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From: "Joan" <>
Subject: Henry Co. bio-Jacob Wright
Date: Sat, 16 Mar 2002 22:28:48 -0700

Surnames: WRIGHT-MOORE-GAINSON-DEVOO-HANDLE

JACOB WRIGHT
He is a farmer of Henry County and resides in Section
22 Tippecanoe Two. he was born 12 Oct 1835 in Parke
County, Indiana, the son of Thomas and Susan Wright,
natives of Tennessee. They came to Henry County in
1836 to Tippecanoe Twp. He received his education
in the District Schools. In 1864 he went with Cal
Moore to Missouri, serving as home guards. They
remained there about a month and then returned home.
he soon enlisted in Co. M, 4th Iowa Cavalry, and
was in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd battles at Jackson,
MS, Tupelo, and Meridien, MS, and Guntown where his
horse was shot out from under him. He was next in
Ripley and on Wilson's raid. He was taken prisoner
while on picket duty at Helena, AR in the fall of
1862.
After the war he returned home and engaged in
farming. me married on 6 Dec 1866 to Miss Frances
C. Gainson, who was born in New York City, and is
the daughter of E. P. and Frances C. (Devoo)
Gainson of Mt. Pleasant.
They had 10 children: Hilliagh Webber who married
Lucius Handle, and resided Burlington; Lulu,
George W.; Anna M.; Ephraim Remington; Thomas R.;
Homer; Nina; Nettie D.; and Laura Belle.
Jacob is a member of the G.A.R., and a member of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics he
is a Republican, and owns a finely cultivated farm
of 80 acres.

Joan

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