investigate land holdings of group of Eastern capitalists nr. Chgo., 1843; co-founder bank, Erie, Pa., 1855; active in bldg. Phila. and Erie R.R.; formed syndicate to construct railroad to Oil City, Pa.; dir. N.P. Ry., 1870, v.p., 1873, pres., 1874-79, resigned, guided railroad through several financial crises, chmn. finance com., 1880-93, enabled company to build link between East and West portions of road, ret. from co., 1893; philanthropies included founding of Annie Wright Sem. for Young Ladies, Tacoma, Wash. Died Phila., Mar. 24, 1898.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Charles Cushing, medallist; b. Damariscotta, Me., May 1, 1796; m. Lavinia Dorothy Simons; at least 1 son, Charles Washington. Worked for silversmith, Utica, N.Y., circa 1817; worked in Albany (N.Y.) and N.Y.C., later in Savannah (Ga.), Charleston (S.C.); moved to NY.C., 1823; best known as medallist; engraver with firms, Durand & Wright, 1826-27, Bale & Wright, 1829-33, Wright & Prentiss, 1835-38, all N.Y.C.; a founder N.A.D., also exhibitor; exhibited at Am. Art-Union. Died N.Y.C., June 7, 1854.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Chauncey, philosopher; b. Northampton, Mass. Sept 20, 1830; s. Ansel and Elizabeth Baleyn (or Bullen) W.; grad. Harvard, 1852; never married. A computer for American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac, 1852; recording sec. Am. Acad. Arts and Scis., 1863-70; published 1st of series of philos. Essays in N. Am. Review, 1864; delivered course on principles of psychology at Harvard, 1870, instr. math. physics, 1874-75; naturalist, predecessor of William James and others in his instrumentalist concepts; one of first to introduce Brit. methods of empiricism in Am.; wrote article "Evolution of Self-Consciousness." Died Cambridge, Mass., Sept 12, 1875.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Daniel Boone, congressman; b. nr. Mt. Pleasant, Tenn., Feb 17, 1812; grad. Cumberland U., Lebanon, Tenn. 1837; studied law. Admitted to the bar, 1840, began practice in Ashland, Miss.; moved to Salem (later Hudsonville), Miss., 1850, practiced law, engaged in farming; mem. U.S. Ho. of Reps. (Democrat) from Miss., 33d-34th congresses, 1853-57; apptd. lt. col. 34th Regt., Miss. Inf., Confederate Army during Civil War; wounded at Battle of Perryville, 1862, captured and sent to Camp Chase, O., exchanged, 1863; resigned commn., 1863; apptd. col. of cavalry, 1864; judge mil. ets. Gen. N.B. Forrest's Cavalry Div.; captured, 1865, surrendered at La Grange, Tenn., later paroled. Died Ashland, Miss., Dec 27, 1887; buried McDonald Cemetery, nr. Ashland.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Edwin Ruthvin Vincent, gov. N.J., congressman; b. Hoboken, N.J., Jan 2, 1812; studied law. Engaged in journalism, 1835 editor Jersey Blue, Hoboken. 1836; admitted to N.J. bar, 1839, began practice in Jersey City; moved to Hudson City, N.J., practiced law; mem. N.J. Council, 1846; dist. atty. for Hudson County (N.J.), 1851-55; mayor of Hudson, 1855; mem. U.S. Ho. of Reps. (Democrat) from N.J., 39th Congress, 1865-67; elected gov. N.J. 1869, Died Jersey City, Jan 21, 1871; buried Hoboken Cemetery, New Durham, N.J.