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From History of Boone County, Missouri (1882)
JUDGE HAIL T. WRIGHT.
Hail Tall)ot Wright is the son of Fletcher Wright, a native of Tenessee, but a resident of Boone county from 1818 up to the time of is death, which occurred in 1851. His mother, Sophia Talbot, was native of Kentucky. Hail was born in the northeast part of Boone Dunty, September 19th, 18H1, and came with his parents to this place, here he now lives, in 1836. He is the oldest of a family of two sons nd two daughters, of whom the Judge alone survives. He was educated at the common schools of the county, and commenced business )r himself as a farmer in 1851, his father having died when he was ut thirteen years old, and hi.s mother about four years later. Mr. bright was married June 13th, 1855, to Miss Mary Elizabeth, daughter of L L. Lindsey, of Boone county. They have one son and three daughters, all of whom are alive at this writing.
Judge Wright was elected to the office of county justice, and served he people in that capacity for four years. He is now actively engaged in agricultural pursuits and in stock raising. He is a member of the Ashland Lodge of A. F. and A. M.; also a member of the Ashland Lodge of A. O. U. W.
As printed in History of Boone County, Missouri (1882). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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