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Milton Wright (bishop)
Father of the Wright brothers, protestant bishop
Milton Wright | |
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Wright circa | |
| Born | November 17, Rushville, Rush County, Indiana |
| Died | April 3, () (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[1] |
| Known&#;for | Father of the Wright brothers; Founder of United Theological Seminary |
| Spouse | Susan Catherine Koerner Wright |
| Children | |
| Parent(s) | Dan Wright Catherine Wright (Reeder) |
Milton Wright (November 17, &#; April 3, ) was an American bishop of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, best known today for being the father of aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright, as well as suffragette Katharine Wright Haskell.[2]
Family
Milton Wright was the son of Dan Wright and Catherine Wright (Reeder), daughter of George Reeder and Margaret Van Cleve.
Wilbur and orville wright brothers biography wikipedia and wife The brothers began their test flights during the first week in October. Army Signal Corps asked for an aircraft. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us! The wings dropped as they lost more and more lift, and the glider went into an uncontrolled spiral and struck the ground.Margaret Van Cleve was one of the earliest women of European ancestry to settle in the Miami River basin.[3]
Milton met his future wife, Susan Catharine Koerner, b. , d. 4 July , at Hartsville College in , where he was appointed as 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 Sublimity, Oregon.
She declined, but agreed to marry him when he returned.[4] They married in when he was almost 31 and she was
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
- "special advantageswe were lucky enough to grow up in a home environment where there was always much encouragement to children to pursue intellectual interests; to investigate whatever aroused their curiosity."[5]
Children
Susan and Milton had seven children.
Wilbur and orville wright monument: In February , they hand-built and tested their first full-size propeller. You may also want to check out our illustrated Wright Timeline. Photos courtesy of Wikipedia. Lonnie Johnson.
Four sons and one daughter survived past infancy. Their first son, Reuchlin, was born in a log cabin in near Fairmount, Indiana. The second son, Lorin, was born in in Orange Township, Fayette County, Indiana. Wilbur was born 16 April near Millville, Indiana.
Wilbur and orville wright genealogy To demonstrate their worth, the brothers split up to perform public demonstrations of their airplane. He suffered a heart attack in after fixing the doorbell at his home and died a few days later. He did much aeronautical work, helping to develop a racing airplane, guided missile, and "split flaps" to help slow an aircraft in a dive. The propellers had a high efficiency of 66 percent.The fourth and fifth children, twins Otis and Ida, were born 25 February at Dayton, Ohio, but died shortly thereafter, on 9 March and 14 March respectively. Orville and Katharine were both born in Dayton on August 19, he in and she in
None of the Wright children had middle names. Instead, their father tried hard to give them distinctive first names.
Reuchlin was named for Johann Reuchlin, and Lorin was named by his parents for a community chosen randomly from a map. Wilbur was named for Wilbur Fisk and Orville for Orville Dewey, both clergymen that Milton Wright admired. Wilbur and Orville 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." Because of Milton's position in the church, the Wrights moved frequently &#; twelve times before finally returning permanently to Dayton in
Church service
Milton joined the Church of the United Brethren in Christ in because of its stand on political and moral issues including alcohol, the abolition of slavery, and opposition to "secret societies" such as Freemasonry.
Indiana and Oregon
From to , he served as an itinerant minister of the Church of the United Brethren in Indianapolis. He was ordained in and was pastor in Andersonville, Indiana, from to Later that year, he went to Oregon as a missionary and served as pastor at Sublimity and first president of Sublimity College, a denominational institution.
Wright returned from Sublimity in and was assigned by the church as a circuit preacher in eastern Indiana, where he also served as presiding elder and pastor in Hartsville, Indiana. From to , he was professor of theology at Hartsville College.
Ohio and Iowa
In , Milton became editor of the national weekly church newspaper, the Religious Telescope, and moved to the newspaper's headquarters of Dayton, Ohio; with this new position, his income increased from $ per year to $ per year.[6] The position gave him prominence within the church and helped him get elected as a bishop in
In , he founded United Theological Seminary in Dayton.
Bishop Wright continued to advance in the church hierarchy.
In , he assumed responsibility for the Western conferences of the church and moved his family to Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Westfield College in Illinois, gave him the degree of D.D. in
He traveled widely on church business, but always sent back many letters and often brought presents home. His gifts stimulated his children's curiosity and exposed them to a world beyond their immediate surroundings.
Returning from one of his travels, he brought Wilbur and Orville a toy helicopter. The helicopter was made of bamboo, cork, paper and powered by rubber bands.
When the toy broke, the boys made several copies.[7] Orville said the toy helicopter kindled the brothers' interest in flight.[8]
Division in the church
By , the leadership of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ was becoming more liberal. Milton Wright, a staunch conservative, failed to be re-elected to his Bishop's post.
The Wrights moved to Richmond, Indiana, where Milton served a circuit preacher once again. He served as presiding elder in the White River conference from to He also founded a monthly religious newspaper, The Star, for fellow conservatives in
As the liberals in his church began to press for change, Milton Wright sensed there would be a showdown with the conservatives.
Wilbur and orville wright brothers biography wikipedia full Wilbur, just out of high school, put off college and nursed his sick mother. They took the machine out of the hanger, and laid the foot starting track in a south-to-north direction on a smooth stretch of level ground less than feet west of the hanger and more than 1, feet north of Kill Devil Hill. Lonnie Johnson. In the meantime, they had heard from the engine manufacturers.Wanting to get back into the fray, he decided to move back to Dayton, the political center of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, in It was the last time he would move his family. Wright was once more elected bishop in He was to spend the next four years serving the Pacific Coast district.
The anticipated showdown came in The church leadership wanted to give local conferences proportional representation at the General Conference, allow laymen to serve as delegates to General Conference, and allow United Brethren members to hold membership in secret societies.
The procedure for amending the Constitution made amendments all but impossible, but the leadership made the changes anyway, saying they were necessary for the good of the church.
However, a minority refused to accept the changes, claiming they weren't valid since they weren't approved by the full membership.
Wilbur and orville wright brothers biography wikipedia Instead, the brothers coupled the wires that turned the rudder with the wing warping mechanism. Nikola Tesla. They then began to assemble their new machine. Both the starting track and the machine resting on the truck faced directly into the north wind.Wright was the only bishop to side with the minority. Wright and about 10, to 15, supporters left the meeting and reconvened at a new location. Contending that those supporting the changes had effectively seceded from the denomination, they declared themselves to be the true United Brethren Church. To distinguish themselves from the majority faction, the minority called itself the Church of the United Brethren in Christ (Old Constitution).
Wright became the new church's first bishop. Since they were in the minority, they had to rebuild from scratch; nearly all of the congregations who sided with the minority lost their property. Wright's sons Wilbur and Orville provided publishing services for the new organization until a publishing house could be established in Huntington, Indiana.
Wright also provided valuable support to Huntington College (now Huntington University), established by the Old Constitution branch in
Keiter controversy
At the turn of the century, Wright was adamant about prosecuting the publishing house agent, Millard Keiter, who was accused of embezzling. Many members of the publishing board supported Keiter.
Because of the controversy, Wright's home district, the White River Conference, voted to rescind his license as minister. The General Conference overruled the home conference in , reinstating Wright. Keiter moved to Kentucky, where he was indicted for land fraud.
Retirement
Milton Wright retired in He died in