Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Samuel and Ann Wright


















In the 1850 U.S. Census, Samuel Wright was age 24, and residing in Portland Township, Erie County, Ohio. (Portland Township was later known as the city of Sandusky.) The future Mrs. Samuel Wright was listed as Christina Lyman in the 1850 U.S. Census. (Many spelling errors appear in this census record.) She lived with her family in Townsend Township, Sandusky County, Ohio.  (Christina’s first name appears with several different spelling varations, including Christena, Ann or Christiana.)  On September  10,  1851, Samuel Wright married  Christiana Lyman in Erie County, Ohio.  













Samuel Wright died as young man, on February 13, 1868. He was buried at Sandusky’s Oakland Cemetery. Mrs. Ann/Christina Wright eventually moved to Henry County, Ohio, where she lived with her sister and husband. Ann Wright died on June 5, 1903 in Colton, Ohio. Her remains were returned to Sandusky, Ohio, where she was buried beside her husband at Oakland Cemetery.


















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