DISCREPANCY RE YEAR OF BIRTH: As explained below, Joseph was not yet born when the 1850 census was taken, so his correct year of birth is 1850, the "1849" date on his tombstone notwithstanding.
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An undated clipping, apparently from a Kokomo newspaper, includes the following obituary of Joseph Edwin Wright. The obit is believed to have been written by Joseph's brother, who provided news regularly to the Kokomo newspaper.
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RUSSIAVILLE NEWS.
Russiaville, Aug. 7, 1902
We only know what genuine sorrow is when it comes in touch with kindred ties. Death's cold hands grasp our hearts and we shudder at its touch even when neighbors and friends are taken from us; but when it enters the family realm our whole nature responds and grief supreme reigns. Joseph Edwin Wright was born in the village of New Lexington, Highland County, Ohio, July 19, 1849, and passed into the beyond at his late home in Russiaville, July 31, 1902, aged thirty-three years and twelve days. [#1 The village of New Lexington was subsequently renamed Highland, and Find A Grave offers Highland as a choice of town names in its pull-down list but not New Lexington, which is the reason his birthplace appears as Highland on the Find A Grave memorial. #2 Here and elsewhere there was confusion about Joseph's year of birth, but the most convincing evidence is that he was not yet born when the 1850 census was taken, so the correct year of birth – despite the obituary and the tombstone – has to be 1850. #3 The "aged thirty-three years" reference was obviously intended to be "fifty-three years," but, in fact, he was 52.] He was the second son of David and Jane A. Wright and grew to manhood under the parental roof in Highland county. He was united in marriage to Elsie D. Achor March 14, 1872, near New Lexington, Ohio. Four children came to bless this union and to brighten the home. Charles E., Nellie E., Harry Edgar and Archie E. all of whom are living except the last named. The deceased learned the wagon and carriage trade in his youth and moved to Burlington, Indiana, in 1879 [the 1879 date might be off by about a years, because Joseph and Elsie and two of the children were listed in Sabina, Clinton Co, OH, in the 1880 census, where Joseph was a wagonmaker; it seems unlikely that he would have come to Indiana and then moved back to Ohio, however briefly] , where he pursued this avocation for several months, when he moved to Russiaville for a few months and went to Middlefork, where he worked at his trade for five years, after which he came to Russiaville. He served as Justice of the Peace for several years for Honey Creek township and then took up the profession of the law which he pursued until his last illness. The last few years of his life he served as attorney for the S. H. Eikenberry carriage firm and won an enviable reputation as a collector. In all his business relations he was strictly honest and upright and was chosen as attorney and executor in the settlement of several estates. He also had a large patronage in insurance and real estate business. When but a lad he united with the M. E. church and lived a conscientious life for many years and was steward of the Russiaville church for several years. He became estranged and wandered away from the fold and had many grievous faults, but we pass over his foibles the beautiful wand of charity and cherish in our hearts his many noble traits of character and deeds of kindness. No man ever possessed a bigger heart nor one more easily touched by suffering or need.
When he was stricken down with his last illness he felt the need of his forgotten Savior and earnestly prayed for forgiveness and called Revs. Talbert, Knight and Reeves to his bedside, and after several days of earnest prayer he found great peace and told the sorrowing friends who surrounded his dying couch that they need have no fears for his future; that God accepted his atonement; that the blood of Christ had cleansed him from sin. Funeral services were held at the late residence on Saturday at ten o'clock, conducted by Rev. S. P. Talbert, assisted by Revs. Knight, Reeves and Foster. Beautiful floral tributes were sent by the Eikenberry Bros., Goldthwaite & Sons, of Marion and others. The pall bearers were W. H. Eikenberry, C. C. Eikenberry, Warren Eikenberry, A. C. Shilling, C. E. Carter, and E. J. Carter. The Eikenberry works were closed during the funeral and the entire force attended in a body as an escort. The body was interred in the Russiaville cemetery.
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Records of the Honey Creek-New London Monthly Meeting [Society of Friends -- Quakers], Howard County, Indiana, are published in Encyclopedia of American Quakers {commonly referred to as "Hinshaw"], Volume VII, Abstracts of the Records of the Society of Friends in Indiana, Part Three, edited by Willard Heiss, published by Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, 1970, and include this entry: "WRIGHT, J. E., d 7-31-1902, having been rec in mbrp just before death.
