WILLIAM WRIGHT, an enterprising farmer of Franklin Township, and second son of Nathan and Abigail (Coppic) Wright, is a native of Miami County, Ohio, and dates his birth from November, 1832. Nathan Wright was born in Tennessee and early came to Grant County. He erected a mill on Fall Creek,which he operated many years, and died January, 1879. Abigail Wright was born in Alabama and was of German descent. She experienced all the hardships and privations incident to a life in the backwoods, and died May, 1881, at an advanced age. The subject's youth was spent amid the stirring scenes of pioneer times, and he early became accustomed to those rugged duties which fit him for the active labors ofsubsequent life. His early education was acquired in the rude log schoolhouses, attending only a couple of months each year, until later, when he enjoyed better privileges, the schools improving as the county grew older. At the age of twenty he began learning the carpenter's trade with Reuben Small, and has worked at the business with good success ever since. He is at the present time carrying on farming in connectionwith his trade, and is one of the leading citizens of the community in which he resides. He was married, December 8, 1855, to Miss Rebecca Fowler, daughter of William Fowler. This union has been blessed with eight children, six of whom are living: William F., George, Sarah, John M., Henry Denney and Mary. The deceased are Lucy R. and Daniel, who met his death by a distressing accident August 31, 1861. He was with his father when the latter cut down a tree, in the falling of which the boy was caught and instantly killed Mr. Wright owns a good farm of eighty acres, situated in one of the most fertile sections of Franklin. He has been a member of the I. O. O. F., and with his wife belongs to the Friends' Church, in which they are both active workers.

From The History of Grant County, Indiana, 1886

Find A Grave contributor Joan Benton I have been studying the Quaker backgrounds of William's parents for many years. I descend from them as well. Abigail Coppock was born in Green Co., TN. Nathan was not born in AL (although his father later moved there). Nathan was born in Newberry Co., SC. The Wright family was part of the Bush River MM there until it was laid down early in the 1800's. Nathan and most of the members of Quaker Bush River MM did not want to live in a slave state anymore, so moved to Miami Co., OH. Nathan and Abigail were married and had some of their children there before moving to Grant Co., IN.