When Sarah L. Wright was born on 21 March 1823, in Trimble, Kentucky, United States, her father, John Strother Wright, was 41 and her mother, Charlotte Pendleton, was 26. She married John Lewis Winn on 26 January 1842, in Trimble, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Constantia, Oswego, New York, United States in 1875. She died on 6 May 1903, in Lakeland, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Lakeland, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States.
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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.
The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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