Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Wright, Thomas 1804 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Thomas Wright, farmer, Hillsboro, was born in Washington county, Maryland,
October 14, 1804. His father, William, emigrated from Ireland in 1803, and
stopped awhile in New York, but soon moved to Virginia, and after a few years
from there to Maryland. After a residence of ten or twelve years in that state
he removed to Warren county, Ohio, where he died. Mr. Wright learned the
weaver's trade from his father, and followed this business from the time he was
old enough to work at it till 1860, a period of forty years. He was married some
time about 1828, to Elizabeth Snyder. By this union two children were born, one
of whom, Ezra, is living and resides in Warren county. This wife died about 1832
or 1833, and he married Martha Rohrer July 28, 1835. They have had four
children: Henry, born May 7, 1836, died in Idaho March 15, 1872; Mary Jane,
February 6, 1843; William, March 29, 1852, and Melissa, November 26, 1855.
William has been a Mason eight years, and has his membership at Hillsboro. Mrs.
Wright is a member of the New Light church. Mr. Wright has a beautiful farm of
120 acres. He was a whig until 1856, but having become disgusted with
knownothingism, in that year he joined the democrats, and has not since severed
his connection with that party.

Additional Comments:
Richland Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.

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