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An undated clipping, apparently from a Kokomo newspaper, includes the following obituary of Joseph Edwin Wright. The obit is believed to have been written by Joseph's brother, who provided news regularly to the Kokomo newspaper.
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RUSSIAVILLE NEWS.
Russiaville, Aug. 7, 1902
We only know what genuine sorrow is when it comes in touch with kindred ties. Death's cold hands grasp our hearts and we shudder at its touch even when neighbors and friends are taken from us; but when it enters the family realm our whole nature responds and grief supreme reigns. Joseph Edwin Wright was born in the village of New Lexington, Highland County, Ohio, July 19, 1849, and passed into the beyond at his late home in Russiaville, July 31, 1902, aged thirty-three years and twelve days. [#1 The village of New Lexington was subsequently renamed Highland, and Find A Grave offers Highland as a choice of town names in its pull-down list but not New Lexington, which is the reason his birthplace appears as Highland on the Find A Grave memorial. #2 Here and elsewhere there was confusion about Joseph's year of birth, but the most convincing evidence is that he was not yet born when the 1850 census was taken, so the correct year of birth – despite the obituary and the tombstone – has to be 1850. #3 The "aged thirty-three years" reference was obviously intended to be "fifty-three years," but, in fact, he was 52.] He was the second son of David and Jane A. Wright and grew to manhood under the parental roof in Highland county. He was united in marriage to Elsie D. Achor March 14, 1872, near New Lexington, Ohio. Four children came to bless this union and to brighten the home. Charles E., Nellie E., Harry Edgar and Archie E. all of whom are living except the last named. The deceased learned the wagon and carriage trade in his youth and moved to Burlington, Indiana, in 1879 [the 1879 date might be off by about a years, because Joseph and Elsie and two of the children were listed in Sabina, Clinton Co, OH, in the 1880 census, where Joseph was a wagonmaker; it seems unlikely that he would have come to Indiana and then moved back to Ohio, however briefly] , where he pursued this avocation for several months, when he moved to Russiaville for a few months and went to Middlefork, where he worked at his trade for five years, after which he came to Russiaville. He served as Justice of the Peace for several years for Honey Creek township and then took up the profession of the law which he pursued until his last illness. The last few years of his life he served as attorney for the S. H. Eikenberry carriage firm and won an enviable reputation as a collector. In all his business relations he was strictly honest and upright and was chosen as attorney and executor in the settlement of several estates. He also had a large patronage in insurance and real estate business. When but a lad he united with the M. E. church and lived a conscientious life for many years and was steward of the Russiaville church for several years. He became estranged and wandered away from the fold and had many grievous faults, but we pass over his foibles the beautiful wand of charity and cherish in our hearts his many noble traits of character and deeds of kindness. No man ever possessed a bigger heart nor one more easily touched by suffering or need.
When he was stricken down with his last illness he felt the need of his forgotten Savior and earnestly prayed for forgiveness and called Revs. Talbert, Knight and Reeves to his bedside, and after several days of earnest prayer he found great peace and told the sorrowing friends who surrounded his dying couch that they need have no fears for his future; that God accepted his atonement; that the blood of Christ had cleansed him from sin. Funeral services were held at the late residence on Saturday at ten o'clock, conducted by Rev. S. P. Talbert, assisted by Revs. Knight, Reeves and Foster. Beautiful floral tributes were sent by the Eikenberry Bros., Goldthwaite & Sons, of Marion and others. The pall bearers were W. H. Eikenberry, C. C. Eikenberry, Warren Eikenberry, A. C. Shilling, C. E. Carter, and E. J. Carter. The Eikenberry works were closed during the funeral and the entire force attended in a body as an escort. The body was interred in the Russiaville cemetery.
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Records of the Honey Creek-New London Monthly Meeting [Society of Friends -- Quakers], Howard County, Indiana, are published in Encyclopedia of American Quakers {commonly referred to as "Hinshaw"], Volume VII, Abstracts of the Records of the Society of Friends in Indiana, Part Three, edited by Willard Heiss, published by Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, 1970, and include this entry: "WRIGHT, J. E., d 7-31-1902, having been rec in mbrp just before death.
