Charity Sauns Wright was born on May 28, 1840, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, on the homestead where she died. She was the last surviving child of Rev. Joseph Wright, a prominent minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Catherine Hopkins Wright.
Charity came from a long line of pioneer ancestors. Her great-grandfather, Joshua Wright, came to Peters Creek Valley around 1767. On her mother's side, she was the granddaughter of Col. Thomas Hopkins, a soldier of the Revolutionary period.
Mrs. Anderson was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who contributed liberally to the new Wright Church near her residence. She attended every church service her health permitted, was a teacher in the Sunday School, and for many years was head of the Junior Epworth League (founded in 1889, a Methodist young adult association).
Death was due to the "infirmities of age." Charity had been in poor health for a number of months, but had been confined to her bed for less than 2 weeks.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. David Miller Anderson, and is survived by her 2 children: Alexander Hopkins Anderson and Elizabeth Eleanor "Bessie" Rees.
Funeral service was at Wright's Methodist Episcopal Church, 788 Venetia Road, Venetia, PA 15367, on Thursday, March 12, at 2 p.m. Burial followed in the family plot in Finleyville Cemetery.
Information from "The Daily Republican," Monongahela, PA, March 11, 1925. Courtesy of Karen Flick, Member #46917131. Additional information from and submitted by Angela, Member 48520699.
Charity came from a long line of pioneer ancestors. Her great-grandfather, Joshua Wright, came to Peters Creek Valley around 1767. On her mother's side, she was the granddaughter of Col. Thomas Hopkins, a soldier of the Revolutionary period.
Mrs. Anderson was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who contributed liberally to the new Wright Church near her residence. She attended every church service her health permitted, was a teacher in the Sunday School, and for many years was head of the Junior Epworth League (founded in 1889, a Methodist young adult association).
Death was due to the "infirmities of age." Charity had been in poor health for a number of months, but had been confined to her bed for less than 2 weeks.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. David Miller Anderson, and is survived by her 2 children: Alexander Hopkins Anderson and Elizabeth Eleanor "Bessie" Rees.
Funeral service was at Wright's Methodist Episcopal Church, 788 Venetia Road, Venetia, PA 15367, on Thursday, March 12, at 2 p.m. Burial followed in the family plot in Finleyville Cemetery.
Information from "The Daily Republican," Monongahela, PA, March 11, 1925. Courtesy of Karen Flick, Member #46917131. Additional information from and submitted by Angela, Member 48520699.
Charity Sauns Wright was born on May 28, 1840, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, on the homestead where she died. She was the last surviving child of Rev. Joseph Wright, a prominent minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Catherine Hopkins Wright.
Charity came from a long line of pioneer ancestors. Her great-grandfather, Joshua Wright, came to Peters Creek Valley around 1767. On her mother's side, she was the granddaughter of Col. Thomas Hopkins, a soldier of the Revolutionary period.
Mrs. Anderson was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who contributed liberally to the new Wright Church near her residence. She attended every church service her health permitted, was a teacher in the Sunday School, and for many years was head of the Junior Epworth League (founded in 1889, a Methodist young adult association).
Death was due to the "infirmities of age." Charity had been in poor health for a number of months, but had been confined to her bed for less than 2 weeks.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. David Miller Anderson, and is survived by her 2 children: Alexander Hopkins Anderson and Elizabeth Eleanor "Bessie" Rees.
Funeral service was at Wright's Methodist Episcopal Church, 788 Venetia Road, Venetia, PA 15367, on Thursday, March 12, at 2 p.m. Burial followed in the family plot in Finleyville Cemetery.
Information from "The Daily Republican," Monongahela, PA, March 11, 1925. Courtesy of Karen Flick, Member #46917131. Additional information from and submitted by Angela, Member 48520699.
Charity came from a long line of pioneer ancestors. Her great-grandfather, Joshua Wright, came to Peters Creek Valley around 1767. On her mother's side, she was the granddaughter of Col. Thomas Hopkins, a soldier of the Revolutionary period.
Mrs. Anderson was a devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, who contributed liberally to the new Wright Church near her residence. She attended every church service her health permitted, was a teacher in the Sunday School, and for many years was head of the Junior Epworth League (founded in 1889, a Methodist young adult association).
Death was due to the "infirmities of age." Charity had been in poor health for a number of months, but had been confined to her bed for less than 2 weeks.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. David Miller Anderson, and is survived by her 2 children: Alexander Hopkins Anderson and Elizabeth Eleanor "Bessie" Rees.
Funeral service was at Wright's Methodist Episcopal Church, 788 Venetia Road, Venetia, PA 15367, on Thursday, March 12, at 2 p.m. Burial followed in the family plot in Finleyville Cemetery.
Information from "The Daily Republican," Monongahela, PA, March 11, 1925. Courtesy of Karen Flick, Member #46917131. Additional information from and submitted by Angela, Member 48520699.
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