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Transit to America
Name: William Wright
Arrival Date: 1 Jul 1837
Birth Date: abt 1814
Age: 23
Port of Departure: London, England
Port of Arrival: New York, New York
Ship Name: Ontario

1840 United States Federal Census
Name: Wm Wright
Home in 1840 : Gambier, Knox, Ohio
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - Under 5: 2
Free White Persons - Females - 20 thru 29: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Under 20: 2
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 4
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 4

1850 United States Federal Census
Name: William Wright
Age: 40
Birth Year: abt 1810
Birthplace: England
Home in 1850: Mount Vernon Ward 4, Knox, Ohio, USA
Gender: Male
Family Number: 597
Household Members:
Name Age
William Wright 40
Mary Wright 30
Mary A Wright 10
William H Wright 8
Albert Wright 6
John S Wright 4
Oliver Wright 2

1860 United States Federal Census
Name: Wm Wright
Age: 48
Birth Year: abt 1812
Gender: Male
Birth Place: England
Home in 1860: Gambier, Knox, Ohio
Post Office: Fredericktown
Family Number: 637
Value of Real Estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
Wm Wright 48
Mary Wright 40
Mary Wright 20
Wm H Wright 18
Albert Wright 16
John Thomas Wright 14
Oliver T Wright 12
Charles W Wright 8
Sarah J Wright 6
Edgar T Wright 4
Clara E Wright 2

1870 United States Federal Census
Name: William Wright
Age in 1870: 56
Birth Year: abt 1814
Birthplace: England
Home in 1870: College, Knox, Ohio
Race: White
Gender: Male
Post Office: Jelloway
Value of Real Estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
William Wright 56
Mary Wright 50
Albert Wright 26
Charles Wright 18
Sarah Wright 16
Edgar Wright 14
Clara Wright 12
Frank Wright 8

1880 United States Federal Census
Name: Wm. Wright
Age: 67
Birth Year: abt 1813
Birthplace: England
Home in 1880: College, Knox, Ohio
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary Wright
Father's Birthplace: England
Mother's Birthplace: England
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:
Name Age
Wm. Wright 67
Mary Wright 60
Albert Wright 36
Charles Wright 28
Sarah Wright 25
Edgar Wright 23
Clara Wright 21
Frank Wright 18


Name: William Wright
Birth Date: 22 Feb 1814
Age at Death: 71
Death Date: 12 Oct 1885
Burial Place: Gambier, Knox County, Ohio, USA

Other children of William and Mary not listed below:
1.)Albert Wright Born: 9 April 1844, Knox Co., OH, Wife#1: Elizabeth Thorp. They married: 4 July 1888, Knox Co., OH by Rev. F.G. McCauley. Wife#2: Amelia South/Ella South Piper Born: Sept. 1863 OH. Albert's children: Edgar T. Wright Born: Oct. 1893Oh and George W. Wright Born: Dec. 1894OH.
2.) John T. Wright, Born: 1846, Knox Co., OH, Married: 5 July 1860, Knox Co., Oh by J.T. Jacobs to Margaret Stull, which she was born 1842OH. John served 3 years in the war 1861, 4th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry.
3.) Frank Wright Born 1862Oh

History of Knox County, Ohio, It's Past and Present...Complied by N.N. Hill Jr., A.A. Graham & Co. Publishers 1881........Pg.'s 843
Wright, Sr., William, a native of Suffolk county, England, was born February 22, 1814, he was reared on a farm. In 1837 he emigrated to America, landing in New York, July 4th. He continued his journey westward until about the eighteenth of July, when he reached Gambier, this county, where he located and engaged as a gardener with Bishop Mellaine. In October, 1837, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Ransom, daughter of John and Mary Ransom. Miss Ransom was born in the county of Suffolk, England, January 5, 1820, and emigrated to America with her parents in 1837. They came over on the same vessel, and reached Gambier at the time that Mr. Wright did, where her parents located. Shortly after Mr. Wright's marriage with Miss Ransom, they settled in Gambier. He continued his work with Bishop for four years. In 1841, they moved to Mt. Vernon, remained until 1853, when he purchased and moved on a farm in Monroe township, this county, he then turned his attention to farming. In 1859 he sold his farm and moved his family to Gambier. He leased all of the college farming land for six years, and commenced farming on a larger scale, which he made a success. In 1850 he moved his family upon the farm where they are now living in College township. At the time of the expiration of his lease of the college land, in 1865, he purchased one hundred acres of the farm on which he was living, from the college trustees, and has since bought one hundred acres more adjoining his first purchase, which makes him a farm of two hundred acres, one hundred seventy five acres of it is first-class bottom land, the remainder being upland. He makes stock-raising a specialty on his farm. He is the father of twelve children, ten of whom are now living, seven sons and three daughters. Two if his sons William and John, served three years in the war of 1861. William served in the Ninety-sixth Ohio volunteer infantry, and John in the Fourth Ohio volunteer cavalry.

Ohio Deaths 1908-1953: William died in Liberty Twp., Age at Death: 75 Years, 1 Month, 20 Days, Marital Status: Married, Occupation: Farmer, Burial Date: 23 June 1917, Cemetery Name: Bird, Informant: Sarah A. Wright, Bangs, Ohio, File No. 40497.

1880 U.S. Federal Census Liberty Twp., Knox Co., OH Page 6C
Wm. Wright, 1842, OH, Self, FB & MB England, W, M, Married, 38, Farming
Sarah Wright, 1842, OH, Wife, FB PA, MB OH, W, F, Married, 38, House Keep
Lonzo Wright, 1868, OH, Son, FB & MB OH, W, M, Sibgle, 12

1900 U.S. Federal Census Liberty Twp., Knox Co., OH Page 3B
William H. Wright, May 1842, OH, Self, FB & MB England, W, M, 58, Married 33 Years, Farmer
Sarah A. Wright, Wife, W, F, July 1843, 57, Married 33 Years, 3 Children - 2 Living, OH, FB PA, MB OH
Albert F. Wright, Son, W, M, Feb. 1881, 19, Single, OH, FB & MB OH, Day Laborer

History of Knox County, Ohio Page 844
William H. Wright enlisted in Co. B, 96th Reg. Ohio Volunteer Infantry in 1862 and was mustered out with his regiment in 1865. He served as a wagoner, but was in the battle of Arkansas Post, Grand Coteau Vicksburgh, Spanish fort at Mobile and Yazoo Swamp.

Married 31 Oct. 1866 to Sarah A. Freeman Born 27 July 1842, Knox Co., OH, Daughter of Asa Freeman. They had 3 children: Alonzo T. Born: 9 July 1867, an infant, and Albert Wright Born: 26 Feb. 1881, Liberty, Knox Co., OH.