Sullivan Newspaper 1/17/1926
Senator Samuel W. Wright died at his home in Sullivan at 6:30 Thursday evening of heart trouble. Mr. Wright who for many years has been one of the most prominent business men of Sullivan was born a mile south of Findlay, Ill, June 30, 1850, a son of James M. Wright and Mildred(Dazey) Wright. In his youth he attended Bastian Seminary at Sullivan.
On the first of November 1871, he married Angeline Powell who with eight of the nine children born to them is living. One son, Samuel, died in 1896. The living children are: Mrs. Christopher Ray, Altamont, W. P. Wright,St. Louis, J. A. and Homer Wright of Sullivan, Mrs. T. H.Finley,Oak Park,Ill. Edward Wright of Norwood, N.Y.and Mrs.Walter Potter of Decatur. He also leaves twenty two grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Mrs. Wrights mother was a sister of the late James Dazey of Findlay.
Moultrie County History
Hon. Samuel W. Wright, ___ represents the Thirty-third Senatorial District in the General Assembly. From a local standpoint he is an enterprising citizen and a liberal supporter of all worthy enterprises. Personally he of whom we write is modest and retiring but a thorough businessman and a gentleman. he lives on a farm which he oversees, but as the greater part of his time is given to outside business the term of "gentleman farmer" might with propriety be applied to Mr. Wright. He is the owner, however, of a good farm in Sullivan Township, which, owing to his splendid management, is a model of neatness, order and attractiveness. Like the majority of the farmers who do business on a large scale in the State, he deals extensively in livestock and is a general trader. In the fall of 1890 he of whom we write was elected to the State Senate and was one of the one hundred and one who supported the Hon. John M. Palmer so ably for the United States Senate. His standing in the Legislature speaks for itself in the fact that he was a member of some of the most important committees, serving on ten in all, among which were those on appropriations banks and banking, corporations, etc. He received the highly complementary vote of 3400 majority over his Republican opponents and several hundred over all other candidates, which speaks in most glowing terms of his popularity in the county.
Our subject is Past Grand Master of the Independent Order of Odd fellows and also a member of the Knights of Pythias. In their religious relations both Mr. and Mrs. Wright are connected in membership with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Our subject is a man whose biographical sketch it is a pleasure to consider.Cultivated, educated and manly with no inclination to boast of natural advantages or acquirements he is one who naturally takes his place at the head of affairs and is recognized universally as one of natures noblemen.
Senator Samuel W. Wright died at his home in Sullivan at 6:30 Thursday evening of heart trouble. Mr. Wright who for many years has been one of the most prominent business men of Sullivan was born a mile south of Findlay, Ill, June 30, 1850, a son of James M. Wright and Mildred(Dazey) Wright. In his youth he attended Bastian Seminary at Sullivan.
On the first of November 1871, he married Angeline Powell who with eight of the nine children born to them is living. One son, Samuel, died in 1896. The living children are: Mrs. Christopher Ray, Altamont, W. P. Wright,St. Louis, J. A. and Homer Wright of Sullivan, Mrs. T. H.Finley,Oak Park,Ill. Edward Wright of Norwood, N.Y.and Mrs.Walter Potter of Decatur. He also leaves twenty two grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Mrs. Wrights mother was a sister of the late James Dazey of Findlay.
Moultrie County History
Hon. Samuel W. Wright, ___ represents the Thirty-third Senatorial District in the General Assembly. From a local standpoint he is an enterprising citizen and a liberal supporter of all worthy enterprises. Personally he of whom we write is modest and retiring but a thorough businessman and a gentleman. he lives on a farm which he oversees, but as the greater part of his time is given to outside business the term of "gentleman farmer" might with propriety be applied to Mr. Wright. He is the owner, however, of a good farm in Sullivan Township, which, owing to his splendid management, is a model of neatness, order and attractiveness. Like the majority of the farmers who do business on a large scale in the State, he deals extensively in livestock and is a general trader. In the fall of 1890 he of whom we write was elected to the State Senate and was one of the one hundred and one who supported the Hon. John M. Palmer so ably for the United States Senate. His standing in the Legislature speaks for itself in the fact that he was a member of some of the most important committees, serving on ten in all, among which were those on appropriations banks and banking, corporations, etc. He received the highly complementary vote of 3400 majority over his Republican opponents and several hundred over all other candidates, which speaks in most glowing terms of his popularity in the county.
Our subject is Past Grand Master of the Independent Order of Odd fellows and also a member of the Knights of Pythias. In their religious relations both Mr. and Mrs. Wright are connected in membership with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Our subject is a man whose biographical sketch it is a pleasure to consider.Cultivated, educated and manly with no inclination to boast of natural advantages or acquirements he is one who naturally takes his place at the head of affairs and is recognized universally as one of natures noblemen.
