Leonard M Wright

Brief Life History of Leonard M

When Leonard M Wright was born in 1872, in Plymouth, Marshall, Indiana, United States, his father, Calvin J. Wright, was 38 and his mother, Elizabeth Church, was 34.

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Calvin J. Wright
1834–1912
Elizabeth Church
1838–1912
Calvin Edgar Wright
1859–1926
Etta Wright
1868–1945
General Milo Wright
1871–1941
Leonard M Wright
1872–

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    World Events (3)

    1872 · The First National Park

    Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

    1872 · The Amnesty Act

    A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.

    1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded

    The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.

    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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