Benjamin Franklin Wright and Catharine L. Bennett

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Husband Benjamin Franklin Wright ¹

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           Born: 2 Nov 1835 - near Madison, Madison Co, NY 1
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           Died: 18 Dec 1909 - Smethport, McKean Co, PA 1
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         Father: Andrew Hamilton Wright (Abt 1803-Abt 1868) 1
         Mother: Louisa Ogden (1809-1861) 1

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       Marriage: 1859 1

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Wife Catharine L. Bennett ¹

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           Born: 15 Mar 1838 - Smethport, McKean Co, PA 1
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           Died: Aft 1913
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         Father: Oshea Rich Bennett (1806-1858) 2
         Mother: Lucy Green Warner (1807/1808-1887) 3

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Children

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1 M Franklin O. Wright ¹

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           Born: 20 Oct 1858 - Smethport, McKean Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: May Parker (      -      ) 1

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2 M Alban L. Wright ¹

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           Born: 21 Oct 1860 - Smethport, McKean Co, PA 1
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           Died: 17 Jul 1880 - Rochester, Monroe Co, NY 1
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3 M Hamilton Wright ¹

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           Born: 13 Sep 1866 - LaFayette, McKean Co, PA 1
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           Died: 12 Feb 1867 - Smethport, McKean Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F Ella Wright ¹

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           Born: 28 Apr 1868 - Smethport, McKean Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Clinton Foster (      -      ) 1

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5 F Lena H. Wright ¹

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           Born: 2 Nov 1870 - Smethport, McKean Co, PA 1
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6 F Lucy B. Wright ¹

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           Born: 22 Sep 1877 - Smethport, McKean Co, PA 1
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         Status: Twin

         Spouse: F. M. D. Watkins (      -      ) 1

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7 F Elida Taylor Wright ⁴

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           Born: 22 Sep 1877 - Smethport, McKean Co, PA 1
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           Died: 30 Aug 1941 - Los Angeles Co, CA
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         Status: Twin

         Spouse: Samuel Powell (1874-      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Franklin Wright

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His education was completed in the seminary at Lima, Livingston County, New York. After finishing his schooling, he worked on his father's farm until marriage, and after his marriage he opened a grocery store at Smethport, Pennsylvania, but he returned to his father's farm before the civil war. In September, 1861, he enlisted in the Forty-Second Pennsylvania Infantry, or First Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps, the famous "Bucktail" Regiment, and he served in this until the end of the war, thus having part in several important engagements. From private he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. A wound received at South Mountain incapacitated him for several months. He was also a prisoner, being confined in Libby, afterward in Salisbury, exchanged after about six months' confinement. At Spottsylvania Court House, in 1864, he was wounded a second time. He was mustered out July 3, 1865, and returned to Smethport. Shortly after this he removed to Lafayette, having accepted a position with the Lafayette Coal Company. In the fall of 1866 he was elected sheriff of McKean county, in which office he served one term of three years. In 1875 he built the Wright Hotel at Smethport, and while he conducted it, it was the best known hotel at that place, and it enjoyed an excellent reputation. After thirty years he retired from this business. He was a member of McKean Lodge, No. 388, Free and Accepted Masons, Smethport; the commandery at Bradford; and Ismailia Shrine, in Buffalo, New York; also of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, Lodge No. 183, and of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was also a member of the Central Club, Smethport.

He was F. B. Wright, colonel of the famous Bucktail Regiment that won renown in the Civil War. [GPHAV, 160] This seems to be wrong.

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General Notes: Wife - Catharine L. Bennett

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She was born at Smethport, Pennsylvania. There she attended public school, and this schooling was supplemented at Lima Institute, Lima (New York?). For two terms she taught school in McKean County, Pennsylvania. After the death of her husband, she made her home at Smethport, and was a member of the Travelers' Club.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 108.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 109, 145, 201.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 109, 145.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 108, 160.