“William Dandridge Wright was born on the 17th day of July 1834” [Wright Family Bible, Library of Virginia Archives/Manuscripts Call Number 25314.]

In 1860, a petition was filed with the Chancery Court of King and Queen County, Virginia by John R. Motley and Lucinda his wife, John H. Clarkson and Sallie his wife, Wm. D. Wright and Charles Z. Wright. That John R. Wright departed this life on the [blank] day of February 1860 intestate, unmarried and without issue. His only heirs are Lucinda Motley, wife of John R. Motley, Sallie Clarksonwife of John H. Clarkson, Wm. D. Wright, Charles Z. Wright, and Mary Anna B. Wright, an infant and the only child of a deceased brother Thos. E. Wright. [King and Queen County, Virginia, Chancery Chase Index Number 1866-007.]

1880 U.S. Census, Essex County, Virginia
Tappahannock Village, Enumeration District 17, page 135C
Water Street
Dwelling 31, Household 31
Wright, Wm D., white, male, 35, widowed, farmer, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Wright, Lizzie, white, female, 22, daughter, single, at home, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Wright, William E., white, male, 20, son, single, clerk in store, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Wright, Roland L., white, male, 18, son, single, at school, attended school within the year, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia
Wright, Mary, white, female, 15, daughter, single, at home, born in Virginia, both parents born in Virginia