BIO:  WRIGHT, Amos M., s/o Amos & Jane (Gross) Wright

Submitted by:  phill@redrock.net   (Phyllis Hill)

WRIGHT   GROSS   HULEN

History of Knox and Daviess Counties, Indiana
Chicago:  The Goodspeed Publishing Co.  1886

Knox County, Vigo Twp., p. 498

AMOS M. WRIGHT, farmer, was born in Washington County, Ind., August 7, 1841,
and is the youngest of seven children of Amos and Jane (Gross) Wright, and
of Irish descent.  The parents were born in Kentucky and Virginia in 1805
and 1804, respectively.  The father was a minister of the Christian Church,
and in his young days did some farming.  He resided in Washington County,
Ind., at the time of his marriage and came to Edwardsport in 1860, where he
lived until his death in February, 1880.  The mother died in 1870.  Amos
was educated in the district schools and resided with his parents until
twenty-six years old.  He was one of the boys in blue, enlisting in Company
C, Eightieth Indiana volunteer Infantry in August, 1862.  He took part in
the battles of Perryville, Resaca and a number of engagements of lesser note.
While in the battle of Resaca he was wounded in the left ankle by a gun shot,
which disabled him for ten months.  He was in the hospitals at Chattanooga
and Nashville, and Jeffersonville, Ind.  He returned to service in April
1865, and in June of that year was discharged at Indianapolis.  May 19, 1867,
he married Ann E. Hulen, born in Daviess County, Ind., in 1844, and daughter
of Simpson Hulen.  To them were born nine children, seven of whom are living:
Charles M., Fannie B., John N., Mary M., Cora F., Elsie E. and Bessie B.
Mr. Wright located in Edwardsport after his marriage, where he has since
resided, a well-to-do and highly-esteemed citizen and farmer.  He is a
Republican in politics and cast his first vote for Abraham Lincoln.
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