Brief Life History of Isaac Lester
When Isaac Lester Wright was born on 29 December 1876, in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States, his father, Isaac Kite Wright, was 27 and his mother, Henrietta Wall, was 21. He married June LaVerne Gentry on 24 December 1903, in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States in 1920 and Seattle, King, Washington, United States in 1930. He died on 3 February 1938, in Edmonds, Snohomish, Washington, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Richfield City Cemetery, Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States.
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- Isaac Lester Wright, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Mr. Isaac Lester Wright, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Isaac Lester Wright, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1889
Historical Boundaries - 1889: Bingham, Idaho Territory, United States; 1890: Bingham, Idaho, United States; 1911: Bonneville, Idaho, United States
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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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