Biographical Sketch of John W. Wright, Johnson County, Missouri,
Chilhowee Township

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," 
Kansas City Historical Co. 1881

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JOHN W. WRIGHT, dealer in general merchandise, Columbus. He was born near
Chilhowee, this county, Oct. 28, 1839, son of Douglass Wright, a native of
Virginia, who, while young, was taken to Kentucky, and thence to Missouri,
and to what is now Chilhowee township, about 1830. He died there Oct.
1872. Elizabeth P. Wright, the mother of our subject, is the daughter of
Thomas Cull. She still lives and resides with her son, John W. Wright. Mr.
Wright married Anna C. Snodgrass, and four children cheer their household:
Early, Ora, Charley and Stella; Lee died Oct. 1872. Mr. Wright went into
business for himself in Chilhowee, succeeding J. R. Johnson in
merchandising. He then engaged in farming, and since that time has engaged
in different enterprises from 1875 to 1880, merchandising in Holden, then
lived for a time in Bates County. In the fall of 1881, he came to Columbus
and bought out G. C. Wolfe, and now provided with a full stock carries on
a full merchantile trade, which, though good, is rapidly increasing. The
coming spring will find him supplied with a full stock of farm implements
and general farm supplies. Mr. Wright being a native of Johnson County,
has witnessed many of the changes which have come and gone. He is an
enterprising liberal spirited man, ever ready to encourage that which is
calculated to build up the township and county. He is a worthy member of
the M. E. Church South.

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