About Dan S. Wright
Lived 1802 – 1867 (aged 64). Dan S. Wright was an American politician.
Dan Stiles Wright (March 5, 1802 Shoreham, Addison County, Vermont – January 31, 1867 Whitehall, Washington County, New York) was an American medical doctor and politician from New York.
Life He was the son of Ebenezer Wright (1765–1845) and Lucretia (Wood) Wright (c. 1771–1808). He married first Eluthera Farnham. In 1830, he married Lucy Alvira Wadhams (1805–1884), and they had six children.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Washington Co.) in 1842.
He was a member of the New York State Senate (13th D.) in 1852 and 1853.
He was one of the founders, and for six terms Master, of the Phoenix Masonic Lodge, No. 96, in Whitehall. At some time he was Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of New York.
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Dan S. Wright was born on 5 March 1802.
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Dan S. Wright died on 31 January 1867.
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