Wright, David
Marriage Information:
Spouse:
Wright, Martha
Marriage Month:
November
Marriage Day:
18
Marriage Year:
1829
Children:
Wright, William Pelham
Citation for Marriage Info:
Citation Notes:
http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/26006424/person/1760505976
Biography and Citation Information:
Biography:
David Wright was the second husband of Martha Coffin Pelham Wright. They met while she was teaching drawing and writing at a Quaker school, and the couple married and eventually moved to Auburn, NY. Together, they had six children: Eliza "Lidy" Wright (1830 – 1911), Matthew Tallman Wright (1832 – 1854), Ellen Wright Garrison (1840 – 1931), William Pelham Wright (1842 – 1902), Francis "Frank" Wright (1844 – 1903), and Charles Edward Wright (1848 – 1849). William Pelham Wright served in the Civil War.
Citation Notes:
18630709FAS_AWS1;
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=15789902
Biography:
"The Wrights lived on Genesee Street (in Auburn), around the corner from the Sewards. Martha’s husband, David, was a lawyer who had worked in 1846 as a partner with William Henry Seward on one of his most famous cases, defending William Freeman, an African American accused of murder, on a plea of insanity.
Beginning in 1827, Martha Wright, raised a Quaker, taught at the Aurora school attended earlier
by Frances Seward and Lazette Worden, and the three women shared a strong commitment to
abolitionism and women’s rights. "
Citation Notes:
http://www.cayugacounty.us/portals/0/history/ugrr/report/PDF/4b.pdf
Spouse ID:
Martha C Wright
Citation for Marriage Info (old):
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