Jabez Wright, 1848-1912

THE HISTORY OF THE WESTERN RESERVE tells us that Jabez Wright was a son of Douglas Wright and Miranda Smith Wright, born in 1848 in Huron, Ohio. The grandfather of Jabez Wright, whose name also was Jabez Wright, came to Ohio from Connecticut in the early 1800's. He became a judge for Huron County. Judge Wright's home served as a station for the Underground Railroad of the Firelands. Douglas Wright and father were both very anti-slavery in their views.

In 1868, the younger Jabez Wright married Isabelle Kirby, a daughter of Captain and Mrs. A. A. Kirby. Jabez Wright died on March 12, 1912. His obituary in the March 14, 1912 Sandusky Register reported that Jabez Wright was "one of the oldest and most esteemed citizens of Huron." He was prominent in Masonic circles. Mr. Wright was survived by his wife and two sons. Jabez and Isabelle Wright are buried in Scott Cemetery.

Military Monday: Walter M. Wright

Walter M. Wright, born December 5, 1929, served as a Sergeant in the United States Army during the Korean War. He passed away on September 11, 2008. Walter M. Wright was buried at the Cemetery of the Ohio Veterans Home, following a military funeral held at the Giffin Chapel at the Ohio Veterans Home. A lovely wreath adorns the tombstone of Walter M. Wright in December, 2011. Thank you for your years of service to our country!

Alida Wright

According to her death certificate, Alida Wright was born Mary Elida Wright, to John A. Wright and Mary Mallory Wright, in Oswego, New York on August 18, 1833. By the 1850 Census, Alida was living in Sandusky, Ohio with her parents, and her five younger siblings. John A. Wright listed his occupation as carpenter, and he was a neighbor to Daniel Dibble, a shipbuilder. The ledger book of John A. Wright, Alida's father, is housed in the Charles E. Frohman Collection of the R.B. Hayes Presidential Center. (John A. Wright was also involved in ship building.)

Alida Wright passed away in Paulding County, Ohio, on November 6, 1917, and she is buried in Sandusky's Oakland Cemetery. At the time of her death, Alida had been residing in Benton Township of Paulding County, with her nephew and his family.

John A. and Mary A. Wright

John A. Wright and his wife, the former Mary A. Mallory, are buried in Block 23 of Sandusky's Oakland Cemetery. A website from Oswego County, New York, lists the marriage date of John A. Wright and Mary Mallory as November 24, 1830. They were wed by Rev. Mr. Bruce.

Mr. Wright's obituary, which appeared in the January 11, 1889 issue of the Sandusky Register, stated that John A. Wright came to Sandusky in 1830, and that he was engaged in ship building there for many years. He moved to Green Springs, Ohio in 1876. John A. Wright passed away on January 10, 1889. Mary A. Wright had died in October of 1887. (Click on the images for an enlarged view.)

An article in the November 25, 1880 Sandusky Register reported on the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Wright. A celebration was held in Green Springs and was attended by over fifty of the couples' family and friends,including several of their children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Several members of the Wright family are buried in Block 23 at Oakland Cemetery. Moving to the right of the tombstones of John A. and Mary A. Wright are the grave makers of their daughters Samaria Rouse, who died in 1857; Mercia Wright, who died in 1872; and Alida Wright, who died in 1917. (Alida's stone is flush with the ground.) In front of the tombstones of John A. and Mary A. Wright are tombstones for their married daughter Harriet Salisbury, who died in 1919, and her husband James Salisbury, who died in 1910.