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(IX) Ernest C., son of Justus Brackett Frost, was born at Buckland, August 28, 1857. He was educated there in the public schools. In 1874 he associated himself with his father in business as miller and builder. In 1876-7 he was connected with the boot and shoe busi- ness of A. W. Ward, at Shelburne Falls, and ' later succeeded Mr. Ward in business. He sold out, and for a time was in the employ of Frost & Bartlett, his father's firm, in the flour. feed and grain business. In 1893 his father bought the interests of his partner, and from that time until his father died, Ernest C. Frost was manager of the business, and since his father's death has become sole owner. In 1886 and 1887 he traveled extensively in the western states. In politics he is a Republican, in relig- ion liberal. He married, April 14. 1892, Ber- tha A. Winterhalder. Children, born at Shel- burne Falls: I. Dorothy W., December 27, 1892. 2. Roger B., April 1, 1896.
(The Brackett Line).
Captain Richard Brackett, immigrant ances- tor, was born, according to his own deposition, in 1612. He was a member of the church in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1631-2, and was dis- missed to the church in Braintree. December 5. 1641. He was deacon of the church, town clerk, magistrate, deputy to the general court, and a leading citizen. He died March 3, 1690. aged eighty (gravestone ). His will was proved December 19, 1690. He owned houses and lands in Braintree and Billerica, where several of his children settled. He married Alice
died November 3, 1600, aged seventy- . six. Children : I. Hannah, baptized January 4. 1635 ; married Samuel Kingsley. 2. Peter, baptized May 7, 1637: married, August 7, 1661, Elizabeth Bosworth; (second) March 30, 1687, Mrs. Sarah Foster. 3. John, baptized May 7. 1637 (twin) ; mentioned below. 4. Rachel, born November 3, 1639: married Simon Crosby. 5. Mary, born February I, 1642 ; married Joseph Thompson. 6. James, married Sarah -: settled in Braintree. 7. Josiah, born July 8, 1652 : married, February
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4, 1672-3. Elizabeth Waldo; removed to Chelmsford. 8. Sarah, married Joseph Crosby.
(II) John, son of Captain Richard Brackett, was born in Billerica, and baptized May 7, 1637. He married, September 6, 1661, Han- nah French, born about 1643, died May 9, 1674, daughter of William and Elizabeth French ; (second) March 31, 1675, Ruth, prob- ably daughter of Joseph Ellice. He lived in Billerica, at the corner on the west side of the road between the two brooks. He died March 18, 1686-7. Children: 1. Hannah, born De- cember I, 1662. 2. Elizabeth, June 7, 1664. 3. Mary, February 12, 1665-6; married, No- vember 27. 1683. Edward Spalding, of Chelms- ford. 4. Sarah, December II, 1667. 5. Rachel, September 30, 1669. 6. Abigail, December 31, 1670; died January II following. 7. Bathsheba, March 10, 1671-2; died April 24, 1673. 8. Samuel, March 4, 1672-3. 9. Sarah, May 9, 1674. Children of second wife: 10. John, born January 19, 1675-6; died June 24, 1675-6. II. Ebenezer, October 19, 1677. 12. John, De- cember 10, 1680; mentioned below. 13. Bethia, May 25, 1682.
(III) John (2), son of John ( I) Brackett, was born at Billerica, December 10, 1680. He married Rebecca He lived at Brain- tree. Children, born at Braintree : I. Rebecca, May 24, 1706; died July 26, 1710. 2. John. 3. Samuel, mentioned below.
(IV) Samuel, son of John (2) Brackett, was born at Braintree, February 25, 1712-3, and died at Stoughton, Massachusetts, February 3, 1799. He married, August 27, 1737, Abigail Stearns.
(V) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (1) Brack- ett, was born about 1740, in Braintree, of Stoughton ; married, at Stoughton, February IO, 1765, Hannah Clapp. He was a soldier in the revolution, sergeant in Captain Peter Tal- but's company, Colonel Lemuel Robinson's regiment, 1775 : also in Captain Robert Swan's company, Colonel Benjamin Gill's regiment, 1776. Child, Samuel, mentioned below ; prob- ably others.
(VI) Samuel (3), son of Samuel (2) Brackett, was born at Stoughton, January 5, 1766; married Betsey Leonard, born May 12, 1765, died January 15, 1852 (see Leonard).
