A wife/mother died.

The evidence

• “Wright, born in Connecticut, in 1809 ; with his wife he returned to his farm in Wisconsin. Had five children, two now living — Owen and Harriet ; their mother died in August, 1860. He married again in 1862 ; by this marriage has one son — Edward.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/36-bios-harmony.md, PDF p. 892 / book p. 896

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources