Person:Reuchlin Wright (1)

Dayton Daily Journal 24 May 1920 page 1, column 4

Dies In West [photograph of Reuchlin Wright] REUCHLIN WRIGHT.

HEAD OF WRIGHT FAMILY DIES AT HIS KANSAS HOME

Reuchlin, Aged 59, Had Resided in West for Many Years.

Reuchlin Wright, 59, oldest brother of Orville Wright, died

yesterday morning at his home in Kansas City. His wife and

three children survive. He had lived in the west for 31

years.

Mr. Wright's death resulted from a stroke of apoplexy.

Information of a previous stroke which he suffered one

week ago today summoned his younger brother, Lorin

Wright, to Kansas City, where he and his wife now are.

Orville Wright is ill with sciatica at his home in Oakwood, so

neither he nor his sister, Miss Katherine Wright, will be able

to go west. Burial probably will be in Kansas City.

Reuchlin Wright was born March 17, 1861, and was the

oldest child of Bishop and Mrs. Milton Wright. Lorin, Orvile,

and Miss Katherine Wright are his surviving brothers and

sisters.

His wife, a Miss Billheimer, was the daughter of a U. B.

minister who formerly was stationed in Dayton. The

children all are married.

After leaving Dayton, Reuchlin Wright operated a farm in

Kansas, but had lived in Kansas City for several years.

For more information on the Wright family contact the Dayton Metro Library - history@daytonmetrolibrary.org

1. ↑ Die Bruder Wright.

   http://www.daytonhistorybooks.citymax.com/page/page/1954336.htm
   excerpt:
   Reuchlin Wright, born in Grant County, Indiana, March 17, 1861.
   Lorin Wright, born in Fayette County, Indiana, November 18, 1862.
   (These two older brothers are still living, are married, and have lovely children—Reuchlin three, Lorin four, Reuchlin's oldest married).

2. ↑ Reuchlin Wright, in Find A Grave.

   Birth: Mar. 17, 1861
   Millville (Henry County)
   Henry County
   Indiana, USA
   Death: May 23, 1920
   Kansas City
   Jackson County
   Missouri, USA
   
   Reuchlin, first son of Milton and Susan C. Wright, brother to Wilbur and Orville Wright, spent a year at Western College near Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1879, then briefly taught elementary school . He spent another year at Hartville College, IN with his brother, Lorin and took a job as a clerk in a lumberyard in Dayton, OH. He married Lulu Billheimer in 1886 and had a daughter, Catherine Louise, a year later. Reuch (pronounced Roosh) had a difficult time earning a living in Dayton, and moved to Kansas City in 1889 where he found work as a bookkeeper with another lumber company. That job proved a dead end, and he took another with a railroad. In 1901, he moved to a farm near Tonganoxie, Kansas, where he raised cattle and seed corn. His daughter, Catherine died soon after moving west, but Reuch and Lullu had three more children, Helen Margaret, Herbert, and Bertha Ellwyn.
   
   Family links:
   Parents:
   Milton Wright (1828 - 1917)
   Susan Catherine Koerner Wright (1831 - 1888)
   
   Spouse:
   Lulu B. Billheimer Wright (1865 - 1951)*
   
   Children:
   Katharine Louis Wright (1887 - 1891)*
   
   *Calculated relationship
   
   
   Burial:
   Forest Hill Cemetery
   Kansas City
   Jackson County
   Missouri, USA
   
   Created by: Helen L. Smith Hoke
   Record added: Aug 31, 2002
   Find A Grave Memorial# 6738988

3.   United States. 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T623).

   NAME: Herbert Wright
   AGE: 7
   BIRTH DATE: Feb 1893
   BIRTHPLACE: Missouri
   HOME IN 1900: Kansas City Ward 12, Jackson, Missouri
   RACE: White
   GENDER: Male
   RELATION TO HEAD OF HOUSE: Son
   MARITAL STATUS: Single
   FATHER'S NAME: Reuc* Wright
   FATHER'S BIRTHPLACE: Indiana
   MOTHER'S NAME: Lulu B Wright
   MOTHER'S BIRTHPLACE: Ohio
   OCCUPATION: View on Image
   NEIGHBORS: View others on page
   HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:
   NAME AGE
   Reuc* Wright 39
   Lulu B Wright 35
   Hellen M Wright 10
   Herbert Wright 7
   Bertha E Wright 3

4.   United States. 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication T624).

   NAME: Herbert Wright
   AGE IN 1910: 17
   BIRTH YEAR: abt 1893
   BIRTHPLACE: Missouri
   HOME IN 1910: Stranger, Leavenworth, Kansas
   RACE: White
   GENDER: Male
   RELATION TO HEAD OF HOUSE: Son
   MARITAL STATUS: Single
   FATHER'S NAME: Renchlin Wright
   FATHER'S BIRTHPLACE: Indiana
   MOTHER'S NAME: Lulu Wright
   MOTHER'S BIRTHPLACE: Ohio
   NEIGHBORS: View others on page
   HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS:
   NAME AGE
   Renchlin Wright 49
   Lulu Wright 45
   Herbert Wright 17
   Bertha Wright 13