Bright, Thomas

Bright, Thomas a Baptist minister, was born in Walton, England, in 1808. He came to America, and took up his residence in Utica, N.Y., where he was baptized, and soon after became, a minister. The churches he served were in New York state, and in Wisconsin, whither he removed in 1852. He suddenly died, September 10, 1876, while preaching in Madison. He took a high rank among the ministers of his denomination in Wisconsin. See Cathcart, Baptist Encyclop. page 134. (J.C.S.)