Doctor Craton Bright

1847 - 1886  (38 years)

• Name	Doctor Craton Bright
  Birth	14 Dec 1847	McDowell Co, NC
  Gender	Male
  _UID	44DD888DD2DAD4118AC444455354000045C8
  Death	6 Mar 1886	McDowell Co, NC
  Burial	Providence United Methodist Cem, McDowell Co, NC
  Person ID	I5593	Marty and Karla Grant
  Last Modified	5 Apr 2020

  
  

  Father	Aaron Bright,   b. 5 Sep 1813, Burke Co, NC d. 10 Dec 1866, McDowell Co, NC (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Mary Grant,   b. 11 Nov 1819, Rutherford Co, NC (now McDowell Co, NC) d. 13 Nov 1894, McDowell Co, NC (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	21 Feb 1842	Rutherford Co, NC (now McDowell Co, NC)
  Family ID	F3217	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jane E McCurry,   b. 23 Apr 1857, McDowell Co, NC d. 10 Jun 1898, McDowell Co, NC (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	9 Aug 1877	McDowell Co, NC
  Children	1. Ida R Bright,   b. 11 Jun 1878, McDowell Co, NC d. 25 Jun 1891, McDowell Co, NC (Age 13 years)   2. William F Bright,   b. 21 Nov 1879, McDowell Co, NC d. 11 Jun 1946, Cherokee Co, SC (Age 66 years)   3. Edwin A Bright,   b. 3 Apr 1881, McDowell Co, NC d. 21 Oct 1959, Jacksonville, Duval Co, FL (Age 78 years)   4. Sallie Bright,   b. 1883, McDowell Co, NC   5. Grover Crayton Bright,   b. Abt 1885, McDowell Co, NC d. 5 Apr 1943, Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F3762	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2025

  
  

• Notes

  !CENSUS:1850 McDowell Co., NC # 41/41 Aaron Bright 37 Farmer $900 NC Mary 31 Amanda J. 8 Sarah C. 6 John 3 Craton 2 Elmira 1; !CENSUS:1860 McDowell Co., NC, Sugar Hill PO # 607/607 Aron Bright 47 Laborer $-/- NC Mary 45 Jane 18 Sarah 16 John 14 Crayton 12 Mira 11 Lina 9 William 7 Derina 5 Mary 4 Aron 11/12; !CENSUS:1870 McDowell Co., NC Sugar Hill Township No 6, Sugar Hill PO # 53/53 Mary Bright 50 Keeping House $1200/400 NC D. C. 22 m Farm Labr Amanda 23 at home Elmira 21 at home Salina 18 at home William 16 Farm Labr Rena 14 at home Mary 12 at home Lafayette 10 Farm Labr James 8 at home; !MARRIAGE: 9 Aug 1877 McDowell Co., NC D. C. Bright & J. E. McCurry by W. B. Lyda, MG; !CENSUS:1880 McDowell Co., NC Old Fort # 147/147 Doctor C. Bright 32 M Farmer NC-NC-NC Jane E. 23 wife M Keeping House Ida 2 dau at home William 6/12 Dec. son at home;