(The following is an excerpt from "History of St. Lawrence Co." originally published by L.H. Everts & Co. in 1878, and reprinted through the sponsorship of the St. Lawrence Historical Association in 1982).
This veteran citizen of Potsdam was born on the 18th of April 1804. His father, Asahel Wright, settled in the "Buck's Bridge" neighborhood in 1806. There Warren H. grew to manhood, receiving the education afforded by district schools, and learning the business of farming, with some knowledge of his father's trade of a carpenter.
Mr. Wright was married on the 8th day of February, 1832, to Caroline, daughter of Timothy Goodale, one of the early settlers of this town. Soon after, the enterprising young man built the bridges at Madrid and at Buck's Bridge, and in 1835 he bought the farm on which he now resides. Having purchased the adjacent water-power, on Grasse River, he built several mills,--saw-mills, shingle-mills, etc.,--which he carried on, together with his farm, up to 1876. He then disposed of the mills to his sons and son-in-law, still retaining a large, well-improved, and well-stocked farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Wright have been the parents of eight children,--Williams G., Martha H., wife of Henry Billings; Mary A., wife of James Blackman; Harriet H., wife of Melzar Corbin; Lydia R., wife of Dr. Rolfe; Judson W.; Delia C., who died in childhood; and Winona D.
After a long and industrious life, which spans the whole period between the primeval forest and the civilized community, the aged pioneer and his wife now find themselves in the enjoyment of an ample competence, and surrounded by descendants in equally prosperous circumstances.
