William Johnson Wright and Charlotte Hannegan Nulton

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Husband William Johnson Wright ¹

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           Born: 12 Jan 1832 - Metal Twp, Franklin Co, PA 1
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           Died: 13 Jan 1913 - ? Armstrong Co, PA 2
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         Father: Isaac Wright (1805/1807-1879/1882) 1
         Mother: Mary Ann Mackey (Abt 1810-1845) 3

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       Marriage: 8 Jan 1857 2

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Wife Charlotte Hannegan Nulton ²

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         Father: Judge John Funk Nulton (1809-1878) 4
         Mother: Margaret Rebecca Lemmon (1814-1904) 4

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Children

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1 M John F. Wright ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: when five years old
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M Joseph Wright ²

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           Born: 
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           Died: when two years, nine months old
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M William J. Wright ²

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         Spouse: Lena Thorpe (      -      ) 2

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4 M George S. Wright ²

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           Died: 2 Aug 1910 2
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         Spouse: Ina Z. Steltzer (      -      ) 2

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General Notes: Husband - William Johnson Wright

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He received his edu­cation at Kittanning, PA, where he attended com­mon school and tended store for his uncle, Dr. Joseph K. Wright, who then had a gen­eral mercantile business. Remaining with his uncle until he was nineteen, he started for California in 1851, going by water to the Isthmus of Panama, over the present canal route to Panama city, and thence again by water to San Francisco, where he bought goods for a man who had several stores in the mining regions. In 1855 he returned home and opened a general store at the corner of Jefferson and Mulberry streets which he conducted until 1859, that year moving to the country, going to live on the farm of his father-in-law two miles east of Kittanning, where he remained for fourteen months. Coming back to Kittanning, he again clerked in the store of his uncle, Dr. Joseph K. Wright, until Sept. 12, 1862, the date of his enlistment in Company I, 78th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, under Col. William Sirwell. He saw active service in all the battles and skirmishes of his command, including Stone River, Tullahoma, Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. He was discharged in June, 1865, at Nashville, TN, and returned home June 26th, with the record of a brave man. Until the following October he clerked in the McIlwain store, after which he was ill until May, 1866, and when able to take up work again he entered the planing mill of Heiner Brothers. Later he became an em­ployee in the planing mill of Cook, Henry & Steel, who had extensive interests in that line, and afterward worked in the office of Cook & Henry. His next change was to Samuel Brown's insurance office, where he was at first bookkeeper and later head man. In 1880 he engaged in the iron ore business at Kittanning, continuing there until 1885, when he moved to Riverview, same county, and took charge of the Riverview Coal Min­ing Company's store. Afterward he went into the office, taking charge, and remaining there until 1898. That year he opened a store at Kittanning, moving into a building (his late residence), which he had erected in 1877. He carried on this store until his death.
Mr. Wright belonged to the I. O. O. F. and the G. A. R., being particularly well known in the latter organization; he held member­ship in Post No. 156, in which he filled all the offices, and was buried with military honors by his comrades, among whom he was universally beloved. For six years he served as one of the school directors of Kittanning borough, taking particular interest in the ques­tion of public education. A man whose mind was broadened by travel and observation, an excellent judge, and one whose own life com­manded the respect of his fellow men, his opinions were sought and valued by those who knew him, and he occupied an enviable posi­tion among the citizens of his community. [HAC 1914, 548]

1 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 541, 548.

2 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 549.

3 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 548.

4 Editor, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 545.