Milton Wright (bishop)
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| Born | November 17, 1828 Rushville, Rush County, Indiana |
| Died | April 3, 1917 (aged 88) Oakwood, Montgomery County, Ohio |
| Resting place | Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, U.S |
| Occupation | Bishop of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ |
| Known for | Father of the Wright Brothers; Founder of United Theological Seminary |
| Spouse(s) | Susan Catharine Wright |
| Children | Reuchlin Wright Lorin Wright Wilbur Wright Otis Wright Ida Wright Orville Wright Katharine Wright |
| Parent(s) | Dan Wright Catherine Wright née Reeder |
Milton Wright (November 17, 1828 – April 3, 1917) was the father of aviation pioneers Wilbur Wright and Orville Wright, and a Bishop of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. He had English and Dutch ancestry.
Milton met Susan at Hartsville College in 1853, where he was appointed supervisor of the preparatory department and she was a literature student. After a long courtship, Milton asked Susan to marry him and accompany him on his assignment by the church to Oregon. She declined, but agreed to marry him when he returned. They married in 1859, when he was almost 31 and she was 28.
Both shared a love of learning for the sake of learning. Their home had two libraries — the first consisted of books on theology, the second was a large, varied collection. Looking back on his childhood, Orville once commented that he and his brother had
Susan and Milton had seven children. Four sons and one daughter survived past infancy. Their first son, Reuchlin, was born in a log cabin in 1861 near Fairmount, Indiana. The second son, Lorin, was born in 1862 in Orange Township, Fayette County, Indiana. Wilbur was born in 1867 near Millville, Indiana. In 1870 the fourth and fifth children, twins Otis and Ida, died soon after birth in Dayton, Ohio, where Orville was born in 1871 and Katharine, the only surviving daughter, was born in 1874.
None of the Wright children had middle names. Instead, their father tried hard to give them distinctive first names. Wilbur was named for Wilbur Fisk and Orville for Orville Dewey, both clergymen that Milton Wright admired. They were "Will" and "Orv" to their friends, and "Ullam" and "Bubs" to each other. In Dayton, their neighbors knew them simply as the "Bishop's kids."
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