Educator, farmer.
Born at Heathcote, Ontario on 4 March 1862, son of John Wright (1818-1899) and Jane McElroy (1825-1910), he was educated at the College Institutes at Collingwood and Owen Sound, Ontario. He began working as a schoolteacher at Red Wing, Ontario in 1880, staying there for six years and on adjoining section 16 years. He was postmaster at Red Wing for three years while also conducting a general store there.
In 1908, he came to Manitoba and settled at Bagot where he farmed and raised stock. In 1886, he married Annie McColman (1860-1950) at Red Wing and they had four sons and two daughters. He was a member of the COOF, Orange Order, Conservative party, and Anglican church. He died at Portage la Prairie on 7 June 1936 and was buried in the Portage Hillside Cemetery.
Who’s Who in Western Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Notable Living Men and Women of Western Canada, Volume 1, edited by C. W. Parker, Vancouver: Canadian Press Association, 1911.
Death registration [Thomas Arthur Wright], Manitoba Vital Statistics.
Thomas Arthur Wright, FindAGrave.
We thank Darryl Toews for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 2 May 2024
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