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WAYNE CO., IL

1884 BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES

BARNHILL TWP

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WRIGHT, CHARLES W., farmer, P. O. Fairfield. The gentleman whose name heads this sketch is a native of this county, and was born here on May 23, 1831, and is a son of David and Elizabeth Wright, early pioneers of this county.

Our subject's education was in the subscription schools of this county. His home, except for a brief time, has always been on the old Wright homestead, where he has given his attention to farming, and at present owns 420 acres

Mr. Wright was married in Liberty. White County, on February 17, 1857, to Miss Mary D. Reeves, a daughter of Jehiel H. and Mary (Pickering) Reeves. The father was a native of New Jersey, being born there on April 18, 1799, and came to White County in 1820. There he resided most of his life, but died at the residence of his daughter, in this township, on February 17, 1880. He was married to the mother of our subject, on October 27, 1821, in Turner's Prairie, Wayne County. This lady was the mother of thirteen children, of whom Mrs. Wright is the ninth. Her birth occurred in Pennsylvania, on January 31, 1804, and her death in White County on September 27, 1860.

Mrs. Wright is the mother of six children, five of whom are now living, viz.: Mary E., born January 8, 1858, and now the wife of Thomas W. Hooper; Luella, born March 5. 1862. and now the wife of Jedediah Bean: Anetta C., born December 8, 1864; Carrie V., born April 17, 1866; Charles H., born November 29, 1869. The deceased child, August M., was born on December 22, 1859, and died May 22, 1862.

Mrs. Wright and her daughter, Mrs. Hooper, are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. Wright is a member of the Fairfield Masonic fraternity.