Husband: James Jackson BRIGHT
Birthdate: November 19, 1855
Birthplace: Habersham County, GA
Death date: April 12, 1928
Place of death: Greer, SC
Burial: Toccoa City Cemetery
Father: James H. BRIGHT
Mother: Martha Elizabeth WARD

Marriage date: December 7, 1877
Marriage place: Franklin County, GA

Wife: Martha Elizabeth GUEST
Birthdate: November 3, 1859
Birthplace: Banks County, GA
Death date: November 2, 1926
Place of death: Stephens County, GA
Burial: Toccoa City Cemetery
Father: Morgan Guest
Mother: Elizabeth Ayers

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Thomas Hendrix BRIGHT
Sex: M
Birthdate: March 13, 1880
Birthplace: Stephens County, GA
Death date: March 7, 1934
Place of death: Fulton County, GA
Burial: Hollywood Cemetery
Marriage date:
Marriage place: Cherokee County, GA
Spouses' names: Eula Lee DUNCAN

Child No. 2: Henry Felton Bright
Sex:
Birthdate: December 19, 1878
Birthplace: Stephens County, GA
Death date: June 2, 1880
Place of death:
Burial: Toccoa City Cemetery
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Child No. 3: James Glenn BRIGHT
Sex: M
Birthdate: April 29, 1881
Birthplace: Stephens County, GA
Death date: August 8, 1918
Place of death: Fulton County, GA
Burial: Toccoa City Cemetery
Marriage date:
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Spouses' names: Nannie (unknown)

Child No. 4: Nellie BRIGHT
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1883
Birthplace: Georgia
Death date:
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Spouses' names: Edmund Wroe

Child No. 5: Eliza
Sex: F
Birthdate: 1884
Birthplace: Georgia
Death date:
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Spouses' names: Oscar W. Davison

Child No. 6: Ella May BRIGHT
Sex: F
Birthdate: December 21, 1885
Birthplace: Georgia
Death date: May 14, 1887
Place of death: Georgia
Burial: Toccoa City Cemetery
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Child No. 7: Jefferson Davis BRIGHT
Sex: M
Birthdate: June 11, 1888
Birthplace: Stephens County, GA
Death date: April 11, 1928
Place of death: Georgia
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place: Cherokee County, GA
Spouses' names: Mary Elizabeth Duncan

Child No. 8: Jewell Vivian BRIGHT
Sex: F
Birthdate: January 14, 1889
Birthplace: Stephens County, Georgia
Death date: January 23, 1889
Place of death: Stephens County, Georgia
Burial: Toccoa City Cemetery
Marriage date:
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Documentation:
1. The TOCCOA RECORD, April 12, 1928.
2. Toccoa City Cemetery.
3. 1860 Franklin County (Carnesville), GA Census.
4. 1870 Franklin County, GA census.
5. GAGenWeb Franklin County Marriages 1806-1903.
6. Will of James J. Jackson, filed July 3, 1928.
7. Death Certificate of Thomas H. Bright, Sr. (Fulton County, GA).
8. 1880 Mortality Schedule.
9. The Cherokee Advance, August 16, 1918.
10. 1930 Tarrant County, Texas Census.
11. The History of the First Baptist Church (Toccoa Georgia) Advocate Press.
12. The History of Stephens County Georgia 1715-1972, Trogdon.