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| WRIGHT, Watson W.
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WRIGHT, Watson W. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Watson married Amelia GAGE on 9 Nov 1864 in Green County, Wisconsin.1 (Amelia GAGE was born on 14 Dec 1843 in Pennsylvania and died on 16 Oct 1902 in prob. Green County, Wisconsin.)
Watson next married Eunice YOUNG on 18 Aug 1906 in Winslow, Stephenson County, Illinois. (Eunice YOUNG was born about 1850 in Wisconsin and died in Prob. Illinois.) |
1 Wisconsin Vital Records, Marriage Index. (Wisconsin Marriages pre-1907, Ancestry.com). Surety: 4. Records marriage of Watson W. Wright on 9 Nov 1864 in Green County, Wisconsin.
2 1880 US Census (District 134, Cadiz, Green County, Wisconsin). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Watson W. Wright (age 41, b. PA), wife Amelia [Gage] (age 36, b. IL), and children Christie B. (age 12, b. IL), Sherman (age 10, b. IL), John W. (age 7, b. IL) and Sharlott (age 4, b. WI), living in Cadiz, Wisconsin. Watson is listed as a "dry goods merchant," and indicates that his father was born in New York and his mother in Connecticut. Amelia indicates that both her parents were born in New York.
3 1900 US Census (District 107, Wiota, Lafayette County, Wisconsin). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Watson W. Wright (age 61, b. PA), wife Amelia L. [Gage] (age 56, b. Dec 1843, IL) and son Clark (age 16, b. Mar 1884, WI), living in Wiota, Wisconsin. Watson and Amelia both indicate that both their parents were born in Pennsylvania. Also living in Wiota at this time is their daughter, Blanche Andre, and her family.
4 1870 US Census (Winslow, Stephenson County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists Watson Wright (age 31, b. PA), wife Amelia [Gage] (age 27, b. IL) and daughter Christa B. (age 3, b. IL), living in Winslow, Illinois. Watson is listed as a "farmer."
5 1860 US Census (Winslow, Stephenson County, Illinois). Repository: Ancestry. Surety: 4. Lists W. Wright (age 21, b. PA), living in the household of C. French (age 28, b. MO), wife Catherine [perhaps Watson's sister?] (age 22, b. IL) and children O. (age 2, b. IL) and M.D. (age 2 mos, b. IL), in Winslow, Illinois. Watson and C. French are both listed as "farmers."
6 1910 US Census (District 119, Winslow Twsp, Stephenson County, Illinois). Surety: 4. Lists Watson Wright (age 71, b. PA) and second wife, Eunice [Young] (age 61, b. WI), living in Winslow, Illinois. Watson indicates that his father was born in Pennsylvania and his mother in Ohio. Eunice indicates that her parents were both born in Kentucky. Watson is listed as a "retired merchant."
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American Civil War Soldiers. Surety: 4. Name: Watson W Wright
Residence: Winslow, Illinois
Enlistment Date: 11 August 1862
Distinguished Service: DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Side Served: Union
State Served: Illinois
Unit Numbers: 419 419
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 11 August 1862
Enlisted in Company A, 92nd Infantry Regiment Illinois on 04 September 1862.
Absent, sick on 21 June 1865
Mustered out Company A, 92nd Infantry Regiment Illinois on 21 June 1865 in Greensboro, NC
8 U.S. Civil War Pension Index (Illinois). Surety: 4. Watson W. Wright, Civil War Pension, widow: Eunice Wright. Dates illegible. Invalid application #109395, certificate #86851. Widow application #1171448, certificate #899584.
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