Friday, 5 June 2020

Charles L Wright


Charles L Wright was the son of Thomas L Wright & Phoebe Rogers out of Beekman, NY.  He was married twice.

His first marriage in 1894 was to a girl named Ella Diwgans, the daughter of Bennett R Dwigans & Joanna Dwigans.  While I was able to find the marriage entry, she disappears after that and may have died before Jun 1898 as she's not mentioned in her father's will.

Charles remarried in 1899 to Alfaretta Blazier, the daughter of John G Blazier & Caroline E Pruden and they had one daughter, Carolyn Phoebe Wright.
Charles & Alfaretta - courtesy of gqch2 - Ancestry

There is a girl named Golda F Wright, born 1895 in Indiana who is listed as adopted and I have wondered if Ella may have died in child birth and Golda may have been her daughter?  I can't confirm either way but Charles was living with Golda when he died.

Washington County Enterprise, 30 Mar 1950
Poughkeepsie Journal, Poughkeepsie, New York 24 March 1950
Charles L. Wright, 90, Retired Merchant
Charles L. Wright, 90, died yesterday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Golda Wright Taylor, Hopewell Junction. He was in failing health the last two years.
Mr. Wright was born in the Town of Beekman, Jan. 21, 1860, the son of the late Thomas L. and Phoebe Rogers Wright. As a young man, he went West and was associated with stores in Omaha, Neb. He subsequently entered the general merchandise business in Washington, Neb., and later continued in that field in Kennard, Neb. for some years. He became a member of the Kennard Methodist church, after transferring his membership to the Verbank Methodist church. For more than 50 years he was a member of the Woodmen of the World and of Woodmen’s Circle lodge of Omaha. Returning to LaGrangeville in 1908, Mr. Wright operated a farm there for a few years and later returned to the general merchandise business in Verbank, continuing in that field for 23 years. He was retired since December, 1939. For several years after his retirement, Mr. Wright resided with his sisters and in recent years had made his home with his daughter. His wife, Mrs. Alfaretta Blazier Wright, died July 3, 1924. Surviving in addition to Mrs. Taylor are another daughter, Mrs. Caroline P. Kniffen, Coscob, Conn.; three brothers, Louis T., John R. and Arthur Wright, LaGrangeville, six sisters Mrs. John Alley, Mrs. Pauline Hadden, Mrs. Ruhemma Butler and Mrs. Anna Knapp, here, Mrs. Jennie Jackson, Shenandoah and Mrs. Mary Willard, Los Angeles, Cal.; five grandchildren; six great grandchildren; one great-great grandchild and several nieces and nephews. Funeral arrangements in charge of the Allen Funeral home are incomplete.
Carolyn P Wright - courtesy of gqch2 - Ancestry

Golda married a fella named Floyd Clarkson Taylor and she had 3 children - Helen Howard, Charles L Taylor & Marion Alice Taylor.

Carolyn married Harold Mills Kniffen and had 2 sons - Rev Harold Kniffen & Gail W Kniffen.

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