William Henry Prentice Wright

Abt 1827 - 1891  (64 years)

• Name	William Henry Prentice Wright
  Born	Abt 1827	Lowell, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	1891	Lawrence, Essex Co, Massachusetts, USA
  Person ID	I44316	A00 Hoar and Horr Families North America
  Last Modified	20 Aug 2009

  
  

  Father	Nathaniel Wright,   b. 13 Feb 1785, Sterling, Worcester Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. Nov 5, Abt 1858, Lowell, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, USA  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Laura Hoar,   b. 5 Mar 1793, Littleton, Middlesex Co, Massachusetts, USA ,   d. 21 Jan 1857,  (Age 63 years)
  Married	5 Mar 1820	Massachusetts, USA
  Family ID	F16518	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	(Female) Gerrish
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2009
  Family ID	F16521	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  http://books.google.com/books?id=GqAsAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA178&lpg=PA178&dq=%22laura+hoar%22+wright&source=bl&ots=vF2dXPWrSN&sig=GQnt58U-NQXENHsPujSfqt59cOY&hl=en&ei=wcyKSr7kK4-kMZX3zcAP&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3#v=onepage&q=gerrish&f=false William H. P. Wright, son of Nathaniel Wright, was born in Lowell, Mass., in 1827, and was educated at the public schools. In 1847 he went to Lawrence, Mass., where his brother Thomas, recently established in the law, was about to open an office, and entered on his law studies in the office of Daniel Sauuders and later in that of Wright & Flanders, a firm of which his brother was the senior member. He was admitted to the Essex county bar in 1849 and settled in Lawrence for life. He was early in his practice appointed clerk of the Lawrence Police Court and subsequently associate justice of that court. In 1861 and 1862 he was chosen mayor of the city, and the duties devolving on him at the beginning of the war were promptly and ably performed. In 1867 and 1868 he was a representative, and for ten years or more afterwards he was actively engaged in the practice of his profession. He married a daughter of Thomas Gerrish of Lowell, and died in Lawrence in 1891.