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JOHN M. WRIGHT. There are few men of the present day more successful or more worthy of honorable mention than the subject of our present sketch, who is one of the prominent druggists of Chester. A record of his life fully illustrates what may be accomplished by a determined will and perseverance, for through his own efforts he has risen to his present high position in the community, and is well and favorably known throughout the county.

Born at a time when the education of children did not receive especial attention, young Wright obtained only a limited amount of literary training, but at an early age evinced a special tendency toward the profession of a druggist, and through his own unaided efforts worked his way up, until at the present time he is one of the prominent business men of the community. His birth occurred in Shepherdstown, W. Va., August 4, 1836. He is the son of Charles and Julia Ann (Entler) Wright, natives respectively of Jacobstown, Burlington County, N. J., and Virginia. The father was a millwright by trade, and the son of John and Elizabeth (Bullock) Wright. Charles Wright died in 1889, aged seventy-four years, and his good wife died in 1877.

John M., of this sketch, was the eldest in a family of nine children born to his parents, of whom seven are living. He accompanied his parents on their removal to this place in 1844, where the father carried on his trade until his decease, which occurred June 2, 1889. He was preceded to the better land by his good wife, who died in 1877.

Having been a clerk in the drug store of Hall & Anderson for some time, our subject acquired a full knowledge of the details of that business, and on November 7, 1881, purchased the stock of his employers and has since conducted the business at the old stand. His store is well equipped with a full line of drugs and medicines, and by the courteous treatment of his patrons he is conducting a splendid and paying business.

The lady who became the wife of our subject, February 7, 1870, was Mary T., a daughter of Chambers and Ellen Anderson. Mrs. Wright is a native of this city, and has borne her husband seven children, one son and six daughters, namely: Lizzie, now the wife of O. W. Gottman; Daisy, Homer, Blanche, Fannie, Clata and Hazel. He is an ardent Democrat and is influential in the political life of his community. His fellow-townsmen have elected him to various local positions, and he served on the School Board very satisfactorily for three years. In addition to his drug business, our subject owns a neat little farm comprising fourteen acres, upon which are to be found a comfortable residence and all the modern machinery for its operation.