Biographical Sketch for
Wright Family
Peter Wright--+ +--George A.------+ +--Huldah E.------+
| | | | +--+--(one child)
+--+ +--+ William Wedge--+
| | | |
Betsy E.------+ | Lucy Mae Smith-+ +--Lydia A.-------+
| | +--+--Jessie
| | George Thayer--+
| |
| +--Smith A.-------+ +--Lucy M.
| +--+
| Mary Rose------+ +--Herbert M.
|
+--Hiram L.------+ +--Lena
| |
+--+|
| |
Mary E.-------+ +--Frankie
|
+--Fred L.--------+
| |
| Emma A.--------+
|
+--Iva Nutt
Peter Wright
Born about 1794 in Massachusetts.
Married Betsy E.
Bought
land from federal government.
See tree above for children.
Township highway commissioner.
Betsy E. (unknown)
Born about 1806 in Vermont.
Died at age 78.
Buried at Sand Lake Cemetery.
Children of Peter and Betsy E. Wright
George A.
Born on February 13, 1821, in Chateauguay, Franklin County, New York.
Married Lucy Mae Smith on December 1, 1844, at Antioch, Illinois.
She was born May 26, 1827, in New York.
She died January 9, 1908.
Children.
Died January 20 (February 1?), 1895, at age 72 years 8 months
(
obituary).
Hiram L.
Born about 1836 in New York.
Married Mary E. (unknown last name).
She was born in 1840 and died in 1893.
Children.
Died 1892, burial at Sand Lake Cemetery.
Children of George A. and Lucy Mae Smith Wright
Huldah E.
Born January 2, 1846, in Illinois.
Married William Wedge about November 28, 1864.
Children.
Died December 22, 1904, of paralysis, at age 58 years 11 months 22 days
(
obituary).
Lydia A.
Born October, 1848, in Illinois.
Married
George Thayer about February 15, 1868.
Children.
Smith A.
Born September 6, 1856.
Married Mary Rose about June 28, 1876.
She was born in October, 1855,
daughter of
Henry Rose.
Children:
Lucy M., born in May, 1882,
married Mr. Lamb, of Chicago, January 14, 1903;
Herbert M., born in December, 1891.
Moved to Burlington, Wisconsin.
Died August 21, 1920.
Children of Hiram L. and Mary E. Wright
Lena
Born about 1870.
Frankie
Born in 1871.
Died in May, 1885
(obituary).
Fred L.
Born in July, 1873.
Married Emma A.
She was born in 1875 and died in 1937.
Died in 1954.
Iva Nutt
Born about 1875.
