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Wright, William was a native of Columbia county, and was a farmer in that region prior to 1816. In that year
he came to what is now Orleans county, settling in the west part of the town of Barre (now Albion), where he lived
and died. In bis family were nine children, two of whom were born previo is to his settlement in this county. They
were Cynthia, who married Ezekiel Root, and after his death Thomas Tracy; and Daniel G. of Albion. The children
born in the town were Lewis, who died in Michigan; Hannah, who married Warren Chase, and died in Minnesota; Phebe,
who married Philip Beeman and died in Michigan; Amanda, who married Warren Smith of Albion; Amy, who died at sixteen;
Fannie, who died at seven; Sarah, who married James Parmele, and Justus W. of Albion. William Wright, the pioneer,
came a poor man to this region but accumulated a good property before his death. Daniel U. Wright was born in Columbia
county, November 21, 1814. and was brought up and always lived on a farm. On reaching age he began work for his
father, then rented a farm and finally became the owner of one. A life of. industry has brought to him a deserved
competence and he is now one of the foremost farmers of the town. In 1838 he married Lucy Lord, who bore him six
children: Albert, who died in Boston; the second child died in infancy; Edgar, now in Kansas; Jennie, who married
James Alten and died in Albion; Coville P. of Albion, and Lottie, who married Truman Clark. Mr. Wright has engaged
extensively in dealing in apples and was the pioneer of that business in the county His lands comprise about 360
acres. He began life sixty dollars in debt. His wife died in 1892. Justus W. Wright was born July 7, 1837, and
was the youngest of the children of pioneer William Wright. In 1860 he married Delia A. Lord, by whom he had five
children, viz.: Alfred Ellsworth, a prominent Universalist clergyman now in Brooklyn; Alma Estelle, wife of George
Caswell of Albion; Myrtie Belle, wife of Daniel K. Smith, of Clarendon; William, who died an infant, and one other
who died unnamed. Justus W. Wright is a prominent farmer in the eastern part of Albion where he has always lived.
In politics he is a strong Republican and has been twice elected justice of the peace. He was appointed justice
of sessions in 1893. Coville P. Wright, son of Daniel G. Wright, was born in Albion February 12, 1850. He has alwas
been a farmer since old enough to work. On January 6, 1873, he married Belle. daughter of Pliny E. Hudson, of Murray.
Two children were born of this marriage. His wife died December 26, 1877, and in January, 1880, Mr. Wright married
Jessie Thatcher. Of this marriage five children, all boys, have been born. In 1873 Mr. Wright located on his present
farm. He is somewhat active in local politics, has always been a Democrat though in no sense a politician. He was
elected supervisor of the town in 1893 and reelected in 1894.
From:
Landmarks of Orleans County, New York
Edited by: Hon. Isaac C. Signor
Assisted by: H. P. Smith and others
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, N. Y. 1894
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