Wright Modlin's siblings were Samuel, Peninnah, Thomas, John, Sarah, Rachel, and Susanah.
11 Facts About Wright Modlin
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On December 4,1817, Wright Modlin married Mary Wickersham, who was born April 3,1785.
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In 1837, Modlin ran off with Martha Rowlett, the wife of George B Rowlett of Richmond, Indiana.
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Wright Modlin worked for a planter in Indiana who did not pay him, so he ran off with some of his employer's enslaved people.
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Wright Modlin continued to help people escape slavery along the Underground Railroad.
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Wright Modlin married Martha Rould in Cass County on April 8,1847.
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Wright Modlin died in Berrien County, Michigan on December 20,1866.
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Wright Modlin was a "slave runner", along with William Holden Jones of Calvin Township.
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Wright Modlin often brought freedom seekers north through Indiana into Michigan.
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Wright Modlin helped a young fair-skinned woman called "Beautiful Girl" from Kentucky.
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Wright Modlin, who was their neighbor, raced on his horse to South Bend, Indiana, about a twenty-mile ride.