Library, NC, Granville, Francis B Hays Collection




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                                      BRYAN

1876, Henry Bryan                    m. Ellen W. Cooper       May 6
1874, Maggie E. (daughter Henry)     “ Richard H. McGuire     Feb 2
1849, Harry Bryan                    “ Eliza Thornton         Apr 16 1849
                                        Johnston County

Henry Bryan came from “down the country” (Edgecombe). He was the father of
Mrs. R. H. McGuire, Mrs. Bullock, Mrs. A. H. A. Williams, J. Henry, and of
Drew Bryan, by his second marriage to Miss Ellen W. (“Tooks”) Cooper he was
father of Wesley, who died single a few years ago (This is written June 21,
1943). Henry Sr. lived at the east corner of High and Bell streets, formerly
the site of the Oxford academy, later of R. H. Kingsberry, and now of Elbert
Greens.

Henry Sr. was the uncle of Charles Bryan, now a business man and banker of
Oxford, a member of Horner Bros., for whom William D. Bryan clerks. Henry Sr.
died January 14, 1899, aged 77+ (see obit WII, p 22). Mrs. Ellen Cooper Bryan
died at the old home place September 23, 1924, aged 85. Henry Bryan Sr's
first wife was Lucy Savage. Mrs. Sue Bryan Williams was born October 7, 1847,
and died May 16, 1928, aged 81 years.

A. J. H. Bryan owned real estate in Oxford early in the nineteenth century,
but he seems not to be connected with the above family.

1835, July 3, Joseph H. Bryan's sale John Penn Hunt bought a blank book (see
Hunt).

1831, General Joseph H. Bryan member of the Granville branch of the American
Bible Society.

1821, Mary Ann Elizabeth Bryan – Dr. Jesse Isler of Lenoir, Dec. 26

1841, General Joseph H. Bryan died in January () He was of Granville but died
at La Grange, TN




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