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{{Infobox Biography
| subject_name =George Washington Wright
| image_name =GWWright.jpg
| image_size =288px
| image_caption =
| date_of_birth =[[February 22]], [[1839]]
| place_of_birth =Pensacola
| date_of_death =[[March 3]], [[1918]]
| place_of_death =Pensacola
| occupation =Lumber baron
| religion =[[:Category:Catholics|Catholic]]
| spouse =[[Margaret Wright|Margaret Emma Bagley]]
| parents =[[Benjamin Drake Wright|Benjamin Drake]] and [[Josephine Wright]]
| children =Josephine Mary Wright<br/>[[William Benjamin Wright]]<br/>Valentine Hambleton Wright<br/>Laura Lemenda Wright<br/>Sally Ann Wright<br/>Alwin Dudley Wright<br/>Mary Ethel Wright<br/>Joseph Wright
}}
'''George Washington Wright''' was a prominent Pensacolian.

Wright served as a commissioned officer on the Confederate side during the [[Wikipedia:American Civil War|Civil War]].

Married [[Margaret Wright|Margaret Emma Bagley]] on [[April 16]], [[1860]], in Covington, Louisiana. Lived at [[24 West Gregory Street]].

Wright had many interests in the lumber business, and formed the company which would later be run by his son William as the [[W. B. Wright Co.]]

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