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From: "Michael W. Condardo" <>
Subject: Re: [ARIZARD-L] How Far We Have Come
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 20:14:03 -0800

Just in case some of you would like the family chart...

The Family of Bishop Milton Wright, "Religious Telescope"

Milton Wright, Bishop ("Religious Telescope")
Birth: 17 NOV 1828 in Rushville, Rush, Indiana
Death: 3 Apr 1917 in Oakwood, Monmouth Co., Ohio
Sex: M
Father: Daniel Wright, Jr.
Birth: 3 SEP 1790 in Thetford, Orange, Vermont
Death: 6 OCT 1861 in Fayette County, Indiana
Sex: M
Father: Daniel Wright, Sr.
Birth: 7 APR 1757 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut
Death: 10 SEP 1832 in Miami County, Ohio
Sex: M
Father: Benoni Wright
Mother: Eliza Smith
Mother: Sarah Freeman
Birth: 27 MAR 1762 in Lebanon, New London, Connecticut
Death: 1 APR 1848 in Troy, Miami County, Ohio
Sex: F
Father: Edmund Freeman
Mother: Sarah Porter
Mother: Catherine Reeder
Birth: 17 MAR 1800 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio
Death: 24 SEP 1860 in Fayette County, Indiana
Sex: F
Marriage: 24 NOV 1859 in Union County, Indiana
Spouse: Susan Catherine Koerner (Wife)
Birth: 30 APR 1831 in Hillsboro, Loudoun, Virginia
Death: 4 JUL 1889 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
Sex: F
Father: John G. Koerner
Mother: Catherine Fryer
Children:
1. Reuchlin Wright
Birth: 17 MAR 1861
Death: 23 MAY 1920
Sex: F
2. Lorin Wright
Birth: 18 NOV 1862
Death: 1 DEC 1939
Sex: F
3. Wilbur (Famous) Wright
Birth: 16 APR 1867
Death: 30 MAY 1912 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
DEATH: Died of typhoid fever
Sex: M
BIOGRAPHY: Wilbur never smoke, drank or got married
4. Otis Wright
Birth: FEB 1870
Death: 7 MAR 1870
Sex: M
5. Ida Wright
Birth: FEB 1870
Death:
Sex: F
6. Orville (Famous) Wright
Birth: 19 AUG 1871 in Datton, Montgomery County, Ohio
Death: 30 JAN 1948 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio
Sex: M
BIOGRAPHY: Orville was a champion bicyclist. He never smoke, drank or
got married.
7. Katherine Wright
Birth: 19 AUG 1874
Death:
Sex: F

At 04:31 PM 3/20/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi Folks!
>
>This is the centennial year of powered flight, so I thought you might enjoy
>this anecdote.
>
>In the 1870's, a bishop who had charge of a small denominational college
>made his annual visit and stayed with the president. The bishop boasted a
>firm belief that everything that could be invented had been invented. The
>college president thought otherwise. "In 50 years," he said, "men will learn
>to fly like birds." The bishop, shocked, replied, "Flight is reserved for
>angels and you have been
>guilty of blasphemy." The name of the bishop was Milton Wright, and back
>home he had two sons - named Orville and Wilbur.
>
>--
>Robert W. King
>I'm an ingenieur, NOT a bloody locomotive driver!
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