Hardesty's History of Calhoun County, West Virginia

JOHN FRANKLIN WRIGHT 

     John Franklin Wright and Mary Elizabeth Cade were united in 
Calhoun County, West Virginia, in 1880, and Howard, son of their 
union, was born March 21, 1882. The birth of John F. Wright was in 
Calhoun County, and he is the son of William and Martha Ellen (Hays) 
Wright, who became residents in this county in 1856. William and 
Sarah A. (Hays) Cade were the parents of Mary Elizabeth, wife of Mr. 
Wright, and she was born in Barbour County, West Virginia. 
     Mr. Wright has been a church member for the past three years. He 
owns thirty acres of rich land on the Kanawha River, in Sherman 
district, in the cultivation of which his time is employed. He 
receives his mail at Grantsville, Calhoun County, West Virginia. 

(Linda Fluharty)