Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWCJ-1H2
• Military Draft Registration: ml. 1917 og 1918, Utah County, Wasatch County, Washington County, Wayne County, Weber County, Utah, United States
• Military Draft Registration: ml. 1917 og 1918, Charleston, Wasatch, Utah, USA
• Military Draft Registration: 16 feb. 1942, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWCC-V1P

Notater:

Compiled by Nora Lund, D.U.P. Historian for Nora Wright North, granddaughter
Information taken from the Wasatch County book, “How Beautiful Upon the Mountains”, from “Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah”, and from personal family histories.

William Wright was born October 5, 1831 in Burgh-by-Sands, Cumberland, England. He was a twin to a sister, Hannah. His parents were William Wright and Margaret Ashbridge Wright. His grandparents were William Wright and Margaret Hewetson. His sisters and brother older than he was Margaret, John and Jane. Born after him were a brother John and a sister, Isabella. All the members of this family died young with the exception of William and his sister, Margaret*.

When William was only 4 years old his father died, leaving his mother a widow with the two children to support. When he was eight years old his mother married William Atkinson.

When William was a lad of fifteen years, he first heard about the gospel of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was on the street one evening in his hometown when he saw a group of people listening to some singing. He joined the group and became very interested in what two Mormon missionaries from America were telling the people. He knew they spoke the truth, and hurried home to tell his mother what he had heard.

The next evening she went with him to hear these men tell of this new religion. She also was much impressed. The truths of the gospel filled her very soul as it had her sons. They invited the Elders to their home many times. They studied the gospel and prayed about it and were baptized. His mother on February 16, 1848 and he on November 9, 1848. **

William fell in love with a lovely Latter-day Saint girl, Jemima Dands. They planned that he should come to America and prepare a place for her. We don’t know which of the ten ships carrying Mormon Saints that left Liverpool, England in 1853 that William was a passenger on. These ships landed at New Orleans and from there the Saints came up the Mississippi River, hence to Kanesville (Council Bluffs), Iowa, the outfitting place that year for the Saints to cross the plains to Utah.

William joined the Appleton M. Harmon wagon train of two hundred souls with twenty-two wagons. They had a fairly good journey and arrived in Salt Lake City, October o16, 1853.

When he landed in Utah he went to work for Ezra T. Benson and out of the meager earnings saved what he could and sent to England for his sweetheart, Jemima, to join him. In 1856 he drove an ox team to Council Bluffs, Iowa to meet her and her mother.

When they returned to Salt Lake City, they were married and moved to Provo. He and Jemima became the parents of nine children who were: William Thomas, Jemima Ann, Margaret, Wilford Dands, James Lehi, Joseph Smith, Hanna Rebecca, and Sarah Elizabeth and Hyrum Smith.

William thought the sun had really gone out of his sky, when his wife died June 4, 1871, leaving him with eight small children to care for.

For quite some years William Wright had been friendly with the George Baum family. He and George had worked together and were instigators in building a road through Provo Canyon. William was the toll gate keeper at the North end. It was while he was stationed here that he located the lovely spot in Charleston that he was later to homestead and where he was to spend the rest of his life. It was to become known as the Wright Ranch down by the road to Wallsburg. He moved there on October 27, 1870.

On October 31, 1871 he married Mary Jane Baum. She was 17 years old and he was 39. She was the daughter of George and Hannah Jane Cloward Baum. Her mother had died when she was a small girl and a kind step-mother had reared her; so she realized perfectly well her responsibility that she had taken upon herself by marrying William Wright and caring for his large family.

She was a strong healthy girl and wanted to have a large family of her own. Her son, George Baum Wright, was born September 12, 1872, followed by fifteen others, namely, Eliza Jane, Mary Isabell, Owen Uriah, Wallace B., John Elmer, Charles, Stella Melissa, Albert (died young), May Pearl, David Nephi (died young), Zora and Zella (twins), Edna (died young), Leora, and Lorin Atkinson.

It is said that William Wright crossed the plains six times to assist emigrants in his younger days.

When a mission call came to him in 1883-4, even though he had a large family to support, he accepted the call and filled a mission to England. He was interested in doing temple work, making the long trip to St. George to do this work.

From the very first, education has been prized by Charleston residents, and the establishment of schools was given much attention by early settlers. When the community was re-settled after the Black Hawk Indian disturbances in 1867, William Chatwin taught school in a log home. William Wright also taught school for several winters in George Brown’s home; as well as, the homes of William Bagley and the McAffee’s. He taught the school where his children attended, and was a strict disciplinarian.

He was always a full supporter of any civic betterment project in his community.

The first permanent chapel in Charleslton was built in 1873 under the direction of Elder Watkins. William Wright was the first ward clerk and served for many years. He held the office of a High Priest and held many other church positions, also. In addition he was a Justice of the Peace and a school trustee and farmed most of his life.

