The Wrights

Three generations of the Wright family were the occupants the elegant residence at 137 E. Granville Rd now known as the Sharon Memorial Hall. It was built in 1861 by Horace Wright in before his marriage to Henrietta Tuller. Wright operated a sawmill and was also active in farming. One of eight children of Potter Wright and Lovisa Maynard Wright, Horace and wife Henrietta had five children. In one week in 1876, three died , Kate, Albert and Bernard, from childhood diphtheria.

Subsequent generations of the Wright family occupied the home until 1940. Following a War Memorial Levy in 1945, the property was conveyed to the Trustees of the Sharon Township Memorial.

There are 51 burials with the last name of Wright at Walnut Grove.

Continue along Maple from Stop 11 to Stop 12 a short distance along the same side of the street as you approach the intersection of Sharon.