William Wright

WRIGHT, DRING, PETHERAM, CONNELL

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/28/2004 at 23:06:14

William Wright, the son of an English soldier, was born in Woolege Barracks, County Kent, England, December 7, 1815. The spring after the battle of Waterloo his father was honorably discharged from the army and settled at Golspey. William Wright married Miss Elizabeth Dring in 1844, and soon after engaged as a shepherd. In 1855 he emigrated to America. On arriving at New York he went to Somerset Corners and there worked at farming one year, when he came to Iowa and rented land in Dubuque county.
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In 1865 he came to Butler county and purchased land in Monroe township, where he engaged in raising grain and stock. Here he set out an apple orchard, which is now in good bearing condition. In 1876 he bought land in Ripley, and now has nearly 400 acres. His first wife died in 1864, aged forty years. She was the mother of eight children. His second wife, to whom he was married June 24, 1868, was Mrs. Susan Petheram, daughter of John Connell, one of the early settlers of Butler county. In 1870 Mr. Wright bought ten acres of land and made it an addition to Parkersburg.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 643