Tipton-Fayette-Hamilton County IN Archives Biographies.....Wright, R. W. 1819 - 
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Author: Charles Blanchard, Editor (1883)

   R. W. WRIGHT is a native of Fayette County, Ind., where he was born March 13,
1829; his father, a native of North Carolina, removed, in 1837, to what is now
Madison Township, Tipton County, but then a part of the county of Hamilton, and
settled on a tract of land in the timber, consisting of a half-section, which he
entered of Congress. Here the subject of this sketch assisted his father in
clearing up a farm. Over a hundred acres were prepared and put in a high state
of cultivation; then a substantial brick residence was erected on the cleared
tract, where the father resided until the time of his death, which occurred in
September, 1859, after having reared a family of seven children, four sons and
three daughters, namely: Robert W.; John W., a resident of Iowa; Asberry P., a
resident of Marion County, Ind., and James T. (deceased); also, Mrs. Mary J.
Orr, of Arcadia, Hamilton Co., Ind.; Mrs. Sarah E. Lily, of Tipton County, and
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Meritt. Mr. Wright, in 1849, learned the carpenter's trade,
which he followed for three years, at the expiration of which time he engaged in
farming in Cicero Township, Tipton County, continuing in that business until the
year 1856, when he sold his farm and removed to Appanoose County, Iowa, where he
purchased land and made a farm. In 1860, he sold his Iowa land and returned to
Tipton County, where he again followed farming until the year 1866, when he
removed to Tipton, and engaged in the livery business. At the time of his
removal to Tipton, he was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace, and
about one year after he sold out his livery business and turned his attention to
the boot and shoe trade, which he continued until 1869, when he sold out and
entered the office of the County Auditor, as Deputy, where he remained in that
capacity for a little over four years. In 1874, he was elected by the Democratic
party to the office of Auditor, and served one term of four years. At the
expiration of his term of office, he resumed farming for two years; he then, in
1880, entered the real estate, loan and insurance business, and has continued it
ever since. The style of the firm is Wright & Long, and they are doing a good
business. Mr. Wright owns a good residence on North Main street, in Tipton, as
well as several vacant town lots; he was married in Tipton County, December 15,
1850, to Miss Eliza J. Blount. The issue of that marriage consists of seven
children, five of whom are living. Their names are as follows: Mrs. Frances P.
Winfield, Mrs. Alice B. Martz, Sarah L., Mary B. and Silas Blount; also, Jasper
M. and Newton N., deceased.

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COUNTIES OF HOWARD AND TIPTON, INDIANA.

HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL.
ILLUSTRATED.

CHARLES BLANCHARD. EDITOR.
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO.
1883.


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