Brief Life History of Jacob
When Jacob Wright was born on 24 September 1807, in Maryland, United States, his father, James Wright, was 33 and his mother, Barbary Shirrel, was 34. He married Silvia A Whitney on 29 May 1832, in Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Rush, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States in 1850. He died on 10 May 1878, in Liberty Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Mercer, Ohio, United States.
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- Jacob Wright, "United States Census, 1860"
- Jacob Wright, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- Jacob Wright, "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1810 · Change of capital city
Zanesville becomes the new state capital.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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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