Sutter-Yuba County Biographies


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MRS. MARY WRIGHT
 
A highly esteemed resident of whom Yuba County will ever be proud is Mrs. Mary 
Wright, who was born at Gaither Corners, in Sutter County (Mr. Gaither, the 
early pioneer, being a cousin of her mother), the daughter R. E. and Serena Jane 
(Bast) Welch, the former a native of Missouri, and the latter a native of 
Kentucky.  In 1852, R. E. Welch came to California, traveling across the plains 
and mountains with ox-terms and a prairie schooner.  He first settled at Coloma, 
where he mined for a few years; but later, he moved to Sutter County and bought 
160 acres of land near Gaither Corners, and there farmed.  He next moved to a 
place eight miles out of Colusa, and embarked in the sheep business; and some 
years later he joined a Mr. Walter and a Mr. Smith in the same undertaking, 
along the Yuba River, where Marigold is now located, in Yuba County.  He lived 
the balance of his life in Yuba County, and died at the age of sixty-four years; 
his devoted wife passed away at the age of sixty-two.  The worthy couple had a 
family of five children: Thomas H., W. G., and James are deceased; Mary is the 
subject of our review; and Joseph B. lives at Los Molinos, Cal.
Mary Welch attended the schools of Colusa County; and at their own home in Yuba 
County, on December 20, 1877, she was married to Aden Wright, who was born in 
Hart County, Ky., the son of Henry Winfield and Mary Wright.  Aden Wright came 
to California in 1857, at the age of fifteen, accompanying his father and mother 
in a covered wagon in an immigrant train of about forty families (the family of 
Mr. Hamilton, now of the Cabbage Patch district, being in the same train); and 
his father first settled near Yolo, and farmed.  In 1862, the family moved to 
Yuba County; and Aden Wright and Mr. Adkins mined in the Albion Flat country for 
a number of years.
After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Wright lived at the old Scott place for a 
while, and then they moved to the �Round Tent� ranch seven miles south of 
Smartsville, where they lived for a number of years.  They also lived for a 
while on the old Harris place.  Later, Mr. Wright purchased a small home-ranch 
of fourteen acres on Dry Creek at Waldo Corners, and there he lived the balance 
of his days, passing on January 23, 1921, survived by his devoted widow, who 
continues to reside there.
To Mr. and Mrs. Wright were born eight children: Mary is Mrs. M. E. Ramsey, of 
Marysville; Minnie is Mrs. E. C. Garry; Nellie is Mrs. W. L. Newbert, of 
Smartsville; Ida is Mrs. J. J. Murphy, of the Waldo district; Edith [Edythe] is 
Mrs. McKinsey, of the Oregon House district; Aden J., born on March 16, 1896, 
until recently was with his mother on the home ranch; Belle became Mrs. 
Mitchell, and is deceased; and Alice is Mrs. J. E. Beck.
Aden J. Wright married Miss May Boswell in 1920, and they have a daughter, 
Virginia.  Mr. Wright served two years in the United States Army.  Entering the 
service on September 23, 1917, he was sent to Camp Lewis to train, and was later 
transferred to Camp Kearney.  In July, 1918, he went to France as a replacement 
casual, and was placed in the 3rd Division in the 30th Infantry Supply Company, 
and served with the regiment through the war as a wagoner.  He was in the 
engagements at Aisne-Marne, Vesle, St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne, and in 
defensive engagement.  He was returned to the United States with his company, 
and on September 2, 1919, was honorably discharged.  He then returned home, and 
in October 1923, he entered the employ of the Coast Valley Electric Company at 
Monterey.  He now lives with his family at Pacific Grove, Cal.
 
History of Yuba and Sutter Counties, Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, 1924
p 895