FRANK WRIGHT, M. D.

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         The entire period of the professional life of Dr. Frank Wright was spent in Wapello, where he passed away on the 17th of August, 1903. He was a native of Louisa county, his birth occurring on the 13th of September, 1867, and was a son of the late John and Rebecca Wright. The father has been dead for . . .

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. . . several years, but the mother still survives and makes her home in Morning Sun, Iowa. They were the parents of eight children.

         Almost the entire life of Frank Wright was spent in his native county, in the schools of which he acquired his preliminary education. After graduating from the high school he decided to adopt the profession of dental surgery for his vocation and was graduated from the dental department of the State University of Iowa. Subsequently going to Chicago he matriculated at the American College of Dental Surgery of that city, from which he received his degree after the usual lapse of time. He also took a post graduate course at the University College of Dental Surgery in Philadelphia. After the completion of his professional studies he returned to Wapello to practice and was meeting with very good success in his work at the time of his demise.

         In 1895 Dr. Wright was united in marriage to Miss Emma Hook, also a native of this county and a daughter of G. W. and Emily B. (Trask) Hook, the father a native of Virginia and the mother of Illinois. They were among the pioneer settlers and extensive landowners of this county, where the father passed away on the 13th of November, 1895, and the mother on the 31st of January, 1910, at the age of seventy-three years. Unto them were born nine children, eight of whom are still living. At the time of her marriage and for several years previously Mrs. Wright was engaged in teaching school in this county. Two children were born to Dr. and Mrs. Wright: Raymond H., who was born on the 14th of October, 1895, and is now attending the St. John’s Military Academy at Delafield, Wisconsin; and Robert E., whose birth occurred on the 4th of September, 1900.

         Dr. Wright was interred in the cemetery of Wapello, of which town he had been a resident for so many years and where his wife and family continue to make their home. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, the Knights of Pythias, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America, while both he and his wife were affiliated with the Eastern Star. Dr. Wright was highly esteemed both professionally and socially in Wapello, where he had many friends who had known him since boyhood.