Biography

"William Dwight was born July 14, 1831 in Springfield, Massachusetts. His father was William Dwight of the new England Dwight family who was born April 5, 1805. His mother was Elizabeth Amelia White, daughter of Judge Appleton White (1776–1861) and Mary Wilder (1780–1811). Starting in 1846 he attended a military preparatory school, and was admitted to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York in 1849. However, he resigned January 31, 1853 and moved to Boston to work in manufacturing. On January 1, 1856 he married Anna Robeson."