John Mason Bryte ^{3 4}

   Another name for John was John Bright.⁵

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1850 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 19 October 1850. ³

1850 US Census
Page 490B, Dwelling 223, Family 226
Orange Township, Ashland County, Ohio
John Bryte..12..OH
(Living with parents.)
.

• He appeared on the 1860 US Census in Prairie City Township, McDonough County, IL on 15 June 1860. ⁴

1860 US Census
Page 95, Roll 201, Dwelling 633, Family 639
Prairie City Township, McDonough County, Illinois
John Bryte..22..OH..Farmer
(Living with parents.)
.

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Locust Grove Township, Fremont County, IA on June 1880. ⁵

1880 US Census
Page 101C, Roll 0341
Locust Grove Township, Fremont County, Iowa
John Bright..Head..42..OH..Farmer
(Living with wife and 5 children.)
.

John married Arminda C. Griffin on 16 March 1864 in , Stark County, IL.^{1 2} (Arminda C. Griffin was born on 31 August 1849 in Illinois ² and died on 6 August 1932 in Shenandoah, IA.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Locust Grove Township, Fremont County, IA on June 1880. ⁵

1880 US Census
Page 101C, Roll 0341
Locust Grove Township, Fremont County, Iowa
John Bright..Head..42..OH..Farmer
Amanda Bright..Wife..31..IL..Keeping House
Nettie Bright..Dau..14..IL..At Home
Giles Bright..Son.12..IL..At Home
Della Bright..Dau..8..IL
Anna Bright..Dau..6..IL
Clide Bright..Son..3..IL
.

  Marriage Notes:

I am fairly certain that the 1880 census enumeration is of the correct John Bryte and his wife, Arminda? It appears that they left Illinois between 1877-1880 and moved to Fremont County, Iowa to join his brother Mathias Bryte and several other brothers who all moved from Illinois to Iowa. However, this John Bright shows his parents as both being born in Ohio whereas John Bryte's parents were both born in Pennsylvania. But the census records of the other Brytes from 1880 indicates that most were confused about their parents' birthplaces. There is another BRIGHT family of pioneers in Fremont County, Iowa who originated from Greene County, Pennsylvania which is the same place that John M. Bryte's father was born. I suspect that these BRIGHT families are another branch of the same tree with some having adopted the Americanized spelling of the surname and whereas others have kept the original spelling as BRYTE. Perhaps John M. Bryte and his entire family started spelling their names as BRIGHT as evidenced by this 1880 census record. In addition, the family members of his brother, Mathias Bryte, were all enumerated in 1880 in Fremont County, Iowa with the surname spelled as BRIGHT.
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