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melted and moulded the weights into bullets. which he next day fired at the British. The old clock is still in the possession of his great- grandchildren, a highly prized revolutionary relic, and still measures the correct time. Caleb Wright married, about 1767, Elizabeth, daughter of Josiah Stillman, of Wethersfield, Connecticut. She survived him and married ( second ) William Hammond, of Pitt-town, New York. She died August 4. 1824; no issue by her second marriage. Children of Caleb and Elizabeth (Stillman) Wright: 1. Elijah, born in Sandisfield, Massachusetts, September 4, 1769, died May 25, 1832: mar- ried (first) Lavina Barber, of Cambridge, New York, and had issue. Ile married (sec- ond ) Sara, granddaughter of Thomas Adkins (2) (a revolutionary soldier ) and Mercy (Clark) Adkins, also granddaughter of Dea- con Robert (a revolutionary soldier) and Lydia ( Parmalee) Griffing : children : Zalmon, Stillman, Lavina, Caleb, Daniel, William, Royal. Betsy, Harriet. De Witt. John. Kirk- land. Griffin, Prudence, Janc. Elijah. 2. Lauchlin, see forward. 3. Elizabeth. born March 13, 1772; married. 1790. Joseph Slo- cum: children: Elizabeth. Reuben, Rachael, Caleb Wright, Azuba. Sarah, Humphrey, Annice, Joseph, Elias. 4. Sally, born March 2, 1774 ; married Ebenezer Moseley, who died September, 1850; children: Alvin, Betsy, Sally. Zenia. 5. Caleb, born March 19. 1776. died December 30, 1838: married (first ) Eunice Sprague, of Greenwich, New York, died May 20, 1812, who bore him five chil- dren : married (second) Mary Ilanks, who died January, 1862; children: David, John Franklin, Sophia, Anne, infant daughter : by second marriage : Benjamin, Morgan, Leroy, Eunice, Mary. 6. Rachael, born April 26, 1779: married Increase Moseley, of Hoosick, New York; children: Pardon. Betsy, Mary, Lncina, Rachael, Sally, Esther, Alvina, Polly, Stillman. 7. Josiah, born November 17. 1780, died June 22, 1835 ; married Freelove Wood- worth, of White Creek, New York : children : William, Maria, Eliza, Josiah, Freelove. John, Roxanna, Solomon Warner, M.D. 8. John Stillman, born March 10, 1782, died October 5. 1849; married Asenath Arnold, born August 20, 1785, of Hoosick, New York ; children : Emily, Elizabeth, Mary, Flavona. Mordan. Victor Morean, Wellington, Mary Eliza, Sarah Asenath.
(XIII) Lauchlin, second son of Caleb (2) and Elizabeth (Stillman) Wright, was born in Sandisfield. Massachusetts, December 5. 1770, died January 9, 1854. Ile was a farmer of Washington county, New York, where the family are mentioned as "old and early" set-
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tlers of the town of Cambridge. They were closely allied to the Wells family, descendants of one of the original patentees, Edward Wells, of Worcester, England. He married Roxanna, died July 14, 1855, daughter of David and Rachael (Griffing) Parks, grand- daughter of Robert and Rhoda (Parmele) Griffing, and also granddaughter of Nathaniel and - - (Clark) Park. (David added the "s" to the name.) David Parks enlisted in Amos Staunton's company, December 23, 1777, was transferred to S. B. Webb's regi- ment, May 1, 1780, discharged December 23, 1780. He was borne on the rolls of revolu- tionary pensioners. Both Nathaniel and David Parks served in the revolution; Nathaniel en- listed May II, 1776, discharged October 17, 1776; they served from Connecticut. Robert Griffing, while not a combatant, rendered the cause good service in bringing in salt and food to the army. He was working under" the orders and authority of the Connecticut governor and council. He was the great- great-grandfather of Dr. Wright. Children of Lauchlin and Roxanna (Parks) Wright: I. David, born February 8, 1794, died March 16, 1870: married, August 18, 1821, Betsey, daughter of Captain Lott Woodworth, of White Creek, New York ; children: William Alfred, Jane Maria, Maurice Lauchlin, who served in the civil war, Eighty-fifth Regiment, New York Volunteers. 