The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1909-07-21
ALDERMAN WRIGHT
CALLED TO REST
BRAVE OLD SOLDIER FIGHTS THE LAST OF
MANY BATTLES
CARBUNClE HASTENS DEATH.
Diseases Contracted IN the War Finally Over
cone Veteran Of Tie Army ef The
Potomac

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Marquis Deloss Wright. for many
Iears one Of Denison's notable and
veil known characters, died in the
Early hours Of this morning after
few days. illness. He suffered great
" from carbuncle but this would not
have proven fatal bad it not been for
The complication of diseases, contrac-
Ted while in the army which had handi. L
capped him oil through life, and which
made him an easy victim when added
suffering came.
Mr.. Wright was born at Water.
town, N. Y, March 10, 1912. and died
at Denison. Iowa, July 2lst, 1909. he
was born Of Scotch and American
parentaRe. His father died when he
was five years Of age and from child
hood he was obliged to care largely
for himself. He worked for his older
brother and later he learned the trade
of boiler maker. When the call to
arms was inned by Father Abraham,
he responded and enlisted in the Co.
C. Fifth N. Y. Light Artillery. Few
men have had q war record such as he.
He was at fredericksburg at Antietam
at Gettysburg. at the Wilderness. He
took part in tbirty-six pitched battles
and countless skirmshes. At Freder-
icksbuH he had his cap shot from
Ibis head. He served under McClel-
Ian. Meade, Grant, all the &, eat
generals Of the famous Army of the
Potomac. After the war. in which
he contracted chronic diarrhoea which
lied to kidney and bladder trouble
which made him an invalid through
life. he remained for year in
Washington following his trade.
Mr.. Wright was in Ford's theatre
when Lincoln was shot. He heard the
shot. saw Booth leap from the stage,
heard the fateful words, The rfesi-
dent is shot. He leaped xrom BIZ
Iseat Is the 6 - sal
lonfh. BE ~ ~ I5sl ksf1l
4 and ride aw1y:: [iilayssns rod Wa6Tss0
idense that Nj. Wright dared not
shoot. $
Following his year in Washington
he came to the west. For three years
he worked with tbreshing crew for
w. a.. McHenry. He then returr ed
i to New York, where he worked three
! years for his brother. He was mar
ried in Sycamore, Ohio, Ian. Is, 1873,
to Miss Amulet Dandy. the faithful.
loving wife who has been SO true to
I him during all the intervening years.
! The young couple came to Denison in
4 April 1873. Mr.. Wright first worked
| for G. Green at the brick yard.
7 Later he tried farming and then
moved to Denison and for fifteen
years he was one of the unique
j, figures who worked years ago to make
Denison the most prominent hog and
cattle market in western Iowa. Five
,lyeara he worked for Mr.. Sprecher.
I and ten years for L. K. Bensley and
he was as much noted figure in the
d old Navy Yard" IS either of them.
j With his years. his intirmities grew
upon him. but he worked when he was
liable and later devoted large part of
his time to market gardening in which
4 line he was an expert. For five years
n he has served Denison as one of the
u aldermen from the first ward. 1t is
4 a high tribute to this man that with
& out wealth, and without any of the
| tricks Of the politician, he should be
elected and reelected from the ward
which contains the bulk of the wealth
h and the political influence of Denison.
1t was because Mark Wright was
known 10 be absolutely honest and
above reproach.
To Mr.. and Mrs. Wright five chill
dren were born. One died in infancy
and the others. Mrs. Will McCutcheon
of East Boyer township, Mrs. Ruey 3.
3 Davis of Los Angeles, F. NJ. Wright,
!. with the Nebraska Telpehone Co.
with headquarters at Omaha, and
Louis v. Wright Of McCook. Neb
( survive.
We will miss honest Mark Wright,
J. with his voice twice as big as hiE
i body, his will twice as strong as hi'
voice, and his heart twice as large as
r all three put together. There il re.
: gret over his death not only in Dem
e ison but among the farmers who grew
: to know him so we'll in the day
f when they came to town from twenty
o five miles away to sell hogs and cat
i tie. Mr.. Wright was not given t
telling Of his experiences as soldie
g but rather tried to wine out from hi
g memory the awful scenes throug
o which he passed in the great civi
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