Sacramento County

Biographies

EDWARD ALEXANDER WRIGHT

One of the oldest employees of the Pacific Gas & Electric Company at Sacramento, in point of service, was the late Edward A. Wright, whose death occurred July 27, 1923. He was associated with this corporation for about thirty-six years. His connection with this organization was characterized by unremitting industry, honorable methods and sincere loyalty, and as a citizen he was likewise a man of sterling reputation. He was born at Gaines, Henry county, Missouri, December 16, 1857, a son of William and Lucy Wright, natives of Missouri. The father was a carpenter and builder by trade.

Edward A. Wright was educated in the public schools of his native county. He first worked on a railroad, with which he remained until he was twenty-six years old. Then, in company with a number of other young men, he came to California to seek his fortune. He took up a farm in Sutter county, also worked for a time in a cannery at 6^th and G streets in Sacramento. He next entered the employ of the Pacific Gas & Electric Company as a motorman, and with this corporation remained during the rest of his active life, almost thirty-six years. He was a democrat in political matters, and fraternally was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. His religious affiliation was with the Congregational Church.

At Sacramento, California, on June 19, 1899, occurred the marriage of Mr. Wright and Miss Elizabeth Miller. Her father, Victor Fred Miller, when fourteen years old, came to California among the ‘49ers from Germany, crossing the plains with ox teams. He was the first dairyman in Sacramento county, then went to Sutter county, where he had a one thousand acre stock farm. He eventually retired, and died September 26, 1916, at the venerable age of eighty-six years. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are the parents of a daughter, Lucille, now the wife of Irvin Engler, who is engaged in the advertising and publicity business. Mrs. Wright is a member of the Ladies’ Aid of the Congregational Church, the Native Daughters of the Golden West, the Royal Neighbors of America, and the Tribe of Ben Hur.

Transcribed by Debbie Walke Gramlick.

Source: Wooldridge, J.W. Major History of the Sacramento Valley California, Vol. 2 pgs. 357-358. The Pioneer Historical Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.

Sacramento County Biographies