Historical And Biographical Annals of Columbia And Montour Counties Pennsylvani
Historical And Biographical Annals of Columbia And Montour Counties Pennsylvani
Thomas Medwin
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, who served in the Continental army during the Revolutionary war. His great-grand- father. Michael Bright (or Brecht). Emigrated from the Palatinate to America in 1728. Peter Bright married Mary Evans in December, 1827. David Bright, father of Peter Bright, and Philip T. Evans, father of Mrs. Bright, purchased together the land in \'alley town- ship known then as the '"Strawbridge Farm, " and presented it to the young couple, who in March, 1834, moved upon it and there happily lived and reared... a family of strong, substan- tial men and women, men and women the like of which are always the bone and sinew of the communities in which they live. Peter Bright was a farmer and a most successful one. In the early days, while living in Reading, he did considerable teaming, sometimes hauling freight from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh. At one time among his freight was a sack of half- pennies from the mint in Philadelphia, which he distributed to the tollgate keepers along the turnpike. His moving from Reading to the \'alley township farm in 1834 was done in three big four-horse "Conestoga" wagons and a "Dearborn, " in which the family rode.
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