Biographical Sketch of H. T. Wright, Laclede County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, 
Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing
Company, 1889.
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H. T. Wright, circuit clerk and hardware merchant, of Lebanon, was born
in Portland, Me., January 30, 1848, and is the son of Henry B. and
Harriet (Hayes) Wright, both natives of Maine, and of English origin.
The Wright family were among the colonists who settled in Massachusetts
in 1620, and one Christopher Wright, of whom mention is made in the 
late English histories, was one of the Guy Fawkes plotters.  The pater-
nal grandfather, Christopher Wright, was born in Marshfield, Mass., and
immigrated to Portland, Me., where he was among the earliest settlers.
During his early life he was engaged in merchandising, and his latter
days were spent as director in some large institution.  The maternal
grandfather, Reuben Hayes, was born in North Yarmouth, Me., and spent
his entire life there.  He was a tiller of the soil.  Henry B. Wright,
father of our subject, was born in Portland, Me., and here passed his
days.  He died in December, 1853.  He was for eighteen years president
and secretary of the Ocean Insurance Company, of Portland, Me.  H. T.
Wright, our subject, was the only child born to his parents.  He secur-
ed a good practical education in the schools of Yarmouth, and at the 
age of sixteen he went to sea, where three years afterward he was made
second in command, and made voyages to Europe, South America, Australia
and Callao, Peru on the western coast.  He followed the sea for six
years.  In the winter of 1870 he came west and located at Lebanon, Mo.,
where he followed farming untili 1874, being then elected county clerk,
which office he held until 1876.  In 1883 he engaged in the hardware
business, which he has since conducted.  In 1886 he was elected to the
office of clerk of the circuit court, a position he still holds.  He
is a member of the school board, being president of the same at this
date.  He is secretary to the Laclede and Lebanon Loan and Building
Associations; is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of which he is 
Past Master, Past High Priest and Past Eminent Commander.  He was marr-
ied 1873 to Miss Martha L. Munger, a native of Oswego, N. Y., who bore
him six children: Harriet B., Grace E., George R., James H., Henry F.
and Louisa T.  Mrs. Wright is a member of the Congregational Church.

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