Son of the American Revolution - Descendant of Nahum Wight.
He was the son of Caleb Wight and Mary Osgood Wight.
In June 1847, he married Isabella Buchanan.
They were the parents of three children.
Extracted from The Evening Star October 19, 1896
Washington, D.C., Page 11
Mr. Otis C. Wight died at 6 o’clock this morning at his residence, 306 Indiana Avenue. He had been in bad health for some months past and the announcement of his death will not come with the shock of a sudden surprise to his circle of friends and acquaintances.
Mr. Wight was born in Westford, Massachusetts, August 12, 1817. He attended school at Groton, in that state and became a teacher there in 1838. For years later he graduated from Dartmouth College. In that year he left his native state and came to the locality where his subsequent life was passed. In 1842 he became the principal of the academy at Rockville, Maryland and Dr. Samuel C. Busey of this city was one of his pupils in that school. He went from Rockville to Cincinnati for the purpose of following his profession, but left that place on account of the prevalence of cholera. He then came to this city, the date being February 1849. He purchased the Rittenhouse Academy, which was at that time owned by Rev. Joseph E. Nourse, who conducted the school which he had established there some seven years before. It was located on the south side of Indiana Avenue between 3d and 4 ½ Streets and at the time Mr. Wight purchased the property it was improved by a one-story building with a basement. The year after he became the owner of the property Mr. Wight added a story to the building and in 1852 he improved the basement so as to provide increased facilities. He continued as principal of this academy until June 1892, when the condition of his health compelled him to give up active work. During the last two years of his life he lived in a house which was one of two built on the site of the old academy where he taught so long. In June 1847, he married Isabella Buchanan, a daughter of Lloyd Archibald Buchanan of Baltimore. Mrs. Wight died July 1, 1894.
When Mr. Wight came to this city in 1849 he united with the First Presbyterian Church and in 1853 he was ordained as ruling elder, which position he held up to the time of his death, one of the present co-pastors of the church, Rev. Dr. Byron Sunderland, preaching the sermon on the occasion of his installation as elder.
For more than forty years Mr. Wight was at the head of one of the leading educational institutions of the city and during that period he sent forth from his schools a large number of pupils, who are today occupying prominent and influential positions in nearly every walk of life. He was for some years a member of the Board of School Trustees and was President of the Young Men’s Christian Association and was active in organizing that important branch of Christian work. He was a man of sterling character and had the respect and esteem of every one who knew him. Three children survive him - Miss Mary O. Wight, John B. Wight and Lloyd B. Wight. Funeral services will be held at the First Presbyterian Church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Rev. Dr. Sunderland will officiate. The interment, which will be at Oak Hill, will be private.
The Washington Post October 20, 1896
Wight. On Monday morning, October 19, 1896 at 6 o'clock, Otis C. Wight in the eightieth year of his age for over forty years Principal of the Rittenhouse Academy. Funeral services will be held in the First Presbyterian Church Wednesday afternoon, October 21 at 2 o'clock. The remains will be placed in the church at 12 o'clock at which time the church will be opened. The interment will be private at Oak Hill.
He was the son of Caleb Wight and Mary Osgood Wight.
In June 1847, he married Isabella Buchanan.
They were the parents of three children.
Extracted from The Evening Star October 19, 1896
Washington, D.C., Page 11
Mr. Otis C. Wight died at 6 o’clock this morning at his residence, 306 Indiana Avenue. He had been in bad health for some months past and the announcement of his death will not come with the shock of a sudden surprise to his circle of friends and acquaintances.
