Benjamin A.
WRIGHT
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Born: abt. 1824 in Montague, Massachusetts, USA
Benjamin A. WRIGHT died 16 June 1858 in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA .
Mother: Patty Wright
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Recorded occupation: Farmer
The farmer, cultivateur, or cultivator, was a person who cultivated and exploited the land in order to get a crop.He may have been the proprietor of his own parcel(s) of land. He could, depending on the land size, have employed other agricultural workers. If he didn't own the land, he was called a tenant farmer.
Source: tfcq.ca
Source: Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
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Name: Benj. A. Wright
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place: So. Amherst
Death Date: 16 Jun 1858
Death Place: Amherst, Hampshire, Mass.
Age: 34
Birth Date: 1824
Birth Place: Montague
Occupation: Farmer
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Marital Status: Married
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Father's Name: Elisha Wright
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Mother's Name: Patty Wright
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B50128-3
System Origin: Massachusetts-EASy
GS Film number: 186127
Reference ID: v 5 p 20
'Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910,' database, FamilySearch (familysearch.org/ ark:/ 61903/ 1:1:FH1Z-ZP8 : 10 December 2014), Benj. A. Wright, 16 Jun 1858; citing Amherst, Hampshire, Mass., reference v 5 p 20; FHL microfilm 186,127.'
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