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EAME OF WORKER.... ADLRESS...V:0141N
DATE SUBJECT...17014PrP
NAME AND ADDRESS OF uroRrANT...Irv:*.Vtt
Ur. anc, Yrs. .,r4ght were bcth born in LcraIne County,
Ir. right was Lo. January 6, 1551, an,: lrs tright was born August
1, 1854 and the— were united in morriace, August 31, 1573.
13,..ing full of det rmination, ike to the possibilities of a now
country, in the sprin:, of 1874 the came westward, wit?, ether et.igrants,
crossik through Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa. Their final docisirn
being relvidere, Nebr., vd.ore they purchrsed 160 acres of land at :2425
peracres
It we very dry and unfavorable the first pert of the your, and
Mrs. 6rights parents one frm Caio, an a visit, being disoouraged
with conditions, they plead with them to return to the "Buckeye State"
whioh they refusea to do. But luo wes wit. thee, in tune rains began
to fall, und they raised a bountiful crop.
Nero is whefe their four ohildren were born, Lernie, Pert, iehle,
and Barry, Bert having teen killed in a train wreck sme yorrs ago,
leavirk a wife and fivo children. Ferry is the only one livinr and
he and his wife and six chillren live at Ong, Neb.
After living on this fern 16 yefrs they purohased a mor.t market
at Geneva, Nebr., which he operated for twenty years including the
dry ninties. iuting this tine ho almet failed bi buying too much
land in Thayer County.
But again he was detemined to suceed, and finally sold his land
and butcher shop at a largo profit in 1908. Lt. iright and his wife
came to Lemoyne in 1905, at which time they purchased the Jacobs ranch
containing C72 acroe in the Korth Plate Valley, eight miles west of
Keystone Lam whie was censtructed two years ago. Where they still
reside, their son is stayir4, with them for awhile.
Tho Tirights have recently sold all of their valley lend to the
Tri-County Irrigation Project. It consisted of 1,500 acres and the
price vas !$78,000, he received sash. All the buildings still belong
to him.
The dam not being completed, he has lessed the land beck for one
year 4!or i2,000. rr.Tiritht gave meet of his money to his son Ehrry
and his grandohildren. ES bought 07,500 worth of Covornment Bonds
and gave his wifo, bought one qmrter of land at Lexington Kebraska,
for 015,000 anoth,r quarter in Thayer County for 09,800.
Ee still has four and one half seations of pasture land in the
hills and one quarter of lend three miles east of the den. It is under
irrigation.
Ea also has 450 head of cattle and all his machinery and equipment
to run the ranch, which is without ineumbence.
Both Et. and Mrs. 74.1ghtis health is good for people of their ages.
They porform many of their necessary duties.