Benton Co., AR - Biographies - Isom M. Wright

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History of Benton County BENTON COUNTY. page 910 Isom M.
Wright.Prominent among the successful and wealthy farmers of Benton
County, Ark., may be mentioned Mr. Wright, who is deserving of special
mention. He was born, reared, educated and married in Alabama, the
first event taking place in 1826, and the latter in December, 1847. His
wife, whose maiden name was Barbara Latham, was born in Alabama on the
20th of May, 1832, and by Mr. Wright became the mother of the following
family: William A., James A., Celestia (wife of E. H. Pass), Elizabeth
Jane (wife of Samuel Garret), Henry W., E. L. and Isaac J. In 1850 Mr.
Wright moved to Fannin County, Tex., and after residing there about
seventeen years came to Benton County, Ark., in the autumn of 1867,
where he has been engaged in tilling his valuable farm of 290 acres. He
is a Democrat, and during the late war served a few months in the
Confederate army. His parents. William and Clarissa (Self) Wright, were
born in North Carolina in 1800 and 1804, respectively. The father was
reared in his native State, and was married in Alabama when he was
about twenty-five years of age. He moved to Fannin County, Tex., in
1853, [p.910] and there resided until his death in 1872. His wife died
in Washington County. Ark., October 16, 1885. The following are their
children: Isom M., Susan E. (widow of J. F. Dabs), William Newton, Zina
Catherine (wife of William Shaffin), Mary Adeline (wife of W. L.
Gualtny), Jasper A., and Vina Jane (wife of Charles Johnson).