Bios: ALBERT RENFREW BRIGHT, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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       ALBERT RENFREW BRIGHT,
   
   [p. 529] representative citizen and general farmer of North Beaver
   Township, residing on his valuable property which consists of eighty
   acres of excellent land, lying one-half mile north of Moravia, on the
   New Castle-Moravia road, has been located here since 1882. He was born
   at Hulton, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, twelve miles north of
   Pittsburg, August 17, 1860, and is a son of Adam and Elizabeth (Hulton)
   Bright.
   
   Adam Bright was a son of Peter Bright, of old Pennsylvania Dutch stock.
   The latter came from one of the old settled counties east of the
   Allegheny Mountains and, with Jonathan Hulton and Caleb Lee, was one of
   the earliest settlers in that section of Allegheny County. These three
   men owned all the land surrounding the settlement, which was named
   Hulton in honor of the grandfather of Mr. Bright. During the Civil War,
   Adam Bright served as a soldier in Company K, One Hundred and First
   Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. He was made prisoner, was
   taken to Andersonville prison and died in that place of unspeakable
   torture. His memory is preserved as one of the nation's honored defenders.
   
   Albert R. Bright was reared at Hulton and after leaving school he
   learned the machinist trade in the shops of the Allegheny Valley
   Railroad, but has not worked as such, his inclinations being more in the
   direction of farming. Together with his wife he owns 162-1/2 acres of
   land, in two farms, residing on the one containing eighty acres.
   
   Mr. Bright married Mary Chambers, who was born and reared in North
   Beaver Township, and is a daughter of James Chambers, of a prominent
   family of this locality. They have had four children: James, Elizabeth,
   Isabella and Albert Renfrew, the latter of whom died aged nine months.
   James Bright is a general farmer of North Beaver Township. He married
   Daisy Beacom and they have two children, Kenneth R. and Birda Lucinda.
   Elizabeth Bright married Frank Withrow and they have one daughter,
   Josephine. The younger daughter lives at home. The family is one which
   is held in high esteem in their community.
   
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   20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
   Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
   Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
   
   Updated: 2 Nov 2001