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Pioneer - WRIGHT, George
Biographical Sketches of
Early Settlers of Wellington County
Information from: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario.
Toronto: Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906
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WRIGHT, George
, of Pilkington, was b. in Gloucestershire, Eng., in 1836. He came to
Canada and set. in Pilkington in 1858. Later he resided four years in Bruce Co.
, returning at the end of that time to his farm in Pilkington, on lot 14, con.
4. Mr. Wright has owned and operated farms in three townships at the same time.
He has a large herd of grade cattle on his farm and feeds a large number for
export. His farms, of which he owns three, and buildings are in first-class
condition, and he is in every respect an up-to-date and progressive farmer. He
was one of the promoters of the Centre Wellington Farmer's Institute, and its
Secretary for sixteen years. He is and has been Assessor of the township for
some years, and was Secretary-Treasurer for two years of the Kinnettles
creamery, of which he was one of the promoters. He built and operated the first
silos erected in the township, and is still a firm believer in this cheap
method of feeding stock. He is a Methodist and has held all of the offices of
his church. In politics he is an Independent Liberal. He m. Christina Main,
Cornwall, Eng. Issue: Mrs. Thomas Marshall (d.), set. in Pilkington; Mrs.
Joseph Broughton, set. Algoma; Mrs. Thomas A. Harper (d.), set. in Nichol;
Thomas Morton, m. Emilia Stickney, set. Pilkington; Mrs. W. Stickney, set.
Nichol; John, set. in Pilkington; Ulena, at home; Albert, m. Eliza J. Brunkard
and set. in Peel. Two daughters, Mrs. Marshall and Mrs. Harper are dead, and
have left four children, one Annie Wright Marshall,, at Mr. Wright;s home and
three at Mrs. Thomas A. Harper's.
From: Historical Atlas of the County of Wellington, Ontario. Toronto: Historical Atlas Publishing Co., 1906 |
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