Brief Life History of John Rudy
When John Rudy Wright was born on 2 October 1846, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Abraham Reister Wright, was 35 and his mother, Mary Ann Brockerman, was 30. He married Susannah Bithell on 12 July 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Springfield Township, Clark, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Planktown, Cass Township, Richland, Ohio, United States in 1870. He died on 5 October 1927, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Jno Wright, "United States Census, 1850"
- John R. Wright, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- John Rudy Wright, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
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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BIOGRAPHY OF JOHN RUDY WRIGHT
John Rudy Wright was born on 2 October 1846 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Abraham Reister and Mary Ann Brockerman Wright. He was the sixth of nine children, three girls and six boys. …
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