WRIGHT, Jasper 1841-1926

WRIGHT, FRANKLIN

Posted By: Richard K Thompson (email)
Date: 10/25/2009 at 10:33:24

Fairfield Ledger
Tuesday January 12, 1926

Jasper WRIGHT Died at 11 A.M.

Funeral Services Await The Arrival of Daughter; Died of Senility

Jasper WRIGHT died this morning at about eleven oclock at his home at 608 West Washington street, after several days illness and old age.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Murray-Jones Chapel, in charge of Rev. R.H. Polly. Interment will be made in the Evergreen cemetery.

Jasper WRIGHT was born in Jefferson County in April 1842 and has spent his entire life in this community.

He leaves behind his wife, two children, Tabby, at home, and Mrs. R. W. FRANKLIN, of Cedar Rapids.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.
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Note: The plot for Jasper Wright at Evergreen Cemetery is not marked with a headstone (Row 6 SP 29).
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Note: While the obituary uses the birth year of 1842, most other family records show the birth year as 1841.

The child "Tabby" referred to in the obituary is in reference to Harry Edward WRIGHT.