Amos Wright (1808 - 1892)

Born 5 Oct 1808 in Tallmadge, Portage, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Clemence Comfort (Fenn) Wright — married Mar 1831 in Tallmadge, Summit, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Sep 1892 at age 83 in Tallmadge, Summit, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Amos was born in 1808. Amos Wright married Clemence Fenn in 1831. They had ten children:

1. Stella Wright (b-1832) married Sayles
2. Celia Wright (b-1834) married Camp
3. Henry Wright (b-1836, d-1836)
4. Ellen M. Wright (b-1837) married Nesbit
5. Julia Isabel Wright (b-1840) married Berry
6. Darwin E. Wright (b-1842)
7. J. M. Wright died young
8. Sarah E. Wright (b-1844, d-1848)
9. Alice L. Wright (b-1850, d-1873)
10. Samuel St. John Wright (b-1852)

He passed away in 1892.

From an 1881 biography:

Dr. Amos Wright, physician, Tallmadge; the first white male child born in Tallmadge Township, and his birth occurred Oct. 5, 1808; his parents, Dr. Amos and Lydia (Kinney) Wright, were natives of Connecticut, he coming to Trumbull County in 1801, where he remained until 1802, when he returned to Connecticut and married the above-named lady, who was the daughter of Rev. Aaron Kinney. After his marriage, he came to Trumbull County, where he remained until 1808; he then came to Tallmadge where he remained until he died. He was the first practicing physician in this section of the State, and his practice was extensive. Our subject attended the academy in Tallmadge until he was 14 years old, and then went on the farm where he remained until he was 19 years of age. In 1827, he began the study of medicine in his father's office, where he remained two years; he then went to Cincinnati and attended lectures in 1829 and 1830. In 1831 and 1832, he attended lectures at Yale College. He returned to Tallmadge in 1833, and opened a drug store in Middlebury, conducting the business for one year, then removed to Trumbull County and practiced medicine for two years. He returned to Tallmadge in 1836, and has remained there ever since. He has an extensive circuit of practice, visiting patients in Portage, Stark and Summit Counties. On the 31st day of March, 1831, he was united in marriage to Clemence C. Fenn, who born to him nine children, six of whom are living - Stella, Celia, Ellen M., Julia I., Darwin E.; Samuel St. John associated with his father in his practice; J. M., Sarah E. and Alice are the names of this deceased. Alice was well and widely known in social and musical circles, and has distinguished herself as a singer of more than ordinary ability; she died in 1874, at the age of 23 years. March 31, 1881, Dr. and Mrs. Wright celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the wedded life by a golden wedding, given by them at their home, and entertained a host of congratulating friends.^[1]

Sources

• "Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDX4-NNB : 8 December 2014), Amos Wright and Clemence C. Finn, 25 Mar 1831; citing Portage County, Ohio, reference 2:3JHTBSV; FHL microfilm 891,359
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCLS-NSV : 18 February 2021), Amos Wright, 1860.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6LB-736 : 3 January 2021), Amos Wright, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8S1-YF3 : 20 February 2021), Amos Wright, Tallmadge, Summit, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 181, sheet 413C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,069.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #11892301
• Bronson, Charles Cook: Volume 4 of Historical Collections of Tallmadge Misselaneous https://www.akronlibrary.org/images/Divisions/SpecCol/images/BronsonVolume_4.pdf

Footnotes

1. ↑ Perrin, William Henry: History of Summit County, with an outline sketch of Ohio, Chicago, Illinois: Baskin & Battey, Historical Publishers, 1881. Page 932. [1]

Acknowledgments

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