Name: tabor44 -- American Pioneer Families

Updated: 05-03-2019 22:05:59. Owner: James M. Dale


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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Lydia Bright: Birth: 5 Aug 1869 in Knoxville, TN. Death: 8 Aug 1892 in Runnels Co., TX

  2. Cordie Bright: Birth: ABT 1872 in Knoxville, TN. Death: Jul 1952 in Runnels Co., TX

  3. Carrie Mabel Bright: Birth: 13 Jul 1874 in La Grande, OR. Death: 10 Jun 1971 in Winters, Runnels Co., TX

  4. Henry Stonecypher Bright: Birth: 18 Dec 1876 in La Grande, OR. Death: 10 Dec 1967 in Runnels Co., TX

  5. Albert Sidney Bright: Birth: 2 Feb 1879 in La Grande, OR. Death: 15 Jul 1952 in Runnels Co., TX

  6. James Weaver Bright: Birth: 24 Mar 1881 in Corvallis, OR. Death: 3 Oct 1948 in Runnels Co., TX

  7. Victor Hugo Bright: Birth: 12 Jun 1885 in Runnels Co., TX. Death: 12 Oct 1962 in Runnels Co., TX


Notes
a. Continued:   Michael Collier Bright served in the Confederate Army in the Civil War, enlisting in Company H, 64th North Carolina Infantry, in the spring of 1862 in Greene County, Tennessee. He participated in the siege of Cumberland Gap in August of 1863 . Bright was taken prisoner and remained in custody at Chicago until June 1865, when he was furnished transportation back to his home. After the Civil War, Bright married Hiley G. Stonecypher. In 1875 the family left Tennessee and went out the Oregon Trail in a covered wagon. They homesteaded in the Corvallis area and tried farming. The climate proved too damp; after some years they tried California, but finding the gold rush atmosphere unsuitable for raising children, the family moved to Content, Runnels County, Texas in November 1882. The family eventually established a homestead and a successful farming operation in Content. Bright was elected county commissioner in November 1886 and re-elected in November 1888.

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