Rev. Austen Hazen Wright

1811 - 1865  (53 years)

• Name	Austen Hazen Wright
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	11 Nov 1811	Hartford, Windsor, Vermont   [1, 2, 3]
  Baptism	Mar 1818	Center Church, Hartford, Windsor, Vermont   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Jan 1865	Urumiah, Persia   [1, 3, 4]
  Burial	American Mission Graveyard, on Mt. Seir, near Urmiah, West Azerbaijan province, Iran   [5]
  Person ID	I21375	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	David Wright,   b. 11 Feb 1775, Hartford, Windsor, Vermont d. 10 May 1817, Hartford, Windsor, Vermont (Age 42 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Hazen,   b. 27 Nov 1781, Hartford, Windsor, Vermont d. 11 Mar 1818, Hartford, Windsor, Vermont (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	16 Apr 1801  [1]
  Family ID	F13503	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Myers,   b. 20 Nov 1821, Whitehall, Washington, New York d. 13 Feb 1888, New York, New York (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	13 Jun 1844	Seir, Persia   [1]
  Children	1. Lucy Myers Wright,   b. 20 Mar 1845, Urumiah, Persia d. 10 Mar 1888, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland (Age 42 years) + 2. John Henry Wright,   b. 4 Feb 1852, Urumiah, Persia d. 25 Nov 1908, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 56 years)
  Family ID	F12669	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2020

  
  

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• Notes

  "He was graduated at Dartmouth Coll. (A.B., 1830; A.M., Phi Beta Kappa, 1862); and at Univ. of Virginia (M.D., 1839). He taught in Richmond, Va., some years, studied theology in Union Seminary, Prince Edward County, Va., and was ordained an evangelist, East Hanover Presbytery, 22 Sept. 1839. He sailed for Persia, 9 Mar. 1840, arrived at Urumiah, 25 July 1840, and continued in a successful ministry there until 1860; he then visited the United States, but returned to his mission station in 1864." [The Hazen Family in America, citation details below.] From his Find a Grave page: A graduate of Dartmouth College, he was a medical missionary to the Nestorians in Urumiah, Azerbijan Province, Persia. He had just returned to Persia on a second mission to the Nestorians when he died suddenly. He was married to Catherine (Myers) Wright, and the father of Lucy Myers (Wright) Mitchell and John Henry Wright. His daughter Lucy was one of the first American women in the field of archaeology, and a published author, despite the gender bias that kept her out of many scholastic venues. His son John was a classical scholar, author, and educator.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2659] The Hazen Family in America by Tracy Elliot Hazen, ed. Donald Lines Jacobus. Thomaston, Connecticut: Robert Hazen, 1947. [S2753] Find a Grave page for Austin Hazen Wright., date only. [S4404] Stephen L. Dyson, "Lucy Wright Mitchell, 1845-1888." In Breaking Ground: Women in Old World Archaeology at Brown University., year only. [S2753] Find a Grave page for Austin Hazen Wright., date and country only. [S2753] Find a Grave page for Austin Hazen Wright.