Abraham Reister Wright

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Abraham Reister Wright

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: July 01, 1889 (77)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Place of Burial: City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah
Immediate Family:

Son of William Emory Wright and Mary Pearce Wright (Kite)
Husband of Mary Ann Wright (Brockerman)
Father of William Brockerman Wright; Hannah Ann Candland; Abraham Reister Wright, Jr; John Rudy Wright and Isaac Kite Wright
Brother of Alfred or John K. Wright (?), Dr.; William Reister Wright; Sarah Ann Wright; Isaac Kite Wright; Mary Kite Wright and 5 others

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About Abraham Reister Wright

(son of William E. Wright and Mary Kite of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). Born August 18, 1811, Philadelphia. Came to Utah November 2, 1856, Smoot and Eldredge company.

Married: Mary Ann Brockerman November 14, 1833, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (daughter of William Brockerman and Catherine Rudy of Philadelphia). She was born March 18, 1816. Their children:

  1. #William, married Emma Yearsley;
    1. Amanda M., married Charles H. Bassett;
    2. Hannah A., married David Candland;
    3. Abraham Reister, Jr., married Lucy Wardrop;
    4. John R., married Susan Bethel;
    5. Isaac K., married Henriette Wall;
    6. Charles H., married Annie Galloway;
    7. George W., married June Welch.

Family home Salt Lake City.

Member 30th quorum seventies; president of seventies 13th quorum; missionary to Pennsylvania; ward clerk; block teacher. Freighter; photographer; merchant. Died July 1, 1889.

Sources

  • Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah photographs, page 453
  • Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, page 1265
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Abraham Reister Wright's Timeline

1811
August 18, 1811
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
1836
February 10, 1836
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
1840
May 14, 1840
Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, United States
1842
July 10, 1842
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA, United States
1846
October 2, 1846
1849
September 29, 1849
Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, United States
1889
July 1, 1889
Age 77
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
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City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah