Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Andrew D. WRIGHT, dry goods, Wilmington; born near Edinburgh, Scotland, Aug. 6, 1833, 
but removed to Canada in early childhood, with his parents; in 1858, he came to Illinois, 
locating at Chicago, where for a time be was employed as clerk in the wholesale and 
retail establishment of Potter PALMER; in 1861, he removed to Elgin, Kane Co., and 
engaged in the dry goods business, under the firm name of WRIGHT & MARTIN; some two 
years later, he sold his interest in the store to his partner, and afterward was engaged 
in business at Seneca, La Salle Co., under the firm name of WRIGHT & DUCK; removed to 
Wilmington in 1868, and engaged in his present business. Married in 1863 to Miss Susanna 
B. H. DUCK, who was born near Naperville, IL; four children by this union - Archibald D., 
Mabel J., Lottio L. and Georgie L.


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HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.