Dr. J.B. Wright and his family moved to the present community of Foote, in the Grays Branch Community from Hardinsville, Illinois, in 1876. Dr. Wright, who had been a surgeon in the Civil War, bought 1,000 acres of land just north of where Culleoka now stands. In 1887 Dr. Wright was elected to the Texas Legislature to represent Collin County. The Wright family moved from the Culleoka Community in 1887 to the "Illinois Community" which later became Climax.
WRIGHT, JAMES B.
J.B. Wright, from the Twenty-eighth Representative District, composed of Collin County, was born at Lexington, Kentucky, and received his education at that Athens of America. He studied medicine, and was graduated from the Eclectic College in Cincinnati.
Dr. Wright entered the Confederate army in 1861, as a private in company K, Fifth regiment, Breckinridge's division, then stationed at Bowling Green, Kentucky. He participated with his regiment at the bloody battle at Perryville, Kentucky; but in 1864, he met with an accident on a railroad, by which he had his hip crushed. This occurred when his regiment was en route to relieve General Pemberton, then besieged at Vicksburg. He went to Georgia after partial recovery, and remained there until the cessation of hostilities. He then returned to his home in Kentucky, but being crippled so badly as to prevent his riding horseback, he went over to the prairies of Illinois, and settled in Crawford county, where he' engaged in the practice of his profession. While living there, he married Miss Elizabeth Higgins. They have five children, our sons and one daughter.
In 1876, Dr. Wright came to Texas and settled in Collin County, from which he was elected to the Twentieth Legislature by a majority of 238 votes. He served on the following committees: Finance, County and County Boundaries, Stock and Stock-Raising. He is, as he declares, a Democrat "dyed in the wool." He is also a member of the Christian Church, a Royal Arch Mason, and a member of the Farmers' Alliance.
Dr. Wright is an exceedingly intelligent man, with fine-cut features and a large, brainy head. He is now engaged in agriculture and the improvement of his health in the genial climate of Texas, where he has permanently settled. (Personnel of the Texas State Government: With Sketches of Distinguished Texans, Embracing the Executive and Staff, Heads of the Departments, United States Senators and Representatives, Members of the Legislature, 1887 sd)
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
WRIGHT, JAMES B.
J.B. Wright, from the Twenty-eighth Representative District, composed of Collin County, was born at Lexington, Kentucky, and received his education at that Athens of America. He studied medicine, and was graduated from the Eclectic College in Cincinnati.
Dr. Wright entered the Confederate army in 1861, as a private in company K, Fifth regiment, Breckinridge's division, then stationed at Bowling Green, Kentucky. He participated with his regiment at the bloody battle at Perryville, Kentucky; but in 1864, he met with an accident on a railroad, by which he had his hip crushed. This occurred when his regiment was en route to relieve General Pemberton, then besieged at Vicksburg. He went to Georgia after partial recovery, and remained there until the cessation of hostilities. He then returned to his home in Kentucky, but being crippled so badly as to prevent his riding horseback, he went over to the prairies of Illinois, and settled in Crawford county, where he' engaged in the practice of his profession. While living there, he married Miss Elizabeth Higgins. They have five children, our sons and one daughter.
In 1876, Dr. Wright came to Texas and settled in Collin County, from which he was elected to the Twentieth Legislature by a majority of 238 votes. He served on the following committees: Finance, County and County Boundaries, Stock and Stock-Raising. He is, as he declares, a Democrat "dyed in the wool." He is also a member of the Christian Church, a Royal Arch Mason, and a member of the Farmers' Alliance.