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Elizur, {RIN-14558}reformer, actuary, journalist; b. South Canaan, conn., Feb 12, 1804; s. Elizur Wright; grad. Yale, 1826; m. Susan Clark, Sept 13, 1829, 18 children. Prof. mathematics Western Res. Coll., Hudson, O., 1829-33; became interested in abolition movement, 1832, apptd. sec. N.Y. Anti-Slavery Soc., 1833, corr. sec. Am. Anti- Slavery Soc., 1833; edited Quarterly Anti-Slavery Mag., 1835-37, Mass. Abolitionist, 1839; began newspaper Weekly Chronotype, Boston, 1846, opposed life ins. firms as well as slavery and tariff, sold paper to Free Soil Party paper Weekly Commonwealth, 1850, continued as editor until dismissed, 1852; began lobbying in Mass. Legislature for law to require all life ins. cos. operating in Mass. to maintain adequate reserves, 1853, law passed, 1858; apptd. Mass. commr. of ins., 1858-66, obtained passage of non-forfeiture law by which cos. were forbidden to appropriate reserves for their own use, 1861, instrumental in passage of legislation which compelled ins. cos. to pay policy holders cash value of lapsed policies, 1880; published his findings of fraud, theft, perjury and bribery in ins. co. practice especially in N.Y. Author Life Insurance Valuation Tables, 1853; Politics and Mysteries of Life Insurance, 1873. Died Medford, Mass., Nov 21, 1885.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Frances (Fanny), reformer; b. Dundee, Scotland, Sept 6, 1795; d. James Wright; m. William Phiquepal D'Arusmont, July 22, 1831. Came to N.Y., 1818; wrote, published and produced play Altorf, N.Y.C., 1819; went to Eng., 1820; returned to Am., 1824, settled in Nashoba, Tenn., to experiment in emancipation of slaves; editor (with Robert Dale Owen) New Harmony Gazette, 1828; attacked religion, edn. and legal obligation of marriage in lectures; editor and publisher Free Inquirer, N.Y.C. 1829; went to Europe, 1830-35; lectured throughout U.S. on birth control, emancipation of women and slaves, 1835-50. Author: Views of Society and Manners in American, 1821; A Few Days in Athens, 1822; Course of Popular Lectures, 1829. Died Dec 13, 1852.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, George Frederick, {RIN- 11208}artist; b. Washington, Conn., Dec 19, 1828; studied at N.A.D., circa 1848, also in Baden and Rome, circa 1857-60. Became profl. portrait painter, Wallingford, Conn.; custodian Wadsworth Athenaeum Gallery, Hartford, Conn.; went to Springfield (Ill.) to paitn Abraham Lincoln, 1860; painted 2d portrait of Lincoln at Washington (D.C.), 1860; worked in Hartford and in South. Died Hartford, 1881.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, George Grover, senator, jurist; b. Bloomington, Ind., Mar 24, 1820; s. John and Rachel (Seaman) W.; grad. Ind. U., 1839; studied law, Rockville, Ind.; m. Hannah Dibble, Oct 19, 1843, 7 children. Admitted to Ia. bar, 1840; practiced in Keosauqua, Ia. Territory; pros. atty. Van Buren County (Ia.), 1846-48; mem. Ia. Senate, 1849-51; justice Ia. Supreme Ct., 1854-70, wrote many important opinions dealing with prohibition contracts and law of libel; pres. Ia. Agri. Soc., 1860-65; a founder Coll. of Law. U. Ia., 1865; prof. law dept. Ia. State U., 1865-71; lectr on profl. ethics, 1881-96. mem. U.S. Senate (Republican) from Ia., 1871 opposed liquor trade in territories, urged expansion of paper currency; pres.; Am. Bar Assn., 1887-88. Died Des Moines, Ia., Jan 11, 1896; buried Woodland Cemetery, Des Moines.