Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


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Thomas Forster Wright




Husband Thomas Forster Wright 1

           Born:  - Missouri
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           Died: 26 Apr 1872 1
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         Father: Gen. George W. Wright (1803-1865) 2
         Mother: Margaret Wallace Forster (1806-1865) 2





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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Forster Wright


He was educated at West Point; served as artillery officer to General Walker in the Nicaragua expedition; colonel of a California regiment during the Rebellion; appointed to United States army by President Lincoln; and was killed in action April 26, 1872, in the Lava Beds in the Modoc war.

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Sources


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

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


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