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1830 - 1913 (83 years)
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Name |
Amos Hedge Wright |
Born |
26 Mar 1830 |
Washington, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
11 May 1913 |
Jackson, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
- Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920: "Amos H. Wright, d. 11 May1913, Jackson, Clay, IN."
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Buried |
Zenor Cemetery North, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
- Zenor Cemetery [North] census transcribed, ca. 1970, by Dr. Robert G. Tucker, GRS (1918-1992): "26 Mar 1830 - 11 May 1913."
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Notes |
- http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~inclay/enc-dir/
Encyclopedic Directory of Clay County Indiana:
"Wright, A.H. Sr., Prairie City, 160 A. owned, farmer, b. 1830 Jackson, Clay, IN.
Wright, A.H. Jrs., Prairie City, 40 A. owned, miner, b. 1858 Jackson, Clay, IN."
NARS Civil War Soldiers & Sailors: "Amos Wright, Co. B., 53rd Ind Inf Regt, Pvt. in Pvt. out."
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Person ID |
I14870 |
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Last Modified |
18 Apr 2012 |
Father |
Elijah Willis Wright, b. 24 Oct 1801, South Carolina, U.S.A. , d. Abt. 1856, Missouri, U.S.A. (Age 54 years) |
Mother |
Elizabeth Deal, b. 03 Jun 1803, Tennesee, U.S.A. , d. 03 Aug 1835, Posey, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. (Age 32 years) |
Married |
02 Aug 1821 |
Harrison County, Indiana, USA |
- Indiana Marriages to 1850: "Elijah Wright & Elizabeth Deal, m. 2 Aug 1821, Harrison County."
This marriage is one of seven Deal family marriages performed between 1815 and 1821 in Harrison County, IN: John, Andrew, Daniel, Elizabeth, Mary, Michael, & Moses Deal.
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Family ID |
F5904 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Ailcey Jane Fisher, b. 06 Jun 1833, Ohio , d. 10 Jan 1918, Indiana, USA (Age 84 years) |
Married |
7 Feb 1852 |
Brazil, Clay County, Indiana, USA |
- Paul E. Williams: "Alicey Jane Fisher married Amos Hedge Wright 7Feb 1852 Brazil, Clay, IN; recorded Book C-1 Pg 17"
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Children |
| 1. Elijah W. Wright, b. 07 Mar 1853, Jackson, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. , d. 18 Aug 1855, Jackson, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. (Age 2 years) |
+ | 2. Daniel A. Wright, b. 4 Nov 1856, Prairie City, Clay County, Indiana, USA , d. 30 May 1934, Prairie City, Clay County, Indiana, USA (Age 77 years) |
| 3. John William Wright, b. 4 Nov 1856, Jackson, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. , d. 12 Jun 1930, Prairie City, Clay County, Indiana, USA (Age 73 years) |
+ | 4. Amos Hedge Wright, b. 07 Nov 1858, Jackson, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. , d. 03 Apr 1935, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana, USA (Age 76 years) |
+ | 5. Theodore Chancey Wright, b. 15 Jul 1860, Jackson, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. , d. 15 Dec 1923, Prairie City, Clay County, Indiana, USA (Age 63 years) |
| 6. Otta Ray Wright, b. 9 Jan 1862, Prairie City, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. , d. 9 Apr 1932, Indiana, U.S.A. (Age 70 years) |
| 7. Eliza J. Wright, b. 21 Sep 1866, Indiana, U.S.A. , d. 13 Sep 1867, Indiana, U.S.A. (Age 0 years) |
+ | 8. Robert Emery Wright, b. 4 Jan 1869, Prairie City, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. , d. 09 May 1946, Brazil, Clay County, Indiana, USA (Age 77 years) |
+ | 9. Mary Malinda Wright, b. 26 Jul 1874, Indiana, U.S.A. , d. 26 Jul 1953, Prairie City, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. (Age 79 years) |
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Last Modified |
22 Dec 2010 |
Family ID |
F6398 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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| Born - 26 Mar 1830 - Washington, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
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| Married - 7 Feb 1852 - Brazil, Clay County, Indiana, USA |
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| Died - 11 May 1913 - Jackson, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
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| Buried - - Zenor Cemetery North, Clay County, Indiana, U.S.A. |
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Documents |
| Amos Hedge Wright (1830-1913) Deed #35688 Clay,IN 10 Dec 1850
"Certificate No. 35688. The United States of America. To all to whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: Whereas Amos Hedge Wright of Clay County, Indiana has deposited in the General Land Office of the United States, a Certificate of the Register of the Land Office at Vincennes whereby it appears that full payment has been made by the said Amos Hedge Wright, according to the provisions of the Act of Congress of the 24th of April, 1820, entitled 'An Act making further provision for the sale of Public Lands,' for:
The North West Quarter of the South West Quarter of Section thirty-two in Township twelve, North of Range six West, in the District of Lands subject to sale at Vincinnes, Indiana, containing forty acres,
according to the official plat of the survey of the said Lands, returned to the General Land Office by the SURVEYOR GENERAL, which said tract has been purchased by the said Amos Hedge Wright . . . .
Millard Fillmore, President of the United States . . . the tenth day of December in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight-hundred and fifty . . ."
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Census Records
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| U.S. Census Jackson, Clay, IN 1850: Reverend Amos W. Hedge (1796-1874)
Reverend Amos W. Hedge cared for his step-grandchildren, Elizabeth Ann Wright (1828-Aft. 1909), Amos Hedge Wright (1830-1913), and Elender Wright (1833-1871) after the death (1835) of their mother, Elizabeth Deal.
