Wright, Thurston S.

WRIGHT

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 11/17/2008 at 16:27:40

Thurston S. Wright

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.266, Wright Twp.)
Thurston S. Wright, farmer, P. O. Griswold, Cass Co., Iowa, born in Noble County, Ind., September 1, 1855, son of Simeon and Emeline (Arnold) Wright. (See sketch of W. W. Wright, Wright Township.) His father, after whom this township takes its name, has been Justice of the Peace for ten years, and was also a member of the Board of Supervisors. Our subject received such an education as his limited advantages would admit. He worked with his father till he was eighteen years of age. Was married, at home, September 14, 1873, to Jessie B. Van Riper, born in Wright Township May 22, 1858, daughter of William Van Riper. In November of the same year, our subject purchased his present place, and has resided on it ever since. It consists of eighty acres, situated on Section 26, Township 75, Range 38. Mr. and Mrs. Wright have two children - viola Frances and Edith Pearl. In politics, our subject is a Republican