Laura (Knowlton) Wright (1788 - 1875)

Born 21 Sep 1788 in Winchester, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Wife of David Wright — married about 1810 in Ohio, USA [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 4 Mar 1875 at age 86 in Morgan Township, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Laura Knowlton was born September 21, 1788 to Stephen Knowlton and Deidamia Chubb Knowlton in Winchester Twp., Litchfield Co., Connecticut.

"Laura Knowlton was one of a large family, who came with her parents to Ohio, from Winsted, Conn., in 1801-1802, and settled in Morgan Township, Ashtabula County. Col. Stephen Knowlton, of Revolutionary fame was of this stock."^[1]

"Laura Knowlton married David Wright in 1810. They lived on the same farm for seventy-seven years, and had one son and eight daughters. She was much beloved by all who knew her. With many household cares she found time to nurse the sick and gather money for missionary purposes. Her house was the resting place for many fugitives from slavery. Her children revere her memory."^[2]

"One of the oldest residents of Morgan -- Mrs. Laura Wright , mother of the ex-sheriff, died in that place on the 5th inst. in 87th year. She came from Connecticut in 1804."^[3]

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Sources

• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records, Volume 53 (Google eBook), by General Ed White, Genealogical Publishing Com, Jun 1, 2009, 300 pages ^[4]

Birth

Winchester Twp., Litchfield Co., Connecticut, USA, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F771-SPT : accessed 24 Apr 2014), Lorry Knowlton, 21 Sep 1788; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.

Census

Morgan, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, USA, "United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6VX-MHG : accessed 12 February 2015), Laura Wright in household of David Wright, Ohio, United States; citing p. 10, family 89, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,669.

Morgan, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, USA, "United States Census, 1860," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCG5-RH9 : accessed 12 February 2015), Laura Wright in household of David Wright, Morgan, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," Fold3.com; citing p. 162, household ID 1344, NARA microfilm publication M653, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.; FHL microfilm 803,933.

Morgan, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, USA, "United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXS5-1RG : accessed 12 February 2015), Laura Wright in household of David Wright, Morgan, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States; citing family 1002, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Death

Morgan, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, USA, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F6JQ-BTL : accessed 12 February 2015), Laura Wright, 04 Mar 1875; citing Death, Morgan, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States, source ID p 94&95 cn 1994, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 890,260.

Children's Death

Geneva, Ashtabula Co., Ohio, USA, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X8NJ-FML : accessed 11 February 2015), Laura Knowlton in entry for Sarah Wright Osborne, 19 May 1916; citing Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio, reference fn 29245a; FHL microfilm 1,983,650.

Footnotes

1. ↑ A Portrait and Biographical Record of Portage and Summit Counties, Ohio, (Google eBook), A.W. Bowen & Company, 1898 - Governors - 988 pages, https://books.google.com/books?id=4NkyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA868
2. ↑ Memorial to the Pioneer Women of the Western Reserve, Part III, Mrs. Gertrude Van Rensselaer Wickham, Editor (published under the auspices of the Women's Department of the Cleveland Centennial Commission, December, 1896) pages 529-534, http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/OHASHTAB/2010-05/1273835192
3. ↑ "Ashtabula Weekly Telegraph", Ashtabula, Ohio, page 3, March 19, 1875, http://www.newspapers.com/clip/1767938//
4. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=g_ch_9F-RnsC&pg=PA54&lpg=PA54

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