Lester Wright was born April 9, 1897 at Wayers Cove, Virginia. He came to North Dakota with his mother in 1931, living first at Edgeley. On December 14, 1919 he married Dorothy Ernestine Topp, the daughter of John and Minnie Topp, who was born October 20, 1890 at Esterville, Iowa. She came to North Dakota with her parents who had settled in Eddy County. The Wrights began farming on Section 22 in Larrabee Township, but in 1943 moved to Section 20, where they are now living.
The couple have three children: Dwight, Keith and Margaret (Mrs. Alf Stangeland).
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 66B