Wright, Samuel (1821 - 1887)

WRIGHT

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 23:43:38

Samuel Wright
(April 13, 1821 - February 4, 1887)

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.625

WRIGHT, SAMUEL, farmer and stock-raiser, Liberty Township, Sec. 24; P. O. Liberty Center; born April 13, 1821, in Belmont county, Ohio; married in December, 1844, Miss Malinda Howe, of Belmont county; had two children: Isaac and an infant that died; wife died August 8, 1846; was again married Oct. 28, 1848, to Mary, daughter of Archibald Job, of Harrison county, Ohio; by this union they had three children: Malinda A., Sarah E., Mary A., all living; moved family to Huntington county, Ind., in 1847, and to this county in 1854, and settled on present farm, where he has 240 acres of land, in 1856; has been elected town trustee three terms.