THE FAMILY OF S. G. & SUe WRIGHT
Samuel G. Wright and his wife Susan Woolsey Wright came to Table Rock in 1891. Here's a photograph shared in 2023 by Byron Taylor. S. G. Wright was his great-grand uncle. Byron says it was taken 1890 or 1891. (The location isn't identified.)
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Sue Woolsey Wright was an Elk Creek girl from a large family. Here parent,s, John & Rebecca Yeager Woolsey, had at least 13 children, not all of whom survived to adulthood.
S. G. & Sue had four children, and all four are in the photograph. There was Pauline Wrigh4 Taylor (1880-1962), Clyde Wright (1882-1900), Florence Wright Howe (1885-1955), Edna Wright Johnston (1887-1967).
According to the records of the Table Rock Alumni Association, Pauline graduated from Table Rock in 1897, Clyde in 1899, both Florence and Edna in 1901,
Sue passed away in 1904 at the age of 46, and S. G. moved to Lincoln. An article in the June 19, 1925 Table Rock Argus gives an update on the family:
"Some years ago there lived in Table Rock a family identified with the best interests of town. It was a druggist, and every man, woman and child for miles around knew-Sam Wright. The son died suddenly just as he was coming into young manhood. The three girls graduated from our schools. The mother sickened and passed to the world beyond. Mr. Wright sold his business here and moved to Lincoln. The family disintegrated, the girls going to Denver, where they eventually married. Mr. Wright married again and remained in Lincoln until five or six years ago when he moved to Los Angeles, where two of the girls lived with their families. The other girl-Edna- with her husband and daughter, have been guests of Mrs. Allie Wood this week, and enjoying meeting old-time friends. Mr. Johnson, her husband, has been holding a responsible position with the DuPont Powder Co., in Delaware which he recently resigned to go to the west by auto, stopping at Table Rock en-route. They went to Wyoming yesterday and after a few days visit there will continue their journey to Los Angeles."
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Sue Woolsey Wright was an Elk Creek girl from a large family. Here parent,s, John & Rebecca Yeager Woolsey, had at least 13 children, not all of whom survived to adulthood.
S. G. & Sue had four children, and all four are in the photograph. There was Pauline Wrigh4 Taylor (1880-1962), Clyde Wright (1882-1900), Florence Wright Howe (1885-1955), Edna Wright Johnston (1887-1967).
According to the records of the Table Rock Alumni Association, Pauline graduated from Table Rock in 1897, Clyde in 1899, both Florence and Edna in 1901,
Sue passed away in 1904 at the age of 46, and S. G. moved to Lincoln. An article in the June 19, 1925 Table Rock Argus gives an update on the family:
"Some years ago there lived in Table Rock a family identified with the best interests of town. It was a druggist, and every man, woman and child for miles around knew-Sam Wright. The son died suddenly just as he was coming into young manhood. The three girls graduated from our schools. The mother sickened and passed to the world beyond. Mr. Wright sold his business here and moved to Lincoln. The family disintegrated, the girls going to Denver, where they eventually married. Mr. Wright married again and remained in Lincoln until five or six years ago when he moved to Los Angeles, where two of the girls lived with their families. The other girl-Edna- with her husband and daughter, have been guests of Mrs. Allie Wood this week, and enjoying meeting old-time friends. Mr. Johnson, her husband, has been holding a responsible position with the DuPont Powder Co., in Delaware which he recently resigned to go to the west by auto, stopping at Table Rock en-route. They went to Wyoming yesterday and after a few days visit there will continue their journey to Los Angeles."
Samuel G. Wright was a merchant. He had a drugstore, the Gilt Edge, on the ground floor of the Opera House, in the store on the north side. Here's a picture of it, excerpted from a larger picture that includes both the bank and the opera house. Who is the figure in front? It is likely S. G. Wright himself, but no one in the photograph is identified.
At some point Wright moved his store to the original Odd Fellows building. It burned down on January 2, 1901 when Wright was the ground-floor tenant. The burned building was replaced with the present one. .
Here's an article about S. G. Wright's 2nd drugstore, which was on the ground floor of the odd fellows that burned on January 2, 1901. The fire started in the drugstore's basement.
There is some information gathered about the store and the family incorporated into this article.