2. Elizabeth, born August 14, 1795, died February 3, 1863 ; mar- ried, May, 1821, Alden Bennett, settled in New Haven, New York, died September 25, 1854; children: i. Charles W., born Sep- tember 25, 1822, killed in the civil war, 1864; married, May, 1845, Louise Dean ; ii. H. Veil, born December 23, 1825: died, unmarried, September 18, 1874: iii. Alfred Platt, born May 7, 1829, died April 24, 1888; married Miranda Covert, in 1855, who survived him and married (second) B. Stout, who died May 30. 1896; iv. Walter Smith, born April 12, 1832 ; married Blanche Coryelle ; v. Julia Ann, born January 14, 1836, died April 14, 1864; married Delos Townsend, 1858. 3. James Harvey, born July 9, 1798, died in Saugatuck, Michigan, September 12, 1873 ; married, Octo- ber 3, 1826, Eunice, daughter of Hon. David Bradley, of Marcellus, New York. She died January 23, 1888; children: i. Edwin Brad- ley, born September 17, 1827, died January 21, 1879 ; married (first) June 7, 1863, Lydia M. Pratt, died October 7, 1864; (second) Phoebe Maris, October 23, 1865 ; child: Hat- tie, an adopted daughter, married, 1876, Bird; ii. James Harvey, born August 5, 1829; married, April, 1864, Jessie Smith ; children: George Edwin, born December 28,
1865; Eugene Harvey, August, 1869; Ida;,. August 3, 1871, died 1888; Simeon, August I, 1874; iii. Jessie, January 13, 1832, married, June 4, 1856, Harvey L. House, who died July 7, 1896, lived in Saugatuck, Michigan ; children: Dr. Walter B., born June 4, 1857, married Florence M. Lacey ; Rev. Herbert E., June 12, 1860, married Myrtle Ruggles, of Oak Park, Illinois, was missionary to Tien Tsin, China, came home in 1897 at the time of the great Boxer uprising; Alice L., born April 3. 1862, died June 11, 1889, married Fred G. Truscott; two children; Jessie M., June 15, 1865 : Edwin H., May 16, 1875, mar- ried, May 23, 1900, Philanda H. Davis, both being graduates of Columbia School of Ora- tory ; iv. Cordelia, June 10, 1843, died March 12, 1844. 4. Walter, born July 1, 1801, died' January 30, 1875; married, September 5, 1826, Frances Crane, of Marcellus, New York, died April 15, 1883; lived in Adrian, Michigan ; child : Ann Elizabeth, born April I, 1828, died December 30, 1899; married Nicholas Van Brunt, died October 20, 1896. 5. Dr. Albert, born April 14, 1804, died De- cember 10, 1874: married, June 6, 1832, Jane A. Barker; graduated from Vermont Acad- emy of Medicine, in 1831, and located in Brooklyn, New York. His wife died Decem- ber 21, 1878; child: Annie Southwell (by adoption ), born October 4, 1834, died May 30, 1890. 6. Dr. William, born September 24, 1806, died September 23, 1880; married, No- vember 27, 1835, Eliza Ann, daughter of Hon. Martin Lee, of Granville, Washington county, New York. He graduated from Vermont Academy of Medicine in 1833, and practiced' his profession in Brooklyn, New York ; chil- dren: i. Helen Mary, born September 13, 1836, died in infancy ; ii. William H. Seward,. January 17, 1839 ; married, July 5. 1863. Car- rie L. Willets, died November 12, 1901 ; mar- ried (second) Anna Hagedorn, and had an adopted daughter Bessie: iii. Cornelia, born March 4, 1842, died November 2, 1903; iv. Martin, July 18, 1844, died in infancy: v. Albert James, March 16, 1848; married, Octo- ber 1, 1879, Lillie Ames. He is a practicing dentist in Brooklyn, New York. 7. Morris Lauchlin, December 4, 1808, died June 14, 1884; married, February 22, 1849, Maria E., daughter of Captain Samuel Ruste. She died November II, 1866. They lived on the old homestead in Cambridge, owned by his father and grandfather before him; children: i. Helena Maria, born January II, 1850; ji. Sarah Jane, May 4, 1852; married, March' 28, 1893, Edward Payson Cramer, a widower, who died July 29, 1903. 8. Julia A., born March 28, 1812, died March 6, 1897 ; married,.
