When Almeron D. Wright was born in August 1839, in Mentor Township, Lake, Ohio, United States, his father, Jennings Wright, was 25 and his mother, Clarissa Ames, was 21. He married Mary Elvira Manley on 8 January 1859, in Delhi Township, Ingham, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He died on 8 May 1904, in Bagley Township, Otsego, Michigan, United States, at the age of 64.
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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