He was called upon many times when people were sick, as there were no doctors for miles around. He always seemed to know just what to do. He was very good at setting broken bones, and pulling aching teeth. He doctored with herbs a great deal, and knew just which ones to use for his medicines. He insisted that all his children learn to swim in case they were ever in a situation where they needed to save lives.

William was a great lover of animals. He had a prize bull, a stallion and a bulldog, that was his constant companion. At one time the bulldog saved his life. The bull had cornered him and would have gored him to death if the faithful dog hadn’t jumped up and bitten the bull on the nose, distracting him long enough so William could get away. This was a serious predicament as William was badly crippled with arthritis and walked with a cane.

This faithful pioneer died in Charleston November 11, 1903 at the age of 71, was the father of 25 children and a devoted husband. He was buried in the Provo Cemetery. Mary Jane died October 14, 1928 in Provo and is buried there also.

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I found this story in my grandfather, Lorin Wright’s book of remembrance. With easier access to records we can see that some of the information in this is incorrect. However, it is still an interesting and useful sketch of William Wright’s life.

*Isabella Wright lived to adulthood. There is a letter from Isabella Wright dated March 12, 1871 from Ashburn, Pike Co, Missouri to her sister Mrs. Margaret McAdams which lists names of 7 of her 8 children and her husband.
It seems that John Ashbridge Wright also lived to adulthood, although I have not yet found any definitive records proving that John Ashbridge Wright is the John Wright married to Ann Bell.

**According to FamilySearch, William Atkinson was baptized 25 August 1843, four and a half years before Margaret was baptized.

William blev gift med Mary Jane Baum den 31 okt. 1871 i Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, USA. Mary (datter af George Baum og Hannah Jane Cloward) blev født den 25 apr. 1854 i Provo, Utah, Utah, USA; døde den 14 okt. 1928 i Provo, Utah, Utah, USA; blev begravet den 17 okt. 1928 i Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWCC-V1G

Notater:

Mary Jane Baum was born on April 25, 1854, in Provo, Utah, to Hannah Jane Cloward, age 20, and George Baum, age 24. Mary Jane Baum died on October 14, 1928, in Provo, Utah, when she was 74 years old.

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWN2-LPS
• Beskæftigelse: Farmer
• Bopæl: Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
• Bopæl: 1850, Utah, Utah, USA
• Bopæl: 1860, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
• Bopæl: 1870, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
• Bopæl: 1880, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
• Bopæl: 1900, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
• Bopæl: 1910, Pleasant View, Utah, Utah, USA

Notater:

George Baum was born on November 2, 1829, in York, Pennsylvania. George Baum married Hannah Jane Cloward in 1851 when he was 22 years old. His wife Hannah Jane passed away on November 21, 1860, in Provo, Utah, at the age of 27. They had been married 9 years. He married Eliza Ann Allen in 1863. His spouse Eliza Anne passed away on January 20, 1875, in Provo, Utah, at the age of 32. George Baum married Sarah Elizabeth Carter in Provo, Utah, on November 17 (or 21), 1875, when he was 46 years old. George Baum died on July 16, 1916, in Provo, Utah, when he was 86 years old.

George + Hannah Jane Cloward. Hannah blev født den 12 okt. 1833 i Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, USA; døde den 21 nov. 1860 i Provo, Utah, Utah, USA; blev begravet den 23 nov. 1860 i Provo City Cemetery, Block 01 Lot 22 [40°13'27.1s N 111°38'39.6s W], Provo, Utah, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]

Andre Begivenheder og Egenskaber:

• FSID: KWJY-VK6
• Folketælling: 20 nov. 1850, Pottawattamie, Iowa, USA
• Indvandring: 1851, Utah, USA
• Bopæl: 1860, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA
• Folketælling: 10 sep. 1860, Provo, Utah, Utah, USA

Notater:

Hannah Jane Cloward was born on October 12, 1833. Hannah Jane Cloward married George Baum in 1851 when she was 18 years old. Her child Jane E was born on May 4, 1853, in Provo, Utah. Jane E passed away on May 14, 1853, in Provo, Utah. Her child Mary Jane was born on April 25, 1854, in Provo, Utah. Her child Hannah Melissa was born on February 4, 1856, in Provo, Utah. Her child Martha M. was born on May 21, 1860, in Provo, Utah. Her child Martha M. passed away on August 19, 1860, in Provo, Utah, when they were less than a year old. Hannah Jane Cloward died on November 21, 1860, in Provo, Utah, when she was 27 years old.

John blev gift med Hannah Chrisman den 3 maj 1827 i Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. Hannah blev født den 8 dec. 1808 i Brandywine Village, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, USA; døde den 12 sep. 1902 i Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, USA. [Gruppeskema] [Familietavle]