Per his death certificate found on Ancestry.com: he was a son of George Wright and Margaret Cotheran, both born in England. He was married at the time of his death but his spouse is not named. He was a farmer. He died on Broad River Rd. of a (faded first word) lesion of the heart. The informant was J. G. Wright of Richland Co.

Found in The State 01 November 1926: George W. Wright, near 83 years of age, a veteran of the Confederate war time cavalry, died suddenly at his residence just the other side of Broad River yesterday afternoon about 6 o'clock. The veteran throughout the day appeared to be in his norman health and spirits, but late in the afternoon a relative discovered him dead in the yard of the home. Mr. Wright was one of the oldest residents of this section and for many years following the Confederate was he lived in Columbia where, on upper Main street, he conducted a wheelwright and blacksmith shop. Later on upper Main street he operated a mercantile business. About 25 years ago, however, he retired from active business and moved across the Broad River to his old boyhood home, where since that time he had made his home with his son. He was a man of many friends, with that peculiar faculty of holding friendships throughout the years. Unusually active throughout his entire life, the aged veteran was said to be in good health and spirits continuing his activities even to the day he died. Mr. Wright is survived by his widow, who before marriage was Miss Alice E. Huffman; one daughter, Mrs. J. R. Robinson of Columbia; one son, J. G. Wright, with whom he lived in the Dutch Fork; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He was born December 12, 1843, and had spent virtually his entire life in and around Columbia with the exception of the Confederate war period, which he spent with the Confederate cavalry in service mostly in Virginia. A member of Park Street Baptist church of Columbia, Mr. Wright was known as a devout Christian and intensely interested in the various phases of religious work.