The third child died in infancy.

The eldest survived his mother by some thirteen years.
The youngest is a constructive mechanical engineer.

The second son is Harold Bell Wright.
"During ten years this mother and this son live in rare intimacy.

The boy's first enduring impression of this life is the vision of the mother bending affectionately over him while criticising the water color sketch his unpracticed fingers had just made.

Crude blendings and faulty lines were pointed out, then touched into harmony and more accurate perspective by her quick skill.