John Prodger Wright
Birth Date
On 1838 April 4 (Born)
Death Date
On 1918 January 3 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom
1838 April 4
Mother
Jane Wright
Father
William Rogers
Date Details
Occurred On 1838 April 4
Baptized
1856 (Age 17)
Traveled in
Warren Walling Company (1860)
1860 May 28 – August 9 (Age 22)
Pioneers in Company
Date Details
Started On 1860 May 28
Joined Company
Ended On 1860 August 9
Company Arrived
Married
Isabella Wardell
1864 March 2 (Age 25)
Served in
British Mission
1896 February 21 – 1898 March 12 (Age 57)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Plurally Married
Priesthood Quorum When Called
61st
Priesthood Office
Seventy
Residence When Called
Mill Creek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Set Apart By
Seymour Bicknell Young
Location Served
Flintshire, Wales, Welsh Conference.
Date Details
Started On 1896 February 21
Set Apart
Ended On 1898 March 12
Arrived at Home
Images
British Missionaries circa 1898
Died in Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1918 January 3 (Age 79)
Media
John Prodger Wright (1838 - 1918) Profile
John Prodger Wright (1838 - 1918)
British Missionaries circa 1898
Sources
Person
1900 United States Census
1900 United States Census.
Salt Lake Herald-Republican
"Early Utah Pioneer To be Buried Today", Salt Lake Herald-Republican, (6 January 1918), Page 30.
Salt Lake Telegram
"Funeral of John P. Wright To[day]", Salt Lake Telegram, (6 January 1918), Page 34.
Mission
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 19 March 1896.
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 12 July 1896.
BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 27 December 1896.
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918
FIRST Presidency missionary calls and recommendations, 1877 - 1918, 13 December 1895.
INDEX to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports
INDEX to the British Mission manuscript history and historical reports.
John Prodger Wright, Mission Journal, Welsh Mormon History, Center for Family History and Genealogy, Brigham Young University
John Prodger Wright, Mission Journal, Welsh Mormon History, Center for Family History and Genealogy, Brigham Young University.
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959
MISSIONARY Department missionary registers, 1860-1959, 21 February 1896, Vol. C, Page 22, Line 84.
Pioneer
Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862
"Captain Warren Walling's 1st Wagon Co.", Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862, (9 August 1860), Page 6.
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008. Supplement after 31 December 1860: Page 11.