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At about 1830 Silas married Betsey Nelson and had the following known children:<ref name="Berne History"/><br>
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*Margaret Wright, born 1832 <ref name="Berne History"/><ref name="1850 Census">1850 Census, Berne, Albany Co.,NY</ref>
 
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Wright, Fred, was born in the town of Berne, January 26, 1861.
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John S., the  great-grandfather, was a resident of the town of Berne, and was a farmer by occupation and also burned charcoal in large quantities. He reared a large family and  died in 1850 at the age of seventy years.
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'''Silas, the grandfather, was a resident of  Clarksville, was born in the town of Berne in 1812, and spent many years of his life  as a miller in different places. He served the town of Berne as supervisor and  held other offices for several years. Since 1856 he has resided in Clarksville, where  he conducted a mill for many years and later engaged in the mercantile business,  which he continued until he retired from active business life. He was postmaster  for sixteen years and was also justice of the peace. He is alive and enjoys good  health.'''
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Jacob M., the father, was born in Berne in 1836, and spent his early life on  the farm and attended the common schools. His first enterprise was that of a hotel-keeper in his native town, and during the late war was employed by the Remington  Firearms Company in their factory at Ilion ; later he was janitor at the Normal  School in Albany, where he remained for five years, and then conducted a livery for some time. In 1878 he removed to Clarksville and erected buildings and put in a  baking furnace and has been interested in the baking business since. He served as  tax collector while in the town of Berne. His wife is Celinda E., born in Berne and  a daughter of John and Charity Bell. To them were born three children: Silas J.,  deceased; Fred, and Charles J., deceased.
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Fred spent his early life on his father's  farm and attended the common schools and the Albany public schools. He delivered  bread for his father until he was twenty-one years of age, when he engaged in the  cigar business as jobber, doing his own selling. In 1884 he returned to Clarksville,  where he has ever since been engaged in the bakery business. He has also been in-  terested in various enterprises, and officiated as town clerk in 1886. He is a mem-  ber of the Knights of Pythias, of the National Union of Albany, and Schuyler Coun-  cil No. 705. In 1886 he married Emma, daughter of Martin S. Van Derzee, and  have one child, Maud.
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Latest revision as of 21:37, 3 March 2013

Birth

Silas was born in the town of Berne in 1812, a son of John S. Wright [1]

Occupation

Silas spent many years of his life as a miller in different places. He served the town of Berne as supervisor and he conducted a mill for many years and later engaged in the mercantile business, which he continued until he retired from active business life. He was postmaster for sixteen years and was also justice of the peace.[1]

Marriage and Children

At about 1830 Silas married Betsey Nelson and had the following known children:[2]

Death

Obituary

Additional Media

Wright, Fred, was born in the town of Berne, January 26, 1861.

John S., the great-grandfather, was a resident of the town of Berne, and was a farmer by occupation and also burned charcoal in large quantities. He reared a large family and died in 1850 at the age of seventy years.

Silas, the grandfather, was a resident of Clarksville, was born in the town of Berne in 1812, and spent many years of his life as a miller in different places. He served the town of Berne as supervisor and held other offices for several years. Since 1856 he has resided in Clarksville, where he conducted a mill for many years and later engaged in the mercantile business, which he continued until he retired from active business life. He was postmaster for sixteen years and was also justice of the peace. He is alive and enjoys good health.

Jacob M., the father, was born in Berne in 1836, and spent his early life on the farm and attended the common schools. His first enterprise was that of a hotel-keeper in his native town, and during the late war was employed by the Remington Firearms Company in their factory at Ilion ; later he was janitor at the Normal School in Albany, where he remained for five years, and then conducted a livery for some time. In 1878 he removed to Clarksville and erected buildings and put in a baking furnace and has been interested in the baking business since. He served as tax collector while in the town of Berne. His wife is Celinda E., born in Berne and a daughter of John and Charity Bell. To them were born three children: Silas J., deceased; Fred, and Charles J., deceased.

Fred spent his early life on his father's farm and attended the common schools and the Albany public schools. He delivered bread for his father until he was twenty-one years of age, when he engaged in the cigar business as jobber, doing his own selling. In 1884 he returned to Clarksville, where he has ever since been engaged in the bakery business. He has also been in- terested in various enterprises, and officiated as town clerk in 1886. He is a mem- ber of the Knights of Pythias, of the National Union of Albany, and Schuyler Coun- cil No. 705. In 1886 he married Emma, daughter of Martin S. Van Derzee, and have one child, Maud.

Landmarks of Albany County

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Landmarks of Albany County, NY, Edited by Amasa J. Parker, Albany, NY
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Berne History
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 1850 Census, Berne, Albany Co.,NY