Brief Life History of Joseph Henry
When Joseph Henry Wright was born on 11 October 1842, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Robert Wright, was 26 and his mother, Ann Hagerty, was 22. He married Barbara McKenzie Bailey on 8 April 1860, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Greenwich, Piute, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 16 July 1923, in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Richfield City Cemetery, Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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- Joseph Wright, "United States Census, 1870"
- Joseph H Wright, Death (1923), "Utah, Veterans with Federal Service Buried in Utah, Territorial to 1966"
- Joseph H Wright, "United States Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926"
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1845 · Oh My Father
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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