#21 Winfield S.M. Wright Family

August 5, 1822 -June 17, 1892

Winfield Wright was a landowner and stock breeder who became one of the richest men in Sonoma County. Wright’s Beach, Wright Road and Wright School are all named after him. His wife, Sarah, was a granddaughter of Daniel Boone.

Also at this site you will see the small tombstone of Davis Wright, a “colored boy” who died May 17, 1865 at twelve years of age. This tombstone was repaired by one of the volunteers. Our speculation is that Davis may have been born in Santa Rosa to a former slave who had accompanied them to California. Unfortunately, he died shortly after the completion of the war in April of 1865.

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