Sacramento County Biographies

JOSEPH WRIGHT

Transcribed by: Nancy Pratt Melton

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FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP
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	lives nine miles from Sacramento, and two and a half miles from 
Union House, which is his Post Office; owns one hundred and seventy-four acres 
of land; was born in Pennsylvania in 1844; when quite young removed, with his 
parents, to Illinois; came to California in 1852, and settled in Yolo County; he 
removed to this county in 1876, where he has since resided, and is now engaged 
in farming. Mr. Wright was married in 1874 to Miss Harriet Hatrite, a native of 
Utah. His land and improvements are worth about $5000. A view of his place may 
be seen on another page.
 
Source: History of Sacramento County, California With Illustrations 1880 by 
Thompson & West.