From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:
His (Joseph Wright's) land was about three miles from the town of Bridgeville, and there he and his wife died, she being buried in Carnegie, Pennsylvania, both having been members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He married Susan McDonald, and had children : 1. William McDonald, a retired farmer, lives near Carnegie, Pennsylvania. 2. Joseph, of whom further. 3. Lemuel, a soldier of the Union army during the Civil War, died from illness contracted while in the service.
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