Lucas County IA Archives Biographies.....Wright, C. B. 1842 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1896)

C. B. WRIGHT, one of Lucas county's prosperous farmers, dates his birth in the
Buckeye State. It was in Harlam township, Delaware county, Ohio, March 5, 1842,
that Mr. Wright first saw the light of day. His parents, Austin and Permilia
(Oldham) Wright, were New Jersey people, the former born April 6, 1798, and the
latter, January 21, 1805; and it was soon after their marriage that they moved
to Ohio and settled on a farm in Delaware county. Austin Wright was a blacksmith
by trade and had a shop on his frontier farm, carrying on both blacksmithing and
farming. He continued to reside in Delaware county up the time of his death,
which occurred at about the age of sixty years, November 26, 1857. His wife died
October 1, 1847. They were honest and industrious, were faithful members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and enjoyed the respect and esteem of all who knew
them. They were the parents of eleven children, of whom nine reached maturity,
namely: Mary Huyck, Buffalo, New York; Charles O., Lucas county, Iowa; S. J.,
who died in Lucas county; Mrs. Permilia Beem, Chariton, Iowa; Mrs. Catherine
Boyd, Chariton; Mrs. Remembrance Barrow, Chariton; W. S., Lucas county; G. B.,
whose name introduces this sketch; and Austin, of this county. The deceased were
Peter, Abner and an unnamed infant.

   Mr. Wright came out to Iowa when a young man and was here at the time the war
broke out. In August, 1862, he enlisted as a member of Company E, Thirty-fourth
Iowa Infantry, under Captain Gardiner and Colonel Dungan, and went to the front.
His service, however, was not of long duration, as he was honorably discharged
on account of disability. Since 1878 he has resided on his present farm,
ninety-five acres on section 1, of Warren township. The improvements on this
place are all first-class and consist of a two-story brick residence, surrounded
with a pretty lawn dotted over with flowers, shrubs and trees; a barn 36 x 40
feet, and other necessary buildings such as granary, sheds for stock, etc. This
farm is located three miles southwest of Chariton; and before passing on from a
description of this place we must make some mention of Mr. Wright's broom
factory. Here he has a shop, 16 x 30 feet, where some of the best brooms in the
State are made, he having been in this business for a number of years and being
regarded as an expert broom-maker. Another attractive feature of his farm is his
fine orchard of two hundred trees, and he also has large quantities of small
fruits. While he has given some attention to stock-raising in connection with
his farming all these years, he is now making a specialty to fine horses, and
has a Clydesdale that is second to none in the county.

   Mr. Wright was married December 24, 1863, to Miss Mary Jane McCormick, a
native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania. Her father, James McCormick, was
born in Armstrong county, Pennsylvania, son of John McCormick, who was also a
native of that State. Her grandfather was a soldier in the war of 1812, and
spent the closing years of his life and died in Cincinnati, Ohio. James
McCormick was reared in Westmoreland county, and was by occupation an engineer.
He was married there to Elizabeth Sampson, a native of that county and daughter
of William Sampson, a soldier of the Revolutionary war. In 1856 James McCormick
and his family removed from Pennsylvania to Summit county, Ohio, and eight
months later continued their way westward, Van Buren county, Iowa, being their
objective point. In 1858 they moved to Chariton. Following are the names of the
children of Mr. and Mrs. James McCormick: Mary J., Elizabeth Ann, John C. and J.
G. The father is still living in Chariton, now in his eightieth year. Mr. and
Mrs. Wright have no children of their own, but they have given a good home to
and reared two children,—Frank P. Wright and Earl Bickford, the former a nephew
of our subject.

   Mr. Wright is a man of broad and progressive views, takes an intelligent and
commendable interest in public affairs, and acts with the Democratic party.


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A MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF IOWA

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1896


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