John Wright was a native of Ireland, born about 1745. He came to America in early life, and located in New Jersey, where he probably taught school until the opening of the war of the Revolution. He held the position of a quartermaster in the New Jersey troops during the struggle for independence, and at the close of the conflict settled at Paterson, in that State, from which place he removed to Harrisburg, about the year 1797, and opened, on the 10th of August of that year, " an English school in the German school-house" there. On the removal of John Wyeth as postmaster by President Adams in 1798, Maj. Wright was appointed to that office. This he took charge of in connection with his school, holding the office until his death, which occurred on the 4th of January, 1814.
He married, at Trenton, N. J., Aug. 14, 1778, Rose Chambers, daughter of Alexander Chambers, one of the leading merchants of that town during the last half of last century. Her mother, Elizabeth Chambers, was one of the matrons who received Washington at the bridge at Trenton on the 21st of April, 1789. Mrs. Wright was one of Harrisburg's most estimable women, and on the death of her husband succeeded to the post-office, which she retained until her death, in March, 1822. Maj. Wright was an ardent patriot, an excellent teacher, a faithful officer, an active, energetic citizen, and one of the leaders of public opinion seventy and eighty years ago.
(History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Biographical and Genealogical Book by William Henry Egle)
He married, at Trenton, N. J., Aug. 14, 1778, Rose Chambers, daughter of Alexander Chambers, one of the leading merchants of that town during the last half of last century. Her mother, Elizabeth Chambers, was one of the matrons who received Washington at the bridge at Trenton on the 21st of April, 1789. Mrs. Wright was one of Harrisburg's most estimable women, and on the death of her husband succeeded to the post-office, which she retained until her death, in March, 1822. Maj. Wright was an ardent patriot, an excellent teacher, a faithful officer, an active, energetic citizen, and one of the leaders of public opinion seventy and eighty years ago.
(History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Biographical and Genealogical Book by William Henry Egle)
John Wright was a native of Ireland, born about 1745. He came to America in early life, and located in New Jersey, where he probably taught school until the opening of the war of the Revolution. He held the position of a quartermaster in the New Jersey troops during the struggle for independence, and at the close of the conflict settled at Paterson, in that State, from which place he removed to Harrisburg, about the year 1797, and opened, on the 10th of August of that year, " an English school in the German school-house" there. On the removal of John Wyeth as postmaster by President Adams in 1798, Maj. Wright was appointed to that office. This he took charge of in connection with his school, holding the office until his death, which occurred on the 4th of January, 1814.
He married, at Trenton, N. J., Aug. 14, 1778, Rose Chambers, daughter of Alexander Chambers, one of the leading merchants of that town during the last half of last century. Her mother, Elizabeth Chambers, was one of the matrons who received Washington at the bridge at Trenton on the 21st of April, 1789. Mrs. Wright was one of Harrisburg's most estimable women, and on the death of her husband succeeded to the post-office, which she retained until her death, in March, 1822. Maj. Wright was an ardent patriot, an excellent teacher, a faithful officer, an active, energetic citizen, and one of the leaders of public opinion seventy and eighty years ago.
(History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Biographical and Genealogical Book by William Henry Egle)
He married, at Trenton, N. J., Aug. 14, 1778, Rose Chambers, daughter of Alexander Chambers, one of the leading merchants of that town during the last half of last century. Her mother, Elizabeth Chambers, was one of the matrons who received Washington at the bridge at Trenton on the 21st of April, 1789. Mrs. Wright was one of Harrisburg's most estimable women, and on the death of her husband succeeded to the post-office, which she retained until her death, in March, 1822. Maj. Wright was an ardent patriot, an excellent teacher, a faithful officer, an active, energetic citizen, and one of the leaders of public opinion seventy and eighty years ago.
(History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: Biographical and Genealogical Book by William Henry Egle)
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