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, George Washington; congressman; b. Concord, Mass., June 4, 1816; attended pub. schs. Employed in bus. dept. Boston Courier, 1835; engaged in mere. bus., Boston; moved to San Francisco, 1849, engaged in mere. bus., Banking, mining; a founder banking house Palmer, Cook & Co., San Francisco; mem. U.S. Ho. of Reps. (Independent) from Cal., 31st Congress, Sept 11, 1850-51; joined Republican Party, supported John C. Fremont for U.S. Pres., 1856; moved to Washington, D.C.; built steam revenue vessel Commodore Perry, Buffalo N.Y., during Civil War; returned to Washington, served as atty. for Choctaw Indians; declined appointment as U.S. sec. of interior under Pres. Johnson; engaged in pvt. scientific work; ret., moved to Dorchester, Mass., 1880. Died Dorchester, Apr 7, 1885, buried Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Concord, Mass.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Hendrick Bradley, congressman; b. Plymouth, Pa., Apr 24, 1808; grad. Dickinson Coll., Carlisle, Pa., 1829; studied law. Admitted to Pa. bar, 1831, began practice in Wikes-Barre; apptd. dist. atty. for Luzerne County, 1834; mem. Pa. Ho. of Reps., 1841-43, speaker, 1843; del. Democratic Nat. Conv., Balt., 1844, served as temporary and permanent chmn.; del. Dem. nat. convs., Balt., 1848, 52, 60, cincinnati, 1856, N.Y.C., 1868, St. Louis, 1876; mem. U.S. Ho. of Reps. (Democrat) from Pa., 33d, 37th, 45th- 46th congresses, 1853-55, July 4, 1861-63, 77-81. Died Wilkes-Barre, Sept 2, 1881; buried Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Henry Clarke, reformer; b. Sharon, Litchfield County, Conn., Aug 29, 1797. Licensed to preach, 1823; settled in West Millbury, Mass., 1833; mem. New Eng. Anti-Slavery Soc., 1835. Author; Man-Killing by Individuals and Nations Wrong, 1841; A Kiss for a Blow, 1843; Human Life Illustrated, 1849; The Living Present and the Dead Past, 1865. Died Pawtucket, R.I., Aug 16, 1870.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Henry Harry, baseball player; b. Sheffield, Eng., Jan 10, 1835; s. Samuel and Ann (Tone) W.; m. Mary Fraser, Sept 10, 1868; m. 2d, Miss Mulford; m. 3d, 1st wife's sister; 8 children. Came to U.S., 1836; previously cricket player, began to play baseball with Knickerbocker Club team, N.Y.C., 1856; went to Cincinnati as instr. for Union Cricket Club, 1866; organized, captained Cincinnati Baseball Club, 1866; pitcher 2 seasons, later played center field; organized, captained, managed Cincinnati Red Stockings (1st profl. baseball team in U.S.), 1869-71, toured U.S. with tema, 1869, 70, disbanded, 1871; toured England with baseball team, 1874; mgr. Boston team of Nat. League of Profl. Baseball Clubs, 1876-81 Providence tema, 1882-83, Phala. team, 1884-93; apptd. chief of umpires of Nat. League, 1893-95. Died Atlantic City, N.J., Oct 3, 1895; buried Bklyn.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Horatio Governeur, army officer, engr.; b. Clinton, Conn., Mar 5, 1820; s. Edward Wright; grad. U.S. Mil. Acad., 1841; m. Louise M. Bradford, Aug 11, 1842, 2 children. Commd. 2d Lt. Corps Engrs., U.S. Army, 1841, capt., 1855; asst. to chief engr., Washington, D.C., 1861, built defenses for Capitol; fought in Battle of Bull Run; chief engr. Port Royal expdn.; commd. brig. gen. U.S. Volunteers, 1861, maj. gen., 1864; chief engr. Dept. of Ohio, U.S. Army, 1862; fought in battles of Gettyburg, Mine Run, Wilderness; commanded VI Corps, U.S. Army, his troops were first to pierce Petersburg (Va.) defenses; commanded Dept. of Tex., 1865-66; returned to various constrn. assignments after Civil War; promoted brig. gen. U.S. Army, chief engrs., 1879; ret., 1884. Died Washington, July 2, 1899; buried Arlington (Va.) Nat. Cemetery.