Wright, Daniel B – Wright, John Stephen
Wright, Daniel B
congressman, was born in Tennessee. He was a representative in congress from Mississippi from 1853 to 1857.
Wright, Ebenezer Kellogg
bank president, was born July 28, 1837, in Rome, N. Y. In 1859 he came to New York city and secured the position of assistant teller in the Park National bank, then located at No. 5 Beekman street. In 1878 the stockholders elected him a director; in 1888 second vicepresident; in 1889 vice-president; and on June 20, 1890, president. After the death of Eugene Kelly he became the senior director of the bank. This great institution has now risen to an important position. Its capital is $2,000,000 and its surplus $3,000,000, while its deposits, which are upwards of $37,000,000, are not excelled in magnitude by any other bank in the United States.
Wright, Edward D
poet, was born Oct. 11, 1859, in Wayne county, Ind. He is the author of a volume entitled Modern Poems.
Wright, Edward E
lawyer, author, poet, was born April 23, 1859, in Harrisville, Ohio. He became the amanuensis of Mr. Burdette, when editor of the Burlington Hawkeye. Since 1883 he has practiced law in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
He is the author of Everard and Eulalia; The Lightning's Flash; and other works.
Wright, Edwin R. V
lawyer, journalist, congressman, was born Jan. 2, 1812, in Hoboken, N. J. In 1843 he was elected to the New Jersey state senate, and was a leading advocate of the present free school system of the state. In 1851 he was appointed district attorney for Hudson county, and held the office for five years; He was also a major-general of militia for several years, commanding the second division of the state. He was elected a representative from New Jersey to the thirty-ninth congress. He died Jan. 19, 1871, in Jersey City, N. J.
Wright, Elizur
journalist, author, was born Feb. 12, 1804, in South Canaan, Conn. He was a journalist of Boston long prominent as a reformer; and the author of A Curiosity of Law: The Politics and Mysteries of Life Insurance; Savings Bank Life Insurance; Myron Holley and What He Did for Liberty and True Religion; and a translation of La Fontaine's Fables. He died Nov. 21, 1885, in Medford, Mass.
Wright, Fanny
reformer, author, was born Sept. 6, 1795, in Scotland. She was the author of Altdorf; A Few Days in Athens; Course of Popular Lectures; and numerous other works on reform subjects.
Wright, Frank E
lawyer, was born July 20, 1857, in Montreal, Canada.
He has attained success as a popular lawyer in Toledo, Ohio; and received the full endorsement of the bench and bar of that city in 1893 for the position of United States district attorney. He is prominent in several fraternal orders, and takes an active part in public affairs.
Wright, George Frederick
clergyman, geologist, author, was born Jan. 22, 1838, in Whitehall, N. Y. He is a congregational clergyman and geologist, and since 1884 attached to the United States geological survey in the department of glacial geology. He is the author of The Glacial Boundary in Ohio; Studies in Science and Religion; Logic of Christian Evidences; The Relation of Death to Probation; Divine Authority of the Bible; The Ice Age in North Ameri- Man and the Glacial Period; and Life of Charles Grandison Finney. ca;
Wright, George Grover
lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born March 24, 1820, in Bloomington, Ind. He moved to Iowa territory in 1840; served as prosecuting attorney in 1847; and was elected to the state senate in 1849. In 1854 he was chosen chief justice of the supreme court of the state; and was elected to the same office by the people in 1860 and 1865. He was a professor in the law department of the state university for six years from 1865. He was elected to the United States senate for the term commencing in 1871 and ending in 1877. In 1890-92 he was president of the American Bar association.
Wright, George H
merchant, journalist, congressman, was born June 4, 1817, in Concord, Mass. He went to California in 1849; and was a representative in congress from that state during the years 1850 and 1851.
Wright, George H
horticulturist, legislator, was born Nov. 3, 1829, in Troy, N. Y. For four years he was surveyor in Locke county, Iowa; in 1862 was internal revenue assessor; in 1870 served with distinction in the Iowa legislature; during 1871-78 was registrar of the United States land office at Sioux City, Iowa; and is now a successful horticulturist of Orlando, Fla.
