Winnebago County IL Archives Biographies.....WRIGHT, C.C 1815 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarch.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarch.org/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Tim Casey timcasey5@gmail.com and Andy Anderson oxdrover@mindspring.com June 9, 2008, 5:39 am Author: History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties Illinois Pages 152-153 C. C. WRIGHT, farmer and fruit-grower, Cobden, was born in Rome, N. Y., in 1815 to John and Miriam (Reymond) Wright. They were both born in Connecticut; he in 1772, she in 1780. He moved into New York about 1790, and it was there his family was born. In 1836 he moved to Kendall County, Ill., with his family, and he and his wife both died there, in 1851 and 1857, respectively. They were the parents of eight children; three sons and two daughters are now living. His occupation was mostly that of farming. Our subject was educated in New York, and came West with his parents. Chicago was their only market, and that was 60 miles distant. After hauling wheat there they would get from 25 to 75 cents per bushel, and from $1 to $3 per hundred for dressed pork. When the canal was completed, they had a market within 12 miles of their home. In 1853 he moved to Winnebago County, Ill., and opened up the farm now owned by Amos Poole. He sold that in 1864 and then began to make his present farm, which had but little improvement at the time. His farm contains 70 acres, all improved. When first settling on it, he began the raising of peaches, apples and strawberries. In later years he has abandoned the peaches and apples, and gives his attention more to strawberries, cherries, vegetables and hay. Mr. Paul Wright, the brother of our subject, had much the same experience in early life, but he was educated for the law. He practiced in Elgin for some time, and for some years previous to coming to this county had been Circuit Clerk of Kane County. On account of ill health he came to this county in the spring of 1862 and began in the fruit business, being one among the first from the North to go into fruit-raising. Enjoying the beautiful, he took pains to make his home attractive, and so improved the present farm of Mr. E. D. Lawrence. The last year in this county, he practiced law at Jonesboro in partnership with Jackson Frick. In 1875 he again made a move on account of ill health, going to Santa Barbara, Cal., where he has since built up a good practice in the law. In 1843 our subject was married in Winnebago County, Ill., to Harriet M. Talcott. She was also born in Rome, N. Y. Her father, William Talcott, came to Illinois about the same time as Mr. Wright, and settled at Rockton, on the Rock River. Mr. and Mrs. Wright have three children, only two of whom are still living - Henry T. and Mary (Harriet A. died 1864). By profession, Henry is a lawyer, and practiced for six years at Carbondale, Ill.; then taught school near Chicago for some time, when health failed, and he went to railroading. He is now located at Minneapolis, and is paymaster on the Minneapolis & St. Paul Railroad. Mr. Wright in religious beliefs is Congregationalist, and was a member of that church until the organization was let fall in Cobden. As he did not take out any letters he now has no connection with any church. By nature our subject is opposed to oppression in any form, and at an early date he took the side of anti-slavery, although it was the unpopular party at the time. From 1844 till Lincoln's election, he had never voted with the popular parties. When the call for men came, he offered his services, but had to stand back and allow the younger and more robust to answer the call. But he did all he could at home toward the support of the government. Additional Comments: Andy Anderson submitted the Biographies for Cobden Township. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/winnebago/bios/wright60bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ilfiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb