"Hardesty’s West Virginia Counties - Gilmer, Ritchie, Lincoln, Wayne"
Volume 7 - Page 210 - Published 1973
by Jim Comstock


Daniel Wright - merchant and depot master at Ceredo, was born in Canton, Massachusetts, August 26, 1851. When he was six years of age his parents, Robert and Agnes (Allen) Wright, made their home in Wayne County, and here he grew to manhood. He has been twice married, Mary Ankrim becoming his wife on the 26th day of May, 1873, and their daughter, Charlotte Agnes, born March 5, 1874. At Catlettsburg, Kentucky, April 26, 1876, he was joined in wedlock with Charlotte C. Allen, and their children are two: Carl A., born April 2, 1844; Mary C., born September 4, 1880. Charlotte C., wife of Mr. Wright, was born in Catlettsburg, in October, 1855, a daughter of James S. and Nancy (Smith) Allen. Her parents have been residents in Wayne County since 1869. Daniel Wright's postoffice address is Ceredo, Wayne County, West Virginia.