First husband of Cora McWhirter, they married July 23, 1901 Marion Co., Ill.
Note: the grave marker appears to have been engraved with the wrong year of birth. His self-enumerated WW II draft card had a date of birth of Jan. 5, 1879.
Obituary
Samuel Wright, 90, who lived with a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Isabelle H. Wright, died yesterday in Proctor Hospital. He had farmed in the Piper City area for 30 years and in Manito for 12 years prior to retiring and moving to Peoria.
Born in Marion County on Jan. 5, 1878, Mr. Wright was a son of James and Julia Nelson Wright.
A son, Norval E. Wright, a city fireman, died on Dec. 30, 1966. A grandson, Norval E. Wright Jr., also preceded him in death, having been killed while on duty as a Peoria police officer in 1956.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star, Wed., July 31, 1968, a.m. edition, page B-5.
Obituary located by Mel Slane.
Note: the grave marker appears to have been engraved with the wrong year of birth. His self-enumerated WW II draft card had a date of birth of Jan. 5, 1879.
Obituary
Samuel Wright, 90, who lived with a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Isabelle H. Wright, died yesterday in Proctor Hospital. He had farmed in the Piper City area for 30 years and in Manito for 12 years prior to retiring and moving to Peoria.
Born in Marion County on Jan. 5, 1878, Mr. Wright was a son of James and Julia Nelson Wright.
A son, Norval E. Wright, a city fireman, died on Dec. 30, 1966. A grandson, Norval E. Wright Jr., also preceded him in death, having been killed while on duty as a Peoria police officer in 1956.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star, Wed., July 31, 1968, a.m. edition, page B-5.
Obituary located by Mel Slane.
First husband of Cora McWhirter, they married July 23, 1901 Marion Co., Ill.
Note: the grave marker appears to have been engraved with the wrong year of birth. His self-enumerated WW II draft card had a date of birth of Jan. 5, 1879.
Obituary
Samuel Wright, 90, who lived with a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Isabelle H. Wright, died yesterday in Proctor Hospital. He had farmed in the Piper City area for 30 years and in Manito for 12 years prior to retiring and moving to Peoria.
Born in Marion County on Jan. 5, 1878, Mr. Wright was a son of James and Julia Nelson Wright.
A son, Norval E. Wright, a city fireman, died on Dec. 30, 1966. A grandson, Norval E. Wright Jr., also preceded him in death, having been killed while on duty as a Peoria police officer in 1956.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star, Wed., July 31, 1968, a.m. edition, page B-5.
Obituary located by Mel Slane.
Note: the grave marker appears to have been engraved with the wrong year of birth. His self-enumerated WW II draft card had a date of birth of Jan. 5, 1879.
Obituary
Samuel Wright, 90, who lived with a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Isabelle H. Wright, died yesterday in Proctor Hospital. He had farmed in the Piper City area for 30 years and in Manito for 12 years prior to retiring and moving to Peoria.
Born in Marion County on Jan. 5, 1878, Mr. Wright was a son of James and Julia Nelson Wright.
A son, Norval E. Wright, a city fireman, died on Dec. 30, 1966. A grandson, Norval E. Wright Jr., also preceded him in death, having been killed while on duty as a Peoria police officer in 1956.
Full obit in the Peoria Journal Star, Wed., July 31, 1968, a.m. edition, page B-5.
Obituary located by Mel Slane.
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