GEORGE M. BRIGHT,
Was born in Franklin county, Virginia, on February 20, 1852. He attended
school at Rocky Mount, Virginia, under the instructions of his
uncle, Judge Thomas H. Bernard, and later went to Philadelphia.
From that city he came to Abingdon December 1, 1886, and with his
brother-in-law, Robert M. Brice, established his present business, under
the firm name and style of "The Washington Hardware Co.," the largest
hardware establishment in the county, carrying on a general hardware
business. His father was Samuel G. Bright, who served through the
late war in Early's command, C. S. A., and was a prisoner at Fort
Delaware, the last nine months of the war. Michael Bright, uncle of
George M., was two years in service. Another uncle is Jesse D. Bright,
of Indiana, at one time governor of that State. The Hon. John M.
Bright, distinguished statesman of England, is another uncle of George
M.
