Brief Life History of Almira Jane
When Almira Jane Wright was born on 14 December 1859, in Adams, Ohio, United States, her father, Samuel Wilson Wright, was 23 and her mother, Phoebe Caroline Patton, was 19. She married Calvin Ephraim Horner on 26 December 1877, in Adams Township, Lucas, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Wayne Township, Adams, Ohio, United States in 1860. She died on 5 December 1892, in Winchester Township, Adams, Ohio, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Winchester Cemetery, Winchester, Winchester Township, Adams, Ohio, United States.
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- Almira J Right in household of James Duffy, "United States Census, 1860"
- Allie Wright, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
- Allie Wright in entry for Lee McCoy Horner, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
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World Events (8)
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
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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Samuel W. Wright children - 1869 Adams Co., Ohio Guardianship Records
Source: Probate Journal Abstracts Repository: Family History Library; Salt Lake City, Utah Call No. FHL1750788 - Item 47 1869-March 11: Appointed Thomas N. Young, guardian of Almira Wright age ten ye …
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