The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1917-09-25
MRS. WRICLEY
TO MAKE HOME
WITH HER SON
Prominent Richmond Wom-
an Leaves City for Albion,
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t@nu uSarah A. wrigey, one of Rich
mo ) Oldest and most prominent
women, left last Friday for Albion,
Noble county, Indiana, to make her
home with her son, Judge Luke Wrig-
ley. Mrs. Wrigley has been In poor
health for some time and on account
of her advanced age was unable to
maintain her household here.
Mrs Sarah A. Wrigley, who is the
Oldest daughter of John Finley, at one
time mayor of Richmond, and prom
inent author, was born in small cot
tage on the top of the Whitewater
gorge at a spot near where the corner
of South Second and streets is To-
Gated, on March 6, 1880.
At the time of her birth. there were
few houses In the town of Richmond,
and all of them were made, either Of
logs or Of prepared lumber, brought
from the Ohio river at a great expense.
Went to School at Four.
She started to school when four
years old, going to school in the morn
ings and staying for lunch. Her first
teacher was a private tutor who had
to solicit for her pupils and who taught
only the rudiments of learning, such
as the letters and work that is now
taught in the kindergarten. Although
there were no hndergartens then, the
private school was very much like that
modern institution.
Later she attended private school
ip the Warner building, located where
the city hall now stands. 1t was here
that she received her common school
education. After finishing the course
in that school she attended a Friends
school and received a higher educa-
ton
In 1854, Sarah Finley was married
to L. H Wrigley, a young man who
came to this city as school teacher.
After their marriage they moved to
Newcastle, Ind, and while there, Mr..
Wrigley was publisher of the New
castle Courier. After staying there
only a few years, they returned to
Richmond and later Mr.. Wrigley went
to Nebraska during big land boom in
that part of the country.
Active in Relief Work.
During the Civil war, Mrs Wrigley
was active in the relief work of the
Union army. Her brother, John H
Finley, was a major in the 69th Indi-
ana volunteers and upon his being
wounded in the second assault on
Vicksburg, Mrs. Wrigley went south
and returned with her wounded broth.
er and another wounded Union offic.
or.
Through her father, who was at that
time mayor of Richmond, she was able
to do much active work in relief and
sanitation. Her husband died during
the Civil war, behind the Confederate
lines IN Texas. where he had gone to
visit some relatives, and his body was
buried in Texas. The exact date OF
his death could not be learned then as
it was, impossible to communicate with
his Texas relatives during the war II
was later learned that his death oc-
Cured in 1869
From 1864 until 1903, Mrs. VIZ ley
was librarian of the Morrisson-R Reeves
library. When the library, a gift OF
Robert Morrison, was being collected
and put on the shelves, Jesse Brown
friend of Mrs. Wrigley assisted in
the work and was given the office OF
librarian. He later accepted the posi-
tion of superintendent of schools, how
ever, and the position was given tc
Mrs. Wrigley
Mrs. Wrigley has two sons, Roy. Fin
ley Wrigley. who is now in Santa
Monica. California, and Judge Luke H
Wrigley, circuit judge of Noble and
Whitley counties, with whom she has
gone to make her home.