Biographical Sketch of William T. Wright, Pulaski County, Missouri

>From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas,
 Pulaski, Phelps & Dent Counties, Missouri, Published 1889, Goodspeed
 Publishing Company.

Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com)

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William T. Wright, presiding judge of the county court of Pulaski
County, MO., and editor and publisher of the Pulaski County Democrat,
of Waynesville, was born in Mercer County, MO., in 1849, and is the
son of David T. and Catherine E. (McEffee) Wright.  William T. is the
third born, and attended the common schools until the age of twelve
years, when he entered the printing office of his father.  In 1869 he
became a member of the Pioneer Printing Company at Chillicothe, MO.,
and was one of the publishers of the "Christian Pioneer" and the
"Chillicothe Constitution".  In 1873 he was elected collector of
Chillicothe Township, and the following year went to Milan, in 
Sullivan County, MO., where he engaged in the grocery business.  
He continued in this business for nearly two years, and in February,
1876, he established the Brookfield Chronicle, at Brookfield, MO.,
and in the spring of 1877 came to Lebanon, where he was employed on
the "Rustic and Journal".  In the fall of 1879 he came to Waynesville
and bought the "Pulaski Tribune", and continued its publication until
the summer of 1880.  From 1880 until the spring of 1888 he was engaged
in farming, at which time he became editor and proprietor of the
"Pulaski County Democrat".  In November, 1887, he was married to Mary
J. Strong, the only daughter of Henderson Strong.  Mrs. Wright was 
born in Pulaski County in 1858, and is the mother of one child, Frank.
Mr. Wright is a stanch Democrat, and in 1884 was elected associate 
judge of the county court, and two years later was elected presiding
judge of the same.  He was also clerk of the city of Richland for
several years, and is a Select Knight, a member of the A.O.U.W. and
A.F. & A.M. lodges at Richland.

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