Plumas-Sacramento-Placer County CA Archives Biographies.....Wright, Norman K. 1828 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

NORMAN K. WRIGHT.—The only son of Sylvester and Cynthia B. (King) Wright was
Norman K., and he was born in the county of Leeds, Canada, August 21, 1828. In
1843 he removed to Monroe county, New York, where he grew to manhood. His father
died when he was three years old. After about six years of widowhood, his mother
was again married to David N. Glazier. Most of young Norman's boyhood days were
spent in clerking for his step-father. On the twentieth of March, 1852, he
embarked on a vessel from New York for San Francisco, via Panama, where he was
delayed seriously, awaiting the coming of the Monumental City, on which he
completed his journey to San Francisco, arriving June 17 of same year. The time
until October was spent at Sacramento in sickness; but later in the fall he went
to Auburn and engaged in mining and hotel-keeping. In April, 1853, he went to
the north fork of Feather river. Here he remained until the spring of 1855, when
he settled at Eagle gulch. After a short time spent in mining and sawing lumber,
he, in company with Andrew Robinson, on the seventeenth of June, opened the
second store kept in the place, the first one having been opened by J. W. Hard
wick. They continued in business until 1861, when the camp, failing to be a
profitable place, was abandoned. On the twenty-first of September, 1863, he came
at the request of Mr. Thompson, of the firm of Thompson & Kellogg, to take
charge of their business for a few days, during their absence buying goods; and
so efficient has he been in the discharge of duty that we find him there yet, in
1882. He was married, January 14, 1874, to Mrs. Carrie De Nayer, a native of
Alsace, France.

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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)


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