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October 13. 1834. Lemuel Sherman, a farmer of Cambridge, New York, born September 6, 1809, died January 28, 1887; children: i. Frances E., born February 23, 1840 ; married, October 4, 1859, James, son of John and Nancy ( McMurray ) McFarland, and had a son, Frank Murray; ii. Mary, October 15, 1841, died June 28, 1899 : married, December 4, 1864, Lieutenant Albert Shiland, a veteran of Company I, One Hundred and Twenty- third Regiment, New York Volunteers, died at his home in Denver, Colorado, leaving chil- dren, Fred, Helen C. and Francis; iii. George Lemuel, January 15, 1846; married, December 28, 1887, Julia A., daughter of Peter and Maria (Gilchrist) Wheldon ; iv. Albert, Jan- uary 18, 1851 ; married, December 4, 1872, Sophia Dobbin, born June 12, 1851, and had a daughter, Gertrude, who married S. F. El- lingwood. 9. Sidney Wells, see forward.
(XIV) Sidney Wells, son of Lauchlin and Roxanna (Parks) Wright, was born at Cam- bridge, New York, February 14, 1815, died February 17, 1882. He was a prominent farmer of Washington county, and held sev- eral of the county and town offices. He was a leading member and an elder of the Presby- terian church of Cambridge. Politically he was a Republican, a great admirer and de- voted follower of Horace Greeley, even for- saking the regular party candidates and voting for Mr. Greeley when he was the Democratic candidate for President. He married (first) September 19, 1837, Jane E., daughter of Rupel and Betsey (Wilcox) Brown, who bore him one child. He married (second) Maria Cramer Savage, born May 26, 1815, died March 29, 1876, daughter of Amos and Maria (Cramer) Savage. She was a daugh- ter of Amos (2) and a granddaughter of Amos (1) Savage, the revolutionary soldier, who served as a private, then was promoted by the governor and council of Connecticut in 1779 to be ensign of Second Company of alarm list in the Twenty-third Regiment of that state. Amos (2) Savage married (sec- ond) Maria, daughter of John Nicklaus and Elizabeth (Tippel) Cramer, the latter a daugh- ter of Adam and Catherine Tippel. John Nicklaus Cramer and Adam Tippel were both soldiers of the revolution, serving in Colonel Morris Graham's sixth regiment, Dutchess county, New York, militia. Children of Sid- ney Wells and Maria (Savage) Wright: I. Jane B., born April, 1840, died in infancy. 2. Jane Maria, born February 22, 1843, died February 12, 1858. 3. Adeline J., born No- vember 6, 1844, died April 23, 1866; married, April 13, 1865, Thomas A., son of Benjamin H. Howell, head of the sugar refining house
of B. H. Howell & Son, of Brooklyn, New York. He survived her and married a second wife, and died September 19, 1896. Their only child died in infancy. 4. Sarah Eliza- beth, born October 7, 1846, died March 19, 1877; married, October 3, 1868, James E. Cady, of Brandon, Vermont, and had a son Lucian, born January 15, 1877. 5. Albert Maurice, mentioned below. 6. Emma Rox- anna, born July 1, 1850. 7. Julia Antoinette,. October 3, 1852 ; married, December 28, 1887, Calvin, son of George and Josephine ( Bow- man ) Sims. He was born February 7, 1844. now a bookkeeper of Troy, New York, and has a daughter, Clara W. (by adoption), born January 28, 1892. 8. Walter Savage, June- 26, 1854; married. April 28, 1886, Bernice, daughter of Jonathan and Adaline (McChis- tock) Long. She was born September 26, 1861. He studied law, was admitted to the. bar and practiced in New York until 1887, when he removed to Pasadena, California, where he is now one of the prominent lawyers of that state. Children : i. Adaline, born Sep- tember 25, 1888; a graduate of Leland Stan- ford University, May, 1910; ii. Howard Wal- ter, September 6, 1892: iii. Catherine, May 16, 1895. 9. Mary Helen, born March 17, 1856; married, October 10. 1883, Matthew B. Hutton, M.D., a graduate of the University of Michigan, born August 12, 1854, son of Wil- liam and Mary Ann (Blair) Hutton, of Put- nam, New York; now (1910) a practicing physician of Valley Falls, New York. Chil- dren: i. An infant daughter, deceased: ii. Anna M., born August 31, 1890. 10. Charles Sidney, born August 13, 1861 : editor and journalist, Saratoga, New York: married (first) May 11, 1887, Clara M. Crocker. dieď September 22, 1893, leaving three children ; married (second) April 24, 1895. Hannah, daughter of James and Carrie I .. ( Lewis) Butterworth, born November 27, 1868: chil- dren : i. Mabel C., born Saratoga, New York, February 14, 1888: ii. Albert C., January 29, 1890: iii. Julia Clara, January 28. 1892; adopted by her aunt, Mrs. Sims, and name changed to Clara Wright Sims ; iv. James But- terworth, March II. 1897; v. Carrie E., De- cember 14, 1899; vi. Marion IIelen, July 1, 1906.
