Amos G. Wright

    Amos G. Wright, born in Boon Township, Warrick County, Indiana, July 22, 1819, is descended from one of the earliest pioneers of this county. He is the fourth in a family of ten children born to the marriage of James Wright and Nancy Butler, who were natives of the Old Dominion, from whence they moved to Kentucky and from there to this county and State in the year 1810, first settling at Darlington, the old seat of justice for Warrick County, and a year later moving to the farm on which Center Church is located.

    Amos G. assisted his parents on the home farm until twenty-two years old and in youth attended the subscription schools of the day to a limited extent. February 22, 1841, he wedded Eleanor Iglehart, who died March 1, 1883, after bearing a family of six children, as follows: Allen (who married Mary Stone), Melissa (wife of John Webb), Mary J. (Mrs. John Mitchum), Emma (now Mrs. Dr. George Bucklen), Clara and Ella.

    At the age of eighteen years Mr. Wright united with the Methodist Episcopal Church and since that time has been a consistent member of the same. He is a successful farmer, owning a good farm of 100 acres; is a Republican in politics and an enterprising, Christian gentleman.

Source: History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana, By: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., 1885.