(The Leonard Line).
The name Leonard is one of those taken from the Christian name, and signifies the lion- hearted. The ancient coat-of-arms of the family is: Or on a fesse azure three fleur-de- lis argent. Crest : Out of a ducal coronet or
a tiger's head argent. Motto: Memor et fidelis.
(I) Solomon Leonard, immigrant ancestor, was born about 1610, in Monmouthshire, or vicinity, in the southwest of England. He seems to have gone first to Leyden, Holland, probably with his father, believed to be Sam- uel Leonard. He came to New England, and was engaged in the service of the Colony Com- pany in Plymouth for a time, but became one of the early settlers of Duxbury, where he was living when the town was incorporated in 1637. He received a grant of land there in 1638, and was admitted a freeman in 1643. The same year he was on a list of those able to bear arms. He spelled his name Lenner, and sometimes Lennerson. He became one of the earliest proprietors and settlers of Bridgewater, where he lived the rest of his life. He was a weaver by trade. He married Mary Chil- dren: I. Samuel, married (first) Abigail Wood; (second) Deborah 2. John, born about 1645; married Sarah (Chandler ?). 3. Jacob, mentioned below. 4. Isaac, married Deliverance 5. Solomon, married
Mary - 6. Mary, married December 24, 1673, John Pollard.
(II) Jacob, son of Solomon Leonard, was born about 1647. It is said that he was one of the earliest settlers at Worcester, but was doubtless driven out by the Indians and lived in Bridgewater again. He was in Weymouth in 1679, where two daughters were born. In 168I he sold certain tracts of his Bridgewater property to John Aldrich, and in exchange took John Aldrich's place in Mendon. On the second attempt, to settle Worcester, Jacob Leonard located in 1684-5, in the vicinity of Lake Quinsigamond. About May 1, 1693, the Indians being troublesome, they went back to Bridgewater. He lived for a short time in Taunton, North Purchase (now Easton). His will was dated December 14, 1716, and proved December 19, 1717. He married (first) Phebe, daughter of Roger Chandler; (second) Sus- anna King, born in Weymouth, May 6, 1659, died in Bridgewater, daughter of Samuel and Experience (Phillips) King, and granddaugh- ter of John King, an original proprietor of Mendon. Children of first wife: I. Joseph, mentioned below. 2. Josiah. Children of sec- ond wife: 3. Abigail, born in Weymouth, No- vember II, 1680; married Thomas Washburn. 4. Susannah, born in Weymouth, December 24, 1683; died November 19, 1764; married, March 22, 1714, Ebenezer Hill. 5. Experience. 6. Mary, married, November 27, 1719, Benja-
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min Willis. 7. Solomon, born in Bridgewater, 1693 ; died May 29, 1761 ; married, 1730, Eliz- abeth Perkins. 8. Sarah, born in Bridgewater, June 1I, 1699; married, February 27, 1720-1, William Orcutt. 9. Jacob, born in Bridgewater, June 13, 1702 ; died December 6, 1722.
(III) Joseph, son of Jacob Leonard, was born about 1670, and died January 29, 1749. He and his wife are buried in the old Bridge- water burying ground. He resided in Bridge- water, and married, in 1695, Martha Orcutt, born in Scituate, in 1671, died September 30, 1752, daughter of William and Martha Orcutt. Children: I. Joseph, born 1696; mentioned below. 2. Ephraim, married, September 16, 1720, Martha Perkins. 3. Martha, married, October 7, 1734, Ebenezer Eddy.
(IV) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (1) Leon- ard, was born in 1696, and died in Bridge- water. April 28, 1786. He was a prosperous farmer, and active in church affairs. He mar- ried, September 14, 1721, Mary Packard, born 1696, died March 29, 1770, daughter of Na- thaniel Packard. Children: I. Mary, born July 25, 1722; died young. 2. Sarah, born October 15, 1723; married, December 20, 1743, Isaac Pool. 3. Dan, born July 29, 1725 ; men- tioned below. 4. Seth, born March 1, 1727 ; died 1755. 5. Mary, born February 2, 1729; died young. 6. Joseph, born November I, 1730; died October 11, 1793 ; married, January 31, 1750, Huldah Dean. 7. Benjamin, born October 21, 1732; died November 22, 1813; married (first) 1756, Keturah Briggs; (sec- ond) February 17, 1760, Mary Reneffe ; (third) Polly Bosworth. 8. David (twin), born July 29, 1734; died November 24, 1813; married, May 24, 1770, Mary Hall. 9. Jonathan, born July 29, 1734 (twin) ; died December 31, 1813; married, April 25, 1758, Martha Washburn. IO. Simeon, born November 24, 1737; died September 20, 1793; married, April 10, 1764, Anna Smith.
