Edmund Wright
Fergus County
History of Montana, Sanders, 1913

Ranking high among the substantial businessmen of Lewistown 
is Edmund Wright, who deals in real estate and insurance and 
negotiates loans and who is a persisted and consisted believer 
in the city and it's citizens and can always be counted upon 
to do his full share towards promoting the material welfare 
of Montana.  A son of Edmund Wright, Sr., he was born 
December 14, 1869 in Penn Yan, New York where his earlier 
years were spent.

Born in England, Edmund Wright Sr., came to the United 
States when a lad of eight years and has since been a 
resident of New York state.  Having learned the trades 
of a carpenter and cabinet maker when young, he located 
in Penn Yan where he has since continued in business.  
He married Sarah Walton a native of the Empire state and 
they became the parents of eight children, two of whom 
are living in Lewistown, namely: Edmund, the subject of 
this sketch and Frank E., who is here engaged in the 
banking business.

Brought up in Penn Yan, New York, Edmund Wright attended 
the public schools as a boy and youth and being a little 
hustler he began work at the age of nine in a truck garden, 
earning three dollars a week, money which he carried to his 
parents each pay day.  At the age of fifteen, he went to 
Elmira, New York where he worked his way through a 
business college, selling newspapers, clerking in stores, 
ushering at theatres, being willing to engage in any 
remunerative employment.  In 1887, foreseeing the 
undeveloped possibilities of Montana, Mr. Wright made 
his way to Lewistown, where he has since resided.  
Until 1890 he was connected with the bank of Fergus 
County and the ensuing three years was deputy county 
clerk and recorder.  He was afterwards deputy in the 
office of the clerk of the district court for another 
three years and the following eight years was clerk 
of the district court.  In 1902 Mr. Wright embarked 
in the real estate, loan and insurance business, and 
in its management has met with great success.

Mr. Wright married in Lewistown, Montana, in May 1890, Lizzie 
M. Gudgell, a daughter of Robert G. and Attilla Gudgell and 
they are the parents of two children: frank A. now taking a 
law course in the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; and 
Robert G., a student in the Lewistown high school.