Person:Thomas Brightwell (8)

PARENTS MAY NOT BE RIGHT. THE BRIGHTWELL BROTHERS MARRIED THE TYRE SISTERS (AND SOME OTHER WOMEN) AND SOME CHILDREN WERE ILLEGITIMATE. ONE WAY OF SAYING IT IS THE BRIGHTWELL BROTHERS WERE BIGAMISTS OR WIFE SWAPPERS OR what, swingers, adulterers?

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   Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800: Being Transcriptions from the Original Files at the County Court House, of Wills, Deeds, Administrators' and Guardians' Bonds, Marriage Licenses, and Lists of Revolutionary Pensioners
   Spotsylvania County (Va.)
   Genealogical Association, 1905 - Registers of births, etc - 576 pages
   
   See this on Google Books

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 .

   Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965
   Name: T B Brightwell
   [Thomas B Brightwell]
   Gender: Male
   Race: White
   Death Age: 74
   Birth Date: 12 Mar 1861
   Birth Place: Woodford, Kentucky, USA
   Death Date: 15 Jul 1935
   Death Place: Franklin, Kentucky, USA
   Spouse: Mary Ellen Wright

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   Thomas B Brightwell
   Birth: 12 Mar 1861 Millville, Woodford County, Kentucky, USA
   Death: 15 Jul 1935 (aged 74) Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
   Burial: Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA
   Plot: Sec J Lot 273AN Grave 3
   Memorial #: 66820301
   Family Members
   Parents
   William Brightwell 1812-1890
   Mary Ann Tyre Brightwell 1836-1899
   Spouse
   Mary Ellen Wright Brightwell 1867-1912
   Siblings
   Lewis Brightwell 1865-1929
   Lena Crista Brightwell 1870-1943
   Lucy Ann Brightwell 1872-1944
   Clarence B Brightwell 1874-1957
   Half Siblings
   Sarah Catherine Brightwell Jarvis 1835-1897
   Elizabeth Ellen Brightwell Voorhis 1839-1900
   William Richard Brightwell 1841-1866
   Laura Frances Brightwell Stewart 1849-1920
   Ellenora Brightwell Williams 1851-1878
   Andrew Jackson Brightwell 1855-1939
   John Wesley Brightwell 1861-1950
   Walter Absolam Brightwell 1863-1922
   Children
   Robert O Brightwell 1885-1924
   Hallie Brightwell 1889-1918
   Dallas C Brightwell 1889-1973
   Maintained by: Janice (47212344)
   Originally Created by: Tina Toles Wingate (47299438)
   Added: 12 Mar 2011
   URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66820301
   Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 September 2018), memorial page for Thomas B Brightwell (12 Mar 1861–15 Jul 1935), Find A Grave Memorial no. 66820301, citing Frankfort Cemetery, Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Janice (contributor 47212344) .

4. ↑ Information from Dennis Brightwell twobrights@@aol.com.
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   Spotsylvania County, 1721-1800: Being Transcriptions from the Original Files at the County Court House, of Wills, Deeds, Administrators' and Guardians' Bonds, Marriage Licenses, and Lists of Revolutionary Pensioners
   Spotsylvania County (Va.)
   Genealogical Association, 1905 - Registers of births, etc - 576 pages
   
   See this book on Google Books