Joseph Wright
BIRTH 24 Nov 1812
Columbiana County, Ohio, USA
DEATH 2 Nov 1907 (aged 94)
Wilmington, Clinton County, Ohio, USA
BURIAL
New Vienna IOOF Cemetery
New Vienna, Clinton County, Ohio, USA
Joseph Wright was born 11th mo. 24th, 1812. He was the son of John and Hannah Gilbert Wright, and was born in Columbiana Co. Ohio. The father, John Wright was born in Virginia, Bedford Co. He was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (------), who moved to Ohio when John was just entering manhood. The father of Joseph was a large slaveholder, who when he came to distribute his property among his children said that Joseph had moved to Ohio and joined the Quakers and being opposed to slavery would not want any of his property, so the family was poor. [The father of the Joseph Wright who moved from Bedford Co, VA, to Columbiana Co, OH, in 1802/1803 was John Wright, who died in Bedford Co, VA, in 1814. He did indeed own slaves, but, contrary to the implication of the statement, John willed money to his son, Joseph, and obviously it would have been easier to send money to Joseph in Ohio rather than land or slaves.]
Joseph's children were Nancy Johnson (Wright), Elizabeth Moreland, Martha Moreland, Charity Manker [the correct name was Mankin], Judith Whinery, Thomas, Joseph, John, and Benjamin.
Hannah Gilbert was the daughter of Joseph and Ann Gilbert. They came from Loudoun Co., Va., after Hannah was grown and settled in Columbiana Co. Their children were Lydia Davis and Polly Sinclair, Sallie and Betsy, Hannah Wright Coffin, Priscilla Milner, afterwards Sinclair, Ann Marsh, Robert and Rebecca. (Sallie and Betsy married the same man. Joseph [this is a reference to Joseph Gilbert, who married Ann Marsh at Old Swedes' Church in Philadelphia] married Ann Marsh.)
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