Joseph WRIGHT (b. 1821)

WRIGHT, HEATH

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Date: 6/10/2005 at 14:49:50

WRIGHT, Joseph, farmer and stock raiser, Sec. 16; P. O. Fayette; born in Lincolnshire, Eng., Aug. 31, 1821; came to the United States in 1842; lived in Hamilton Co., Ohio, six and in Campbell Co., Ky., four years. Was married Aug. 12, 1849, to Alice Heath; she was born in Lancashire, Eng., in 1828; came to this county in 1854; owns 216 acres of land. Mrs. W.'s mother, Mary Heath, came from England to this county in 1858; resided with them until March 13, 1878, when she died, aged 81. Has on hand, usually, about fifty head of cattle and seventy to a hundred of hogs.

1878 History of Fayette Co. Iowa - Westfield Township
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