Mr. Wight was born in Westford, Massachusetts, August 12, 1817. He attended school at Groton, in that state and became a teacher there in 1838. For years later he graduated from Dartmouth College. In that year he left his native state and came to the locality where his subsequent life was passed. In 1842 he became the principal of the academy at Rockville, Maryland and Dr. Samuel C. Busey of this city was one of his pupils in that school. He went from Rockville to Cincinnati for the purpose of following his profession, but left that place on account of the prevalence of cholera. He then came to this city, the date being February 1849. He purchased the Rittenhouse Academy, which was at that time owned by Rev. Joseph E. Nourse, who conducted the school which he had established there some seven years before. It was located on the south side of Indiana Avenue between 3d and 4 ½ Streets and at the time Mr. Wight purchased the property it was improved by a one-story building with a basement. The year after he became the owner of the property Mr. Wight added a story to the building and in 1852 he improved the basement so as to provide increased facilities. He continued as principal of this academy until June 1892, when the condition of his health compelled him to give up active work. During the last two years of his life he lived in a house which was one of two built on the site of the old academy where he taught so long. In June 1847, he married Isabella Buchanan, a daughter of Lloyd Archibald Buchanan of Baltimore. Mrs. Wight died July 1, 1894.
When Mr. Wight came to this city in 1849 he united with the First Presbyterian Church and in 1853 he was ordained as ruling elder, which position he held up to the time of his death, one of the present co-pastors of the church, Rev. Dr. Byron Sunderland, preaching the sermon on the occasion of his installation as elder.
For more than forty years Mr. Wight was at the head of one of the leading educational institutions of the city and during that period he sent forth from his schools a large number of pupils, who are today occupying prominent and influential positions in nearly every walk of life. He was for some years a member of the Board of School Trustees and was President of the Young Men’s Christian Association and was active in organizing that important branch of Christian work. He was a man of sterling character and had the respect and esteem of every one who knew him. Three children survive him - Miss Mary O. Wight, John B. Wight and Lloyd B. Wight. Funeral services will be held at the First Presbyterian Church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Rev. Dr. Sunderland will officiate. The interment, which will be at Oak Hill, will be private.
The Washington Post October 20, 1896
Wight. On Monday morning, October 19, 1896 at 6 o'clock, Otis C. Wight in the eightieth year of his age for over forty years Principal of the Rittenhouse Academy. Funeral services will be held in the First Presbyterian Church Wednesday afternoon, October 21 at 2 o'clock. The remains will be placed in the church at 12 o'clock at which time the church will be opened. The interment will be private at Oak Hill.
Son of the American Revolution - Descendant of Nahum Wight.
He was the son of Caleb Wight and Mary Osgood Wight.
In June 1847, he married Isabella Buchanan.
They were the parents of three children.
Extracted from The Evening Star October 19, 1896
Washington, D.C., Page 11
Mr. Otis C. Wight died at 6 o’clock this morning at his residence, 306 Indiana Avenue. He had been in bad health for some months past and the announcement of his death will not come with the shock of a sudden surprise to his circle of friends and acquaintances.
Mr. Wight was born in Westford, Massachusetts, August 12, 1817. He attended school at Groton, in that state and became a teacher there in 1838. For years later he graduated from Dartmouth College. In that year he left his native state and came to the locality where his subsequent life was passed. In 1842 he became the principal of the academy at Rockville, Maryland and Dr. Samuel C. Busey of this city was one of his pupils in that school. He went from Rockville to Cincinnati for the purpose of following his profession, but left that place on account of the prevalence of cholera. He then came to this city, the date being February 1849. He purchased the Rittenhouse Academy, which was at that time owned by Rev. Joseph E. Nourse, who conducted the school which he had established there some seven years before. It was located on the south side of Indiana Avenue between 3d and 4 ½ Streets and at the time Mr. Wight purchased the property it was improved by a one-story building with a basement. The year after he became the owner of the property Mr. Wight added a story to the building and in 1852 he improved the basement so as to provide increased facilities. He continued as principal of this academy until June 1892, when the condition of his health compelled him to give up active work. During the last two years of his life he lived in a house which was one of two built on the site of the old academy where he taught so long. In June 1847, he married Isabella Buchanan, a daughter of Lloyd Archibald Buchanan of Baltimore. Mrs. Wight died July 1, 1894.
When Mr. Wight came to this city in 1849 he united with the First Presbyterian Church and in 1853 he was ordained as ruling elder, which position he held up to the time of his death, one of the present co-pastors of the church, Rev. Dr. Byron Sunderland, preaching the sermon on the occasion of his installation as elder.
