JOHN C. WRIGHT

WRIGHT, MCELROY, COCHRAN

Posted By: Mona Sarratt Knight (email)
Date: 7/26/2009 at 20:20:58

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

JOHN C. WRIGHT, farmer, Sec. 10; P.O. Centerville; born May 16, 1811, in Greene Co., Penn.; when an infant, came to Monroe Co. with his parents, in 1847 came to Appanoose Co., he being one of the oldest settlers of this county; owns 124 acres of land, valued at $25 per acre. Married Margaret McElroy in 1833; she was born in 1816 in Ohio; died in 1845; they had five children, three living - Melissa, William and Reuben. Second marriage to Lucinda McElroy in 1845; she was born July 9, 1827, died July 24, 1862, in Iowa; have four children - Isaiah, Milton, Sarah and Elizabeth. Third marriage to Mrs. Elizabeth Cochran, March 8, 1863; she was born Sept. 9, 1816, in Hamilton Co., Ohio; she came to this county with her husband in 1845; he died Sept. 30, 1866, in this township. Democrat.