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of Wilbur Wright]. Circa 1877. Glass negatives from the Papers of Wilbur and Orville Wright, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-W861-85
9 1/2 years, taken at Cedar Rapids/ S.T. Wiggins, photographer, Cedar Rapids. [1881]. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. LC-USZ62-125543 | 1867 April 16 Wilbur Wright born to Reverend Milton Wright and Susan Catherine Koerner Wright near Milville, Indiana. He is their third child; his older siblings are Reuchlin (b. 1861) and Lorin (b. 1862). |
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| 1869 Spring Wright family moves to Dayton, Ohio. | ||
| 1871 August 19 Orville Wright born. | ||
| 1874 August 19 Wilbur and Orville's sister, Katharine Wright, born. | ||
| 1878 Upon his return from a church business trip, Bishop Milton Wright brings home a toy Penaud helicopter. The toy inspires Wilbur and Orville's first interest in flight. | ||
| 1881 June Wright family moves to Richmond, Indiana, where Orville takes up kite-building. | ||
| 1884 June Wright family returns to Dayton. -- Wilbur completes high school. | ||
| 1885 September Wilbur takes special "postgraduate" courses at Dayton Central High School and studies Greek and trigonometry. | ||
| 1886 With his friend Ed Sines, Orville starts The Midget, a school newspaper, with a press given to him by his brothers and type from his father. | ||
| 1887 September Orville starts Dayton Central High School. | ||
| 1889 March 1 Orville begins to publish the weekly West Side News. Editor and publisher, he maintains an active interest in printing and publishing for several years. | ||
| July 4 Wilbur and Orville's mother, Susan Catherine Koerner Wright, dies at age 58. |
| * 1867-1889 | |