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susan wOOLSEY wrightDEATH NOTICE & OBITUARY
TABLE ROCK ARGUS, March 17, 1904.(pg.5) Mrs. S. G. Wright died at her home in Lincoln at 8 o'clock last evening, after an illness of several weeks, in which she was a great sufferer. For a number of years the deceased lived with her family in Table Rock and has a large circle of friends who appreciated her many womanly qualities, and loved her because of her goodness of heart. The remains will be brought here this afternoon, and the funeral services will be held in the M. E. church at 4 o'clock, conducted by Rev. G. M. Gates, her pastor in Lincoln, and a former pastor of the church here. The sorrowing husband and children have the sympathy of the entire community in their bereavement. TABLE ROCK ARGUS, March 24, 1904.(pg.5) The funeral of Mrs. Sue A. Wright, wife of S. G. Wright, of Lincoln, were held in the M. E. church of this city on Thursday afternoon of last week, conducted by Rev. George M. Gates, pastor of Emmanuel M. C. church, Lincoln, of which deceased was a member. She was born in Knox county, Illinois, in 1857; came to Nebraska in an early day, with her parents, but returned to Illinois, where she was united in marriage to Mr. Wright, with whom she again came to Nebraska. To this marriage four children were born- three daughters and a son; the son, Clyde, died in this city three and a half years ago, in young manhood; the daughters- Mrs. Pauline Taylor, and Misses Florence and Edna Wright- who with the grief stricken husband survive her. In 1891, Mr. Wright moved with his family from Elk Creek to Table Rock, where they lived until the fall of 1902, when they moved to Lincoln. The floral tributes were beautiful; the Eastern Star and Royal Neighbors lodges and personal friends expressing their esteem for the deceased in these beautiful tokens. Mrs. Wright had won the friendship and esteem of all who knew her many acts of kindness, her devotion and faithfulness to the duties encountered along the daily walks of life. To the sorrowing husband and children the sympathy of the community is extended. Those from abroad who attended the funeral of Mrs. S. G. Wright, of Lincoln, last Thursday were: Rev. F. M. Gates, who preached the sermon and who had been the pastor of the deceased at Elk Creek, Table Rock and Lincoln; W. H. Woolsey, wife and two daughters, Misses Lena and Hazel; C. B. Woolsey; Roy Woolsey and wife; H. T. Casford, Mrs. H. N. Libbey, J. L. Young, all of Tecumseh; H. P. Marble, wife and daughter, of Humboldt; J. G. Woolsey and Wright Woolsey, of Hubbell; Mr. and Mrs. K. E. Cleaveland and daughter Zora of Lincoln. |
S. G. & Sue's daughter Pauline
S. G. & susie's son clyde
died in 1900 of typhoid fever
Typhoid fever is from impure food or water contaminated by feces. The symptoms may not appear for as much as three weeks after exposure. Symptoms include a fever that may start low; it will increase daily, possibly reaching as high as 104.9 F. Other symptoms include headache, weakness and fatigue, muscle aches, sweating, dry cough, loss of appetite and weight loss, abdominal pain, diarrhea or constipation; rash; and an extremely swollen abdomen.
Untreated, the symptoms progress to delirium. The patient progresses into what is known as "the typhoid state," lying motionless and exhausted with eyes half-closed. |
S. G. & Sue's daughter florence
Florence married George Howland Howe. We know little more about her than that she died in 1955 and is buried in Gardena, California (in the Los Angeles area).
s. g. & sue's daughter edna
Edna (1887-1967) is noted in her FindaGrave.com memorial as having been born in Pawnee County. In 1902, she married Frank B. W. Johnston; he was born in California. Edna She is buried in Oakland, California. We know little else about her.
Sue Woolsey Wright's 1st cousin Myrtle woolsey marble
Susan's first cousin Myrtle Woolsey (whose father was a brother to Susan's father) married a Table Rock boy, Harmon P. Marble while they were typesetters at a Lincoln newspaper, and together they embarked on a newspaper publishing career. They first published a newspaper in Elk Creek but then moved to Humboldt, where they established the Humboldt Leader, a competitor to the Humboldt Standard. That was about 1892, as Sue went with her family to Table Rock. Her husband Harman became an Indian agent and together they traveled to various reservations over the years. They ended up in Las Vegas, where he was mayor for a time.
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