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William T. Wright, presiding judge of the county court of Pulaski County, Mo., and editor and publisher of the Pulaski County Democrat, of Waynesville, was born in Mercer County, Mo., in 1849, and is a son of David T. and Catherine E. (McEffee) Wright. William T. is the third born, and attended the common schools until the age of twelve years, when he entered the printing office of his father. In 1869 he became a member of the Pioneer Printing Company at Chillicothe, Mo., and was one of the publishers of the Christian Pioneer and the Chillicothe Constitution. In 1873 he was elected collector of Chillicothe Township, and the following year went to Milan, in Sullivan County, Mo., where he engaged in the grocery business. He continued in this business for nearly two years, and in February, 1876, he established the Brookfield Chronicle, at Brookfield, Mo., and in the spring of 1877 came to Lebanon, where he was employed on the Rustic and Journal. In the fall of 1879 he came to Waynesville and bought the Pulaski Tribune, and continued its publication until the summer of 1880. From 1880 until the spring of 1888 he was engaged in farming, at which time he became editor and proprietor of the Pulaski County Democrat. In November, 1887, he was married to Mary J. Strong, only daughter of Henderson Strong. Mrs. Wright was born in Pulaski County in 1858, and is the mother of one child, Frank. Mr. Wright is a stanch Democrat, and in 1884 was elected associate judge of the county court, and two years later was elected presiding judge of the same. He was also clerk of the city of Richland for several years, and is a Select Knight, a member of the A. O. U. W. and A. F. & A. M. lodges at Richland.