Reuchlin Wright

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The Wright brothers were two of seven children born to Milton Wright (1828–1917) and Susan Catherine Koerner (1831–1889). Wilbur Wright was born near Millville, Indiana in 1867; Orville in Dayton, Ohio in 1871. The brothers never married. The other Wright siblings were named Reuchlin (1861–1920), Lorin (1862–1939), Katharine (1874–1929), and twins Otis and Ida (born 1870, died in infancy).

The Wright brothers were two of seven children born to Milton Wright (1828–1917) and Susan Catherine Koerner (1831–1889). Wilbur Wright was born near Millville, Indiana in 1867; Orville in Dayton, Ohio in 1871. The brothers never married. The other Wright siblings were named Reuchlin (1861–1920), Lorin (1862–1939), Katharine (1874–1929), and twins Otis and Ida (born 1870, died in infancy).

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.

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Parents:

 Milton Wright (1828 - 1917)

 Susan Catherine Koerner Wright (1831 - 1888)

Spouse:

 Lulu B. Billheimer Wright (1865 - 1951)*

Children:

 Katharine Louise Wright (1887 - 1891)*

 Helen Margaret Wright Russel (1889 - 1972)*

 Bertha Ellwyn Wright Steeper (1896 - 1977)*

Siblings:

 Reuchlin Wright (1861 - 1920)

 Lorin Wright (1862 - 1939)*

 Wilbur Wright (1867 - 1912)*

 Otis Wright (1870 - 1870)*

 Ida Wright (1870 - 1870)*

 Orville Wright (1871 - 1948)*

 Katharine Wright Haskell (1874 - 1929)*

*Calculated relationship

Burial: Forest Hill Cemetery Kansas City Jackson County Missouri, USA