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... My dear brother, James M. Wright, died suddenly October 30, 1879, at the home of John Davis, our old homestead. He had been somewhat ailing for several weeks, had staid with me at my home in Jamestown two nights just prior to his death, and had left my house not more than two hours before his death. He rode up to the yard fence of Mr. Davis, hitched his horse, walked into the house, remarking to Mrs. Davis, my sister, that he was feeling very badly, lay down across the bed, and was dead in one minute. O how sudden, and how sad ! He was buried on the following day at the Three Forks of Wolf River, with Masonic honors, two lodges officiating. It is thought that one thousand people were present at his funeral. ...