(V) Dan, son of Joseph Leonard, was born July 29, 1725, and died in 1771. He was a drummer in the French war, and was with General Winslow in 1755 in Nova Scotia. He lived on the Darius Dunbar place in Bridge- water. He married, November 1, 1750, Mary Dunbar, born 1730, daughter of James and Experience (Hayward) Dunbar. Children : 1. Mary, born March 26, 1711 ; died October 2, 1842; married ( first) September 22, 1772, Ichabod Warren; (second) March 28, 1777, Captain Thomas Delano. 2. Dan, born June 16, 1752 ; died May 7, 1837 ; married, October 15, 1775, Hope Clapp (2nd). 3. Experience,
born November 13, 1753; died August 15, 1846; married, 1773, Luther Redding. 4. Phebe, born April 27, 1755; married, Septem- ber 27, 1778, Joseph Delano. 5. Ziba, born October 13, 1756; died July 7, 1845; married, May 5, 1783, Chloe Shaw. 6. Josiah, born August 8, 1758; died November 29, 1839 ; mar- ried, May 13, 1784, Lurania Keith. 7. Kezia, born January 21, 1760 ; died young. 8. Betsey, born May 12, 1765; died January 15, 1852; married Samuel Brackett (see Brackett and Frost). 9. Calvin, born December 27, 1767; died June 29, 1839; married, August 22, 1796, Sally Temple. 10. Sarah, born August 4, 1768; died May 22, 1833 ; married, October 23, 1788, Isaac Shepard. II. Rosamond, married Na- than Shaw. 12. Ichabod, born July 11, 1771 ; died August 30, 1856; married, October 15, 1795, Sarah Sterns.
BRIGHT Michael Bright, immigrant an- cestor of the Bright families of Dedham, Needham, Canton and Stoughton, Massachusetts, was born in Eng- land in 1706, and died at Dedham, Massachu- setts, March 5, 1785. When a young man he was impressed into the service of the king and sent to New England, where he served in the war with the French. He deserted from his ship while it was lying in Boston harbor, and hid in a barn which is now standing on Elm street in Canton. Later he enlisted and served in the expedition against Cape Breton in 1754, and at Crown Point in 1755; at the age of fifty-three years he enlisted in Captain Frank Brentorales's company at Dedham, in 1759; and August 25, 1761, in Captain Thomas Pea- body's company. He settled at Dedham, where he lived with his son-in-law, William Davels, where he died, and is buried in the Red Ceme- tery. He was married, at Dedham, March 31, 1743, by Rev. Thomas Balch, to Mrs. Thank- ful Warren, who died December 4, 1789. Chil- dren : 1. Michael, see forward. 2. Elizabeth, born August 1, 1745; died 1829; married, March 5, 1768, Elias Haven, of Wrentham ; children: Elias, Philemon, Betsey, Mary and Susan. 3. Mary, born December 13, 1746, died in April, 1833; married, July 24, 1770, Will- iamı Davels, Jr., of Dedham, Massachusetts.
(II) Michael, eldest child and only son of Michael and Thankful (Warren) Bright, was born in Dedham. March 13, 1744, and died May 20, 1813. He was among the carly set- tlers of Needham, Massachusetts, where he purchased a piece of land and established his homestead, being an active and energetic man,
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and followed farming throughout his life, although he was afflicted with lameness during his last years. He served during the war of the revolution, enlisting from Needham, Janu- ary 30, 1776, as private in Captain Hopestill Hall's company, Colonel Lemuel Robinson's regiment, service twenty-two days; rolls dated Dorchester and Roxbury. He was also a pri- vate in Captain James Marton's company, Col- onel Pierces' regiment, enlisting March 12, 1778, discharged April 4, 1778, at Governor's Island. He was chosen field driver, March 9, 1789, and March 17, 1794; tithingman, March 14. 1791. He was a member of the First Church of Needham, and lived about three miles from that structure. He married, De- cember 29, 1768, Abigail Davenport, born in Dorchester, 1743, died in Milford, 1825, and is buried in Needham. Her father was a chair- maker. She was a very capable woman, but was afflicted with blindness for ten years prior to her death. Children: I. Cate, born March 18, 1770 ; married (first), June 9, 1802, Amos Fuller Jr., (second) Godfrey. 2. Michael, born September 21, 1772, died Octo- ber 10, 1792. 3. Salla, born May 28, 1774, died October 10, 1857; married Joshua Bart- lett, of Newton. 4. Samuel, born April 23, 1782, died in 1808; married Harriet
who died in 1807. 5. Jesse, see forward.