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, James Lendrew, labor leader; b. County Tyrone, Ireland, Apr 6, 1816. Settled in Phila., 1827; owner clothing store, Frankford, Pa., 1847; mgr. large clothing store, Phila., 1854; joined Tailor's Benevolent Soc. of Phila., 1837; an organizer (with Uriah Smith Stephens) Garment Cutters' Assn., 1862, pres. 4 years; a founder, treas. Phila. Trades' Assembly, 1863; a founder (with Stephens, 5 others) Order of Knights of Labor, 1869, leading functionary for 20 years; chmn. pro tem Pitts. conv. which attempted to set up nat. labor orgns., 1876; attended Harrisburg Conv. of United Workingmen, 1877; Greenback-Labor condidate for state sec. of internal affairs Pa., 1878; leader Knights of Labor, 1879. Died Germantown, Pa., Aug 3, 1893.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, John Crafts, {RIN-7443} congressman; b. Wethersfield, Conn., Aug 17, 1783; studied law, Litchfield, Conn. Learned printer's trade; moved to Troy, N.Y., editor Troy Gazette; admitted to the bar, began practice in Steubenville, O., 1809; U.S. dist. atty., 1817; mem. U.S. Ho. of Reps. (Democrat) from Ohio, 18th-20th congresses, 1823-29; judge Ohio Supreme Ct., 1831-35; moved to Cincinnati, 1835, engaged in journalism; published Cincinnati Gazette, 13 years; dir. Cincinnati, Hamilton Dayton Ry. Co.; del., hon. pres. Washington (D.C.) peace Conve., 1861. Died Washington, Feb 13, 1861; buried Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, John Stephen, editor; b. Sheffield, Mass., July 16, 1815; s. John and Huldah (Dewey) W.; m. Catherine B. Turner, Sept 1, 1846. Took census of Chgo., 1833; published 1 of earliest lithograph maps of Chgo., 1834; began real-estate bus. Chgo., 1834; built at personal expense 1st public sch. bldg. erected in Chgo., 1835; sec., gen. mgr. Union Agr. Soc., 1839; began publishing Union Agriculturist, 1839, merged with Western Prairie Farmer, 1841, changed name to Prarie Farmer, 1843, owner-editor, 1843-57; contbd. articles on Western products and advantages of Ill. and Chgo. to N.Y. Comml. Advertiser, 1845, also contbd. articles to N.Y. Evening Post, Am. R.R. Jour.; wrote series of articles advocating constrn. of railroads in West, 1847; worked for land grant to build railroad from Chgo. to Gulf of Mexico, 1848; interested in self-raking reaper invented by Jearum Atkins, manufactured Atkins Automaton, 1852-59; formed a land co., 1859. Author: Chicago, Past, Present and Future, 1868; Illinois to Massachusetts, Greeting, 1866. Died Chgo., Sept. 26, 1874.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Jonathan Jasper, jurist; b. Luzerne County, Pa., Feb 11, 1840; attended Lancasterian U., Ithaca, N.Y. Mem. Am. Missionary Soc., sent to organize schools for Negroes in S.C., 1865; 1st Negro admitted to Pa. bar, 1866; legal adviser to refugees and freedmen, S.C., 1866-68; mem. S.C. Constl. Conv., 1868; mem. S.C. Senate from Beaufort, 1868; asso. justice S.C. Supreme Ct., 1870-77. Died Charleston, S.C., Feb 18, 1885.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Joseph, {RIN-14382}portrait painter; b. Bordentown, N.J., July 16, 1756; s. Joseph and Patience (Lovell) W.; studied painting with John Trumbull, under Benjamin West; m. Miss Vandervoort, 1787, 3 children. Settled in London, 1772; exhibited at Royal Acad., by 1780; painted portrait of Prince of Wales, 1782, later of George IV; painted portraits of fashionable ladies, under patronage of Benjamin Franklin, Paris, 1782; sailed for Am., 1782; painted Gen. and Mrs. George Washington, Phila., 1783, another Washington portrait, 1784; established himself in N.Y., 1787; apptd. by Washington 1st draftsman and die-sinker U.S. Mint, 1792, 1st U.S. coins and medals attributed to him; made dies for George Washington medal (after Houdon bust, medal voted by Congress to Maj. Henry Lee); painted portraits of Madison and family; his portrait of John Jay (1786) now in collections of N.Y. Hist. Soc. Died Phila., 1793. Also see Mother
