Daughter of Solomon Angell and Eunice Clark Young
Married Jefferson Wright, 12 Dec 1847, Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska
Children - Oscar Jefferson Wright, Albert B. Wright, Sarah Ellen Wright, Eunice M. Wright, Augusta Eudolphine Wright, Luman B. Wright, Marcellus Orrin Wright, Jane M. Wright, Adaline LaVerne Wright, Alice Wright, Mary Emma Wright, Alvin Wright, Clara Virginia Wright, Ernest Osborn Wright
History - Sarah was born in Providence, Rhode Island to Solomon Angell and Eunice Young. Born in 1831, she was the oldest child in a family of eight children. She lived until age 3-4 in Rhode Island. Her parents joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints about 1833-4 and soon moved to Kirtland, Ohio. Her father was part of Zions Camp, and was called to be a General Authority in the First Quorum of the Seventies. They resided in Kirtland until the Saints were driven out, moving then to Muskingum, Ohio where they lived when she was about eight to twelve years of age. Solomon, her father then moved the family to Nauvoo, Illinois, where they lived until members of the Church were again driven out of the beautiful city they had built.
After leaving Nauvoo, the Latter-day Saints moved to Winter Quarters, Nebraska. It was probably there that she met, was courted, and married Jefferson Wright. Jefferson had been baptized a short time (Dec 1845), and proved to be a stalwart member of the Church. They were married 12 Dec 1847 at Winter Quarters.
The Wrights traveled with her parents and grandmother, Phebe Ann Angell, to the Salt Lake Valley arriving September 1848. Two months later Sarah had their first child, he lived only two months, perhaps because of the difficult journey across the plains. Two more children were born in Salt Lake City, one living only one day. Two more children born later also lived just a day. The fourth child was born in Brigham City, Utah, a new development where Brigham Young asked several families to move to in 1851-2. Records indicate that the Wrights had the second house built there. Five more children were born while in Brigham City where they lived for the next eleven years.
21 December 1850 they were called to go to Iron County (Parowan). On the census for that year, Jefferson, Sarah and their daughter (Sarah), are listed in Salt Lake City – and in Iron County, Utah Territory (Parowan). They must have moved to Parowan and then moved back north to either Salt Lake City or Brigham City. They were permitted to return to the Great Salt Lake Valley May 25, 1851 with President George A. Smith.
On August 31, 1854 Jefferson was set apart to serve a mission “in the vestry at the Tabernacle in GSL under the hands of Orson Hyde and John Taylor” (see blessing) to serve a mission to the Eastern States. Their sixth child was born in May 1856, so the mission was probably for about a year. Sarah had to provide for their family during his absence.
The next call to colonize came at October General Conference 1862. Again Jefferson and Sarah were asked to move, this time to Southern Utah to Virgin, Utah – the Dixie Mission, as it was called. Sarah was about 30 years old and they had seven living children. Their next child died soon after birth as did the twelfth child. A total of five were born in Virgin, the last in 1884, twelve years after the prior child. It must have been somewhat a surprise, as Sarah was 52 years old by then!
Jefferson did not take a plural wife, Sarah was his only wife. He was a farmer and ran the grist mill in Virgin after her father and husband helped to build it. Sarah was “a very capable and industrious woman. She was an excellent cook and made the first beet sugar produced in Dixie. She was also an expert seamstress and tailored many suits for men as well as clothing for women and children. Her home was filled with “fancy work” that she had crocheted. Another accomplishment was her knowledge of the uses of herbs and the art of nursing the sick.” Brigham Young asked her to make the first Utah state flag, which she did. In 1868 Sarah was called to be the Second Counselor in the female Relief Society organization in Virgin. She served in that capacity for twenty years, until 1888.
Her husband, Jefferson, died in 1896 after forty-nine years of marriage. Their youngest child was only 12 years old. By 1900 Sarah was living in Oasis, Millard, Utah; with her oldest daughter, Sarah, and her husband N. Ayers. Records indicate she died in Deseret, Millard, Utah in 1905 at the age of 72. Sarah Elizabeth was a faithful, obedient Saint that lived from the very early stages of the Mormon Church until after statehood and past the turn of the Century.
