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JOHN WRIGHT, farmer, P. O. Sardinia, was born in Pleasant Township Nov. 7, 1814. He is a son of George and Elizabeth (Robins) Wright, natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. Wright was born July 31, 1780, and Mrs. Wright April 12, 1782. Mr. Wright came to Brown County in the year that Ohio was admitted as a State, and settled one mile south of Georgetown, where he purchased a farm of 115 acres in the woods. He was a patriot in the war of 1812. He was married, Jan, 27, 1812, to Elizabeth Robins, who bore him five children, two sons and three daughters, viz.: John, our subject, Samuel P., born September 22, 1816; Susanna, born May 27, 1819, wife of Sidney Ogden; Sarah, born November 22, 1820; and Seneth, born June 25, 1823, and died July 28, 1830. In 1827, Mr. Wright removed to Washington Township, where he died August 5, 1853. Mrs. Wright followed him November 22, 1857. Our subject is the eldest of five children, and was reared to manhood on a farm. Mr. Wright was united in marriage to Miss Anna Wardlow, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Wardlow, and a native of Washington Township, where her birth occurred September 9, 1834. Six children were the fruits of this union; of these, five are living - Joseph W., Nancy (wife of Levi Wardlow), Mary A. (wife of Alexander Maham), Maxamelia (wife of W. F. Wardlow), and Clara A. (wife of Henry Boline), Elizabeth, the eldest, is deceased. Mr. Wright pursues the avocation of farming and stock-raising, in which he has been successful. He is identified with the Masonic order, and politically is Democratic. In 1850, he was elected a member of the Board of County Com missioners, and served in that capacity six years. In 1872, he was again chosen to that office and served two terms. He was elected Township Treasurer in 1867, and filled that office eleven consecutive years. In 1881, he was again elected Treasurer, and re-elected in 1882.