Source:
Centennial History of Coshocton  County, Ohio
By Wm Bahmer
Vols. I & II
Illustrated
- Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.
1909

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David Waring	JAMES O. WARING     Source: Centennial History of Coshocton County, Ohio - Vol. I - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1909 - Page 424
	BENJAMIN F. WRIGHT is a highly esteemed citizen of Jackson township, owning and operating a valuable tract of land, comprising three hundred and fifty-two acres in Jackson and Virginia townships.  He is a native son of Coshocton county, born in Virginia township, July 23, 1851.  His parents, Henry and Emily (Croy) Wright, were likewise natives of Coshocton county, their respective parents being prominent among the earliest settlers of this section of Ohio.      Benjamin F. Wright acquired his education through the medium of the public schools and was reared to the duties of the farm, giving his father the benefit of his services through the period of his boyhood and youth, but when he reached mature years he started out to make his own way in the world and chose the occupation to which he had been reared, believing that the rich soil of Coshocton county afforded good opportunities for the agriculturist.  He is now numbered among the county's foremost farmers and stock-raisers, operating three hundred and fifty-two acres in Jackson and Virginia townships.  His place is improved with substantial outbuildings, barns and sheds, while his home is an attractive country residence, noted for its warm-hearted hospitality.      Mr. Wright chose as a companion and helpmate for the journey of life Miss Martha McCoy, their marriage being celebrated on the 9th of November, 1871.  She is the daughter of William and Catherine (Johnson) McCoy, and by her marriage has become the mother of nine children, one of whom died in infancy:  Edward M., who is a practicing physician of Warsaw; Earl L. and Harry G., both of whom died in infancy Edward M., who is a practicing physician of Warsaw; Earl L. and Harry G. who of whom are married and follow farming in Ogle county, Illinois; Myrtle A.; Lovilla, the wife of Bert C. Senter, of Coshocton; Catherine, the wife of Howard Parrish, of this city; Benson F. who is still under the parental roof; and Paula B., deceased.      Mr. Wright is a republican in his political views and affiliations and takes an active interest in public affairs, having frequently served as a delegate to county conventions.  He is a member of the Masonic lodge at Coshocton and is identified with the Pleasant Hill Baptist church, of which he is now serving as trustee.  He is a substantial and influential citizen, interested in the educational, moral and material progress of his home locality, and his life may well serve as an example to the younger generation. Source: Centennial History of Coshocton County, Ohio - Vol. II - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1909 - Page 397
	DANIEL WRIGHT.   A well developed and highly improved farm in Washington township, Coshocton county, is the property of Daniel Wright, who was here born Oct. 12, 1833, a son of William and Martha (Clarke) Wright.  The family was founded in Coshocton county by the paternal grandparents, Edward and Elizabeth Wright, who in 1816 came from Virginia and established their home in the western part of Coshocton county.  They were poor people but possessed the enterprising and courageous spirit of the pioneers of those early days, and although they began life here in a very humble way, their labors resulted in success and they eventually became large landowners, so that the name Wright has long been a familiar one in agricultural circles in this section of the Buckeye state.      Daniel Wright, the immediate subject of this review, was reared on his father's farm, assisting in the work of cultivating the soil during the spring and summer months, while in the winter seasons he pursued his studies in the district schools of the neighborhood.  In this early manhood he engaged in teaching and became one of the most successful educators of that early day.  In 1863, however, he abandoned the profession and since that time has given his entire attention to farming and stock-raising, his labors now being given to the cultivation of a fine farm comprising two hundred and four acres of land in Washington township, which he owns.  He has improved his place with a nice country residence, has built barns and substantial out-buildings, and now has a model property, which returns to him a good income each year.      Mr. Wright has been married three times.  He was first married, Dec. 29, 1859, to Miss Caroline E. Huff, a daughter of Elwen and Eliza (Hayes) Huff, natives of Virginia.  The union of Mr. and Mrs. Wright was blessed with ten children: Albert, deceased; George; Ira; Edward, who has also departed this life; Catherine B., deceased; William L.; Milton; Martha, who has passed away; Emmett; and one who died in infancy.  The wife and mother departed this life Sept. 11, 1892.  Mr. Wright was again married, his second union being with Mary E. Russell, a daughter of Isaac and Mahala (Myers) Russell who passed away June 15, 1900, and on the 11th of September of that year Mr. Wright married his present wife, who was Mrs. Adeline Rine, the widow of William Rine.      Mr. Wright has always supported the men and measures of the republican party and has served as trustee and assessor of his township, while for several years he has been a member of the school board, maintaining a deep interest in the progress of public education.  He holds membership relations with the Christian church and his life is lived in harmony with his professions.  He meets the obligations of life with the confidence and courage that come of conscious personal ability, a right conception of things and an habitual regard for what is best in the exercise of human activities and has won the respect of all with whom he comes in contact. Source: Centennial History of Coshocton County, Ohio - Vol. II - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1909 - Page 473
