LORENZO WRIGHT
History of Arizona, 1930, pg 315

Lorenzo Wright, the warden of the Arizona State Prison at 
Florence, has shown himself well qualified for the responsible 
position which he is holding.  He was born at Brigham City, 
Utah on the 25th day of June, 1883 and is a son of Lorenzo 
and Sonora (Packard) Wright.  His father, who was a farmer 
by vocation was killed by Indians in 1885, about fifteen 
miles east of Solomonville in the Gila Valley.  Lorenzo 
Wright was a baby when brought to Arizona by his parents 
and here he was reared to the life of a farm boy, his early 
years being divided between farming, road building and 
attendance in the district school.  When eighteen years old 
he moved to Bisbee where for ten years he worked in the 
mines. In 1910 he became a member of the Bisbee Police on 
which he served for ten years. He also served as Assistant 
Chief of Police and as Street Commissioner for four years 
and was appointed by Governor Campbell District Cattle 
Inspector.  In 1921 he engaged in a mercantile business 
at St. David, which he conducted until 1928 when he sold 
out in order to accept the appointment by Governor Phillips 
to his present position as warden of the state prison.

In 1903 Mr. Wright was united in marriage to Miss Theresa 
Goodman, a daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Taylor) Goodman 
of St. David and to them ahve been born six sons and two 
daughters: Beatrice, aged twenty three years, is the wife 
of Ira Judd and both of them are teaching school; Harold, 
aged twenty one, is secretary and treasurer of the Ingram 
Mattress Company; Margaret, aged nineteen; Bassett, aged 
17; William, aged 13; Thomas Edward, aged 9; John W., aged 
5; and Lavaun, aged 3.

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