Dr. Wright is an exceedingly intelligent man, with fine-cut features and a large, brainy head. He is now engaged in agriculture and the improvement of his health in the genial climate of Texas, where he has permanently settled. (Personnel of the Texas State Government: With Sketches of Distinguished Texans, Embracing the Executive and Staff, Heads of the Departments, United States Senators and Representatives, Members of the Legislature, 1887 sd)
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Dr. J.B. Wright and his family moved to the present community of Foote, in the Grays Branch Community from Hardinsville, Illinois, in 1876. Dr. Wright, who had been a surgeon in the Civil War, bought 1,000 acres of land just north of where Culleoka now stands. In 1887 Dr. Wright was elected to the Texas Legislature to represent Collin County. The Wright family moved from the Culleoka Community in 1887 to the "Illinois Community" which later became Climax.
WRIGHT, JAMES B.
J.B. Wright, from the Twenty-eighth Representative District, composed of Collin County, was born at Lexington, Kentucky, and received his education at that Athens of America. He studied medicine, and was graduated from the Eclectic College in Cincinnati.
Dr. Wright entered the Confederate army in 1861, as a private in company K, Fifth regiment, Breckinridge's division, then stationed at Bowling Green, Kentucky. He participated with his regiment at the bloody battle at Perryville, Kentucky; but in 1864, he met with an accident on a railroad, by which he had his hip crushed. This occurred when his regiment was en route to relieve General Pemberton, then besieged at Vicksburg. He went to Georgia after partial recovery, and remained there until the cessation of hostilities. He then returned to his home in Kentucky, but being crippled so badly as to prevent his riding horseback, he went over to the prairies of Illinois, and settled in Crawford county, where he' engaged in the practice of his profession. While living there, he married Miss Elizabeth Higgins. They have five children, our sons and one daughter.
In 1876, Dr. Wright came to Texas and settled in Collin County, from which he was elected to the Twentieth Legislature by a majority of 238 votes. He served on the following committees: Finance, County and County Boundaries, Stock and Stock-Raising. He is, as he declares, a Democrat "dyed in the wool." He is also a member of the Christian Church, a Royal Arch Mason, and a member of the Farmers' Alliance.
Dr. Wright is an exceedingly intelligent man, with fine-cut features and a large, brainy head. He is now engaged in agriculture and the improvement of his health in the genial climate of Texas, where he has permanently settled. (Personnel of the Texas State Government: With Sketches of Distinguished Texans, Embracing the Executive and Staff, Heads of the Departments, United States Senators and Representatives, Members of the Legislature, 1887 sd)
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
WRIGHT, JAMES B.
J.B. Wright, from the Twenty-eighth Representative District, composed of Collin County, was born at Lexington, Kentucky, and received his education at that Athens of America. He studied medicine, and was graduated from the Eclectic College in Cincinnati.
Dr. Wright entered the Confederate army in 1861, as a private in company K, Fifth regiment, Breckinridge's division, then stationed at Bowling Green, Kentucky. He participated with his regiment at the bloody battle at Perryville, Kentucky; but in 1864, he met with an accident on a railroad, by which he had his hip crushed. This occurred when his regiment was en route to relieve General Pemberton, then besieged at Vicksburg. He went to Georgia after partial recovery, and remained there until the cessation of hostilities. He then returned to his home in Kentucky, but being crippled so badly as to prevent his riding horseback, he went over to the prairies of Illinois, and settled in Crawford county, where he' engaged in the practice of his profession. While living there, he married Miss Elizabeth Higgins. They have five children, our sons and one daughter.
In 1876, Dr. Wright came to Texas and settled in Collin County, from which he was elected to the Twentieth Legislature by a majority of 238 votes. He served on the following committees: Finance, County and County Boundaries, Stock and Stock-Raising. He is, as he declares, a Democrat "dyed in the wool." He is also a member of the Christian Church, a Royal Arch Mason, and a member of the Farmers' Alliance.
Dr. Wright is an exceedingly intelligent man, with fine-cut features and a large, brainy head. He is now engaged in agriculture and the improvement of his health in the genial climate of Texas, where he has permanently settled. (Personnel of the Texas State Government: With Sketches of Distinguished Texans, Embracing the Executive and Staff, Heads of the Departments, United States Senators and Representatives, Members of the Legislature, 1887 sd)
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
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