Wright, Fred 1865-1904

WRIGHT

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 6/7/2013 at 20:33:15

From the Alton Democrat of Nov 26, 1904

Fred Wright hanged himself in his barn at Marshalltown last week. He formerly lived at Hawarden and was the inventor of the buggy axle trimmer for which John Jansen is agent. He has two brothers Alfred and George near Ireton. He was thirty nine years old and leaves a wife and three children. Despondency because his invention didn't sell faster was the cause of his rash act.