BIO: Levi WRIGHT, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, page 319.
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  LEVI WRIGHT, Mapleton Depot, Huntingdon county, Pa., is a native of 
Huntingdon county, Pa., born July 4, 1816, a son of Abraham and 
Catherine (Mirely) Wright. Abraham Wright was also born in Huntingdon 
county, while his wife was a native of Baltimore, Md. They were 
honorable and respected citizens, and faithful members of the Methodist 
Episcopal church. Their children are: Isabelle, deceased; David Swope, 
of Huntingdon county; Jordan H.; Michael; Levi; Rachel (Mrs. Chalents), 
of Huntingdon county. Abraham Wright died at the age of eighty-two, and 
his wife at the age of eighty-eight.
  Levi Wright attended the schools of Trough Creek valley, near 
Cassville. The first business in which he engaged was farming; he 
afterwards kept a hotel in Mapleton, and has now retired from business 
to enjoy well earned repose.
  Levi Wright was married in 1841, at Clearfield, Pa., by Rev. Richard 
Proudfoot, to Rachel Chilcott, daughter of William and Anna (Lovell) 
Chilcott. Their children are: Thomas M.; Hannah; Josiah; Isabelle; 
John; Ruth; and Alice, who resides with her father and mother in their 
declining years. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are members of the Methodist 
Episcopal church. Mr. Wright is an active Democrat. He is not a member 
of any secret societies. He is a good and honorable citizen, upholding 
the principles of truth and justice in his dealings with his fellow 
men.