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Joseph Albert, senator, gov. Ind., diplomat; b. Washingtin, Pa., Apr 17, 1810; s. John and Rachel (Seaman) W.; attended Ind. State Sen. (now Ind. U.), bloomington; m. Louisa Cook, 1831. Admitted to Ind. bar, 1829; mem. Ind. Ho. of Reps., 1833, 36, Ind. Senate, 1840; mem. U.S. Ho. of Reps (Democrat) from Ind. attempted to raise standard of living of farmers; U.S. minister to Prussia (apptd. by Pres. Buchanan), 1857-61,65-57, aranged for exchange of German and Am. seeds; mem. U.S. Senate from Ind. Feb 24, 1862-Jan 14, 1863; U.S. commr. to Hamburg (Germany) Exhbn., 1863. Died Berlin, Germany, May 11, 1867; buried N.Y.C.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Joseph Jefferson Burr, physician, army officer; b. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Apr 27, 1801; A.B., Washington (Pa.) Coll., 1821; attended U. Pa. Sch. of Medicine, 1825-26; m. Eliza Jones; 3 children including Joseph P. Served as asst. surgeon U.S. Army, 1833-40, in Seminole War, 1840-41, 43; with 8th Inf. in occupation of Tex., 1846; served in battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma during Mexican War; in charge of hosp., Matamoras; wrote report on cholera epidemic published in So. Med. Reports, 1849; on field duty with troops in Kan., 1857, Utah expdn., 1858; served as med. dir. Dept. of Ohio on Gen. George B. McClellan's staff, Civil War; in battles of Rich Mountain, Carrick's Ford (W.Va.); surgeon Cavalry Recruiting Dept, Carlisle, Pa., 1862-76; brevetted col., 1864; promoted brig. gen., 1865; contbd. case reports to surg. vol. Medical and Surgical History of War of Rebellion, 6 vols., 1870-88. Died Carlisle, May 14, 1878.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Myron Benjamin, congressman; b. Forest Lake, Pa., June 12, 1847; attended common schs. Taught sch.; elk. 1st Nat. Bank of Susquehanna (Pa.), 1865-66, elected asst. cashier, 1867, cashier, 1869; engaged in various bus. enterprises; mem. U.S. Ho. of Reps. (Republican) from Pa., 51st-53d congresses, 1889-94. Died Trenton, Can., Nov 13, 1894; buried Grand St. Cemetery, Susquehanna.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Patience Lovell, {RIN-12884} sculptor; b. Bordentown, N.H., 1725; m. Joseph Wright, Mar 20, 1748, 3 children including Phoebe, Joseph. Modeller in wax, went to London, Eng., 1772, opened exhbn. room on Cockspur Street; modeled bas-relief of Benjamin Franklin, busts of King George Il, Queen Charlotte, Lord Chatham; called "The Promethean Modeller" in article in London Mag., 1775; believed to have sent Brit. mil. plans to Benjamin Franklin during Am. Revolution. Died London, Mar 23, 1786. Also see son, Joseph Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Robert, senator, gov. Md.; b. "Marborough," nr. Chestertown, Queen Annes County, Md. Nov 20, 1752; s. Solomon and Mary (Tidmarsh) W.; attended Washington Coll., Chestertown; m. Sarah De Courey; m. 2d, Miss Ringgold; 2 children. Admitted to Md. bar, 173; served with Md. Minute Men against Loyalists, Eastern shore Va., 1776; capt. Md. Militia, 1779-84; mem. Md. Ho. of Dels. from Queen Annes County, 1776, 84, from Kent County, 1786; mem. Md. Senate, 1787; mem. U.S. Senate (Jeffersonian Democrat) from Md., 1801-06; gov. Md., 1806-09; clk. Queen Annes County, 1810; mem. U.S. Ho. of Reps. from Md., 11th-14th congresses, 1810-17 (mem. com. on judiciary, 14th Congress), 1821-23 (mem.com. on fgn, affairs); judge Dist. Ct. for lower Estern shore Md., 1822-26. Died "Blakeford," Queen Annes County, Sept 7, 1826; buried Cheston-on-Wye, Queen Annes County.