David Wright was a circuit rider in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Wright was born in Fifth town, Upper Canada. His mother was a Methodist, who often housed itinerant preachers. He was also raised by his uncle, who lived in Ameliasburgh. During the War of 1812, he served with the Upper Canada militia.[1] After the war, he worked as a school teacher in Fourth town.[2]
In 1820, he was a local preacher on the Cornwall circuit.[1] In 1821, he was assigned to the Belleville circuit.[3] He remained on the Belleville circuit in 1822. Membership in the Methodist church increased from 160 to 186 that year.[4] In 1823, he was assigned to the Hallowell circuit, where he rode alongside Philander Smith.[5]
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edit- Carroll, John (1869). Case and his cotemporaries, or, The Canadian itinerants' memorial constituting a biographical history of Methodism in Canada, from its introduction into the Province, till the death of the Rev. Wm. Case in 1855. Vol. II. Toronto: Wesleyan Conference Office.