(III) Jesse, youngest child of Michael and Abigail (Davenport) Bright, was born at Need- ham, August 22, 1784, and died at Stoughton, September 26, 1857. Until the age of seven years he lived on the farm of his father, and was then put out to work and attended the district school; later he lived with a sister at Newton, with whom he remained until he was fifteen years of age, when he returned to Need- ham, and had one winter's instruction at the district school. He subsequently worked in Brookline and Brighton, where he was married. He was of an economical and saving disposi- tion, and during the years of his employment managed to accumulate sufficient means to purchase a small farm ; as he was a minor his father had the deed made out in his own name, and Jesse later lost all his hard-earned wealth, as his father in his will gave this property to one of his daughters. He then left the parental roof and settled in Canton about 1812-3, work- ed there until 1842, when he removed to Stoughton and leased a farm one mile from Brockton, known as the Luther Swan place, and there resided until his death. His life was strictly honorable; he possessed great deter- mination, and was devoted to his home and
family. He served in the militia at Canton, was orthodox in his religious views and a Democrat in politics. He married, December 31, 1809, at Canton, Rebecca, born at Dedham, April 19, 1787, died at Stoughton, July 1, 1876, daughter of William and Mary (Bright) Savels, the former a shoemaker and farmer. Children : I. Michael, see forward. 2. Samuel, born May 12, 1813, died August 2, 1888; mar- ried (first) October 6, 1836, Clarissa Shepard ; children: i. Frank, born November 12, 1837, married Elizabeth West ; ii. Alonzo, born June 27, 1840; iii. Horace; iv. Maria; v. Addie. Samuel married (second) Mrs. Maria ( Blake) Packard; children: vi. Blanche Lillian, mar- ried Fred. H. Bisbee ; vii. John, died aged nine- teen years. 3. Rebecca, born August 9, 1816, died April 30, 1837. 4. Warren, born April 6, 1819, died September 17, 1900; married, September 18, 1845, Mrs. Elmira (Pitcher ) Briggs ; child: Blanche Warren, born Sep- tember, 1850, married Leander Bretton. 5. Sarah, born September 22, 1821, died Janu- ary 20, 1861 ; married, November, 1843, Elias Wentworth. 6. Abby Davenport, born July 16, 1828; married, June 17, 1869, Samuel Capen, second.
(IV) Michael (2), eldest child of Jesse and Rebecca (Savels) Bright, was born at Natick, August 18, 1810, and died at Franklin, Massa- chusetts, April, 1879. He was very young when his parents moved to Canton, where he attended the district school, and was still quite a lad when he engaged himself to Elisha White, a wealthy citizen of the town, on whose farm he remained until the age of twenty-one years. He then worked for various people, removing to Stoughton, where he lived until 1838, when he returned to Canton and was engaged in farming there until 1843. He then removed to Sharon, where he bought a farm known as the old Draper place, and engaged in market gardening, in which he was very successful-as a grower of small fruits including strawberries, also melons and early vegetables, and found a ready market for his products in the vicinity. In 1867 he removed to Avon, Maine, where he was associated with his sons in farming, in 1871 going with his son Warren to Franklin, and was associated with him until the time of his death. He was a home-loving man and beloved by his family. He and his family attended the Methodist church of. Franklin. Politically he was affiliated first with the Whig party, and later with the Republicans. He married, at Canton, August 15, 1830, Elvira Richards, born April 28, 1809, died at Sharon,
