Brief Life History of Milo
When Milo Bright was born about 1842, in Wayne, Indiana, United States, his father, William M. Bright, was 22 and his mother, Mahala Lane, was 20. He married Phoebe Ball on 2 August 1863, in Henry Township, Fulton, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Henry Township, Fulton, Indiana, United States for about 20 years. He died about 1897, in Akron, Henry Township, Fulton, Indiana, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Akron, Henry Township, Fulton, Indiana, United States.
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- Milo Bright in household of William M Bright, "United States Census, 1850"
- Milo Bright, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Milo Bright, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: usually a nickname from Middle English bright ‘bright, good-looking, fresh-faced’ (Old English beorht ‘bright, shining’).
English: perhaps occasionally from an unrecorded Middle English survival of the Old English personal name Briht, Beorht, from a short form of any of several Old English personal names of which beorht was the first element, such as Beorhtrīc ‘bright’ + ‘powerful’. Compare Bert .
Americanized form of German Brecht .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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