Married Jefferson Wright, 12 Dec 1847, Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska
Children - Oscar Jefferson Wright, Albert B. Wright, Sarah Ellen Wright, Eunice M. Wright, Augusta Eudolphine Wright, Luman B. Wright, Marcellus Orrin Wright, Jane M. Wright, Adaline LaVerne Wright, Alice Wright, Mary Emma Wright, Alvin Wright, Clara Virginia Wright, Ernest Osborn Wright
History - Sarah was born in Providence, Rhode Island to Solomon Angell and Eunice Young. Born in 1831, she was the oldest child in a family of eight children. She lived until age 3-4 in Rhode Island. Her parents joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints about 1833-4 and soon moved to Kirtland, Ohio. Her father was part of Zions Camp, and was called to be a General Authority in the First Quorum of the Seventies. They resided in Kirtland until the Saints were driven out, moving then to Muskingum, Ohio where they lived when she was about eight to twelve years of age. Solomon, her father then moved the family to Nauvoo, Illinois, where they lived until members of the Church were again driven out of the beautiful city they had built.
After leaving Nauvoo, the Latter-day Saints moved to Winter Quarters, Nebraska. It was probably there that she met, was courted, and married Jefferson Wright. Jefferson had been baptized a short time (Dec 1845), and proved to be a stalwart member of the Church. They were married 12 Dec 1847 at Winter Quarters.
The Wrights traveled with her parents and grandmother, Phebe Ann Angell, to the Salt Lake Valley arriving September 1848. Two months later Sarah had their first child, he lived only two months, perhaps because of the difficult journey across the plains. Two more children were born in Salt Lake City, one living only one day. Two more children born later also lived just a day. The fourth child was born in Brigham City, Utah, a new development where Brigham Young asked several families to move to in 1851-2. Records indicate that the Wrights had the second house built there. Five more children were born while in Brigham City where they lived for the next eleven years.
21 December 1850 they were called to go to Iron County (Parowan). On the census for that year, Jefferson, Sarah and their daughter (Sarah), are listed in Salt Lake City – and in Iron County, Utah Territory (Parowan). They must have moved to Parowan and then moved back north to either Salt Lake City or Brigham City. They were permitted to return to the Great Salt Lake Valley May 25, 1851 with President George A. Smith.
On August 31, 1854 Jefferson was set apart to serve a mission “in the vestry at the Tabernacle in GSL under the hands of Orson Hyde and John Taylor” (see blessing) to serve a mission to the Eastern States. Their sixth child was born in May 1856, so the mission was probably for about a year. Sarah had to provide for their family during his absence.
The next call to colonize came at October General Conference 1862. Again Jefferson and Sarah were asked to move, this time to Southern Utah to Virgin, Utah – the Dixie Mission, as it was called. Sarah was about 30 years old and they had seven living children. Their next child died soon after birth as did the twelfth child. A total of five were born in Virgin, the last in 1884, twelve years after the prior child. It must have been somewhat a surprise, as Sarah was 52 years old by then!
Jefferson did not take a plural wife, Sarah was his only wife. He was a farmer and ran the grist mill in Virgin after her father and husband helped to build it. Sarah was “a very capable and industrious woman. She was an excellent cook and made the first beet sugar produced in Dixie. She was also an expert seamstress and tailored many suits for men as well as clothing for women and children. Her home was filled with “fancy work” that she had crocheted. Another accomplishment was her knowledge of the uses of herbs and the art of nursing the sick.” Brigham Young asked her to make the first Utah state flag, which she did. In 1868 Sarah was called to be the Second Counselor in the female Relief Society organization in Virgin. She served in that capacity for twenty years, until 1888.
Her husband, Jefferson, died in 1896 after forty-nine years of marriage. Their youngest child was only 12 years old. By 1900 Sarah was living in Oasis, Millard, Utah; with her oldest daughter, Sarah, and her husband N. Ayers. Records indicate she died in Deseret, Millard, Utah in 1905 at the age of 72. Sarah Elizabeth was a faithful, obedient Saint that lived from the very early stages of the Mormon Church until after statehood and past the turn of the Century.