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April, 1863, and who lived during her girlhood at the home of Samuel Wales, of Stoughton. Children: I. Samuel Wales, born May 27, 1831, died at Jackson, California, December II, 1907 ; he was a beef merchant and ranchman, and married, June, 1860, Martha Bradbury. 2. Mary Wales, born May 20, 1832; married, September 24, 1854, William F. Smith; chil- dren: i. Arthur William, born December 23, 1855; ii. Fred Morville, born November 13, 1857, died October 6, 1859; iii. Lizzie Fostina, born November 29, 1858, died January 15, 1863; iv. George Channing, born October 3, 1860, died April 2, 1889; v. Elsie May, born March 1, 1867, married, November 28, 1889, Alden Taylor Warren; children: a. Clarence Addison, born October 30, 1891; b. Helen, born August 24, 1893, died January 9, 1894; c. Alden Taylor, Jr., born December 4, 1895 ; d. Sylvia Adams, born August 31, 1897; e. Ruth Elsie, born December 31, 1899. 3. Eliz- abeth Hodges, born at Canton, died in infancy. 4. Elizabeth Hodges, born March 27, 1835; married, May 1, 1867, John Mason Metcalf ; children : i. Fred Morville, born August 27, 1877; ii. Bertha May, born June 19, 1881. 5. Sarah A., born April, 1837, died June 26, 1838. 6. Thomas Wales, born August 15, 1838, died May 1, 1893; married, January 4, 1857, Ellen Tenney ; children : i. Nellie Frances, born July 16, 1857, married Edward Curran and had a child, Edward; ii. Harriet F., born December 20, 1858, died March 12, 1860; iii. Hattie Au- gusta, born September 6, 1861, died May 3, 1907, married Alvin Cluer and has children : a. Daisy, born April 30, 1885; b. Florence, born December 25, 1889; c. Grace, twin of Florence ; iv. Mary, married Webster Smith ; v. Blanche, married Elwin Dunbar and has children : Dorothy and Helen. 7. Daniel Web- ster, born May 20, 1839, died May 6, 1863, in New Orleans, Louisiana, during the civil war ; married Laura Smith. 8. Warren Henry, see forward. 9. Abbie Morse, born July 31, 1843, (lied April 25, 1869. 10. Edwin Thompson, a sketch of whom follows. II. Frederick, born October 4, 1847, died April 10, 1901 ; married (first) June 6, 1874, Laura Beals, and has a son, Herbert N., who was born in 1875 and married, December 25, 1901, Inga E. Kay ; married (second) Mrs. Pond and has a son, Raymond. 12. Willard Sumner, born Feb- ruary 3, 1850, married Sarah Adams. 13. Charles Francis, born April 24, 1852, married Alice Johnson.
(V) Warren Henry, fourth son and eighth child of Michael and Elvira ( Richards ) Bright,
was born in Canton, the original home of the immigrant ancestor of the family, August 4, 1841, and died in Franklin, Massachusetts, May 6, 1907. He was three years old when his parents removed to Sharon, and he there attended the district school until fifteen years of age, working on the farm a part of the time ; he then attended the winter sessions until twenty-one years of age, being engaged in farming during the summer months. At this time he obtained a position in the Lothrop knife shop in Sharon, and at the end of one year enlisted as a private at Readville, in the Eleventh Massachusetts Battery, October 31, 1863. After a short stay in camp the battery was ordered to the front and although he was not promoted, he served in the front ranks of his company until his discharge at the close of the war, June 25, 1865. His first active experience on the battlefield was at the battle of the Wilderness, May 5 to 7, 1864, and this was followed by the engagement at Spottsyl- vania. Then in succession he was present at the following: North Anna River, Cold Har- bor, Petersburg, and the beginning of the siege by Grant, until the close of the war. During the time preceding the surrender of Lee, Mr. Bright was constantly in active service, being in the engagements of Deep Bottom, New- market, Malvern Hill, Weldon Railroad and Fort Stedman. He was at one time in the smallpox hospital at Georgetown. After his discharge from the army he returned to his home at Sharon, subsequently going to Phillips, Maine, where he and his brother-in-law, Will- iam Smith, engaged in the making of barrel hoops, then a thriving industry of that town during the winter months. In the spring of 1866 he and his brother Frederick purchased a fifty-acre farm at Avon, Maine, where they were engaged in lumbering and hoop making, finding a ready market for the hoops at Port- land, Maine. He sold his interest to Frederick and removed to Franklin, Massachusetts, in 1871, locating on the John Metcalf homestead, and a year later bought the farm on which he died. Mr. Bright entered extensively into the market garden business and later in the wood and lumber business, purchasing large tracts of land and wholesaling his products. He was a prominent factor in the business world of that section, was keenly interested in the affairs of his adopted town, and always had an eye to the greatest good to the greatest number. In addition to his home farm of fifty-five acres he owned two others of sixty-five and forty-five acres respectively, and
