Census: 1880 Milton Township, Rock Co., Wisconsin: age 63, farmer

Moved to Milton Junction, Wisconsin
In 1873 there is an A. Brightman farm in sections 4 and 5 of Milton Township.

Addison Brightman 1827-1892
The Sabbath Recorder Obituary
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 48, No 45, p 720, Nov. 10, 1892.
Addison Brightman was born in Brookfield, N. Y., in 1827, being at the time of his death, which occurred Oct. 25, 1892, 65 years of age.
In 1853 he was united in marriage to Miss Clarissa Clark. Although it was one of the happiest of unions, it was very brief. In 1865, with his family, he moved to Albion, Dane Co., Wis., where in the space of six months the death angel entered, taking the beloved wife and mother. Three children were born to them, Ida., wife of Prof. D. O. Hibbard, of Harriman, Tenn.; Ada, wife of Mr. Geo. Buten, Milton Junction, Wis., and Jessie, wife of the Rev. Thos. Sharpe, Horicon, Wis. After his home was broken up by the death of his wife, his life was filled with more sorrow than is common to most men. Yet through it all he would look up and say, "The dear Lord does not make any mistakes."
He was converted in his youth, and lived a faithful consistent life. Religion was to him the most important thing in life, imparting joy, tempering sorrow, and meeting all its demands. He was true to his religious convictions and steadfast in the maintenance of Christian principle. He was a member of the Seventh-day Baptist Church at Milton Junction.
The last year and a half his home has been with his daughter, Mrs. Sharpe, where loving hands did what they could to fulfill the promise, "That at evening time it shall be light." The little grandchildren had learned to love and anxiously wait for the coming of grandpa. While visiting his daughter, Mrs. Buten, he was stricken with erysipelas, living only one week. Mrs. Hibbard was also visiting there, so in the last illness he had the loving care of his three daughters, and on the beautiful morning of Oct. 27th we laid him to rest by the side of his departed wife. His pastor, assisted by the Rev. N. Wardner, officiated at the funeral. G. W. H.