Catherine Wright

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Catherine Wright (Reeder)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Duck Creek, Cincinnati, Clermont County, Ohio, United States
Death: September 24, 1860 (60)
Orange, Fayette County, Indiana, United States
Place of Burial: Orange, Fayette, Indiana, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of George Joseph Reeder and Margaret Benham Reeder
Wife of Daniel Wright, Jr.
Mother of Samuel Smith Wright; Harvey Wright; George Wright; Sarah Harris; Bishop Milton Wright and 3 others
Sister of Anna Reeder; John Vancleve Reeder; Joseph Huff Reeder; Jonathan Franklin Reeder; Sarah Croddy and 7 others

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About Catherine Wright

Find a Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50352114/catharine-wright

Grandmother of the Wright brothers, Catherine Reeder was the daughter of George Reeder and Margaret Van Cleve. Margaret Van Cleve one of the earliest women of European ancestry to settle in the Miami River basin.[3] Margaret Van Cleve's father, John Van Cleve, was killed by natives in Cincinnati on June 1, 1791. The Van Cleve's were descendant from a Dutchman named John Van Cleve who settled in Long Island, New York in 1650, as well as John Vanderbilt, ancestor to Cornelius Vanderbilt. The Reeders were descendant from the Huguenot Gano family which settled in New Rochelle, New York.[4]

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Catherine Wright's Timeline

1800
March 17, 1800
Duck Creek, Cincinnati, Clermont County, Ohio, United States
1818
November 21, 1818
Centerville,Montgomery Co,Ohio
1820
September 9, 1820
Centerville, Montgomery Co., Ohio, USA
1822
1822
Centerville, Gallia Co., Ohio, USA
1824
November 21, 1824
Richland City, Rush Co., Indiana, USA
1828
November 17, 1828
Rushville, Rush County, Indiana, United States
1832
February 29, 1832
Richland City, Rush Co., Indiana, USA
1834
1834
Rush Co., Indiana, USA
1860
September 24, 1860
Age 60
Orange, Fayette County, Indiana, United States