(XV) Albert Maurice, son of Sidney Wells and Maria Cramer (Savage) Wright, was born at Granville, Washington county, New York, August 26. 1848. Ile was educated in the town schools of Granville and Cambridge, completing his studies at Washington Acad- emy, where he was graduated in 1865. In 1870 he began the study and practice of den- tistry with Dr. Zina Cotton, of Cambridge.
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Valley mill was burned in 1905. The corpora- tion also operated a mill at Hoboken, New Jersey, for the manufacture of underwear, and for about two years operated the Majestic Knitting Mill, at Troy. The company also owned and operated the Mohawk River Mill, at Cohoes. Mr. Wright is president of the Wright Health Underwear Company, and has been since its organization ; also a director of the Reserve Fund Corporation of New York City, a company formed to promote and deal in various lines and enterprises. He is a man of force and character, and commands the respect of his associates. He is a member of the Ionic Club of Troy, and other well-known organizations. He is a Republican in politics, and represented Pownal in the Vermont legis- lature. He married, at Pownal, in 1860, Mary A. Brimmer, born in that town August 16, 1844. died March 30, 1895, at Luxor, Egypt, while on a trip up the river Nile. She was a daughter of Green and Angeline Brimmer. Children : 1. Solomon, graduate of Benning- ton high school : valedictorian ; entered Wil- liams College, but failing health prevented his graduation. After a few years of travel abroad he entered business life as a salesman, and is now treasurer of the Wright Health Underwear Company, and operates a commis- sion house in New York City for the sale of the product of his company, the Rob Roy Hosiery Company, and other firms. He re- sides in Montelair, New Jersey. He married Ida P. Pierce, of Danbury, Connecticut ; chil- dren : Dorothy P., Mary A., Caroline. 2. Wil- kinson De Forest, secretary of the Wright Health Underwear Company : resides at Port Washington, Long Island, New York. He married Emily Welles Higenbotham ; children : Wilkinson De Forest, Jr., born December 2, 1902 ; Emily Welles, August 12, 1904: Janet, February 12, 1910. 3. A daughter who died in infancy.
WRIGHT This is a common name in New England, and very diffi- cult to trace. The family is a prominent one in New York also, and has furnished many notable men. In 1844 Silas Wright was governor of the state, and in the professions there have been many men of prominence bearing the name.
(I) The Amsterdam family descended from Matthew Wright, of Connecticut, who was born about 1700-07. He was probably of Chatham. Whether he was a relative of Dea- con Thomas Wright, of Springfield, Massa- chusetts, does not appear. Matthew was of Welsh descent. He married Esther Lewis, also of Connecticut. They removed to New
York, settling in Otsego county, near Covers- town, where they are buried. He is sal to have attained the great age of one hundred and three, dying in 1810. She died in 1820, at the age of ninety. There were over six s 1- diers served in the revolution from Connecti- cut by the name of Wright, but it is not clear that any of the eight sons of Matthew were among them, although there are some bearing the same Christian name. His children were: Daniel: John, see forward: Earl; Matthew (2): Thomas; Ebenezer: Sallie; Esther ; Hepseber : Louis and two others.
(II) John, son of Matthew and Esther (Lewis) Wright, was probably born in Otsego county, New York. Ile lived to the age of sixty. He was married and left a family. His children were: John Y., see forward ; Justus, Samuel, Fanny, Ebenezer, Jane, and two who died in infancy.
(III) John Y., son of John Wright, was born near Cooperstown, Otsego county, New York, and died in Albany county at about the age of seventy-five. He married a descendant of one of the early Dutch families of Albany county, who bore him children : 1. Justus, died in Albany, New York, shortly after his mar- riage. 2. Henry, born in Westerlow, Sehe- nectady county, where he married Jane Liddle, of Schenectady county ; they settled in Duanes- burg, where they died, leaving children : Thomas, John, Robert, Henry and Edward. 3. Charles, see forward. 4. George, died in Rochester, New York. 5. Sylvester, veteran of civil war : now residing in Duanesburg. 6. Ann. 7. Eliza. 8. Miranda.
(IV) Charles, son of John Y. Wright, was born in Westerlow, Schenectady county, New York, July 26, 1820, died in Amsterdam, July 26, 1893. When a young man he removed to Florida, Montgomery county, where he en- gaged in agriculture, his lifelong occupation. He married Olive C. Fancher, born August 19. 1826, died February 3. 1891. She was born on the Fancher homestead, settled by one of the early families of the town of Florida. She was the daughter of Schuyler and Eunice Fancher, whose forbears were pioneers of Montgomery county. The children of Charles and Olive (Fancher ) Wright were : I. Schuy- ler F., born January 11, 1842, died July 23, 1907 : married (first) Laura Parker, who bore him a son, George F., now of Amsterdam ; (second) Mrs. Mary (Brumley) Van Horne. who survived him and resides in Amsterdam. 2. George, see forward. 3. Richard, August 25. 1847: a farmer and resides on the old Fancher homestead, where his mother was born : married ( first) Annie Parks, of Florida, who bore him a daughter. Caroline, now
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wife of Charles McKinney; (second) Rachel Padgett; they have no issue. 4. Caroline, Oc- tober 25, 1853 ; married Jesse May, of English birth ; they have no issue. 5. Cora Belle, 1862; married Cornelius V. Williams; children : Olive, Charles W. (2), Ada and Clifton Wil- liams, and two who died in infancy. Their daughter Olive is married and resides in Cleveland, Ohio. It is worthy of note that Charles Wright and his wife Olive had a married life of over fifty years, the first death in the family being that of Mrs. Wright.
(V) George, son of Charles and Olive (Fancher) Wright, was born on the old Fancher homestead, December 31, 1843. He was educated in the public schools of the town, and made the best possible use of his opportunities to obtain an education. He worked on the farm until he was twenty-two and then left home and learned the trade of carpenter. He was a natural mechanic and became an expert workman. In 1868 he settled in Amsterdam, and in a few years be- gan contracting. He has been very successful and is recognized as one of the leading con- tractors and builders of the city. He has erected some of the largest business buildings in the city, notably the Atlas Knitting Mills, the Pioneer Broom Factory, the Central Hotel, the Pythian Temple, and others of equal prominence, as well as many fine private residences. In politics Mr. Wright is a Demo- crat, and before the city was incorporated was assessor of the village for seven years. He is connected with the Presbyterian church, as is his wife. He holds fraternal relations with Woodbine Lodge, No. 250, Knights of Pyth- ias. He married, December, 1869, in Amster- dam, Julia O. Hart, born 1849, died September 3. 1870. He married (second) in Canajo- harie, New York, March 25, 1875, Mrs. Mary (Ellsworth) Collins, born February 21, 1845, near Sharon, New York. She is the daugh- ter of John and Jedida (Clum) Ellsworth, who died at Fort Plain, New York. John Ellsworth was a cousin of Colonel E. E. Ells- worth, who was one of the first victims of the civil war, shot in Alexandria by the owner of the house from which Colonel Ellsworth had just torn down a Confederate flag. The grandfather of John Ellsworth and of Colonel Ellsworth was George Ellsworth, of English descent. He was a resident of Half Moon, Saratoga county, before the revolution ; when Burgoyne invaded the territory he joined the continental army, though only fifteen. He was at the battle of Bemis Heights and at the surrender of Burgoyne. He married Sarah Reynolds, who bore him fourteen children, one of whom was John, father of Mrs. George
Wright ; another, Ephraim D., father of Colo- nel Ellsworth, was a captain in the ordnance department during the civil war. He had an- other son killed in the war. Colonel Ells- worth was born in Malta, Saratoga county, New York, April 1I, 1837. He went west and studied law with President Abraham Lin- coln, who was ever afterward his warm friend and sincerely mourned his tragic death. He was colonel of the First New York Zouaves, who instantly avenged his death. By her former marriage, Mrs. George Wright has a daughter, Emma J. (Collins) Watson, born June 8, 1870, wife of A. R. Watson, a flour and feed merchant of Amsterdam. They have Grace and George W. Watson. Mr. and Mrs. George Wright have a daughter, Grace Cora, born May 29, 1876; she married Clarence D. Dean, a commission merchant of Amsterdam, and has a son, Charles D. Dean, born May 27, 1895. Clarence D. Dean is a son of Charles D. and Melissa (DeGraff) Dean.
