Moses W. Lanning

    Moses W. Lanning, engaged in the manufacture of tile at Millgrove, is a native of Blackford County, Indiana, born in Jackson Township, March 26, 1850, and here he was reared on a farm, and received his education in the common schools.

    He was married January 1, 1880, to Miss Almeda L. Wright, who was also born in Jackson Township, Blackford County, the date of her birth being February 16, 1860, and is a daughter of William G. and Talitha J. (Buckles) Wright. Mr. and Mrs. Lanning are the parents of three children -Lefa A., born October 15, 1880; Hattie J., born August 19, 1883, and an infant son, born March 19, and died March 21, 1884. Mr. Lanning is one of the enterprising business men of Jackson Township, and takes an active interest in the advancement of his township and county. He is a man of industrious habits, upright and honorable in all his dealing, and is respected by all who knew him.

    William G. Wright, the father of Mrs. Lanning, was born in Franklin County, Virginia, in the year 1829, a son of James and Mary (Holmes) Wright, who were also natives of Virginia, the former born in Franklin County in 1788, and the latter in Bedford County, in 1818. The latter died in Virginia in 1841, and in the year 1849 James Wright moved to Indiana, and died at Yorktown, Delaware County, in 1857. They were the parents of ten children, five sons and five daughters. William G. Wright came with his father to Indiana in 1849, and in 1853 settled in Blackford County. He was married in 1853 to Talitha J. Buckles, who was born August 24, 1837, in Ohio, a daughter of Elder John and Mary Buckles. To Mr. and Mrs. William Wright were born twelve children, of whom seven are living at the present date. Mrs. Wright died march 23, 1880, aged forty-three years, and eight months. She was a good Christian mother, and was a faithful member of the Mississinewa Baptist Church. Mr. Wright is still a member of the same church. He was married a second time, February 14, 1881, to Miss Clarinda Shields. The same year he removed to Knox Township, Jay County, where he has since made his home.

    John Buckles, the maternal grandfather of Mrs. Lanning, was born in Warren County, Ohio, December 21, 1812, and was married August 18, 1833, to Miss Mary Northcutt, who was born in Miami County, Ohio, August 7, 1815, and died in Delaware County, Indiana, in March, 1887, aged seventy-two years. Mr. Buckles is still living in Delaware County.