When Daniel Drake Wright was born on 2 June 1820, in Alburg, Grand Isle, Vermont, United States, his father, Samuel Wright, was 57 and his mother, Bethiah Drake, was 40. He married Casandra Hogan about 1841, in Dickinson Center, Dickinson, Franklin, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Dickinson, Franklin, New York, United States in 1840 and Moira, Franklin, New York, United States for about 25 years. He died on 12 March 1882, in Dickinson Center, Dickinson, Franklin, New York, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Sand Hill Cemetery, Bangor, Franklin, New York, United States.
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A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
Established in 1828.
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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