Henry Wright was born in the WRIGHT town of Wright, Schoharie county, New York, November 30, 1833. He was the son of Tunis and Mary (Ketchem) Wright. He was the oldest child, and was but twelve years old when his mother died and the home was broken up. From that time forward he was obliged to support himself, never receiving a dollar's help from anyone. At the age of eighteen, while living at Gallupville, he was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal church. Soon after he felt that he was called of God to the work of the ministry. There was at that time no fund in the Methodist church to aid young men in obtaining an education, but in 1862, after much hard work and rigid economy, he graduated with honor from Union College and in the same year joined the Troy conference. His first appointment was Westbush and Pleasant Square. Among his parishoners at Westbush was Miss Mary Elizabeth Shutts, who, on October 11, 1863, became his wife. They were married in the little church at Westbush on quarterly meeting day by the presiding elder, Dr. William Griffin. Many a time during the thirty-one years of his married life did he congratulate himself on having chosen so capable a helpmeet. For, with the meager salary of a Methodist preacher and a family of five children to be fed, clothed and educated, there was need of a wise manager, and such Mrs. Wright proved herself to be. The rule of the Methodist Episcopal church at that time permitted a pastor to serve a charge but two years, though the limit was soon after extended to three years. During
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the thirty-two years of his ministry Mr. Wright served fifteen different charges, in Fulton, Montgomery, Albany, Schoharie, Rensselaer, Warren, Washington and Saratoga counties, and at Stamford, Vermont. On some of them the work was laborious and diffi- cult, but every appointment was received as from the Lord, and with simple faith and lofty courage he performed with untiring faithfulness every duty. By his sweetness of spirit, gentle courtesy and sterling integrity he won the love of many and the respect of all. On some of his charges there were large revivals, and during every pastorate some were added to the church. He loved music, had a good voice, and in the absence of chorister or choir could lead the congregation in singing. He was never at a loss for an appropriate hymn, for his memory was well stored with the good old hymns of the church. An ardent temperance advocate, he sometimes incurred the wrath of the rumseller and his friends. He believed that religion and politics could be mixed without harm to either, and though it cost him a struggle to leave the ranks of the Republicans, some years before his death he became a third party Prohibitionist. A sunny disposition enabled him to enjoy to the full the simplest pleasures. The care of a garden, his horse and a few hens was his usual recreation, and an occasional fishing trip his extraordinary delight. Nowhere was he happier than in his own home. His son and his daughters were his greatest earthly treasures. Knowing that he could leave them little of material wealth, he sought to train them to habits of industry and self-reliance, and to give them the best education his limited means would allow. Ile lived to see his eldest daughter and his son graduate with honor from Syracuse Univer- sity, and his second daughter from the State Normal College at Albany. These children, when they had finished their school days, be- gan planning a home for father and mother when he should be old and no longer able to preach. A lot was bought in Gloversville that the mother might be near her relatives and the house was in process of building when the father was called to the Heavenly Home. Never in all his life had he had any protracted illness, and he had no experience of the in- firmities of age. His hair had become snowy white and was indeed "a crown of glory," but he was almost in his usual health when in the midst of his work God called him home. He died December 27, 1894, at Clifton Park, Saratoga County, and was buried in Prospect Hill cemetery, Gloversville. Children of Rev. Henry and Mary Elizabeth (Shutts) Wright : I. Mary E., born February 17, 1865 ; married
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