JOHN DANIEL WRIGHT

1820-1849

JOHN D. WRIGHT was born in ca 1820 in Rockport, Spencer County, Indiana. He married SARAH REBECCA PIERCE on Mar 11, 1841 in Warrick County , Indiana . Sarah Rebecca was the daughter of Thomas Goolsberry Pierce (brother of Nathan Pierce Sr. Sarah Rebecca was born in ca 1825 in Tennessee.  John & Sarah Rebecca relocated from Indiana with their parents to Taney County in 1841.

The children of John and Sarah are:

1. James Curtis Wright, b. Jan 1, 1838, Taney Co., MO; d. Sep 30, 1905, Taney Co., MO
2. William R. Wright, b. 1842, Ozark Co., MO; d. abt 1890, Cleburne Co., AR
3. Nathan Wright, b. 1843, Campbell Twp, Douglas Co., MO; d. Oct 23, 1887, Bradleyville, Taney Co., MO
4. Mary Polly Wright, b. 1844, Taney Co., MO

John Wright died in Taney County in January 1849. After John’s death Sarah Rebecca Wright married Lazarus Wright, the brother of her deceased husband John D. Wright.