The Family of Hugh Wright and Elizabeth Huff Wright

The Parents of Hugh Wright

Isaac P. Wright and Mary Wing Wright

The Parents of Elizabeth Huff

Allen Huff and Martha A. Swan Huff

Wright Family Tree

Wing Family Tree

Huff Family Tree

Swan Family Tree

Marriages of Hugh Wright

Marriage to Elizabeth Huff on 12 June 1881

Marriages of Elizabeth Huff

Marriage to Hugh Wright on 12 June 1881

The Obituary of Hugh Wright

1848 - 1 April 1923

From the Wayland Register, 12 April 1923

Canadice - The death on Tuesday of Hugh Wright removed one the oldest residence of our town. He was born in Richmond in the year 1848. His parents moved to this town when he was six years old.

In the year 1881 he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Huff of this place who with two children, Mrs. Jay Becker of this town and Merle of Dansville, a brother, Burr, of Richmond, and sister, Mrs. John Caskey of this place are left to mourn for him.

The funeral was held at the church at 2 o’clock on Saturday with Rev. Raymond officiating with burial in the Canadice cemetery. The filled church showed the esteem in which Mr. Wright was held.

Those who attended the funeral of Mr. Wright from out of town were: Mrs. Glady of Hornell, Mr. and Mrs. Denby of East Bloomfield, Mr. Burr Wright and family, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Caskey, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kinsley, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Adams, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Huff, Mr. and Mrs. Fayette Huff of Richmond, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Huff, Mr. and Mrs. Merle Wright and family of Dansville, Mrs. Thomas Maginley and son, Clyde, of Sparta, Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Becker and Mrs. Floyd Caskey and Mr. William Hoppough of Hemlock.

The Obituary of Elizabeth Huff Wright

3 September 1856 - May 1940

From the Livonia Gazette, 16 May 1940

Canadice - Mrs. Elizabeth Wright, 84, widow of Hugh Wright, and a lifelong resident of Canadice, died Thursday evening at the home of Miss Elizabeth Struble, East Lake road, Conesus, where she had received care for some time. She had been an invalid for several years.

Mrs. Wright was the youngest daughter of Allen and Martha Ann Swan Huff and was born in Canadice, Sept. 3, 1856. She was a student at Lima seminary and afterward taught in several schools.

June 12, 1881, she was married to Hugh Wright, also of Canadice, the ceremony taking place in the Canadice church, of which she was a member for many years. She was a charter member of the Ladies’ Aid society and as long as her health permitted, was a faithful worker in both groups. She had passed all of her life in the town of Canadice.

Funeral services for Mrs. Wright were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jay Becker, Canadice, and at 2:30 at the Canadice church. The Rev. H. I. Chattin, pastor of the church, officiated. Mrs. Sanford Bush and Leslie Paine sang two selections.

Interment was in Canadice cemetery by the side of her husband, who died in 1923. The bearers were Frank Seward, H. E. Hayward, George Affolter, Dayton Becker, W. N. Preston and Willis VanDuyne.

The Burial of Hugh Wright and Elizabeth Huff Wright

Canadice Corners Cemetery in Canadice NY

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