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ored guest at their gatherings and
re-unions. He was a member of the
military order of the Loyal Legion of
the Grand Army of the Republic,
and of the Sons of the American
Revolution, being president of the Ben-
jamin Franklin Chapter, (Columbus,
Ohio), at the time of his death.
General Wright for many years past had
taken an active part in the
work of The Ohio Archaeological and
Historical Society. He was a
life member. February 25, 1897, Governor
Asa Bushnell appointed Gen-
eral Wright trustee of the Society to
fill out the term made vacant by
the decease of Judge William J. Gilmore.
March 30, 1898, Governor
Bushnell appointed Mr. Wright trustee
for the full term of three years
and at its expiration, April 5, 1901,
Governor George K. Nash appointed
the general for another full term which
would have continued until Feb-
ruary 18, 1904. Upon the death, June 5,
1899, of Rev. William E. Moore,
first vice president of the Society,
General Wright was elected to that
office and was continued therein to the
time of his death. As member,
trustee and vice-president, General
Wright ever took the keenest and
liveliest interest in the work of the
Society and the details of its affairs.
No one was more faithful in attendance
upon the public gatherings or
the meetings of the trustees. His
decease is a decided loss to the So-
ciety as well as to the community in which
he lived.
The writer of these lines was especially
indebted to General Wright
for a long and most loyal friendship. It
was a pleasure and a profit to be
in his presence and many a delightful
hour was passed in his companion-
ship. His kindly deeds and sunny
disposition will not fade from our mem-
ory. Though he had been spared nearly
two decades beyond the allotted
span of man, three score years and ten,
yet seemed he to have drank at
the font of perennial youth for his days
of the "sere and yellow leaf"
were serene and bright: his was-
"An age that melts in unperceived
decay,
And glides in modest innocence
away."
LIST OF LIFE MEMBERS OF THE OHIO STATE
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
SOCIETY WHO HAVE BEEN ELECTED AND WHO
HAVE
QUALIFIED SINCE JULY 1, 1901.
Gen. Thomas M. Anderson, Sandusky.
Hon. Martin B. Bushnell, Mansfield.
Mr. Clarence Brown, Toledo.
Mr. A. J. Baughman, Mansfield.
Prof. Frank T. Cole, Columbus.
Hon. Albert Douglas, Chillicothe.
Mrs. Jessie Myer Davis, Columbus.
Major W. F. Goodspeed, Columbus.