For more than forty years Mr. Wight was at the head of one of the leading educational institutions of the city and during that period he sent forth from his schools a large number of pupils, who are today occupying prominent and influential positions in nearly every walk of life. He was for some years a member of the Board of School Trustees and was President of the Young Men’s Christian Association and was active in organizing that important branch of Christian work. He was a man of sterling character and had the respect and esteem of every one who knew him. Three children survive him - Miss Mary O. Wight, John B. Wight and Lloyd B. Wight. Funeral services will be held at the First Presbyterian Church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Rev. Dr. Sunderland will officiate. The interment, which will be at Oak Hill, will be private.
The Washington Post October 20, 1896
Wight. On Monday morning, October 19, 1896 at 6 o'clock, Otis C. Wight in the eightieth year of his age for over forty years Principal of the Rittenhouse Academy. Funeral services will be held in the First Presbyterian Church Wednesday afternoon, October 21 at 2 o'clock. The remains will be placed in the church at 12 o'clock at which time the church will be opened. The interment will be private at Oak Hill.
He was the son of Caleb Wight and Mary Osgood Wight.
In June 1847, he married Isabella Buchanan.
They were the parents of three children.
Extracted from The Evening Star October 19, 1896
Washington, D.C., Page 11
Mr. Otis C. Wight died at 6 o’clock this morning at his residence, 306 Indiana Avenue. He had been in bad health for some months past and the announcement of his death will not come with the shock of a sudden surprise to his circle of friends and acquaintances.
Mr. Wight was born in Westford, Massachusetts, August 12, 1817. He attended school at Groton, in that state and became a teacher there in 1838. For years later he graduated from Dartmouth College. In that year he left his native state and came to the locality where his subsequent life was passed. In 1842 he became the principal of the academy at Rockville, Maryland and Dr. Samuel C. Busey of this city was one of his pupils in that school. He went from Rockville to Cincinnati for the purpose of following his profession, but left that place on account of the prevalence of cholera. He then came to this city, the date being February 1849. He purchased the Rittenhouse Academy, which was at that time owned by Rev. Joseph E. Nourse, who conducted the school which he had established there some seven years before. It was located on the south side of Indiana Avenue between 3d and 4 ½ Streets and at the time Mr. Wight purchased the property it was improved by a one-story building with a basement. The year after he became the owner of the property Mr. Wight added a story to the building and in 1852 he improved the basement so as to provide increased facilities. He continued as principal of this academy until June 1892, when the condition of his health compelled him to give up active work. During the last two years of his life he lived in a house which was one of two built on the site of the old academy where he taught so long. In June 1847, he married Isabella Buchanan, a daughter of Lloyd Archibald Buchanan of Baltimore. Mrs. Wight died July 1, 1894.
When Mr. Wight came to this city in 1849 he united with the First Presbyterian Church and in 1853 he was ordained as ruling elder, which position he held up to the time of his death, one of the present co-pastors of the church, Rev. Dr. Byron Sunderland, preaching the sermon on the occasion of his installation as elder.
For more than forty years Mr. Wight was at the head of one of the leading educational institutions of the city and during that period he sent forth from his schools a large number of pupils, who are today occupying prominent and influential positions in nearly every walk of life. He was for some years a member of the Board of School Trustees and was President of the Young Men’s Christian Association and was active in organizing that important branch of Christian work. He was a man of sterling character and had the respect and esteem of every one who knew him. Three children survive him - Miss Mary O. Wight, John B. Wight and Lloyd B. Wight. Funeral services will be held at the First Presbyterian Church Wednesday afternoon at 2 o’clock. Rev. Dr. Sunderland will officiate. The interment, which will be at Oak Hill, will be private.
The Washington Post October 20, 1896
Wight. On Monday morning, October 19, 1896 at 6 o'clock, Otis C. Wight in the eightieth year of his age for over forty years Principal of the Rittenhouse Academy. Funeral services will be held in the First Presbyterian Church Wednesday afternoon, October 21 at 2 o'clock. The remains will be placed in the church at 12 o'clock at which time the church will be opened. The interment will be private at Oak Hill.
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