History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 758, Kerton Township
Lewis P. Wright, farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Harrison
Co., Ind., in 1844. His father, Wm. Wright, was also born in Indiana,
followed farming, and married Melinda Wiseman, a native of Virginia.
They had 9 children. Lewis, the 7th, came to this tp. in 1856; in 1861
he enlisted in Co. G, 85th Ill. Inf., for the term of war, and
participated in the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge,
Buzzard Roost, Wake Creek Gap, Jonesboro, etc. At one time his regiment
was under fire for 108 successive days. After the war he returned home
Aug. 30, 1866, he married Harriet, daughter of St. Clair Murray, who
was among the first settlers of this tp. Their children are Charley,
John W., Sarah, Elmer and Edmund. He has 80 acres of land, on sec. 3.
Republican. P. O., Marbletown.
