Central California Biographies

A memorial and biographical history of the coast counties of Central California : illustrated : containing 
a history of this important section of the Pacific coast from the earliest period of its discovery to the 
present time, together with glimpses of its auspicious future, illustrations and full-page portraits of 
some of its eminent men, and biographical mention of many of its pioneers, and prominent citizens of 
to-day (1893)

Publisher: Chicago : Lewis Publishing Company
Author: Barrows, Henry D; Ingersoll, Luther A

Transcribed by Peggy Hooper

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm

 


JOHN WRIGHT, of Hollister, is a successful farmer of San Benito county and a pioneer 
of the State, having crossed the plains from Wabash county, Indiana, in 1854. He is a 
native of Ireland, coming to America in 1848. His first place of residence was New York, 
where he remained until 1852, and then spent the next two years in Indiana. Upon his 
arrival in California he resided in Yuba and Sierra counties, where he followed mining 
until he came to Hollister and became one of the original purchasers of a fraction of the 
Hollister grant. His present .holdings comprise 344 acres of fertile soil adjoining the town 
corporation. 

Mr. Wright is one of the most popular of the citizens of his county, and enjoys the 
esteem and respect of all who know him.