Daughter of Solomon Angell and Eunice Clark Young
Married Jefferson Wright, 12 Dec 1847, Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska
Children - Oscar Jefferson Wright, Albert B. Wright, Sarah Ellen Wright, Eunice M. Wright, Augusta Eudolphine Wright, Luman B. Wright, Marcellus Orrin Wright, Jane M. Wright, Adaline LaVerne Wright, Alice Wright, Mary Emma Wright, Alvin Wright, Clara Virginia Wright, Ernest Osborn Wright
History - Sarah was born in Providence, Rhode Island to Solomon Angell and Eunice Young. Born in 1831, she was the oldest child in a family of eight children. She lived until age 3-4 in Rhode Island. Her parents joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints about 1833-4 and soon moved to Kirtland, Ohio. Her father was part of Zions Camp, and was called to be a General Authority in the First Quorum of the Seventies. They resided in Kirtland until the Saints were driven out, moving then to Muskingum, Ohio where they lived when she was about eight to twelve years of age. Solomon, her father then moved the family to Nauvoo, Illinois, where they lived until members of the Church were again driven out of the beautiful city they had built.
After leaving Nauvoo, the Latter-day Saints moved to Winter Quarters, Nebraska. It was probably there that she met, was courted, and married Jefferson Wright. Jefferson had been baptized a short time (Dec 1845), and proved to be a stalwart member of the Church. They were married 12 Dec 1847 at Winter Quarters.
The Wrights traveled with her parents and grandmother, Phebe Ann Angell, to the Salt Lake Valley arriving September 1848. Two months later Sarah had their first child, he lived only two months, perhaps because of the difficult journey across the plains. Two more children were born in Salt Lake City, one living only one day. Two more children born later also lived just a day. The fourth child was born in Brigham City, Utah, a new development where Brigham Young asked several families to move to in 1851-2. Records indicate that the Wrights had the second house built there. Five more children were born while in Brigham City where they lived for the next eleven years.
21 December 1850 they were called to go to Iron County (Parowan). On the census for that year, Jefferson, Sarah and their daughter (Sarah), are listed in Salt Lake City – and in Iron County, Utah Territory (Parowan). They must have moved to Parowan and then moved back north to either Salt Lake City or Brigham City. They were permitted to return to the Great Salt Lake Valley May 25, 1851 with President George A. Smith.
On August 31, 1854 Jefferson was set apart to serve a mission “in the vestry at the Tabernacle in GSL under the hands of Orson Hyde and John Taylor” (see blessing) to serve a mission to the Eastern States. Their sixth child was born in May 1856, so the mission was probably for about a year. Sarah had to provide for their family during his absence.
The next call to colonize came at October General Conference 1862. Again Jefferson and Sarah were asked to move, this time to Southern Utah to Virgin, Utah – the Dixie Mission, as it was called. Sarah was about 30 years old and they had seven living children. Their next child died soon after birth as did the twelfth child. A total of five were born in Virgin, the last in 1884, twelve years after the prior child. It must have been somewhat a surprise, as Sarah was 52 years old by then!
Jefferson did not take a plural wife, Sarah was his only wife. He was a farmer and ran the grist mill in Virgin after her father and husband helped to build it. Sarah was “a very capable and industrious woman. She was an excellent cook and made the first beet sugar produced in Dixie. She was also an expert seamstress and tailored many suits for men as well as clothing for women and children. Her home was filled with “fancy work” that she had crocheted. Another accomplishment was her knowledge of the uses of herbs and the art of nursing the sick.” Brigham Young asked her to make the first Utah state flag, which she did. In 1868 Sarah was called to be the Second Counselor in the female Relief Society organization in Virgin. She served in that capacity for twenty years, until 1888.
Her husband, Jefferson, died in 1896 after forty-nine years of marriage. Their youngest child was only 12 years old. By 1900 Sarah was living in Oasis, Millard, Utah; with her oldest daughter, Sarah, and her husband N. Ayers. Records indicate she died in Deseret, Millard, Utah in 1905 at the age of 72. Sarah Elizabeth was a faithful, obedient Saint that lived from the very early stages of the Mormon Church until after statehood and past the turn of the Century.
