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Sources: JOHN BRIGHT

1. Pages 193-207 in "History of Dakota Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net. Copy in possession of Oris Friesen (b. 4 Jan 1940).

2. Beth Rasmussen , "My Truman-Leach-High-Rasmussen Family Tree," http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=beth_rasmussen, last updated Sat Oct 28 07:32:00 2000.

3. Sharon Wilson Wierman email posted to Bright Family Genealogy Forum, "Re: James Bright 1752 Eng>>MD>>TN," dated 12 Aug 2000, from . Message URL: http://www.genforum.com/bright/messages/1147.html. Forum URL: http://www.genforum.com/bright/. Copy in possession of Oris Friesen (b. 4 Jan 1940).

4. Randy Wright. "A Brief History of Parke Co. Indiana Sheriffs, 1821-1997" (based on several old newspaper articles) [as cited in http://www.wico.net/~zacho/sheriffs.htm and http://www.wico.net/~zacho/beadle.htm as of 23 Nov 2000].

5. Phyllis Snider email, "Beadle Family," dated 4 Dec 2000, . Copy in possession of Oris Friesen (b. 4 Jan 1940).

6. Patricia King email posted to Bright Family Genealogy Forum, "Re: James Bright of Lincoln Co. TN," dated 7 Aug 2000, from . Message URL: http://www.genforum.com/bright/messages/1136.html. Forum URL: http://www.genforum.com/bright/. Copy in possession of Oris Friesen (b. 4 Jan 1940).

7. 1840 Census, Parke County, Indiana [as cited in "Descendants of James I Bright,"]. Copy in possession of Oris Friesen (b. 4 Jan 1940).

8. 1860 Census, Parke County, Indiana [as cited in "Descendants of James I Bright,"]. Copy in possession of Oris Friesen (b. 4 Jan 1940).

9. 1850 Census, Parke County, Indiana [as cited in "Descendants of James I Bright,"]. Copy in possession of Oris Friesen (b. 4 Jan 1940). 10. "Descendants of James I Bright," attachment included in Beth Rasmussen email, "Re: James Bright from Scotland," dated

10 Dec 2000, . Copy in possession of Oris Friesen (b. 4 Jan 1940).

11. Phyllis Snider email, "Beadle Family," dated 28 Nov 2000, . This email refers to the obituary of John H. Beadle in the Rockville Journal, to some Civil War records, and the Rockville Cemetery records. Copy of email in possession of Oris Friesen (b. 4 Jan 1940).

12. Unnumbered page from 1874 Atlas and a township map of Parke County included with a letter sent to Jeanne (Beadle) Burbank (b. 8 May 1915) by Everett J. Ritchie (a former colleague of Jeanne's) on 28 Aug 1972. Copies of all documents are in a scrapbook and the blue genealogy 3-ring notebook in possession of Carey (Burbank) Friesen (b. 7 Jul 1942) and Oris Friesen (b. 4 Jan 1940). The content of this page can also be found at http://www.wico.net/~zacho/beadle.htm as of 23 Nov 2000, and it is said to have been Taken from the 1874 Parke Co IN Atlas, p. 29.

13. Phyllis Snider email, "Beadles & Hess," dated 9 Jul 2000, . Copy in possession of Oris Friesen (b. 4 Jan 1940).

14. Connelley, William E., "A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans," Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1918. Vol. 4 [as cited in http://www.ancestry.com/ as of 14 Dec 2000]. Copy in possession of Oris Friesen (b. 4 Jan 1940)

15. Oris Friesen (b. 4 Jan 1940)

16. Cutler, William G., History of the State of Kansas, A. T. Andreas (Chicago, IL. ,first published in 1883), [as cited in http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/cutler/], Allen County Biographies.

17. "1850 Census," Indiana , Parke County, District No. 85, Enumerated by C. Noel on the 16 day of August 1850, Microfilm REEL NO: 164 PAGE NO: 276a, [as cited in ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/in/parke/census/1850/pg0273b.txt], As of 23 Nov 2000. The surname "Beadle" is misspelled as "Biedle" in this census.

18. Cutler, William G., History of the State of Kansas, A. T. Andreas (Chicago, IL. ,first published in 1883), [as cited in http://www.ukans.edu/carrie/kancoll/books/cutler/], Troy, Doniphan County Biographies.

19. S. B. Nissen, "He Saved the School Lands," The Journal of the National Education Association of the United States, 26, #4, April 1937, pp. 119-120.