DISCREPANCY RE YEAR OF BIRTH: As explained below, Joseph was not yet born when the 1850 census was taken, so his correct year of birth is 1850, the "1849" date on his tombstone notwithstanding.
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An undated clipping, apparently from a Kokomo newspaper, includes the following obituary of Joseph Edwin Wright. The obit is believed to have been written by Joseph's brother, who provided news regularly to the Kokomo newspaper.
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RUSSIAVILLE NEWS.
Russiaville, Aug. 7, 1902
We only know what genuine sorrow is when it comes in touch with kindred ties. Death's cold hands grasp our hearts and we shudder at its touch even when neighbors and friends are taken from us; but when it enters the family realm our whole nature responds and grief supreme reigns. Joseph Edwin Wright was born in the village of New Lexington, Highland County, Ohio, July 19, 1849, and passed into the beyond at his late home in Russiaville, July 31, 1902, aged thirty-three years and twelve days. [#1 The village of New Lexington was subsequently renamed Highland, and Find A Grave offers Highland as a choice of town names in its pull-down list but not New Lexington, which is the reason his birthplace appears as Highland on the Find A Grave memorial. #2 Here and elsewhere there was confusion about Joseph's year of birth, but the most convincing evidence is that he was not yet born when the 1850 census was taken, so the correct year of birth – despite the obituary and the tombstone – has to be 1850. #3 The "aged thirty-three years" reference was obviously intended to be "fifty-three years," but, in fact, he was 52.] He was the second son of David and Jane A. Wright and grew to manhood under the parental roof in Highland county. He was united in marriage to Elsie D. Achor March 14, 1872, near New Lexington, Ohio. Four children came to bless this union and to brighten the home. Charles E., Nellie E., Harry Edgar and Archie E. all of whom are living except the last named. The deceased learned the wagon and carriage trade in his youth and moved to Burlington, Indiana, in 1879 [the 1879 date might be off by about a years, because Joseph and Elsie and two of the children were listed in Sabina, Clinton Co, OH, in the 1880 census, where Joseph was a wagonmaker; it seems unlikely that he would have come to Indiana and then moved back to Ohio, however briefly] , where he pursued this avocation for several months, when he moved to Russiaville for a few months and went to Middlefork, where he worked at his trade for five years, after which he came to Russiaville. He served as Justice of the Peace for several years for Honey Creek township and then took up the profession of the law which he pursued until his last illness. The last few years of his life he served as attorney for the S. H. Eikenberry carriage firm and won an enviable reputation as a collector. In all his business relations he was strictly honest and upright and was chosen as attorney and executor in the settlement of several estates. He also had a large patronage in insurance and real estate business. When but a lad he united with the M. E. church and lived a conscientious life for many years and was steward of the Russiaville church for several years. He became estranged and wandered away from the fold and had many grievous faults, but we pass over his foibles the beautiful wand of charity and cherish in our hearts his many noble traits of character and deeds of kindness. No man ever possessed a bigger heart nor one more easily touched by suffering or need.
When he was stricken down with his last illness he felt the need of his forgotten Savior and earnestly prayed for forgiveness and called Revs. Talbert, Knight and Reeves to his bedside, and after several days of earnest prayer he found great peace and told the sorrowing friends who surrounded his dying couch that they need have no fears for his future; that God accepted his atonement; that the blood of Christ had cleansed him from sin. Funeral services were held at the late residence on Saturday at ten o'clock, conducted by Rev. S. P. Talbert, assisted by Revs. Knight, Reeves and Foster. Beautiful floral tributes were sent by the Eikenberry Bros., Goldthwaite & Sons, of Marion and others. The pall bearers were W. H. Eikenberry, C. C. Eikenberry, Warren Eikenberry, A. C. Shilling, C. E. Carter, and E. J. Carter. The Eikenberry works were closed during the funeral and the entire force attended in a body as an escort. The body was interred in the Russiaville cemetery.
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Records of the Honey Creek-New London Monthly Meeting [Society of Friends -- Quakers], Howard County, Indiana, are published in Encyclopedia of American Quakers {commonly referred to as "Hinshaw"], Volume VII, Abstracts of the Records of the Society of Friends in Indiana, Part Three, edited by Willard Heiss, published by Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, 1970, and include this entry: "WRIGHT, J. E., d 7-31-1902, having been rec in mbrp just before death.