US Census Jackson, Clay, IN 1850: "Amos W. Hedg [sic], age 53 b. Abt. 1797 New York [sic], farmer real estate owned $1800, Jane age 69 b. Abt. 1781 Ireland;three children with surname Wright, all b. Indiana: Elizabeth 21, Amos H. 19 laborer, Elinor 16." |
| U.S. Census Jackson, Clay, IN 1860: Amos Hedge Wright (1830-1913)
"Amos W. Hedge, age 63 b. Abt. 1797 Pennsylvania, farmer no real estate owned. Amos H. Wright, age 30 b. Abt. 1830 Indiana, farmer real estate owned $3500 other property $900, wife Alsie J., age 26 b. Abt. 1834 Ohio. Mary Fisher, age 59 b. Abt. 1801 Kentucky, domestic. Ellender Wright, age 28 b. Abt. 1832 Indiana, seamstress.
Daniel A. Wright, age 3 b. Abt. 1857 Indiana. John W. Wright, age 3 b. 1857 Indiana, Amos H. Wright, age 1, b. Indiana." |
| U.S. Census Jackson, Clay, IN 1870: Amos Hedge Wright (1830-1913)
"Amos H. Wright, age 38 b. abt. 1832 Indiana, farmer real estate owned $6000 other property $1073, wife Jane age 37 b. Abt. 1833 Ohio; five children all b. Indiana: Daniel A. & John W. 13, Amos H. 11, Theodore C. 9, Robert E. 1; Elendar Wright age 36 b. Abt. 1834 Indiana Idiotic [sic]. Amos H. Hedge, age 74 b. Abt. 1796 Pennsylvania." |
| U.S. Census Jackson, Clay, IN 1880: Amos Hedge Wright (1830-1913)
"Amos H. Wright, age 51 b. abt. 1829 Indiana, parents b. South Carolina, farmer, wife Atha Jane, age 45 b. Ohio, father b. Prussia mother b. Ohio; six children b. Indiana: Daniel 23, John 23, Amos H. 21, theodore 20, Robert E. 11, Ota R. 8, Mary M. 6." |
| U.S. Census, Jackson, Clay, IN 1900: Amos Hedge Wright (1830-1913)
"Wright, Hedge age b. 1830 Indiana, father b. South Carolina mother b. Indiana, farmer, wife Alcy b. 1833 Ohio, father b. Germany mother b. Ohio; two sons both single, b. Ohio, farmers: John W. 43 b. Nov 1856, Olis [sic] R. 37 b. Jan 1863." |
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Sources |
- [S55] A History of Clay County Indiana, William Travis, (Name: reprint, Evansville IN: Unigraphics; Location: New York: Lewis, 1909;; Date: 1973;).
"PERRY ALLEN MORGAN. . . . [was born] in Posey Township April 15, 1859. His father, John Newton Morgan, was born in Henry County, Kentucky, October 29, 1827. . . .
[Elijah Willis Wright] had married [August 1, 1821] Elizabeth Deal who was born Tennessee, and died in 1835, in Posey Township Indiana. She reared five of her children as follows: Mary, Jane, Robert, Elizabeth (who married John Newton Morgan), and [Amos] Hedge Wright."
Amos Hedge Wright was apparently named for a hero of the War of 1812, Amos Hedge:
Travis, v. I, p. 447, "There lie in the Zenor Cemetery, Clay, IN a number of veterans of the Second War for Independence . . . Amos Hedge."
In regard to Amos Hedge Wright's possible military service during the Civil War, there was:
"Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System
Amos Wright, Union Army, Co. B, 53rd Indiana Infantry; Rank in Private, Rank out Private"
There was no Civil War pension paid to an Amos Wright.
Edited by Roy Richard Thomas August 2008
- [S315] Paul E Williams, Paul E Williams, (paulewms@aol.com).
Charles Blanchard, ed., "County of Clay, Indiana: Historical and Biographical, Illustrated (Chicago: F.A. Batty, 1884), p. 514:
"AMOS H. WRIGHT, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Washington Township, this [Clay] County, March 26, 1830, and is the youngest son of Elijah and Elizabeth (Deal) Wright, natives respectively of South Carolina and Pennsylvania.
Elijah Wright emigrated to Indiana in early manhood, located in Harrison County, and married, but in 1827 removed to Clay County, entered 180 acres, and erected a cabin. In 1835, he sold this land and opened a farm on Clay Prairie, where Mrs. Wright died, leaving six children. He subsequently married again, moved to Missouri, and died in 1856, aged fifty-five years.
Amos H. Wright, being left motherless at five years of age, was reared by his step-grandfather [sic], who came hither in 1835. Our subject [Amos Hedge Wright] endured many hardships, having been without shoes until his seventh year. He began for himself when twenty years of age, with a few cattle and hogs. [On] February 8, 1852, he married Miss Ailey [sic] Jane, daughter of Daniel and Polly Fisher, as a result of which there are living the following children: Daniel and Willam (twins), Amos H., Theodore, Emory, Ota, and Mary M.
After marriage, Mr. [Amos Hedge] Wright rented his step-grandfather's farm, and in 1870 purchased the old homestead. He has now, in all, 331 acres, of which 200 are cultivated.
He has lived in this township nearly fifty years, and has noted the many changes of that period. In the early days, he was an expert hunter. While a resident of Missouri, he asisted in killing five bears and one panther, and has known a day's hunt to result in killing thirty-six deer. He has been a large wheat-grower of this county, having grown from 300 to 700 bushals per year.
Mrs. [Ailey Jane] Wright belongs to the United Brethren Church."
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