Tyndall, John W. Standard history of Adams and Wells Counties, Indiana. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1918, pp. 900-1.

JULIUS J. BRITE. A practical and prosperous young farmer of Adams County, full of push and energy, Julius J. Brite is successfully engaged in his free and independent occupation in Root Township, where he has a most pleasant and attractive home. A native of Adams County, he was born, July 19, 1889, in Washington Township of German ancestry.

John Brite, Mr. Brite's father, was born in Germany, and as a child was brought by his parents to the United States. After attaining his majority he embarked in agricultural pursuits on his own account, for a few years renting land in Washington Township. In 1891 he bought a farm of eighty acres in the same township, and managed it successfully until 1893, when he sold it at an advantage. He married, in 1886, Margaret Koenig, who was born in Germany, and at the age of four years came with her parents to Indiana. She died August 18, 1895.

Brought up on the home farm, Julius J. Brite received a good common school education, and being an extensive and intelligent reader keeps himself well informed on the topics of the day. He was well drilled in the agricultural branches as a boy and youth, and soon after his marriage settled in Boot Township on the farm which he now owns and occupies, assuming its possession on November 29, 1914. It consists of forty acres of highly productive land, advantageously located in the southwest corner of Root Township, and is amply supplied with all the necessary buildings and equipments for carrying on his work successfully.

Mr. Brite married, September 23, 1914, Miss Gertrude Geels, a daughter of George and Anna Geels, who reared three other children, namely: Joseph H.; John F.; and Mary, who is in St. Agnes Convent, in Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Brite have two children, John G. and Roman J. Religiously Mr. Brite and his wife are members of the Roman Catholic Church.