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An undated clipping, apparently from a Kokomo newspaper, includes the following obituary of Joseph Edwin Wright. The obit is believed to have been written by Joseph's brother, who provided news regularly to the Kokomo newspaper.
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RUSSIAVILLE NEWS.
Russiaville, Aug. 7, 1902
We only know what genuine sorrow is when it comes in touch with kindred ties. Death's cold hands grasp our hearts and we shudder at its touch even when neighbors and friends are taken from us; but when it enters the family realm our whole nature responds and grief supreme reigns. Joseph Edwin Wright was born in the village of New Lexington, Highland County, Ohio, July 19, 1849, and passed into the beyond at his late home in Russiaville, July 31, 1902, aged thirty-three years and twelve days. [#1 The village of New Lexington was subsequently renamed Highland, and Find A Grave offers Highland as a choice of town names in its pull-down list but not New Lexington, which is the reason his birthplace appears as Highland on the Find A Grave memorial. #2 Here and elsewhere there was confusion about Joseph's year of birth, but the most convincing evidence is that he was not yet born when the 1850 census was taken, so the correct year of birth – despite the obituary and the tombstone – has to be 1850. #3 The "aged thirty-three years" reference was obviously intended to be "fifty-three years," but, in fact, he was 52.] He was the second son of David and Jane A. Wright and grew to manhood under the parental roof in Highland county. He was united in marriage to Elsie D. Achor March 14, 1872, near New Lexington, Ohio. Four children came to bless this union and to brighten the home. Charles E., Nellie E., Harry Edgar and Archie E. all of whom are living except the last named. The deceased learned the wagon and carriage trade in his youth and moved to Burlington, Indiana, in 1879 [the 1879 date might be off by about a years, because Joseph and Elsie and two of the children were listed in Sabina, Clinton Co, OH, in the 1880 census, where Joseph was a wagonmaker; it seems unlikely that he would have come to Indiana and then moved back to Ohio, however briefly] , where he pursued this avocation for several months, when he moved to Russiaville for a few months and went to Middlefork, where he worked at his trade for five years, after which he came to Russiaville. He served as Justice of the Peace for several years for Honey Creek township and then took up the profession of the law which he pursued until his last illness. The last few years of his life he served as attorney for the S. H. Eikenberry carriage firm and won an enviable reputation as a collector. In all his business relations he was strictly honest and upright and was chosen as attorney and executor in the settlement of several estates. He also had a large patronage in insurance and real estate business. When but a lad he united with the M. E. church and lived a conscientious life for many years and was steward of the Russiaville church for several years. He became estranged and wandered away from the fold and had many grievous faults, but we pass over his foibles the beautiful wand of charity and cherish in our hearts his many noble traits of character and deeds of kindness. No man ever possessed a bigger heart nor one more easily touched by suffering or need.
When he was stricken down with his last illness he felt the need of his forgotten Savior and earnestly prayed for forgiveness and called Revs. Talbert, Knight and Reeves to his bedside, and after several days of earnest prayer he found great peace and told the sorrowing friends who surrounded his dying couch that they need have no fears for his future; that God accepted his atonement; that the blood of Christ had cleansed him from sin. Funeral services were held at the late residence on Saturday at ten o'clock, conducted by Rev. S. P. Talbert, assisted by Revs. Knight, Reeves and Foster. Beautiful floral tributes were sent by the Eikenberry Bros., Goldthwaite & Sons, of Marion and others. The pall bearers were W. H. Eikenberry, C. C. Eikenberry, Warren Eikenberry, A. C. Shilling, C. E. Carter, and E. J. Carter. The Eikenberry works were closed during the funeral and the entire force attended in a body as an escort. The body was interred in the Russiaville cemetery.
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Records of the Honey Creek-New London Monthly Meeting [Society of Friends -- Quakers], Howard County, Indiana, are published in Encyclopedia of American Quakers {commonly referred to as "Hinshaw"], Volume VII, Abstracts of the Records of the Society of Friends in Indiana, Part Three, edited by Willard Heiss, published by Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, 1970, and include this entry: "WRIGHT, J. E., d 7-31-1902, having been rec in mbrp just before death.
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