GEORGE M. WRIGHT.
The subject of this sketch was born in Boone county, Missouri,
April 3d, 1839. He was the son of Wesley and Polly (Potts) Wright
and was born upon the farm where he is now living. 'His father,
Wesley Wright was born within five miles of Nashville, Tennessee,
and came with his parents to Boone county, Missouri, in 1819, where
he lived until 1850, when he went to California. He died on his way
home and was buried at Cape Girardeau, Mo., in 1852. Mrs. Wright,
the mother of George M., was born in West Tennessee, in 1808, and
came to Boone county, Missouri, when she was eight years of age.
She died in 1879, and is buried at Hickory Grove church. George M.
Wright was thrown upon his own resources when quite a child, and
right manfully did he fight the battle of life. He went to school dur-
ing the winter months, and in summer he worked to earn money for
the next winter's schooling. He afterwards went two terms of nine
months each, to Professors Hurt and M. G. Duncan, of Mexico,
Audrain county, Mo., taking a very liberal course, but declining
health prevented his graduating as he had intended. He lived with
and took care of his mother, more especially after the negroes were
freed. When the war broke out he espoused the cause of the Con-
federacy and joined Capt. Nimrod Norton's company, Clark's brigade.
He was in the battles of Boonville, " Fulton Races," Lone Jack, Pea
Ridge, Drywood, Cane Hill, Helena, Independence and many skir-
mishes. Under Gen. Joe Shelby, he was in several days continued fight-
ing near Little Rock, Arkansas, fighting Gen. Steele's division U. S.
troops. Mr. Wright was commissioned an officer to rank as Colonel, to
raise a regiment in Missouri during Shelby's last raid, but the sur-
render of Lee in the following spring put an end to the war, and Col.
Wright was mustered out and surrendered to Capt. Cook. He re-
turned home without a dollar and went to work upon the old place.
He was married September 16th, 1868, to Miss Minerva, daughter of
Garland Sims, Esq. By this union they have six children, Garland Sims,
Lena, Elizabeth, Wesley, George Walter and Ancil. The year he
was married he moved to Audrain county, and lived there until the
spring of 1879, when he moved back upon the old place. His house
is on the north-east quarter of section 16, township 49, range 11,
and his farm contains two hundred and seventy acres. Mr. Wright is
an energetic, active business man, enjoying the confidence of all who
know him.
Source:
Title: History of Boone County, Missouri
Publication date: 1882
Collection: Missouriana Digital Text Collection; page 799 & 800
The subject of this sketch was born in Boone county, Missouri,
April 3d, 1839. He was the son of Wesley and Polly (Potts) Wright
and was born upon the farm where he is now living. 'His father,
Wesley Wright was born within five miles of Nashville, Tennessee,
and came with his parents to Boone county, Missouri, in 1819, where
he lived until 1850, when he went to California. He died on his way
home and was buried at Cape Girardeau, Mo., in 1852. Mrs. Wright,
the mother of George M., was born in West Tennessee, in 1808, and
came to Boone county, Missouri, when she was eight years of age.
She died in 1879, and is buried at Hickory Grove church. George M.
Wright was thrown upon his own resources when quite a child, and
right manfully did he fight the battle of life. He went to school dur-
ing the winter months, and in summer he worked to earn money for
the next winter's schooling. He afterwards went two terms of nine
months each, to Professors Hurt and M. G. Duncan, of Mexico,
Audrain county, Mo., taking a very liberal course, but declining
health prevented his graduating as he had intended. He lived with
and took care of his mother, more especially after the negroes were
freed. When the war broke out he espoused the cause of the Con-
federacy and joined Capt. Nimrod Norton's company, Clark's brigade.
He was in the battles of Boonville, " Fulton Races," Lone Jack, Pea
Ridge, Drywood, Cane Hill, Helena, Independence and many skir-
mishes. Under Gen. Joe Shelby, he was in several days continued fight-
ing near Little Rock, Arkansas, fighting Gen. Steele's division U. S.
troops. Mr. Wright was commissioned an officer to rank as Colonel, to
raise a regiment in Missouri during Shelby's last raid, but the sur-
render of Lee in the following spring put an end to the war, and Col.
Wright was mustered out and surrendered to Capt. Cook. He re-
turned home without a dollar and went to work upon the old place.
He was married September 16th, 1868, to Miss Minerva, daughter of
Garland Sims, Esq. By this union they have six children, Garland Sims,
Lena, Elizabeth, Wesley, George Walter and Ancil. The year he
was married he moved to Audrain county, and lived there until the
spring of 1879, when he moved back upon the old place. His house
is on the north-east quarter of section 16, township 49, range 11,
and his farm contains two hundred and seventy acres. Mr. Wright is
an energetic, active business man, enjoying the confidence of all who
know him.
Source:
Title: History of Boone County, Missouri
Publication date: 1882
Collection: Missouriana Digital Text Collection; page 799 & 800
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