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Robert William, editor, satirist; b. Ludlow, Vt., Feb 22, 1816; s. Stephen and Zibiah (Richardson) W.; grad. Yale, 1842; m. Laurine Louise Luke, Aug 13, 1844; m. 2d, Sarah Louise Martyn, Oct 14, 1852; 8 children, Admitted to Mass. bar, 1845; practiced law, Waukesha, Wis., 1845-55; successively editor various newspapers including Waterbury (Conn.) Jour., Hartford (Conn.) Daily Post, N.Y. Daily News, N.Y.C., 1856-77; asserted he had been 1st to record Comet of 1861. Author: Practical Legal Reforms, 1852; Ecclesiastical Councils Viewed from Celestial and Satanic Stand-Points (under pseudonym Quevedo Revivivus, Jr.), 1867; Life; Its True Genesis (best known work, anti-Darwinian study), 1880. Died Cleve., O., Jan 9, 1885.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Samuel Gardiner, congressman; born Wrightstown, N.J. Nov 18, 1781. Engaged in mere. Bus., Phila.; owned country place, nr. Imlaystown, N.J.; owner several iron furnaces in M.J. and Del. mem. U.S. Ho. of Reps. (Whig) from N.J., 29th Congress, 1845. Died nr. Imlaystown, July 30, 1845; buried East Branch Cemetery, nr. Imlaystown.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Silas, Jr., {RIN-11859}senator, gov. N.Y.; b. Amherst, Mass., May 24, 1795; s. Silas and Eleanor (Goodale) W.; grad. Middlebury (Vt.) Coll., 1815; studied law under Roger Skinner, Sandy Hill, N.Y.; m. Clarissa Moody, Sept 11, 1833. Admitted to N.Y. bar, 1819, began practice law, Canton, N.Y.; mem. N.Y. State Senate, 1823-27, chmn. com. on canals; known as mem. "Albany Regency"; commd. brig. gen.N.Y. Militia, 1827; mem. U.S. Ho. of Reps. (Democrat) from N.Y., 20th Congress, 1827-Feb 16, 1829, mem. com. on manufactures; comptroller State off N.Y., 1829-33; ardent supporter of Andrew Jackson, 1832; mem. U.S. Senate from N.Y., Jan 1, 1833-Dec 1, 1844, supported Martin Van Buren's policies, chmn. finance com., 1836-41, worked for tariff reduction and ind. treasury system; gov. N.Y., 1845-47, not re-elected because role in anti-rent riots alienated "Hunkers." Died Canton, Aug 27, 1847; buried Old Canton Cemetery.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Turbutt, Continental congressman; b. "White Marsh" nr. Chester Mills (now Centerville), Md., Feb 5, 1741, engaged in farming; mem. Md. Gen. Assembly, 1773-74; a signer Assn. of Freemen of Md., 1775; mem. Md Constl. Conv., 1776; apptd. mem. Council of Safety, 1777; commd. justice of Queen Annes County (Md.), 1779, register of wills, 1779-80; mem. Continental Congress from Md., 1781-82; subscribed to fund for establishment of Washington Coll., Chestertown, Md. Died "White Marsh" 1783; buried "White Marsh."
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, William, journalist; b. Ohio, May 9, 1829; m., 1 child. Went to Ia., circa 1847, began to write for Graham's Mag. (a Phila. publ.); went West, 1857; wrote sketches signed Dan De Quille (thereafter generally known by that name); became city editor Daily Territorial Enterprise, Virginia City, Nev., 1861, close friend of Mark Twain who worked on same newspaper. Author: History of the Big Bonanza, 1877. Died West Lafayette, Ia., Mar 16, 1898.
