Wright - James
Source: Atlas of Montgomery County (Chicago: Beers, 1878) p 55
WRIGHT, James, PO Crawfordsville; Attorney; native of Putnam
Co Ind; settled in this co. 1865.
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Source: History of Montgomery County, Indiana. Indianapolis: AW Bowen, 1913
(1913) p
719
Agriculture in Union Township, Montgomery County, has an able
exponent in the person of James Wright, another of our worthy
native sons and a man who has done not a little to encourage a
better grade of farming and stock raising in his community and
also a better code of civic and moral life, for he is a man who
has always believed in progress and has, while laboring for his
individual advancement, sought to promote the general public
good. Such men are to be commended in any community and they are
always worthy of attention in any work of the province assigned
to the one in hand. Mr. Wright was born in Scott Township,
Montgomery County, Indiana, June 26, 1848. He is a son of John
and Julia Ann (McCoy) Wright. The farmer was born in North
Carolina, where he spent his earlier years and from which state
he made the long overland journey to Montgomery County, Indiana
in 1830, and settled in Clark Township, among the pioneers; there
he worked hard to establish a home. After remaining there some
time he removed to Scott Township, where he developed a good farm
on which he spent the rest of his life, dying there many years
ago. The family consisted of 8 children: Lucy; Mary Ann
(deceased); Thomas W; James of this sketch; John M; Samuel A;
William (deceased); and Albert (deceased). James Wright grew to
manhood on the home farm and there assisted his father with the
general work during the crop seasons and in the winter time he
attended the district schools, then took up farming for himself
at which he has remained active to the present time with ever
increasing success. He has not specialized on anything, carrying
on general and mixed farming. He has a farm of 52 acres and has
kept his place well improved and under a high state of
cultivation, and he has a good grade of live stock and pleasant
home and substantial outbuildings. Mr. Wright was married on Jan
11, 1877 to Eliza Corn, daughter of Hobert and Rachel (Randall)
Corn, both native of Kentucky, from which state they both came to
Indiana with their parents when they were young. These families
settled in Brown Township, Montgomery County where they
established permanent homes, and there the parents of Mrs. Wright
spent the rest of their lives, engaged in general farming. Nine
children were born to them: namely: Margaret and Joseph,
deceased; Mary; Nancy; Asa; Eliza; who married Mr. Wright;
George; Susan; Eva and James. Five children have been born to
Mr. and Mrs. Wright, named as follows: William, lives in New
Market; Stella and Harley, deceased; John E lives in
Crawfordsville; Ora married Dr. VanCleave and they live in
Crissman, Illinois. Politically, Mr. Wright is a Republican, but
he has never sought or held office. Fraternally, he belongs to
the knights of Pythias at New Market, and he is a member of the
Methodist Church. -- kbz