When Josiah C Wright was born on 17 March 1835, in Sandy Creek, Oswego, New York, United States, his father, William Wright, was 36 and his mother, Magdalena Combes, was 34. He married Rosetta Horton about 1868. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Shabbona Township, DeKalb, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Wayne, Iowa, United States in 1895. He died on 25 April 1895, in Allerton, Wayne, Iowa, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Corydon, Wayne, Iowa, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
Historical Boundaries: 1836: Whiteside, Illinois, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Wayne, Iowa, United States
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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