Ephraim M. Wright was a Connecticut

Connecticut

Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...

 and Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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 teacher, clergyman and politician who served as 12th Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

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 from 1853–1856.

Career

For many years Wright was engaged in teaching and political work. Wright became a minister in middle life. On July 2, 1861 Wright was ordained and installed as the eighth Pastor of the Congregational Church in Bethlehem, Connecticut

Bethlehem, Connecticut

Bethlehem is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 3,422 at the 2000 census. The town center was designated in the 2000 census as a census-designated place ....

, Wright was dismissed from the Pastorate on October 2, 1866. For four years, from 1864 to 1869 Wright was the acting Pastor of Congregational Church in Terryville, Connecticut

Terryville, Connecticut

Terryville is a census-designated place in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States, and is a village of the Town of Plymouth, Connecticut. The population was 5,360, at the 2000 census. The village is named for Eli Terry Jr.,the son of the well-known clockmaker Eli Terry Sr.. Terryville is...

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