WRIGHT, John A. c1827-1903

WRIGHT, GRAY

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/25/2011 at 12:23:04

Death of a Former Resident

The Santa Ana, Califorina Blade contains the following notice of the death of a former resident of this county.

Wright - In this city, November 22, 1903, John A. Wright, aged 76 years. Funeral will be from residence 823 F. Street, Tomorrow at 10 a.m.

Mr. Wright was the father of Councilman George L. Wright of this city, W.H. Wright of New York, Charles Wright, cashier of Aetna Bank of McIntire, Iowa, Preston Wright and Mrs. Kenniworth, Washington, James Wright, Principal of the high school at Gray Lake, Illinois, Mrs. Roy Gray of Osage, Iowa, and Mrs. Fannie Henderson of Sioux City, Iowa, Dr. O. S. Wright, a brother, lives at San Diego.

The deceased had been a sufferer from paralysis for several weeks and more or less of the time had been unconscious.

He had been a resident of this city about three years having come her from Osage, Iowa. He served as Supervisor of Mitchell County, Iowa for fifteen years, twelve years of which he was chairman of the Board.

[Mitchell County Press, December 2, 1903]