20. Frank Passic (Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan Historian) email posted to Beadle Family Genealogy Forum, "General Wil. Hen. Harrison Beadle buried," dated 11 December 2000, from . Message URL: http://www.genforum.com/beadle/messages/163.html. Forum URL: http://www.genforum.com/beadle/. Copy in possession of Oris Friesen (b. 4 Jan 1940).

21. See http://www.aoc.gov/art/nshpages/beadle.htm valid as of 23 Nov 2000.

22. Pages 716-719 in "History of South Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. I (1904) and was scanned, OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net. Copy in possession of Oris Friesen (b. 4 Jan 1940).

23. From http://www.outfitters.com/~melissa/genealogy/beadles/origin.html, maintained by Melissa W. Calhoun, Beadles Genealogy Webmaster [beadles@outfitters.com], as of 1 January 1998.

24. See http://www.rcas.org/gb/genbeadle.html as of 23 Nov 2000.

25. Mrs. Mae Beadle Frink, DAR #43589, "The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution", Vol. 44, p. 225 [as cited in http://www.ancestry.com as of 14 Dec 2000] Copy in possession of Oris Friesen (b. 4 Jan 1940)

26. Herringshaw, Thomas William. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century, Chicago, IL:American Publishers' Association, 1902. [As cited in the ancestry.com entry at the URL: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3128.htm valid as of 23 July 2000.] p. 93.

27. Herringshaw, Thomas William. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century, Chicago, IL:American Publishers' Association, 1902. [As cited in the ancestry.com entry at the URL: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/3128.htm valid as of 23 July 2000.]

28. As told to Carey Lea (Burbank) Friesen by Joan B. (Beadle) Gailar and Jeanne (Beadle) Burbank in 1996.

29. Beadle, John Hanson, Life in Utah; or, the Mysteries and Crimes of Mormonism, National Publishing Company (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1870), p. 217.

30. Beadle, John Hanson, Life in Utah; or, the Mysteries and Crimes of Mormonism, National Publishing Company (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1870), pp. 536-538.

31. Beadle, J. H., 1880 History of Parke Co[unty] Indiana, HH Hill & Iddings (Chicago, 1880), [as cited in http://www.wico.net/~zacho/adams_township_biographies.htm].

32. Clipping from Washington, D.C. Star newspaper, Tuesday, 4 Apr 1950. Clipping in possession of Carey Lea (Burbank) Friesen (b. 7 Jul 1942) and Oris Friesen (b. 4 Jan 1940).

33. John Hanson Beadle: Dept. of Human Services, Washington, D.C., Cerificate of Search for his Death Record from 1890 through 1903. Dated 30 July 1985. Official copy in possession of Carey (Burbank) Friesen (b. 7 Jul 1942) and Oris Friesen (b. 4 Jan 1940).

34. See http://www.outfitters.com/~melissa/genealogy/beadles/beadlescw.html#Union, maintained by Melissa W. Calhoun, Beadles Genealogy Webmaster [beadles@outfitters.com], as of 1 January 1998; her references are to Consolidated Index to Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, U.S. Adjutant General's Office, Roll 28, BEA-BEARWOOD; and Pension Index File (Union), 1861-1934, BAUMGARDNER-BEAMAN. Microfilm Reel # 0540782, LDS.

35. Jane (Cole) Beadle, Death Certificate, official copy in possession of Carey Lea (Burbank) Friesen (b. 7 Jul 1942) and Oris Friesen (b. 4 Jan 1940).

36. Phyllis Snider email, "Beadle Family," dated 22 Nov 2000, . Copy in possession of Oris Friesen (b. 4 Jan 1940).

37. Marriage Index of Indiana Marriages Through 1850, Indiana State Library, Genealogy Division, http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www/indiana/genealogy/mirr.html, valid as of 30 December 2000.

38. Beadle, J. H., 1880 History of Parke County Indiana, HH Hill (Chicago, 1880), [as cited in http://www.wico.net/~zacho/liberty_township_biographies.htm].

Sources: JAMES BRIGHT

1. Pages 193-207 in "History of Dakota Territory" by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, OCRed and edited by Maurice Krueger, mkrueger@iw.net. Copy in possession of Oris Friesen (b. 4 Jan 1940).

2. Beth Rasmussen , "My Truman-Leach-High-Rasmussen Family Tree," http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=beth_rasmussen, last updated Sat Oct 28 07:32:00 2000.

3. "Descendants of James I Bright," attachment included in Beth Rasmussen email, "Re: James Bright from Scotland," dated 10 Dec 2000, . Copy in possession of Oris Friesen (b. 4 Jan 1940).