It is as yet unknown to this contributor whether the deaths of these four Wright children in early October 1784 were caused by an infectious disease, or by an accident, such as a house fire. But even in an era when half of all children born did not survive to adulthood, the one-fell-swoop nature of their loss must have been particularly devastating to their parents. In a sad coincidence, Mrs. Wright died on October 4, 1819---two days before the 35th anniversary of little Joseph's death, a week before his sister Sarah's, and on the same day as his siblings John and Moses.
It is as yet unknown to this contributor whether the deaths of these four Wright children in early October 1784 were caused by an infectious disease, or by an accident, such as a house fire. But even in an era when half of all children born did not survive to adulthood, the one-fell-swoop nature of their loss must have been particularly devastating to their parents. In a sad coincidence, Mrs. Wright died on October 4, 1819---two days before the 35th anniversary of little Joseph's death, a week before his sister Sarah's, and on the same day as his siblings John and Moses.
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