This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WRIGHT, THOMAS, FOX Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BGB.2ACI/458 Message Board Post: History and Biography of Jackson County, Michigan Inter-State Pub. Co., 1881 Page 153 J. E. Wright, N.E. Wright and D.E. Wright arrived at an early period in the history of the county. Page 255 Under the section for the Jackson Pioneer Society which starts on page 252 and cont. The Fourth Meeting. D. E. Wright was chosen vice-president for Parma township. Page 1020 Deodatus E. Wright was born April 27, 1812, in Williamstown, Mass. His father, Frederick Wright, was born in Berkshire county, Mass., in 1785, and died in 1859, in Sheridan, Calhoun Co. He came to this State in 1836 and settled in Concord. His wife, Sophia (Thomas) Wright, was born in Massachusetts in 1781, and died in Parma in 1848. In 1837 Mr. D. E. Wright came to this town, remaining a part of a year, then returned to New York to dispose of his property and remove his family, which he accomplished in May, 1839, settling on sec. 30. Oct. 12, 1836, he married Serena Fox, of Huron, Wayne Co., N.Y. born May 25, 1816, in Huron. Her father, Roswell Fox, was a native of Connecticut, and died when his daughter was two years old. Her mother was born in Canada, and died in March, 1852. Mr. and Mrs. Wright have had 10 children, whose birth occurred in the following order: Nathan E. was born April 26, 1838 and died April 11, 1874; Charlotte E. was born April 6, 1840; Hannah was born Oct. 12, 1843, and died March 22, 1844; James R. was b orn March 3, 1844; Asahel P. was born Aug. 15, 1846; Albert S., March 9, 1848; Smith W., Nov. 30, 1851, and died Sept. 27, 1873; Philo D., Feb. 14, 1854; L.T.A.I., June 25, 1856; Ida A., Feb. 29, 1864. James R. and L.T.A.I. are attorneys, practicing law at St. Louis, Mich. A.P. is engaged in the hardware trade in the same place. Albert is a farmer in Huron county, and Philo D. is on the homestead with his parents. Mr. Wright purchased 50 acres of land on his first journey to Michigan, to which he has added from time to time until he now owns 160 acres, beside 40 acres in Eaton county. He has been Supervisor 11 years, and Justice of the Peace 33 years. He belongs to the National party. P.O., Albion. Posted by unrelated volunteer.