Alexander Wright
Alexander Wright (1804-1876) was born 27 Jan. 1804 in Marnoch, Banffshire, Scotland. He was the son of William Wright and Ann Wilson. He married Hannah Butterfield on 25 May 1844 in Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois; widowed 1846. He married Hannah Leigh on 6 Jan. 1851; participated in plural marriage. He was baptized on 10 Oct. 1836. He was a frequent correspondent of Wilford Woodruff from 1839 to 1841 while serving in the British Mission. He died 3 Aug. 1876 in Virgin, Kane Co., Utah Territory.
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