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eighty-five acres of other land. He served his town as overseer of the poor for a period of nine years, was assessor in 1895, and was frequently solicited to act as selectman, but always declined. He was a member of Franklin Post, No. 60, Grand Army of the Republic ; of King David Lodge, No. 71, Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, of Franklin; and an active and valued member of the Meth- odist church. He married (first ) May 9, 1866, Mary Elizabeth, born at Avon, Maine, Febru- ary I, 1845, died at Franklin, Massachusetts, December 18, 1886, daughter of Stephen and Susan (Rowe) Peary. Children: I. Edna Amanda. born February 13, 1867 ; is a teacher in Maine Conference Seminary, Bucksport. 2. Susie Amanda, born July 1, 1869; married, June 26, 1893, Roy C. Southworth. 3. Ina A., born December 4, 1870, died August 13, 1871. 4. Anna Belle, born April 14, 1872; married, June 8. 1898, Charles H. Prince ; children : i. Helen Bright, born January 31, 1900; ii. Mar- ion Chaffee, October 3, 1901. 5. Mabel I., born December 29, 1873, died July 7, 1875. 6. Elvira Frances, born August 20, 1875; mar- ried, December 5, 1896, George Francis Rivero ; children : i. Edwin Francis, born November 3, 1897; ii. Irwin Warren, February 8, 1901 ; iii. Lester Elmer, October 15, 1902; iv. Emily May, September 18, 1904. 7. Henry James, born February 24, 1877, died October 18, 1904. 8. Mary Elsie, born June 8, 1879; married, July 23, 1901, Silas Arthur Cook ; children : i. Wesley Warren, born August 16, 1902; ii. Edith Evangeline, August 20, 1904 ; iii. Esther Elizabeth, July 3, 1907. 9. Harry Raymond, born February 7, 1881. Mr. Bright married ( second) January 8, 1891, Agnes Marie, born February 10, 1865, daughter of Henry Jerome and Rebecca Elizabeth (Crosby) Trask, the former a farmer and owner of a saw mill. Child, Karl Aubrey, born December 12, 1892.
(V) Edwin Thompson, fifth son and tenth child of Michael and Elvira ( Richards ) Bright, was born at North Sharon, Massachusetts, De- cember 10, 1845. His elementary schooling was obtained in the district school, and he assisted on his father's farm until he was fourteen years old. Two years later he entered the employ of Morse Brothers, makers of Ris- ing Sun Stove Polish, remaining in this posi- tion four years. He then had charge of a trip hammer for a year in the Ames Shovel Works at Canton, at the end of this time removing to Franklin, where he worked two years in the straw shop of H. M. Green, then went to Attleboro, Massachusetts, in 1869, where for
eighteen months he learned the jewelry busi- ness with D. H. Smith, subsequently entering the employ of Sturdy Brothers to learn the enameling trade, and was with this firm twelve years. After two years spent in the same work for the Watson & Newell Company, Mr. Bright, in 1884, commenced this business for himself, and was successful from the outset. He worked for many of the leading jewelers of Attleboro, but in 1898 his business, together with many others, was totally destroyed by fire. With the insurance money that he re- ceived he again started in the same business, occupying various localities until January, 1909, when he removed to new and more commodious quarters in the Ingraham building, where he is now established. He is also a member of the firm of E. D. Gilmore & Company, manu- facturing rings, pins, brooches, etc., the other members of the firm being: E. D. Gilmore and William L. King, also located in the Ingra- ham building. Mr. Bright served in the state militia while living at Canton. He is a Repub- lican in politics, a member of the First Congre- tional Church at Attleboro. He is a charter member of Oriental Lodge, No. 165, Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows, and a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He married, April 2, 1874, Ida Cora, born Febru- ary 18, 1852, daughter of George R. Gilmore, and they had one child, Harold Gilmore, born November 14, 1874, died at the age of three days.
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