Sylvanus
James
Bright
Born in Hambleton, Tucker, West Virginia, United States
Ancestors 
Husband of
Mary Elizabeth (Teter) Bright
— married
1888 in Tucker, West Virginia, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Luther Bright, Rosie Bell Bright, Garber Lee Bright, Gladys Lula (Bright) Phillips and Celesta Marie (Bright) Carr
Died
at age 67
in Elk, Tucker, West Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Dec 2013
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Biography
Sylvanus was born in October 1869. Sylvanus Bright ... He passed away in 1937.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN2H-53P : accessed 17 October 2019), Sylvanna Bright, Dry Fork, Tucker, West Virginia, United States; citing ED 172, sheet 8B, line 77, family 128, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1967; FHL microfilm 1,821,967.
- "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FYVZ-DXM : 11 February 2018), Sylvanus J Bright and Mary Elizabeth Teter, 1888; citing Tucker, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 816,719.
- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVL6-CJDD : 13 December 2015), Sylvanus James Bright, 1937; Burial, Elk, Tucker, West Virginia, United States of America, Brights Chapel Cemetery; citing record ID 93970932, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Molly Martin for creating Bright-976 on 19 Dec 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Molly and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sylvanus by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sylvanus:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sylvanus by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sylvanus:
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~3.12%
Debra Carr
:
AncestryDNA
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~3.12%
Ronald Phillips :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T668947 [compare], FTDNA kit #130263
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~1.56%
Dick Ash :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A034405 [compare]
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~1.56%
Patricia Carr :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JE6520670 [compare], Ancestry member Patcatpaws
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~1.17%
~3.12%
Carolyn Boggs :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A939994 [compare], Ancestry member crlynbggs
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~0.78%
Sarah (Roy) May :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jessieblodgett
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Eugena (Starks) Henderson :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member waygen152
+
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