Arvilla J. Wright

Arvilla J. Wright

Female 1841 - 1932  (91 years)


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  • Name Arvilla J. Wright  [1, 2
    Birth 30 Jan 1841  Mendon, Rutland, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Gender Female 
    Death 18 Oct 1932  Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Burial Pulaski, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Daysville Cemetery - Section #5 - Row #14
    Person ID I41137  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Joseph A. Wright,   b. 20 Mar 1816, Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1894, Richland, Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Amy Amelia Wheeler,   b. Abt 10 Jun 1815, Richmond, Berkshire County, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Dec 1900, Pulaski, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1837 
    Family ID F5347  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William H Morton,   b. 9 May 1837, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1932, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 95 years) 
    Marriage 28 Nov 1855  Port Ontario, Richland Township, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Dennis C. Morton,   b. 1858   d. 13 Nov 1941 (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Alonzo J. Morton,   b. 11 Aug 1861   d. 24 Jun 1956 (Age 94 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. William Wallace Morton,   b. 23 May 1868, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Nov 1932, Pulaski, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F22040  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • An article in the Lowville Journal for December 4, 1930 talked about the couple and their 75th anniversary. Squire Eli Wheeler married them, and in 1930 they still had the certificate along with the note that Henry and Manirva Bunn were witnesses,

      Arvilla Wright - January 13, 1841 - October, 1932. Daughter of Joseph and Amy Wheeler Wright. Wife of William H. Morton. Section 5, Row 14.

      Newspaper Obituary - Saturday, October 22, 1932 Oswego Palladium Times - Oswego, New York - Pulaski Funerals - Pulaski, October 22 - The funeral of Mrs. Arvilla Morton, one of the oldest residents of Selkirk, was held Friday afternoon with a prayer service at the home at 1:30 and funeral service in Bethel Church at 2 o'clock. Services were conducted by the Rev. Lee A. Howe, Jr. of the Pulaski Baptist church. Bearers were Ernest Stafford, Hugh Allen and Ray and Owen Morton. Interment was in Daysville cemetery.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
      Record for William H Morton

    2. [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
      Record for Joseph A. Wright
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=19153615477&indiv=try

    3. [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
      Record for William Morton Jr

    4. [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
      Record for Arvilla Wright
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=44196145110&indiv=try