WRIGHT, Samuel S. 1837-1892
WRIGHT, LOCKWOOD, GRIFFIN, JENKINS, TRUAX, TUBBS, COOLIDGE, GOODENOW, BILLUPS
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Date: 10/28/2024 at 22:19:27
The Jackson Sentinel, published in Maquoketa, Iowa, 03 Mar 1892, page 7. Accessed online at https://access.newspaperarchive.com/us/iowa/maquoketa/jackson-sentinel/1892/03-03/page-7 28 Oct 2024 (EXTREMELY hard to read)
DIED.
Samuel S. Wright, the son of Thomas Wright, was born in ??? (Bolton?) Co., N. Y. Jan 15, 1837, and was one of a large family of children only two of whom survive him. His boyhood and earliest manhood were spent at .... but in 1841 together with his father's family and a little company of others, in all nineteen, he sought the far west. A seven weeks' journey brought them to where Maquoketa now is. A tract of land was purchased two and one-half miles south of this place which eventually became the home of the Wright family. March 7, 1853, he was married to Miss Maria Lockwood and thus began a happy home. Four children were given them, one dying in babyhood. Mary, who became Mrs. Harvey Griffin, Emeline, who became Mrs. Geo. Jenkins -- both leaving beautiful memories have passed away -- and the son David of this city, who has done much to bless his father's ... years. Mrs. Wright preceded her daughters to the heavenly home, dying in 1868. Mr. Wright's principal business was that of farming, and so wise were his methods and so persistent was his toll that when advanced age came, ... its infirmity, he gave up active life and settle in town. On Dec. 23, 1879, he restored home life by uniting in marriage bonds with Mrs. Ellen Truax-Tubbs, Rev. J. R. Asbrook pronouncing them one for life. The mystic tie is broken and the wife of his later years stands alone. Mr. Wright from childhood was religious. Trained a Presbyterian, that rigid unyielding faith prepared him for Methodistic eagerness, and in his later boyhood he joined the M. E. church, and ever after remained a loyal member and a most generous supporter. Few churches of any name have been built in this section without aid from his generous purse. As a Christian he had a clear, satisfactory experience, and the Bible was to him always and ever God's word, the way of life. He taught personal purity in speech and illustrated it in his life. Charity was a possessed grace. His word was an unforfitable bond. Temperance and every humanizing reform found in him a true friend and able advocate. he died as he had lived: full of confidence in Jesus Christ as a conscious, personal Savior. He has received a loving welcome from wife and children and from Jesus the giver of them all. Two sisters, Mrs. Burdeck Coolidge of Warrensburg, N. Y., and Mrs. J. E. Goodenow, and Mrs. Helen Billups, a half sister, both of this city, of his father's family, survive him. After two years of mingled weakness and strength culminating in an illness of a few weeks duration, Mr. Samuel Wright passed away Friday, Feb. 26, just as the shadows of evening began to fall. For 85 years, 1 month and 11 days he had known life earthly. As he left us earth know its loss and heaven felt its gain. The funeral services were held at the home, Monday, Feb. 29, at 2 p.m., conducted by his pastor, Rev. J. G. VanNess, and the body laid to rest beside those he loved in the cemetery near the city.
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