The Mr. and Mrs. Bright of Lineville mentioned below in 1911 are almost certainly my great-uncle and -aunt, William Henry Bright and Sarah Elizabeth Laughlin Bright. "Aunt Sary," as she was known to the family, was born in 1882 to Dixon Green Laughlin and Elizabeth Cynthia Brown. Sary's husband, "Uncle Bill" Bright, was born 1878 to Samuel James Bright and Mary Ann Wood, Decatur Countians who moved to Lineville, Wayne Co., IA in the 1890s. Bill and Sary had one child, Marie Elsie Bright, 1904-1975, who married Ted C. Savage in 1933. These Brights later moved to Des Moines. Rick, Merced, CA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- On Dec 31, 2000, at 11:24 PM, Nancee Seifert wrote: > Decatur County Journal > Leon, Iowa > Thursday, December 28, 1911 > > Mrs. WM. BRIGHT, who resides with her husband and family nearly opposite the > school house, related to us an incident she witnessed a few days since which > illustrates the utter brutality a man is capable of when influenced by > passion and whiskey.