Historical Volume 1607-1896 (page 598) Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, William Bull, physician, poet; b. Orange County, N.Y., Sept 20, 1840; grad. Coll. of N.J. (now Princeton), 1859; grad. N.Y. Coll. Surgeons and Physicians. Tchr. in Buffalo, 1859-62; served with 5th N.Y. Arty., 1862-65, brevetted maj., 1865; practiced medicine, Orange County, N.,Y., 1871-78. Author: (collections of poems) Highland Rambles, 1868; The Brook and Other Poems, 1873. Died Atlanta, Ga., Mar 29, 1880.
A Descriptive Work on Jefferson County, New York Edited by: Edgar C. Emerson 1898 - pg 57 WRIGHT, Orlando, was born in Adams [Jefferson Co, NY], July 1, 1835. His father, Lyman Wright, was also born in the town of Adams, and his parents, Elijah and Betsey Wright, came to Jefferson county in 1805, with three brothers, David, Stephen and Elijah. Lyman Wright married Olive, daughter of Live Emmons, and was the first manufacturer of fanning mills in Jefferson county. He was prominent in political events, school and church interests and a great advocate of temperance principles; he died in 1880. Orlando Wright was educated in Adams and in 1863 enlisted in Co. F, 1st N.Y. Veteran Cavalry, taking part in Sheridan's ride to Winchester, battles of Piedmont and Cedar Creek; he served until the close of the war and then retired and located in Mannsville. In 1871 he married Ella, daughter of D.B. Lockwood, and in 1867 came to Adams where he now resides. Mr. Wright is one of the conservative men of his town, serving as collector of the town and has ever been recognized as a man of sterling integrity, whose life has proven his word as good as his bond.
A Descriptive Work on Jefferson County, New York Edited by: Edgar C. Emerson 1898 - pg 165 WRIGHT, W.E., was born at Roberts Corners, April 29, 1860. His father, Charles W. Wright, was a native of Adams, where his parents, Isaac and Betsey Wright settled in an early day, having to go to Lowville to make payments on their land. Charles W. married Betsey, daughter of Elisha Overton. W.E. Wright was educated at Adams Center and Adams, and for two years gave his attention to farming. In 1881 he moved to Watertown and in 1882 was one of the original employees of the Babcock Buggy Company, remaining there until 1889, when he returned to Adams and established his present business, associated with W.A. Babcock, purchasing his interest in 1892, and at the present time is carrying one of the largest lines of imported and domestic groceries and crockery in Adams. In 1878 he married Minnie E., daughter of Henry Gordinier, and they have two sons, Harold E. and Percy L. Mr. Wright is one of the progressive business men of his town, taking an intelligent interest in educational and religious institutions and has ever advanced the best interest of his town and town's people.
By the Michigan Historical Commission 1924 Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Charles R. , Representative from Manitou County, 1861-2. His post office address was St. James. (Further data not obtainable).
By the Michigan Historical Commission 1924 Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, David A. - Representative from Oakland County, 1849; and Senator from the Fifth District, 1853-4. Was born in Granville, N.Y., June 6, 1813. In 1824 his father removed to Oneida County, and in 1843 came with his family to Michigan, and the son settled in Springfield, Oakland County. He was appointed Postmaster at Austin, and held the office twenty-five years. He was for some years Coroner of Oakland County, and was a prominent Mason. In politics he was a Democrat. He died Jan. 19, 1877.
By the Michigan Historical Commission 1924 Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, George - Representative from the Second District of Washtenaw County, 1915-16. Was born in Essex Township, Clinton County, Mich., Mar. 17. 1875, of English parents. He was educated in the Maple Rapids High School, Ferris Institute, and graduated in 1905 from the law department of the University of Michigan. He then located in Milan where he practiced. Married. In politics a Republican.
By the Michigan Historical Commission 1924 Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Hamilton M. - Representative from Bay County, 1883-4 and 1885-6. Was born in New Orleans, La., Oct. 26, 1852; graduated from Yale College in 1875, and from its law department in 1877. He removed to Bay City in 1878 and went into practice. He was Alderman. Politically he was a Democrat.
