Otis Wright

Quick Facts

Significance:

Infant Brother to Orville & Wilbur Wright

Place of Birth:

Dayton, OH

Date of Birth:

February 24, 1870

Place of Death:

Dayton, Ohio

Date of Death:

March 9, 1870

Place of Burial:

Dayton, Ohio

Cemetery Name:

Woodland Cemetery & Arboretum

Otis was the fourth son of Milton and Susan Wright. Otis, twin brother of Ida Wright, died shortly after his birth in Dayton, Ohio, at the Wright home on Second Street. The city of Dayton’s “Record of Deaths” stated that Otis died of jaundice. He was buried with his sister in Dayton’s Greencastle Cemetery. His remains were removed and buried with the Wright family at Dayton's Woodland Cemetery.