U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Bright, John (1816-1904) ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Tucker County, West Virginia From the Earliest Explorations and Settlements to the Present Time. by Hu Maxwell Kingwood, W. Va.; Preston Publishing Company, 1884. Page 369 John Bright, son of Thomas Bright, was born in Randolph County, 1816, of German descent, and was married, in 1838 to Lucinda Gainer. Children: Savina, Manda J., Harriet E., Montiville, J. Catharine, Alice and Margaret; is a farmer, owning 150 acres of land, one-fifth improved, 13 miles above St. George; has been road surveyor, overseer of poor and constable. At 19 years of age he was made lieutenant of militia and held the office seven years. Of many a bear fight he has been the hero, and his adventures as such approach very nearly those of John Losh. The first snow of the season had fallen, and the dogs treed a bear in the thicket on the hillside. The men ran out to see what it was, and passed the tree without seeing the beast. No sooner had they passed than it thought to slip away, and so came sliding down the tree. The dog, that knew better than the men did where the bear was, hid under the brush and when the brute reached the ground ran up and gnabbed it. The bear was scared and bawled, but the dog held on, and a terrible fight ensued. The men heard the uproar and ran back. They found that the fight was under an old tree top and that the bear had the dog down. John Bright ran in and pulled the bear out by the hind legs, while Thomas Bright stabbed it. It had bit the dog's nose off, but he got well. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Register of Deaths within the District of S. W. Garner, Assessor. For the County of Randolph, in the Year Ending 31st December, 1904l FULL-NAME: John Bright AGE-AT-DEATH: 90 years DEATH-DATE: July 31, 1904 DEATH-PLACE: Randolph Co. OCCUPATION: Farmer CONSORT-OF: Lucinda Bright CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Old Age (on the same page, next line) FULL-NAME: Lucinda Bright AGE-AT-DEATH: 80 years DEATH-DATE: January 1, 1904 DEATH-PLACE: Randolph Co. OCCUPATION: Farmer CONSORT-OF: John Bright CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Old Age ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Tucker County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/tucker/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------