Grace, My maternal line contains BRIGHTS in Elwood and Tipton, they all married SMITHS. Here's the basics: Isaac SMITH m. Amanda WRIGHT in 1865 Children: Ira SMITH b 1871 married Eliza "Lida" BRIGHT Ara SMITH b 1871 married Mary Elizabeth "Millie" BRIGHT Peter SMITH b 1868 married Clara BRIGHT The girls were the daughters of Winfield Scott BRIGHT b abt1853 and Martha HOLLAR b abt1850 Other children were Sam and Ellen. Winfield Scott BRIGHT was the son of William BRIGHT b abt 1827 and Eliza HAVENS. Other children of William BRIGHT and Eliza were Mary, Nancy, Barbara and Alfred. My grandfather, Jasper SMITH, son of Ira SMITH and Lida BRIGHT, married Sylvia JONES. If this sounds like your line of BRIGHTS, drop me a note. I'm always delighted to find another "cousin". Gloria in Miami