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Asher Wright

American Presbyterian missionary

PersonDied aged 71humanQ84744362

Born: September 7, 1803
, 1803
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Died: April 13, 1875
, 1875
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Birthplace: Hanover
Citizenship: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Education: Andover Theological Seminary
Spouse: Laura Maria Sheldon Wright
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1.Stated in Encyclopædia Britannicabritannica.com/biography/Laura-Maria-Sheldon-Wright
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Asher Wright was an American Friends (Quaker) missionary, who worked among the people of the Seneca Nation, of the native Iroquois of the northeastern United States from 1831 to 1875. His most notable work was the extensive translation and linguistics work he did among the Seneca people. Asher and his wife Laura Maria Sheldon were based in the Seneca mission on the Buffalo Creek Reservation. After 1845, they relocated along with the Buffalo Creek Seneca to the Cattaraugus Reservation following the sale of Buffalo Creek to developers from the Ogden Company. Alongside their missionary and ministry work, the Wrights recorded the Seneca language and culture. Integral to their work was the education of the Seneca people, especially teaching literacy to the people in their own language. In 1855 they founded the Thomas Asylum for Orphan and Destitute Children, later named the Thomas Indian School.

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Sex or gender: male
Given name: Asher
Family name: Wright

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