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GEORGE W. WRIGHT, minister, merchant and Postmaster, Painter Creek. The subject of this memoir was born in Montgomery Co., Ohio, Dec. 3, 1835, and is a son of Robert Wright, a native of Pennsylvania, who removed to Ohio in a very early day; he is still living, and resides in Miami County, his wife departing this life when in the bloom of womanhood; they were the parents of six children, three of whom are living, viz.: John, George and Susannah; the deceased are Elizabeth, Barbara and Catherine. Our subject assisted his father in agricultural pursuits till he was of age, when he began life for himself, and chose farming as his occupation, which he followed till 1867, when he came to Painter Creek and entered a partnership with his father-in-law, John Hayworth, in a general mercantile business, which they successfully followed for a period, and at his father-inlaw’s death he assumed individual control of the business, and is still to be found at the old stand, ready to cater to the wants of the buying public; he was appointed Postmaster Nov. 14, 1879; he received his education in the common schools, which he only had the privilege of attending at certain times, but, by making good use of his time and being studious in his habits, he acquired a fair understanding, and is well fitted to discharge the many responsibilities incident to his ministerial duties; he began his labors in the ministry in 1874, and was regularly ordained a minister of the Brethren in Christ Church Nov. 14, 1877, when he received a regular charge; in 1878, he was chosen a delegate to a convention, held in Pennsylvania in November of the same year, to revise the constitution of the church; in 1879, he filled three regular appointments; this year, he fills only two. He celebrated his marriage with Elizabeth, youngest daughter of John Hayworth, May 13, 1858; her parents were among the first settlers of Darke County, both deceased; Mr. and Mrs. Wright are the parents of nine children, seven of whom are living, viz., Aaron, Eliza A., Angeline, John, Simon, Clara M. and Forrest; the deceased are Delmont and Ivens; Mr. Wright has filled the Treasurer’s office of the township for two terms, and is the present incumbent; he has also filled the office of School Director for three terms; his grandfather was born in Ireland, and emigrated to America and settled in Pennsylvania, where he married, and afterward removed to Montgomery County; the D. & U. R. R. passed between his house and barn, and, while attempting to pass from the barn to the house, he was caught by a passing train and thrown some seventy feet from the point of collision and instantly killed, aged 70 years; his grandmother survived a few years, and departed this life at the age of 95.