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  1. Milton Wright (November 17, 1828 – April 3, 1917) was the father of aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright, and a bishop of the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. [2] Family. Milton Wright was the son of Dan Wright and Catherine Wright (Reeder), daughter of George Reeder and Margaret Van Cleve.

  2. Milton, a bishop in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, was born in Rush County, Indiana, to farmers Dan Wright, Jr., and Catharine Reeder. He was their fifth child (of an eventual seven) and fourth son.

  3. Among the thousands of photographs, books, technical journals, correspondence, financial records, and memorabilia were the diaries of Bishop Milton Wright. These diaries of the father of Wilbur and Orville Wright record the full range of experiences of his adult life from 1857 to his death in 1917.

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  5. All 41 diaries of Bishop Milton Wright, father of the Wright Brothers, have been digitized and are freely available online, anytime, through the Wright State University Campus Online Repository, at CORE Scholar: Milton Wright Diaries.

  6. By Nick Engler. Bishop Milton Wright was a dedicated genealogist who boasted that he could trace his lineage back eleven generations to “his great-grandfather’s great grandfather,” Sir John Wright, Lord of Kelvedon Hall in Essex County, England, born 1485, died 1551. And the Bishop had cause to be proud.

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  7. Telegram, Orville Wright to Bishop Milton Wright announcing the first successful powered flight, 17 December [1903]. Created / Published. 17 December 1903. Headings. - Inventors. - Inventions. - Aeronautics. - Airplanes. - Kitty Hawk (N.C.) - North Carolina. - Telegrams. - Wright, Orville (1871-1948) - Manuscripts. Genre. Manuscripts. Notes.

  8. I might add that father, brothers and sister have never opposed them in their inventions and aviations, but have encouraged them, and have taken a lively interest in their progress and success. Their father was an eye witness of their first long flights (21 and 24 miles), in 1905." -- Milton Wright . Bishop Milton right in 1910.

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