When Emsley Wright was born in 1811, in Monroe, Indiana, United States, his father, James Benjamin Wright Sr, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth "Betsy" Sears, was 30. He married Catherine Inyart on 21 January 1833, in Monroe, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Lukin Township, Lawrence, Illinois, United States in 1836. He died on 13 September 1854, in Lawrence, Illinois, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Bell Cemetery, Lawrence, Illinois, United States.
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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Historical Boundaries 1818: Monroe, Indiana, United States
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
English and Scottish: occupational name for a craftsman or maker of machinery, mostly in wood, of any of a wide range of kinds, from Middle English and Older Scots wriht, wright, wricht, writh, write (Old English wyrhta, wryhta) ‘craftsman’, especially ‘carpenter, joiner’. The term is found in various combinations (for example, Cartwright and Wainwright ), but when used in isolation it often referred to a builder of windmills or watermills. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
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