Hopkins County, Kentucky, farmer. Virginia native. Married to Amanda Dillingham Wright in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, on March 3, 1822. Father of Edward H. E. Wright, Cinderella Wright, Cynthia Wright, Ephraim Wright, Zelpha A. Wright, William Wright, and Lafayette B. Wright. Resident of Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 1840. Owned three enslaved persons in Hopkins County in 1840. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1850. Farmer in Hopkins County in 1860.