Indiana and Indianans - a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood (1919) (14577409040)

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Title: Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Dunn, Jacob Piatt, 1855-1924 Kemper, General William Harrison, 1839-
Subjects: Medicine
Publisher: Chicago and New York : The American historical society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center



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ool work in order to help support thefamily, and continued at the old homesteaduntil September, 1894. Then, at the ageof seventeen, he made his first acquain-tance with the flour milling industry asdriver of a team of mules for the flourmill of W.ysor & Hibbetts at Muncie, In-diana. He was with that mill until 1898,and was given increasing responsibilitiesand opportunities to acquire a knowledgeof the technical processes of flour manu-facture. On May 12, 1898, Mr. Wright enlistedat Muncie in the Twentieth Regiment ofInfantry, Company H. This regiment wasone of the few from Indiana that sawactual service on the Island of Cuba. Mr.Wright was in the fight at El Cancy andin the siege and battle of Santiago. Hiscompany was the one ordered to assist theRough Rider Regiment of Colonel Roose-velt, but its services were not required.Mr. Wright was mustered out October 22,1898. Returning to Muncie, he resumed em-ployment with the local flour mill untilJune, 1901. At that date he came to An-
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INDIANA AND INDIANANS 1791 derson and became a packer in the flourmills of Wellington & Son. After eightmonths he was promoted to head miller,and filled that position until February,1904. In the meantime, in order the bet-ter to fit himself for larger business re-sponsibilities, he took a night course in theAnderson Business College. Failing healthfinally compelled him to give up his worktemporarily and in February, 1905, hewent west and spent three months atLos Angeles and other California points.Having recuperated, he returned to An-derson, and soon took charge of a coopera-tive farmers mill at Linn Grove in AdamsCounty, Indiana. He was there until Sep-tember, 1907, when he returned to An-derson and took charge of the businessoffice of the Wellington & Son mill. InDecember, 1912, this business was incor-porated with Mr. Wright as secretary andtreasurer and general manager and JosephD. Van Camp as president. The companydoes a large business in the manufactureof flour and feed