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The Wrights invention not only solved a long studied techinical problem but also fashioned a redically new world. A world that they helped to shrink. A world that remains deeply indebted to these pioneers of flight. The inscription on the wright memorial at Kitty Hawk sums up this feeling. 

Bishop Milton Wright and Susan Catharine Wright had four sons,Reuchlin, Lorin, Wilbur, and Orville, and one daughter Katharine. Wilbur, their third son, was born on a small farm near Millville, Indiana April 16, 1867, while Orville and later Katharine were born at 7 Hawthorn Street in Dayton. 

Bishop Wright moved frequently, though the house on 7, Hawthorn Street remained long in the family's possession. The Wright household was a stimulating place for the children. Orville wrote of his childhood. We were lucky enough to grow up in an environment where there was always much encouragement to children to pursue intellectual interests, to investigate whatever aroused curiosity. The house had two libraries books on theology were kept in the bishop's study, while the downstairs library had a large and diverse collection. Although Bishop Wright was a firm disciplinarian. both parents were loving and the family was a  close one.