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- Mary Bright White
BIRTH 24 Jun 1833
Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee, USA
DEATH 14 Oct 1930 (aged 97)
Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma, USA
BURIAL
Buffalo Springs Cemetery
Stanford, Lincoln County, Kentucky, USA
PLOT Sec 5, Lot 176
MEMORIAL ID 80505002
Mary Crisp Bright was born in Bolivar, Hardeman, TN, to Greenberry Bright (1803-1896) and Elizabeth Hollyfield Crisp Bright (1806-1883). After her father's tannery partnership almost went under after the Civil War, he returned 'to die' where he was born, Lincoln County, KY. He lived a long time and was successful in farming and raising stock. Mary married Robert Lee White (1834-1909) (son of Sabre Anne McNeese White and John D. White, son of Luke), 22 Mar 1855 in Hardeman County, TN. She is mentioned in the Carpenter Letter, which tells about the Bright Inn of old Lincoln County.
see
Carpenter Letter (http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BRECHT/2000-05/0957355169) (written 1930 by J.G. Carpenter, MD, of Louisville, KY)
"Greenberry Bright, our great uncle, had two sons John and George--3 daughters; Mary Bright married Robert White."
(Yvonne is sorry about the bad picture and says that it was raining and that she will try again. We appreciate her efforts on our behalf so much.)
Siblings: Henry Greenberry (abt 1831-1861); Martha Jane (1835-1927); Sarah Catherine (1842-1931); George Peters (1845-1928).
Children: Edward A. (1861- ); Henry D. (1863- ); Katy (1864- ); William (1868- ); Felix (1876-1933); Jennie Evans (1876-1966)(Mrs. Joe Smith, of Ponca City, OK, in 1920 and 1930, with widowed mother living with); Mattie (1870-)(buried in Los Angeles); Greenberry (1876- ); George (1879- )
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1837 - 1930 (93 years)
