Wright, Silas (B. 1812)
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]
- Margaret Wright, born 1832 [2][3]
- Jacob M. Wright[1][3]
- Martha Wright, born 1838[2][3]
- Hannah Wright, born at about 1842[3]
- Edwin Wright, born about 1847[2][3]
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.
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