American banker, financier, corporate director, business magnate, and railroad man of the nineteenth century. He was associated with J. P. Morgan and Thomas Edison. His parents were William Wright and Sarah (Hood) Wright. He received his schooling at the Philadelphia public schools. Wright took his first job as a dry-goods clerk when he was still a teenager. He worked at this for several years. Wright married Mary Robinson, widow of John M. Robinson, partner of Drexel, Morgan & Co., at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia on March 1, 1881. The flowers at the wedding consisted of azaleas, acacias, callas, tulips, and hyacinths. A novelty of the wedding was that all that attended could take home with them whatever flowers they wanted. The newly wedded couple went to Washington D.C. for their honeymoon in a railroad car that was provided for them. Wright had heart trouble starting in January 1894. He gave up business at that time. During the summer he spent time cruising on the yacht Yampa with his wife and stepdaughter. He returned to work in October. He died at an elevated railroad train station in New York City on November 12, 1894. Wright was 58 years old. Wright's estate was estimated to be $20,000,000 of which most went to his wife and his sister. The referee for his Will decided that $100,000 was to be given to the New York Public Library which took over the old Washington Heights Free Library. Also $580,000 was given from his Will to the Knickerbocker Hospital (known as the J. Hood Wright Hospital)
American banker, financier, corporate director, business magnate, and railroad man of the nineteenth century. He was associated with J. P. Morgan and Thomas Edison. His parents were William Wright and Sarah (Hood) Wright. He received his schooling at the Philadelphia public schools. Wright took his first job as a dry-goods clerk when he was still a teenager. He worked at this for several years. Wright married Mary Robinson, widow of John M. Robinson, partner of Drexel, Morgan & Co., at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia on March 1, 1881. The flowers at the wedding consisted of azaleas, acacias, callas, tulips, and hyacinths. A novelty of the wedding was that all that attended could take home with them whatever flowers they wanted. The newly wedded couple went to Washington D.C. for their honeymoon in a railroad car that was provided for them. Wright had heart trouble starting in January 1894. He gave up business at that time. During the summer he spent time cruising on the yacht Yampa with his wife and stepdaughter. He returned to work in October. He died at an elevated railroad train station in New York City on November 12, 1894. Wright was 58 years old. Wright's estate was estimated to be $20,000,000 of which most went to his wife and his sister. The referee for his Will decided that $100,000 was to be given to the New York Public Library which took over the old Washington Heights Free Library. Also $580,000 was given from his Will to the Knickerbocker Hospital (known as the J. Hood Wright Hospital)
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