Wright, George Mitchell
lawyer, geologist, was born Aug. 8, 1847, in Tallmadge, Ohio. In 1882 he was appointed assistant geologist in the United States geological survey, and was engaged in geological field-work in the Yellowstone National park, and in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho. In 1886 he resumed the practice of his profession in Akron, Ohio, and has attained prominence as a brilliant lawyer.
Wright, Harrison
lawyer, author, was born July 15, 1850, in Wilkesbarre, Pa. He was chosen secretary of the Wyoming Historical and Geological society of Wilkesbarre in 1874, and devoted himself to literary and scientific pursuits. His last publications are The Manuscripts of the Earl of Ashburnham, a Translation of the Report to the Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts, by Leopold Delisle, of the National Library (1884); and Observations on the Very Ancient manuscript of the Libri Collection, by Leopold Delisle. He died Feb. 20, 1885, in Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Wright, Hendrick Bradley
lawyer, congressman, author, was born April 24, 1808, in Plymouth, Pa. He was appointed district attorney for Luzerne county in 1834; and was a member of the Pennsylvania state house of representatives in 1841-43, serving the last year as speaker. He was elected to the thirtythird, thirty-seventh, forty-fifth and fortysixth congresses as a democrat and national. He was the author of A Practical Treatise on Labor; and Historic Sketches of the Wyoming Valley. He died Sept. 2, 1881, in Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Wright, Henrietta Christian
author, was born in 18. She is the author of The Golden Fairy Series; Children's Stories of American Progress; Stories of the Great Inventors; Stories in American Literature; Stories in English Literature; Stories of American History; and The Princess Liliwinkins.
Wright, Henry Clarke
reformer, lecturer, author, was born Aug. 29, 1797, in Sharon, Conn. He was an antislavery reformer and lecturer of prominence in his day. He was the author of Man-Killing by Individuals and Nations a Wrong; A Kiss for a Blow; Defensive War a Denial of Christianity; Human Life Illustrated; Marriage and Parentage; and The Living Present and the Dead Past. He died Aug. 16, 1870, in Pawtucket, R. I.
Wright, Horatio Governeur
soldier, was born March 6, 1820, in Clinton, Conn. He served through the civil war; attaining the rank of major-general of United States army for gallant and meritorious services.
Wright, James
governor, was born in 1714 in Charleston, S. C. In 1764 he was appointed governor of Georgia; and was the last to administer its affairs in the name of the king. He died Nov. 20, 1785, in London, England.
Wright, John
antiquarian, bibliophite, author, was born Nov. 20, 1836, in Wilmington, Del. In 1863 he graduated from the Union college of Schenectady, N. Y.; received the degree of doctor of divinity from the same institution in 1891; and in 1866 he graduated from the Union Theological seminary.
From 1869-74 he was rector of the Trinity church of Bay City, Mich.; from 1874-87 was rector of St. Matthew's church of Boston; and since that time has been rector of St.
Paul's church of St. Paul, Minn. Dr.
Wright has a library of nearly five thousand volumes containing rare Bibles and prayer books, and is considered an authority on American bibliography. He is the author of Early Bibles of America; Early Prayer Books of America; and Historic Bibles of America. He has been elected a member of several learned societies in Europe and America.
Wright, John C
lawyer, congressman, author, was born in 1783 in Wethersfield, Conn. His Law Reports are a part of all good libraries in the western states. He was a representative in congress from Ohio from 1823 to 1829; and was for many years the owner and editor of the Cincinnati Gazette. He took an active part as delegate from Ohio in the peace congress of 1861. He died Feb. 13, 1861, in Washington, D. C.
Wright, John Stephen
manufacturer, author, was born July 16, 1815, in Sheffield, Mass. He was a Chicago manufacturer who established The Prairie Farmer in 1840; and was the author of Chicago: Past, Present and Future. He died Sept. 26, 1874, in Chicago, Ill.