Wm. L. Wright 1879

Son of John C. Wright; was born at Pall Mall, 1879; was educated at American Temperance University and at Maryville College. He has taught school, acted as railroad agent, dealer in live stock, and is now president of the Bank of Jamestown. Is a large land owner--owns the famous Rock Castle region near Jamestown.

He was elected County Trustee in 1900 at the age of twenty-one, and was the youngest county officer ever elected in the county. He served six years. Before the close of his term of service, county claims were worth dollar for dollar for the first time since the war.

He is a Mason and an Odd Fellow. He is a prominent republican and has attended every republican state convention since he was twenty-one.

This page was last updated on 10/04/98.