New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-11-23

BO~ION, NOV. ES.--EIlHut wright WIZ III
thcpo'nion Of ac'uary has boon long and prominently
identified with Insurance Interests dtod today at bis
residence 90 MclfOrd ol paralysis.
Nr Wright was born In Canaan. LitchGed County,
Conn. ~ February. 1sOL His father, six ycar'
later was induced by tho father of the lato Leonard
Bacon. OF Now.Havcn. to remove to Talmtlsc. ONO
Here the boy crew up farmers lad, bat hc was well
educated Tho patcrull Wright opened an academy In
which IIlur and young Bacon studied together AT
hi, stage ln his Npcrcucr hc begun 20 acquire strong
nntisiaycry llcas from his father, whose house was
oftua refuge for escaped bondsmcn on their way to
Canada At about the Same time no was attending re-
ta,ftuy. OWN. 10 tho pcr,ua,Du OF his friends :
brf while showing something % religious conviction he
uuy refused to accept al OF The current theology Of
trau,plnntcd C1ugTcgitOunem Iio went TO Yale Col
lego n ls12 practically p"nn!cs', and supported hin
rlf there by teaching other studcna lilo occasionally
had some friction during This period with Souiherner-
some Of whom dc,pl-cd Li, home pun clothes aud ways
rpon his graduation, in l-2G. hc was Invited to
t,ko charge OF an academy IN Groton. Mass 3,
which led TO hiS meeting Ralph Waldo Emerson for
the nIt time Owing 10 MS vows tAo oi,uo-
lox Clergy were unwilling that no should pc licensed 10
nrcach lie therefore accepted pg csSorshp of mah
rnntlc, In the Wcstcrn Reserve College IN OhlO IN ls29
Wv he read Ci1rrl,ons Li5,galor ana fred with
,hn.,., began To write against slavery himself Dur.
Mi To- rotor IN l4i he iudUccd by Arthur
and I"Wt, Tappan &" c"n" 10 N"N-r"lh anu cut me
Itaano. ror tic Wa then made seer tafy 81 the amer
lean Auti--iavcry society, formed ~ Pm adophin mt
.t.nut This tho OF pln.laNtry mobS
and Wright incurred the hntTcI OF Onr which bcsicged
G.n, IN hi, house Ia Brooklyn. An attempt was made
,Ilrlnr This time 10 kdulp I'm. mud carry him OF To
-nutb C,rotuu: aud he was chased home by men with
hnUi,. Knives once when ho showed himself At a pro-
slavery meeting. Gong TO EO,tnu IN iN3N no
b.r,n editing Ihs NG..Yrhrr'Hs ibDiWpHiN; Then he
wrutr for IN, EH1ucipaf0r Hui M fhf0"tc'', ana
finally started hi- own paper. me fhr0hgpr, when
,r,a NOT c1ru-yrly au abolition paper, hut had ~
broader cope HIS ic for the neat fourteen years was
,o of GREAT poverty: aud dutin, THIS tnr largo mum
brr Of Children were added to hs family. once. iu bi-
need c tr,t' IL IoutIluo'- Fable. for publication,
ana he and hi, wife went out AMI sold tho edition 10y
Vrr.ouil C1uvassiug .
A. len I'm came change IN his pursuits and fortunes
The Tn -uu Mutual Lac Insurance Company, when
fnrt,d ~ Boston I-2 employed Him 10 prepare Ger
t,iu mathematical nhlc' Ih'," occupied MN a year
ana armed hln $500 Ia l~b~ hc a<tIcl Tor certain
l;tuu orinins Insurance methods AMI secured H.
AMI hc WAS then made ms france conui--oh'r uudct
thc aw "A po .iton which hc hold for eight wears HIS
rJ-rcudrnt agfea.Sc durins tins period Ted crr-
Tin tr-urlncc mrn offer him 10000 year II he
would tcssn but he refused After hIS term hI eN.
rc however lr devoted himself TO iuathonr Teal ana
otEcr work VIII ch yielded him handsome Income
ur Wright continued 10 write occasionally Tor tho
pro-s on current topics for many ycr' lie WAS roo
I,r and woman sutragsi. and took much interest u
cure cy questions. HIS wife died ten years ago TO"
Of his 81 IN. zen children survive.