	EDWARD M. WRIGHT, M. D.     No history of Warsaw would be complete without personal and somewhat extended mention of Dr. Edward M. Wright.  He is not only successfully engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery here, but is also well known in business circles as the proprietor of the Commercial Hotel. It is a notable fact that many of Coshocton county's leading citizens are also numbered among her native sons.  Such is the case with Dr. Wright who was born in Jackson township on the 20th of October, 1872, his parents being Benjamin Franklin and Martha (McCoy) Wright, the former a native of Virginia township and the latter of Jackson township, Coshocton county.  The father has been identified with agricultural pursuits throughout his entire life and owns extensive farm properties.  He still makes his home in Jackson township and is one of the prominent farmers of the locality. He is also well known as an exemplary member of the Masonic fraternity.      Dr. Wright was reared on the home farm in Jackson township supplemented his common-school education by study in the West Bedford high school under the direction of Prof. L. C. Shaw.  He was the eldest child in his father's family and the main hand on the farm, but through the encouragement and assistance of Professor Shaw he managed to acquire a more advanced education than the common schools afforded.  For two years he engaged in teaching school and during that period took up the study of medicine, reading under the direction of Dr. M. H. Henel, of Coshocton.  His collegiate course was pursued in the Eclectic Medical Institute at Cincinnati, which he entered in 1891, being graduated therefrom in 1896 with second honors in a class of fifty-two.  He has since pursued post-graduate work in the Post Graduate Medical School in Chicago, spending a part of the year 1906 there.      Dr. Wright located for practice at Tiverton Center, where he remained for two years, and since that time has been a resident of Warsaw.  He soon demonstrated his ability to successfully solve the intricate problems which continually confront the physician, for his efforts to restore health were attended with excellent results.  Gradually his practice has increased to extensive proportions.  Interested in Warsaw and its welfare, and seeing the need of a first-class hotel here,  he erected the Commercial House in 1906-07, occupying it in April of the latter year.  He has managed it along most progressive business lines and it is today one of the best hostelries in the county.  He is, moreover, regarded as one of Warsaw's most influential men, and his efforts in its behalf have been far-reaching and beneficial.      In June, 1897, Dr. Wright was married to Miss Edith Day, of Tiverton, this county, and they have an interesting little son called D.  Dr. Wright gives his political support to the republican party.  In his social relations he is connected with the Maccabees and manifests his religious views in his membership with and support of the Christian church.  Along more specifically professional lines he is connected with the county and state Eclectic medical societies, and the national Eclectic Medical Association.  He is today a learned and able physician and in addition to general practice he make a specialty of the treatment of diseases of the eye and ear.  He pursued special courses for that purpose and is a skilled oculist and aurist, as well as one of the successful general practitioners of Coshocton county. Source: Centennial History of Coshocton County, Ohio - Vol. II - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1909 - Page 224
	REV. JOHN WESLEY WRIGHT is a force in the moral development of Danville and Coshocton county and in those departments of activity which uplift humanity and work for the betterment of various classes.  He is a native son of this county, born in Virginia township, Dec. 1, 1842.  His parents, Albert and Eveline (Graves) Wright were farming people of this locality.      The son was reared on the home farm, early becoming familiar with the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist.  His elementary education was acquired in the district schools and, deciding upon the ministry as a life work, he became a student in Starkey's Seminary at Eddytown, New York, later attending the Christian Biblical Institute at Stanfordville, New York.  Graduating from the latter institution, he returned to Ohio and supplied various pulpits, maintaining his residence in Willowbrook, where his parents still resided      During the progress of the Civil war on the 5th of august, 1862, Mr. Wright enlisted as a member of Company I, Ninety-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of hostilities.  He was in the Army of the Cumberland and at the battle of Missionary Ridge, Nov. 25, 1863, was severely wounded.  The hospital being crowded, he was sent home on a furlough and after recuperating his health returned to his regiment and again saw active service.  He was mustered out June 10, 1865, at Nashville, having made a creditable military record.      When his services were no longer needed by the government, Mr. Wright returned to Coshocton county and took up his pastoral duties.  His first call was at Rosebud, Ohio, and for sixteen years he preached five miles west of West Carlisle.  He then came to Danville, where for a number of years he has been pastor of the Christian church.  He is a man of high ideals and has always exerted a wide influence for good wherever he has labored as a minister and in the community in which he has so long made his house.      It was in June 1866 that Mr. Wright was united in marriage to Miss Esther M. Crown a daughter of Joseph and Margaret Crown, of Jackson township.  Their union has been blessed with four children, as follows:  Charles E.; Othelia M., now the wife of John L. Shaw, a prominent contractor of Coshocton; Mary C., the wife of John McCann; and John C., who has departed this life.      Mr. Wright gives his political support to the republican party and for a number of years he served as assessor of Virginia township.  He is a man of scholarly attainments and one who throughout his entire life has been actuated by high principles and purposes.  He has ever used practical methods in working toward the ideal, which have found their proof in his effective work in connection with the Danville Christian church. Source: Centennial History of Coshocton County, Ohio - Vol. I - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. - 1909 - Page 427

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