Gen. George W. Wright and Margaret Wallace Forster

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Husband Gen. George W. Wright ¹

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           Born: 1803 - Vermont 2
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           Died: 30 Jul 1865 2
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Wife Margaret Wallace Forster ¹

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           Born: 10 Sep 1806 - Erie, Erie Co, PA 1
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           Died: 30 Jul 1865 2
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         Father: Thomas Forster (1762-1836) 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Sarah Pettit Montgomery (1766-1808) 4 5 6

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Children

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1 M Thomas Forster Wright ²

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           Born:  - Missouri
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           Died: 26 Apr 1872 2
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2 M John Montgomery Wright ²

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3 F Eliza Wright ²

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         Spouse: Capt. Wesley Owens (      -1867) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Gen. George W. Wright

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He graduated from West Point in 1822; promoted adjutant, January, 1831-6; captain, October 30, 1836; brevet major for meritorious conduct in the Florida war, March 15, 1842; brevet lieutenant colonel for gallantry at Contreras and Churubusco, Mexico, August 20, 1847; and brevet colonel for gallantry in command of the storming-party at Molino del Rey, September 8, 1847, in which he was wounded; major Fourth Infantry, January 1, 1848; colonel Ninth Infantry, March 3, 1855; greatly distinguished in campaigns against the Indians of Washington Territory, 1856 and 1858; brigadier general of volunteers, September 28, 1861, and commanded the Department of the Pacific from October, 1861, to July, 1864, and the district of California, 1864, to the time of his loss in wreck of the steamer "Brother Jonathan" on a voyage from San Francisco, to Portland, Oregon, July 30, 1865.

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General Notes: Wife - Margaret Wallace Forster

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She was lost in wreck of the steamer "Brother Jonathan" on a voyage from San Francisco, to Portland, Oregon.

1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 249.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 261.

3 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Dauphin in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 493.

4 —, History of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner, Beers & Co., 1884), Pg 893.

5 —, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Erie County, Pennsylvania (Erie, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1896), Pg 549.

6 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 247.