Married Jefferson Wright, 12 Dec 1847, Winter Quarters, Douglas, Nebraska
Children - Oscar Jefferson Wright, Albert B. Wright, Sarah Ellen Wright, Eunice M. Wright, Augusta Eudolphine Wright, Luman B. Wright, Marcellus Orrin Wright, Jane M. Wright, Adaline LaVerne Wright, Alice Wright, Mary Emma Wright, Alvin Wright, Clara Virginia Wright, Ernest Osborn Wright
History - Sarah was born in Providence, Rhode Island to Solomon Angell and Eunice Young. Born in 1831, she was the oldest child in a family of eight children. She lived until age 3-4 in Rhode Island. Her parents joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints about 1833-4 and soon moved to Kirtland, Ohio. Her father was part of Zions Camp, and was called to be a General Authority in the First Quorum of the Seventies. They resided in Kirtland until the Saints were driven out, moving then to Muskingum, Ohio where they lived when she was about eight to twelve years of age. Solomon, her father then moved the family to Nauvoo, Illinois, where they lived until members of the Church were again driven out of the beautiful city they had built.
After leaving Nauvoo, the Latter-day Saints moved to Winter Quarters, Nebraska. It was probably there that she met, was courted, and married Jefferson Wright. Jefferson had been baptized a short time (Dec 1845), and proved to be a stalwart member of the Church. They were married 12 Dec 1847 at Winter Quarters.
The Wrights traveled with her parents and grandmother, Phebe Ann Angell, to the Salt Lake Valley arriving September 1848. Two months later Sarah had their first child, he lived only two months, perhaps because of the difficult journey across the plains. Two more children were born in Salt Lake City, one living only one day. Two more children born later also lived just a day. The fourth child was born in Brigham City, Utah, a new development where Brigham Young asked several families to move to in 1851-2. Records indicate that the Wrights had the second house built there. Five more children were born while in Brigham City where they lived for the next eleven years.
21 December 1850 they were called to go to Iron County (Parowan). On the census for that year, Jefferson, Sarah and their daughter (Sarah), are listed in Salt Lake City – and in Iron County, Utah Territory (Parowan). They must have moved to Parowan and then moved back north to either Salt Lake City or Brigham City. They were permitted to return to the Great Salt Lake Valley May 25, 1851 with President George A. Smith.
On August 31, 1854 Jefferson was set apart to serve a mission “in the vestry at the Tabernacle in GSL under the hands of Orson Hyde and John Taylor” (see blessing) to serve a mission to the Eastern States. Their sixth child was born in May 1856, so the mission was probably for about a year. Sarah had to provide for their family during his absence.
The next call to colonize came at October General Conference 1862. Again Jefferson and Sarah were asked to move, this time to Southern Utah to Virgin, Utah – the Dixie Mission, as it was called. Sarah was about 30 years old and they had seven living children. Their next child died soon after birth as did the twelfth child. A total of five were born in Virgin, the last in 1884, twelve years after the prior child. It must have been somewhat a surprise, as Sarah was 52 years old by then!
Jefferson did not take a plural wife, Sarah was his only wife. He was a farmer and ran the grist mill in Virgin after her father and husband helped to build it. Sarah was “a very capable and industrious woman. She was an excellent cook and made the first beet sugar produced in Dixie. She was also an expert seamstress and tailored many suits for men as well as clothing for women and children. Her home was filled with “fancy work” that she had crocheted. Another accomplishment was her knowledge of the uses of herbs and the art of nursing the sick.” Brigham Young asked her to make the first Utah state flag, which she did. In 1868 Sarah was called to be the Second Counselor in the female Relief Society organization in Virgin. She served in that capacity for twenty years, until 1888.
Her husband, Jefferson, died in 1896 after forty-nine years of marriage. Their youngest child was only 12 years old. By 1900 Sarah was living in Oasis, Millard, Utah; with her oldest daughter, Sarah, and her husband N. Ayers. Records indicate she died in Deseret, Millard, Utah in 1905 at the age of 72. Sarah Elizabeth was a faithful, obedient Saint that lived from the very early stages of the Mormon Church until after statehood and past the turn of the Century.
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