WRIGHT, John Layton 1840 - 1923

WRIGHT

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 5/25/2021 at 20:23:28

"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Tuesday, July 24, 1923
Front Page, Column 4

JOHN L. WRIGHT DIED THIS MORNING

John L. WRIGHT, 83 years of age, passed away this morning at the home of his son, H. C. WRIGHT, seven miles southeast of the city. Deceased was born in Illinois in 1840. He moved to Jefferson county in 1847 where he has since resided.

Mr. WRIGHT had been ill for the past three weeks.

Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 oclock. Interment will be in Wright cemetery.

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"The Weekly Ledger-Journal"
Fairfield, Iowa
Thursday, July 26, 1923
Page Six, Column 6

COUNTY CORRESPONDENTS

PLEASANT PLAIN
MRS. I. HOBSON, Correspondent

JOHN L. WRIGHT DIED THIS MORNING
Tuesday's Ledger--

John L. WRIGHT, 83 years of age, passed away this morning at the ome (sic) of his son, H. C. WRIGHT, seven miles southeast of the city. Deceased was born in Illinois in 1840. he moved to Jefferson county in 1847 where he has since resided.

Mr. WRIGHT had been ill for the past three weeks.

Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 oclock. Interment will be in Wright cemetery.

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"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Thursday, July 26, 1923
Page Eight, Column 1

JUST AMONG OURSELVES

… --Jacob WRIGHT of Audubon is here to attend the funeral of John WRIGHT. …

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"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Saturday, July 28, 1923
Page Six, Columns 5 and 6

OBITUARY

John Layton WRIGHT

Father, brother, neighbor, friend has fallen at the hands of that universal captain who disarms alike the victor and the vanquished.

Ivy poison and subsequent complications were the factors introducing that certain death and date foreseen by the eye of Him who is indeed the arbiter of our destinies. After about three weeks of illness the final summons came, July 24th, terminating a career extending through almost 83 years of time.

The subject of this sketch was born Sept. 11th, 1840, in Scott county, Ill. He was one of the ten sons of Jacob and Rebecca WRIGHT. Two of this number remain, Isaac of Audubon county, Thomas of Golden City, Mo.

When seven years of age his parents brought him to Jefferson county, purchasing a pioneer farm which proved to be his only place of residence until death came.

June 15, 1879, he was married to Laura Jane RODABAUGH, who passed away Nov. 29, 1910. To this union one chold (sic - child), a son Henry Clay, was born, who together with his two grandchildren, Ruby and Rex, numerous nieces and nephews, neighbors and friends, are left to mourn this irreparable loss.

Mr. WRIGHT never made a public profession of religion but he died in the faith of the Old School Baptist church. He was a kind husband and a good father and an exemplary citizen.

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"The Fairfield Daily Ledger"
Monday, July 30, 1923
Page Six, Column 6

CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their kindness and the floral offerings during the illness and death of our father John Layton WRIGHT.

--H. C. WRIGHT and Family.

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"The Weekly Ledger-Journal"
Fairfield, Iowa
Thursday, August 2, 1923
Page Six, Column 1

John Layton WRIGHT

Father, brother, neighbor, friend has fallen at the hands of that universal captain who disarms alike the victor and the vanquished.

Ivy poison and subsequent complications were the factors introducing that certain death and date foreseen by the eye of Him who is indeed the arbiter of our destinies. After about three weeks of illness the final summons came, July 24th, terminating a career extending through almost 83 years of time.

The subject of this sketch was born Sept. 11th, 1840, in Scott county, Ill. He was one of the ten sons of Jacob and Rebecca WRIGHT. Two of this number remain, Isaac of Audubon county, Thomas of Golden City, Mo.

When seven years of age his parents brought him to Jefferson county, purchasing a pioneer farm which proved to be his only place of residence until death came.

June 15, 1879, he was married to Laura Jane RODABAUGH, who passed away Nov. 29, 1910. To this union one chold (sic), a son Henry Clay, was born, who together with his two grandchildren, Ruby and Rex, numerous nieces and nephews, neighbors and friends, are left to mourn this irreparable loss.

Mr. WRIGHT never made a public profession of religion but died in the faith of the Old School Baptist church. He was a kind husband and a good father and an exemplary citizen.

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