Mary M. (Atkinson) Wright (ca. 1818-1886)

ATKINSON, WRIGHT, SCOTT

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 12/8/2015 at 09:24:31

From Nevada Representative December 15, 1886

WRIGHT--At the home her son, Hon. Wm. O. Wright, in Freeport, Illinois, on the 8th day of December, 1886, occurred the death of Mrs. O. H. Wright, 68 years. Mrs. Wright was one of the first settlers in Freeport, coming to that incipient village as a bride nearly fifty years ago. her husband was a a man of high character in every respect, being greatly respected and loved, and dying in early manhood, left a legacy in his character for liberality and charity which has for many years been sustained by the subject of this brief notice. Mrs. Wright is known to many of our citizens through her visits during the past twenty years to her daughter, Mrs. Scott.*

*SUBMITTER'S NOTE: "Mrs. Scott" was Mary Sophia Wright, third wife of Col. John Scott.