Brief Life History of David
When David Bright was born on 5 January 1798, in Augusta, Virginia, United States, his father, John Bright, was 41 and his mother, Susannah Fulwider, was 33. He married Lucinda Logan on 8 August 1822, in Miami, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Washington Township, Buchanan, Iowa, United States in 1860 and Iowa, United States in 1870. He died on 30 October 1870, in Littleton, Buchanan, Iowa, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Littleton, Buchanan, Iowa, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (11)
- David Bright, "United States Census, 1850"
- David Bright in entry for Clarinda Jane Ozias, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
- David Bright, "United States Census, 1870"
Spouse and Children
1798–1870 Male
1803–1880 Female
Children (9)
1823–1894 Male
1825–1865 Male
1830–1865 Female
1832–1923 Female
1835–1916 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1756–1828 Male
1764–1803 Female
Siblings (12)
1784–1861 Male
1785– Male
1786– Male
1788–1848 Male
1790–1861 Male
+7 More Children
World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 2
1812 · Monumental Church Built
Age 14
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 21
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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