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Below is a family biography included in The History of Obion County, Tennessee published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1887. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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William M. Bright, M. D., was born in Troy, Tenn., August 18, 1846. His father Dr. David Bright, was born in Virginia in 1808 or 1809; a son of George Bright, a Pennsylvanian, who died in Virginia. The family originally came from Germany. Dr. David Bright came to Troy in 1838 and practiced his profession in the county until 1880. His wife, Ellen (Motheral) Bright, was born in Williamson County, and died in Obion County, in 1862, leaving four children, our subject the eldest. He was educated at the Troy schools and Westbrook Academy, near Troy, and began the study of medicine in 1868, under the direction of Dr. T. P. Satterwhite, of Louisville, Ky. His first course of lectures was received at the University of Louisville, but he graduated from the University of Nashville in 1870. He immediately located in Troy, where he has been successfully engaged in the practice of his profession. He was married in 1872, to J. W. Allen, of Fulton County, Ky., born on May 31, 1851. They have four children: Leila, Kyle, David and Allen. Dr. Bright is a Democrat, and his first presidential vote was cast for Horace Greeley. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and he and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
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This family biography is one of 179 biographies included in The History of Obion County, Tennessee published in 1887 by Goodspeed. The History of Obion County was included within The History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley & Lake Counties of Tennessee. For the complete description, click here: History of Gibson, Obion, Dyer, Weakley, and Lake Counties of Tennessee
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