Individual Details

Elizur WRIGHT Sr

(30 Jul 1762 - 15 Dec 1845)

Events

Birth30 Jul 1762South Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Graduated1781Yale - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut
Marriage28 Oct 1784Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut - Rhoda HANMER
Marriage26 Sep 1802Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut - Clarissa RICHARDS
ResidenceBef 22 May 1810Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Miscellaneous22 May 1810left for Ohio - Canaan, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Residence30 Jun 1810Tallmadge, Portage, Ohio, United States
Religion2 Jun 1811the 17th member of the Tallmadge congregational Church - Tallmadge, Portage, Ohio, United States
Miscellaneous18 May 1814was chosen president of the newly formed CT Western Reserve Bible Society - Tallmadge, Portage, Ohio, United States
Residence18 May 1814Tallmadge, Portage, Ohio, United States
Occupation1815teacher and founder of 1st Tallmadge High School - Tallmadge, Portage, Ohio, United States
Miscellaneous1824appointed by Portage Prestybery to a Board to find the location for future Western Reserve College - Portage County, Ohio
Residence13 Nov 1825with his daughter Harriet & son-in-law John Seward and taught at a grammar school there - Aurora, Portage County, Ohio
Miscellaneous1826gave 72.5 acres to Western Reserve College - Hudson, Portage County, Ohio
Miscellaneous1 Mar 1826was one of the board of trustees of the Western Reserve College - Hudson, Summit County, Ohio
MiscellaneousBef 4 Mar 1829Blairsville, Indiana County, Pennsylvania
Miscellaneous1830Hudson, Portage County, Ohio
Miscellaneous1833Hudson, Portage County, Ohio
Miscellaneous10 Apr 1833became the first president of the Tallmadge Anti-Slavery Society - Tallmadge, Portage, Ohio, United States
ResidenceMay 1837Tallmadge, Portage, Ohio, United States
Miscellaneous7 May 1837Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Miscellaneous28 Feb 1840resigned as a Trustee of the Western Reserve College - Hudson, Portage County, Ohio
Death15 Dec 1845Tallmadge, Summit County, Ohio
BurialAft 15 Dec 1845at Tallmadge Cemetery - Tallmadge, Summit County, Ohio

Families

SpouseRhoda HANMER (1763 - 1798)
ChildPolly WRIGHT (1785 - 1872)
ChildFrancis Hanmer WRIGHT (1787 - 1789)
ChildDr Philo WRIGHT (1790 - 1870)
ChildHarriet WRIGHT (1792 - 1882)
ChildFrancis Hanmer WRIGHT II (1795 - 1887)
ChildAmelia WRIGHT (1797 - 1870)
SpouseClarissa RICHARDS (1771 - 1843)
ChildElizur WRIGHT Jr (1804 - 1885)
ChildClarissa WRIGHT (1805 - 1857)
ChildMartha "Patty" WRIGHT (1807 - 1836)
ChildLucy Mix WRIGHT (1811 - 1875)
ChildJames Richard WRIGHT (1814 - 1898)
FatherElizur WRIGHT (1718 - 1787)
MotherHannah DIX (1720 - 1803)