The Wright Family History

Grandmother to Orville & Wilbur Wright, mother to Susan Catherine Koerner Wright.

Paternal grandmother to Orville & Wilbur Wright, and mother to Milton Wright.

Paternal grandfather to Orville & Wilbur Wright, father to Milton Wright.

Infant twin to Susan and Milton Wright, sister to Orville & Wilbur Wright who died shortly after birth.

Grandfather to Orville & Wilbur Wright, father to Susan Catherine Koerner Wright.

Daughter to Susan and Milton Wright, sister to Orville & Wilbur Wright.

Second son to Milton and Susan Wright, brother to Orville & Wilbur Wright.

Milton Wright, father of Orville and Wilbur Wright was also a Bishop in the Church of the United Brethren in Christ. He was married to Susan Catherine Koerner Wright for nearly 30 years before she passed away in 1889.

Orville Wright, along with his brother Wilbur, spent years in both Dayton, Ohio and the Outer Banks of North Carolina experimenting with their flying machines. Their determination paid off on December 17, 1903, when the brothers achieved the world's first powered flight at Kitty Hawk.

Infant twin to Susan and Milton Wright, brother to Orville & Wilbur Wright who died shortly after birth.