MRS. ELIZA BRIGHT, farmer, P. O. Somerset. One of the early settlers and a well-known lady, was born in the State of New Jersey June 28, 1812; her parents were David and Hannah (Busby) Compton. Receiving a fair education in the common schools; Mrs. Bright was a pupil at a more advanced institution in Philadelphia, ramaining under the parental roof until her marriage, March 1, 1831, with William Bright, also a native of New Jersey, born in 1807. Mr. and Mrs. Bright came to Indiana in 1837; settling in Decatur County, where they remained some eight years; removing to Wabash County in May, 1845. Immediately locating upon the home farm. Mr. Bright rapidly developed the place from a wilderness into cultivated fields, and in 1851 built the commodious family residence. The homestead consists of 175 acres under fine cultivation. Mr. and Mrs. Bright were the parents of eleven children, of whom six are living. Their names and present residences being as follows: Richard L., a resident of Colorado; Azel C., a well-known farmer of Waltz Township; Levi, living at Treaty in this county; Sarah is the wife of Henry Halterman, of Waltz Township; George W., also of Waltz; and William, Jr., now conducting the home place, was united in matrimony to Miss Alice Cochran, September 7, 1879. To this marriage was born a son, Edwin. William Bright, Sr., died December 30, 1869.

Taken for the 1884 History of Wabash County, Indiana page 485