By the Michigan Historical Commission 1924 Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Henry D. - Representative from Isabella County, 1901-2 and 1903-4. Was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct. 15, 1857, and obtained his education in the common schools of that city. In 1882 he settled in Broomfield Township, Isabella County, and engaged in farming and lumbering. Married. He held the offices of Highway Commissioner, Township Clerk, Supervisor and Treasurer. In politics he was a strong Republican. He died Jan. 15, 1922.
By the Michigan Historical Commission 1924 Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Horatio - Representative from Oakland County, 1867-8. Was born in Granville, N.Y., Feb. 20, 1818. In 1824 he removed, with his parents, to Oneida County, N.Y., and in 1839 located in Genesee County, N.Y. He settled at Springfield, Oakland County, in 1843, and in 1847 in Groveland, same county. By occupation he was a farmer; in politics a Democrat. He married Sarah M. Campbell in 1842. He held the office of Supervisor eight years, and was a Justice from 1852 to 1876. He was a prominent Mason.
By the Michigan Historical Commission 1924 Submitted By: Steve Barrett WRIGHT, Luther L. - Member of the State Board of Education, 1901-7; Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1907-9 to 1913. Was born at Canton, N.Y., Jan. 18, 1856, of Scotch-Irish descent. He was educated in the common schools of Wisconsin, and Ripon College, from which he was graduated with the degree of A.B. He was chosen County Commissioner of Schools of Gogebic County five successive terms without opposition; was Superintendent of the public schools of Ironwood twenty years. Mr. Wright was united in marriage to Miss Nellie Corning of Portage, Wis., in 1880. He was appointed a member of the State Board of Education in 1901 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Lincoln Avery. At the Republican State Convention, held at Detroit, June, 1902, he was unanimously chosen as nominee to succeed himself and was elected that year. He was again nominated to that office by the Republican State Convention at Detroit, June, 1904, and elected for the term ending Dec. 31, 1910. At the next Republican State Convention held at Detroit in July, 1906, he was unanimously chosen candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction and was elected Nov. 6, 1906, for the term of two years. June 18, 1908, he received the degree of Master of Arts from the University of Michigan. At the convention held at Detroit, Sept. 29, 1908, he was nominated by acclamation to succeed himself and elected Nov. 3, 1908 The new constitution provided for another election in 1909, and at the election held on Apr. 3, 1911, he was re-elected. At the Republican State Convention held at Lansing, Feb. 11, 1913, he was renominated and was elected Apr. 7, 1913. He resigned Nov. 15, 1913, and died at Flint Jan. 10, 1922.
By: George P. Hadley Submitted By: Steve Barrett Wright, Abel, - Abel Wright settled in G. before the Revolution and preceding 1790 mov. To Weare. The name of his first wife we are unable to ascertain. He m. second, Mary Robie of Weare, b. Oct. 18, 1770, dau. Of John and Mary (Eastman) Robie; third, Dec. 29, 1825, Samantha Buswell. About 1825 he returned to G. where he remained until 1834, when it is said he mov. To Vermont. While a resident of G. he lived upon the intervale on the southerly side of the Piscataquog River in a house standing northerly of L.T. Barnard's. Children, by first marriage:
2. Jesse 2, b. Jan 13, 1779, in G. Children, by second Marriage:
2. James S.2, b. Oct. 24, 1794, in Weare. 3. Mary R. 2, b. Apr. 7, 1798, in Weare. 4. Jesse 2, b. Oct. 16, 1799, in Weare. 5. Walter 2, b. Mar. 15, 1801, in Weare. 6. Sydney 2, b. Aug 24, 1802, in Weare. 7. Lydia E.2, b. Sept. 15, 1804, in Weare. 8. Jemima 2, b. Apr 17, 1806, in Weare. 8. George 2, b. Dec 21, 1807, in Weare. 9. Julia 2, b. May 5, 1810, in Weare. 10. Harriet 2, b. Feb. 24, 1812, in Weare.
By: Oran E Randall - 1882 Submitted By: Steve Barrett Wright, Remembrance , may have settled in Chfd. About 1804, having come from Northfield(?), Mass. His wife was Diadama(?) Debell, d. about 1838. He d. in 1835. Their Children:
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