BIO: WRIGHT, Newton, s/o William & Nancy (Keedy) Wright Submitted by: Diana Flynn WRIGHT, KEEDY, MOODY, REYNOLDS, OWENS, LEE, GRIFFITH, HARDMAN, WILSON, REED, REID, THOMPSON, CARSON "HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INDIANA" GOODSPEED BROS. 1884 Page 615 NEWTON WRIGHT, eldest son of William and Nancy (Keedy) Wright, and one of the oldest settlers of this county, was born here August 23, 1824. He passed his early years on this father's farm, where he secured a rudimentary education, and at the age of twenty-two years began for himself. He was industrious and judicious and soon had property ahead and still securing more. He succeeded in amassing a comfortable fortune, much of which he has given to his family, reserving for himself a comfortable home for his declining years (Orleans Township). Early in 1847 he was united in marriage with Margaret, daughter of Jesse and Elizabeth (Wilson) Reed, a native of Kentucky, born September 17, 1824. She died March 20, 1880. Of this marriage there are five living children: william T., born December 5, 1847; James H., born February 12, 1849; John F., born May 21,1852; Nancy E, born September 5, 1855, and Robert, born October 15, 1857. November 25, 1880, h married his second wife, Frances, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Reid, who was born October 12, 1836. Mr. Wright is a Republican and he and wife are members of the Christian Church. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.