Sullivan Newspaper 1/17/1926
Senator Samuel W. Wright died at his home in Sullivan at 6:30 Thursday evening of heart trouble. Mr. Wright who for many years has been one of the most prominent business men of Sullivan was born a mile south of Findlay, Ill, June 30, 1850, a son of James M. Wright and Mildred(Dazey) Wright. In his youth he attended Bastian Seminary at Sullivan.
On the first of November 1871, he married Angeline Powell who with eight of the nine children born to them is living. One son, Samuel, died in 1896. The living children are: Mrs. Christopher Ray, Altamont, W. P. Wright,St. Louis, J. A. and Homer Wright of Sullivan, Mrs. T. H.Finley,Oak Park,Ill. Edward Wright of Norwood, N.Y.and Mrs.Walter Potter of Decatur. He also leaves twenty two grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Mrs. Wrights mother was a sister of the late James Dazey of Findlay.
Moultrie County History
Hon. Samuel W. Wright, ___ represents the Thirty-third Senatorial District in the General Assembly. From a local standpoint he is an enterprising citizen and a liberal supporter of all worthy enterprises. Personally he of whom we write is modest and retiring but a thorough businessman and a gentleman. he lives on a farm which he oversees, but as the greater part of his time is given to outside business the term of "gentleman farmer" might with propriety be applied to Mr. Wright. He is the owner, however, of a good farm in Sullivan Township, which, owing to his splendid management, is a model of neatness, order and attractiveness. Like the majority of the farmers who do business on a large scale in the State, he deals extensively in livestock and is a general trader. In the fall of 1890 he of whom we write was elected to the State Senate and was one of the one hundred and one who supported the Hon. John M. Palmer so ably for the United States Senate. His standing in the Legislature speaks for itself in the fact that he was a member of some of the most important committees, serving on ten in all, among which were those on appropriations banks and banking, corporations, etc. He received the highly complementary vote of 3400 majority over his Republican opponents and several hundred over all other candidates, which speaks in most glowing terms of his popularity in the county.
Our subject is Past Grand Master of the Independent Order of Odd fellows and also a member of the Knights of Pythias. In their religious relations both Mr. and Mrs. Wright are connected in membership with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Our subject is a man whose biographical sketch it is a pleasure to consider.Cultivated, educated and manly with no inclination to boast of natural advantages or acquirements he is one who naturally takes his place at the head of affairs and is recognized universally as one of natures noblemen.
Senator Samuel W. Wright died at his home in Sullivan at 6:30 Thursday evening of heart trouble. Mr. Wright who for many years has been one of the most prominent business men of Sullivan was born a mile south of Findlay, Ill, June 30, 1850, a son of James M. Wright and Mildred(Dazey) Wright. In his youth he attended Bastian Seminary at Sullivan.
On the first of November 1871, he married Angeline Powell who with eight of the nine children born to them is living. One son, Samuel, died in 1896. The living children are: Mrs. Christopher Ray, Altamont, W. P. Wright,St. Louis, J. A. and Homer Wright of Sullivan, Mrs. T. H.Finley,Oak Park,Ill. Edward Wright of Norwood, N.Y.and Mrs.Walter Potter of Decatur. He also leaves twenty two grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Mrs. Wrights mother was a sister of the late James Dazey of Findlay.
Moultrie County History
Hon. Samuel W. Wright, ___ represents the Thirty-third Senatorial District in the General Assembly. From a local standpoint he is an enterprising citizen and a liberal supporter of all worthy enterprises. Personally he of whom we write is modest and retiring but a thorough businessman and a gentleman. he lives on a farm which he oversees, but as the greater part of his time is given to outside business the term of "gentleman farmer" might with propriety be applied to Mr. Wright. He is the owner, however, of a good farm in Sullivan Township, which, owing to his splendid management, is a model of neatness, order and attractiveness. Like the majority of the farmers who do business on a large scale in the State, he deals extensively in livestock and is a general trader. In the fall of 1890 he of whom we write was elected to the State Senate and was one of the one hundred and one who supported the Hon. John M. Palmer so ably for the United States Senate. His standing in the Legislature speaks for itself in the fact that he was a member of some of the most important committees, serving on ten in all, among which were those on appropriations banks and banking, corporations, etc. He received the highly complementary vote of 3400 majority over his Republican opponents and several hundred over all other candidates, which speaks in most glowing terms of his popularity in the county.
Our subject is Past Grand Master of the Independent Order of Odd fellows and also a member of the Knights of Pythias. In their religious relations both Mr. and Mrs. Wright are connected in membership with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Our subject is a man whose biographical sketch it is a pleasure to consider.Cultivated, educated and manly with no inclination to boast of natural advantages or acquirements he is one who naturally takes his place at the head of affairs and is recognized universally as one of natures noblemen.
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