Robert M. Wright
| Robert Marr "Bob" Wright | |
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Undated photograph
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| Born |
September 2, 1840 Bladensburg Prince George's County Maryland, USA |
| Died | January 4, 1915 (aged 74) Dodge City, Kansas |
| Resting place | Maple Grove Cemetery in Dodge City |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Businessman and politician |
| Spouse(s) |
Four wives: |
| Children |
From first marriage: |
Four wives:
(1) Alice J. Armstrong Wright (married 1859-1892, her death)
(2) Missing
(3) Carrie De Voe Davis (married March 1, 1897 Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri, Divorced 1898)
From first marriage:
Robert Henry Wright (1860-1915)
Clara Belle H. Wright (1862-1882)
Elias Nelson Wright (1865-1902)
James Edward Wright (1867-1889)
Charles D. Wright (1870-1912)
Lucille Mittie Wright (1877-1905
From fourth marriage:
Robert Marr Wright, also known as Bob Wright (September 2, 1840 - January 4, 1915), was an American businessman and a founder of the frontier community of Dodge City, Kansas. For four two-year terms from 1875 to 1883, he represented Ford County in the Kansas House of Representatives. He was the mayor of Dodge City for a four-year term.
Wright was born in Bladensburg in Prince George's County, Maryland. His father had been a boy at the Battle of Bladensburg during the War of 1812 and had administered aid on the field to wounded soldiers. The British victory allowed the army to march into Washington, D.C., and to burn many of the important government buildings in the capital city. Among the buildings destroyed was the residence and private library of Wright's maternal grandfather, Elias Boudinot Caldwell, a clerk of the United States Supreme Court for many years.
His great-grandfather was a Presbyterian minister who during the American Revolution commanded troops at the Battle of the Meadows. The British destroyed his property and killed him as well. His wife was shot by a Hessian soldier while sitting at her window with a baby in her arms.
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