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Birth : 19 September 1837 in Gilead, Miami Co., Indiana
Death : 25 December 1904 in East Grand Forks, MN
Burial : East Grand Forks, Minnesota
Added From Work done by Anne E. O'Leary (Johnson)
EBER ABRAHAM WRIGHT was born in Miami County, Indiana, September 19, 1837. He married Barbara Ellen Shank July 2, 1857. She was born January 13, 1838, in Montgomery County, Ohio. They made their home in Macy, Miami County, Indiana where three of their children were born. In the summer or fall of 1865 they moved to Minnesota in a covered wagon. For a while they made their home in Dodge Center, Dodge County, Minnesota, where their fourth child was born in December of that year. They were early pioneers in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, where they settled on a farm near the village of New London.
Eber Abraham Wright was elected director for Pleasant Hill School,District, No. 6, in 1879.
James, William and Solomon Wright were brothers of Eber Abraham Wright and Gidean and Solomon Wright were his cousins.
Obituary: (Penciled on a small sheet of hotel paper that Bertha Ramsett
Johnson sent to Lela Ingraham Fiers.)
Eber Abraham Wright was born September 19, 1837, and died December 25, 1904, at East Grand Forks, Minnesota, on the afternoon of Christmas Day. "'The cause of death was heart failure. His death took place at the home of his daughter, Mrs. William Fiers, where he was making his home this winter. He was born in Indiana some seventy years ago and came to Minnesota when a young man. He lived for some time in Dodge County and later settled in New London, Minnesota, where he was a respected citizen for forty years. He was a farmer, carpenter and a millwright. Three years ago he moved to Bagley, Minnesota,where he took a homestead. He intended to spend winters with his daughter in East Grand Forks.. His death cut his life thread on the Day of Peace and Good Will on Earth.
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Eber, brother of William Wright, brought his family in a covered wagon to Minnesota. He first went to Dodge Center, Dodge County, MN where Ella May was born. He then went to New London where he appears in the 1870 New London (Kandiyohi Co.) census with wife Barbara (Bertha) and children.
Joan has notes from and has met with Lois Ramsett (wife of Willard, deceased), great-grandson of Eber who lives in Billings, MT. She sent some hand written copies of obituaries of Eber Wright and also William Fiers - husband of Sarah (Eber's daughter) In the obituary for William Fiers, John and Isaac Wright are listed half brothers. John and Isaac are half brothers to Eber (and also William). Further research indicates that William is Rebecca Fiers Wright (Dilley) son by her first marriage to James Fiers making them genuine half brothers (twice).
In a news article in Genealogical Library in Willmar, MN - -Eber Wright moved to Bagley,MN April 2, 1902. (He had two sons that lived there).
Updated information on Eber and his family has been sent to Joan by his great great granddaughter Anne O'Leary (daughter of Wright Johnson). Most of the information was written up by Birdie (Bertha) Ramsett Johnson. (February, 2002): (notes from Eber's obituary) ". . . cause of death was heart failure . . death took place at home of his daughter, Mrs. William Fiers . . . he was a farmer, carpenter and a millwright . . three years ago he moved to Bagley, MN where he took a homestead . . .his death cut his life thread on the Day of Peace and Good Will on Earth . . ."
Parents:
Father: Wright, John R.Family:
Mother: Thornton, Keturah
Marriage: 11 October 1857 in Miami County, Indiana
Spouse:Shank, Barbara EllenChildren:
Birth : 13 January 1838 in Ohio
Death : 1926 in East Grand Forks, Minnesota
Burial : East Grand Forks, Minnesota
Added From Work done by Anne E. O'Leary (Johnson)
Obituary: (Taken from the Grand Forks Herald]
Mrs. Barbara Ellen Wright, 86, a resident of East Grand Forks, Minnesota, during the past 20 years, died in the home of her daughter, Mrs. William Fiers, 204 South Sixth Street, East Grand Forks, Minnesota, this morning. The cause of her death was a complication of diseases and followed an illness that lasted two years. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock 'Thursday afternoon from the M. Norman funeral parlors in Grand Forks. Rev J. Rosser Jones will officiate.
Mrs. Wright was born January 13, 1838, in Ohio, where she lived until 1857 when she was married to Eber Abraham Wright, who died, December 25, 1904, shortly after they moved to East Grand Forks.. She fell and broke her leg about two years and since that time has been confined to bed, making her home with Mrs. Fliers.
The deceased is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Fiers of East Grand Forks and Mrs. Ella Ramsett of Willmar, Minnesota, and one son, Charles E.Wright of Bagley, Minnesota. Another son, James L. Wright died June 7, 1915.
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Hand copied obituary from Lois (Willard) Ramsett: Died at home of daughter Mrs. C. E. Fiers 804 (or 204) S. 6th St. East Grand Forks, MN. (see appendix). A newspaper article (New London Times) states a relative, Harvey Cover arrived from Peru, Indiana, August 20, 1895) A Washington A. Cover is the husband of Barbara Shank's sister, Elizabeth, so this could have been a nephew.
Barbara Ellen Shank Wright said that her ancestry went back to the Mayflower. She also said that the Shank Family was of Highland Deutsch and English descent.
Parents:Father: Shank, Emanuel
Mother: Keene, Esther
Wright, Sarah Elizabeth
Wright, James Lorentz
Wright, Charles E.
Wright, Ella May
There are many interesting stories in the lives of those represented here. Please help me add information, photos, or whatever you feel comfortable with.
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