RICHARD B. WRIGHT

The father of this well known Graves county farmer was J. M. Wright, who was born in the state of North Carolina in 1781. He came to Warren county, Kentucky, in early life and settled three miles west of Bowling Green. In 1837 he came to Graves county, and died on his farm six miles west of Mayfield in 1841. He was a member of the old Whig party, and had a very successful career as a farmer. He married Miss Anna Briggs, who was born in Scotland in 1787, and her death occurred two years previous to that of her husband. Their marriage was celebrated in 1804, and that following children were born of the union: Dr. Thomas Wright, of Bowling Green, Kentucky, who died in 1890; Robert, a blacksmith and farmer of Graves county, who was living six miles west of Mayfield at the time of his death in 1890; Marion, the wife of Gardner Seay, a farmer of Hickman county, Kentucky, died in 1857; William J. was a farmer of Graves county and died in 1882; Katie, the wife of Greenbury New, a cabinetmaker of Carlisle county, Kentucky, is still living at an advanced age; Hester is the wife of Robert Gardner, a Methodist minister of Breckenridge county, Kentucky; Sarah A. died in 1888; Joseph resides at Mayfield; Martha died in 1856; Dr. A. F. Wright died in 1901 in Grayson county, Texas; Alice is the wife of James Brown, a carpenter in Graves county; Susan H., the wife of Lafayette Cole, a farmer in Hickman county, died in 1896; Samuel is a retired merchant of Mayfield; Leander died at the age of thirteen.

The name of Richard B. Wright completes the list of this large family, and he was born in Warren county, Kentucky, in 1833. He was educated in Graves county, and must have been a studious and bright pupil, for after finishing his scholastic training he taught school for several years in Graves and other counties. He afterward turned his attention to farming, which he has made his chief occupation, and he has been unusually successful, at the present time being the owner of four hundred acres three miles southeast of Wingo, Graves county.

In 1858 Mr. Wright was married to Miss Mary Ann Gregory, of Mayfield, Kentucky, and the following children were born to them: Jasper H., a farmer of Graves county; John B. also farms in the same county; Thomas is one of the popular school teachers of the county; Albert C. is a farmer in Graves county; Lilly is the wife of Samuel Daughaday, a merchant of Mayfield; Mattie is the wife of Thomas Fowler, a farmer of Fulton county, Kentucky; E. L. Wright is a Methodist minister of McCracken county, Kentucky; Mary is the wife of Charles Graham, a farmer of Graves county; and the youngest member of the family is Miss Ollie.

(Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, pp. 141-143)