Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1842-09-22
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0HIriAiiY.
! Di", N Bedf r IN the 10th inst Nancy r. Huar
only infant daughter of John p. and Frances A. Hurt
aged years aud 10 months. To aemp, pourtraying
the many virtues which this amabe little girl possessed
at so early an age, would extend this notice nnnerssari
y. Suffice 1t to say that she naturally possessed Of
a disposition so amabo that she at once attracted the
love and admiration OF all who knew her being
markedly aiiccionae IN her disposition 10 all and most
uncommony so to her fond and doatng PARENTS that she
ever seemed only bud put forth here, which shuri
" 10 bloom IN better aud gurlons state of eSis
tencc. Alas! TOO true Though she is gone and can
more RETURN yet how consong should II be Ia her
much bercaved parents know that she has left world
of sickless sorrows, affections and death. and gone
world where affections distress in any degree can CIV
come, where the wicked from troubling and the
weary at rest; where the blessed Saviour Of little chill
dreu rcigns alone, IN lleayen.
Il take these re ambsn said he.
! "And lay them in my breast;
Protection they shall find IN me-
! IN me be ever blcs"
! aS- The Louisville Journal aud Macon (Geo) fele
qranr " n please publish the foregoing.
From c .Nt,c York .7aer;cdn eftLc eth .7tgust 1912
DrNJ,Nuy ,NRtsnr.-Ind.r the obituary head, n
few days ago was he 1'mple announcement that Ben
JAMiN WG,sHr died on &C. am day, and the readers
eye probably glanced from ih- reed without any othe
impression than that mortal mon, hao 'easeu 10 i've
ct are there lew names in modern .9lnes " ''ss
more deserving Of some especial mention than atoi eh
jamin Wright Born AT period when free minds were
preparing the great struggle of independence and spring
ing up IN INFO manhood Al the period OF the fearful
test which made us nation. young Nrlghi's char
ac,er could not but parahe Of the vsor and hahood of
the times
lie born in the town of Weathers6eld, Connect.
cut. ON the 10Th October 10 oil humble parents
hose utmost means could afford him education he
yond that Of few months schooling during the winter
al common school. But he had within HIM the strong
impulse that uumphs over ordinary obstacles lie
/ Ia, liz, Il
vcyor. aud N the age Of nnet,en prevailed upon his
parents 10 remove from Connecticut the region
first then opening TO settlement IN the state Of New York
They removed accordingly to Fort Sianwx, nov Rome.
the then verge of civilization
log cabin was soon constructed 10 receive the nil
grims, and then began the career Of BENJAMIN WRIGHT
lie was constantly called upon surveyor and thus ear
y trained To the work hc afterwards hnnnrably aided
! IN accomplishing. the great Erie Canal. Fayoaby
known by his ahors through the western part Ct the
State. he by his follow citizens If Oneida county,
lected 10 the Legislature in le0i aud again in lsU1 S
II was in this hast period that associated with General
Mcneil and Judge Furman of Onondapa tho feasibility
of Canal through the Mohawk Valley. and 10 connect
the waters of Erie with those of the ocean, often dis
cussod. aud then it that Judge Forinar moved and
Mr.. Wright seconded resolution that laid the founda
ton Of that great work
In 1910. Canal Commissioners appointed who
examined the route between the Lake and the Hudson
and reported IN favor Of canal unbroken through the
whole distance by locks inclined plane of six inches
to the mile Their report was referred 10 Mr.. Wright
and Mr.. GeddCs, who reported against it, The war
with Great Britain intervening prevented any progress
n while giving irresistible evidence of the necessity of
such work OF lnornal navigation but in 1916 canal
board was efficiently organized, and Judge Gedes aud
Mr.. Wright were charged with constructing the canal
the former with the western. the latter with the
sectionand from that time forth, the work proceed
ed under the direction Of these native engineers its fl
! nal anl triumphant completion in 1926.
1t was glory enough" to be associated as one of the
chief constructors and directors, with such work, but
that not by many the only tle of Mr. Wright 10 be
remembered Of the chief belactos 10 the cause
Of internal improvements His success ON the Erie ca
nal and the generous testimony invariably borne by De
WIT Clinton to his skill and Abilities caused him be
applied to from all parts Of the nlted States from Can
ada. and from Cuba. for aid and advice IN constructing
public works He became in succession either consult
my or chief engineer 10 the following WORKS:
The Pennington Canal in Connecticut
The Blackstone Canal in Rhode Isand
The Chesapeake aud Ohio Canal,
The Canal from Richmond Va
The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal,
The Delaware and Hudson Canal,
The lIaraen Rail Road CO.
The WeIand Canal in Canada.
The New lork 4 Erie Rail Road,
The Ti,ga & Chcmung Rail Road and
The Chicago 4 Illinois River Canal.
/ In 1888 he invited to Cuba, 10 consult as To n
Rail road from Havana to the interior Of the Island and
his approval ofthe projected road and Of the reeonnos
!
Al the period of his DEATH the age of Il years he
was still active in the service of the james River and
kanawha Company in Virginia. In all the various
works which he connected with, he sustained the
same reputation Of zeal industry and probity, avoiding
the reality and escaping the suspicion OF using
The opportunities afforded him by his station to any un-
due advancement Of his own fortunes
lie lived and died an honest man, as he solid
beneiact0r OF his country and active promoter of thai
great interest which promotes all others-inerna i'm
provcment.
II was not meet that such name should descend I'm
hernldcd to the tomb and therefore in Ills hasty record
Of his have cndeavored 10 fix On the aite
ton and the respect Of his fellows.
Benjamin Wright retired from the office Of Chief Ene-
ncer of the James River and Kanawha Company in the
month Of April 1892 which occasion the President and
Directors of the Company adopted Resolutions expressive
their grateful of his eminent services to the Company
and of their undated admiration OF his character eng
and a
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