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Elizabeth Wright
b. 1842
Life
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Elizabeth Wright (full name Elizabeth Jane Wright) was born 3 March 1842 in Hazel Green, Grant County, Wisconsin, the daughter of Phineas Wright and Amanda Finch — matching the family report's birth year and BOTH parents. Identity confirmed against the authoritative LDS Church History Biographical Database, which independently names the same two parents, the 3 Mar 1842 birth, and the death below. She married Samuel Joseph Wing on 24 June 1860, converted to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and crossed the plains to Utah Territory in 1862 with the Lewis Brunson pioneer company (14 June – 29 August 1862). She died 19 November 1877 at age 35 in Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah Territory. A list of six children and the Black River Falls marriage place and Heber City Cemetery burial appear on a single user-edited tree (WikiTree) and are treated as likely-but-unconfirmed pending primary records.
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Elizabeth Wright's full name was Elizabeth Jane Wright; she was the daughter of Phineas Wright and Amanda Finch, born 3 March 1842 in Hazel Green, Grant County, Wisconsin (also given as Hardscrabble, Grant County).
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She married Samuel Joseph Wing on 24 June 1860 (age 18); WikiTree places the marriage at Black River Falls, Jackson County, Wisconsin.
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She was a Latter-day Saint pioneer who crossed the plains to Utah Territory in 1862, traveling with the Lewis Brunson Company (14 June – 29 August 1862).
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She died 19 November 1877 at age 35 in Heber City, Wasatch County, Utah Territory; WikiTree gives the burial as Heber City Cemetery.
Not yet confirmed — probable matches and family lore, shown for research. Treat with caution.
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She may have had at least six children with Samuel Joseph Wing: Elvira Melissa (Wing) Lance, Amy Elizabeth (Wing) Bromley, Amanda (Wing) Nicholes, Samuel Mathais Wing, Phinehas John Wing, and Sarah Alice (Wing) Jacobs. likely
likely mother death year: report “Amanda Finch (1821-1846)” vs. found “Amanda (Finch) Wright shown as 1821-1848 on Geni and GenoPro”. The report gives Elizabeth's mother Amanda Finch's death as 1846; the Geni and GenoPro trees record 1848. This concerns the mother, not Elizabeth herself, and rests on uncited user trees; flagged but not resolved here.
likely birth place specificity: report “(birth place null)” vs. found “Hazel Green, Grant, Wisconsin (authoritative LDS database) vs Hardscrabble, Grant, Wisconsin (GenoPro)”. Not a conflict with the report (which left birth place blank). The authoritative LDS Church History Biographical Database gives 'Hazel Green, Grant, Wisconsin'; GenoPro gives 'Hardscrabble' — both within Grant County, Wisconsin. A stray search snippet placing Hardscrabble in Jackson County is not supported by the detailed sources, which place the 1842 birth in Grant County.
Open questions (5)
- Exact birthplace within Grant County, Wisconsin: the authoritative LDS database gives 'Hazel Green', while GenoPro gives 'Hardscrabble'. A primary Wisconsin birth/baptism record would settle the locality.
- The six-children list is DOWNGRADED to 'likely' because it rests solely on WikiTree (the LDS record lists no children). Confirm against census, LDS ordinance, or birth records — and verify whether Elvira Melissa (b. 21 Aug 1865) and Amy Elizabeth (b. 22 Aug 1865) are twins or a data error, and whether more than six children existed (some trees imply up to ten).
- The marriage PLACE (Black River Falls, Jackson County) and the BURIAL place (Heber City Cemetery) are each WikiTree-only; the authoritative LDS record confirms the marriage date/spouse and death date/place but not these specifics. A county marriage record and a FindAGrave/BillionGraves headstone memorial would confirm them.
- A stray search snippet gave the death as 14 Nov 1877; the authoritative LDS record (auditor-verified) gives 19 Nov 1877 — a sexton or death record would close the discrepancy definitively.
- The report's mother Amanda Finch death year (1846 vs 1848) remains unresolved and pertains to a different individual.
Sources consulted (7)
- Elizabeth Jane Wright Wing | Church History Biographical Database (LDS, RID PER-37QLHRQ) — AUDITOR-FETCHED; names Father Phineas Wright, Mother Amanda Finch, b. 3 Mar 1842 Hazel Green Grant WI, m. Samuel Joseph Wing 24 Jun 1860, Lewis Brunson Co. 1862, d. 19 Nov 1877 Heber City · database
- Phineas Wright (GenoPro family tree) — lists children of Phineas Wright & Amanda Finch incl. Elizabeth Jane Wright · tree
- Elizabeth Jane (Wright) Wing (1842-1877) | WikiTree · tree
- Amanda Wright (Finch) (1821-1848) - Geni · tree
- Phineas Wright (1811-1874) - Geni · tree
- Samuel Joseph Wing (1842-1918) - Geni · tree
- WebSearch: Elizabeth Jane Wright 1842 Heber City Utah Phineas Wright daughter · search
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