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II TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD..........................................................................6 PART I - DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM BRYAN.............................................8 FIRST AND SECOND GENERATIONS...................................................9 BRYAN PATENTS...............................................................11 FOOTNOTES...................................................................14 THIRD GENERATION..............................................................16 FOOTNOTES...................................................................20 FOURTH GENERATION.............................................................21 FOOTNOTES...................................................................29 FIFTH GENERATION..............................................................32 FOOTNOTES...................................................................50 SIXTH GENERATION..............................................................52 FOOTNOTES...................................................................78 SEVENTH GENERATION............................................................81 FOOTNOTES..................................................................122 EIGHTH GENERATION............................................................124 FOOTNOTES..................................................................151 NINTH GENERATION.............................................................153 FOOTNOTES..................................................................158 PART II - DESCENDANTS OF HARDY BRYAN............................................159 FIRST GENERATION.............................................................160 FOOTNOTES..................................................................162 SECOND GENERATION............................................................163 FOOTNOTES..................................................................168 THIRD GENERATION.............................................................169 FOOTNOTES..................................................................179 FOURTH GENERATION............................................................180 FOOTNOTES..................................................................188 FIFTH GENERATION.............................................................189 FOOTNOTES..................................................................196 SIXTH GENERATION.............................................................197 FOOTNOTES..................................................................204 PART III - DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD BRYAN AND CHRISTIANNA COUNCIL..................205 FIRST AND SECOND GENERATIONS.................................................206 FOOTNOTES..................................................................208 THIRD GENERATIONS............................................................210 FOOTNOTES..................................................................213 FOURTH GENERATION............................................................214 FOOTNOTES..................................................................218 FIFTH GENERATION.............................................................219 FOOTNOTES..................................................................222 SIXTH GENERATION.............................................................223 FOOTNOTES..................................................................233 SEVENTH GENERATION...........................................................235 FOOTNOTES..................................................................246 EIGHTH GENERATION............................................................247 FOOTNOTES..................................................................254 PART IV - DESCENDANTS OF LEWIS BRYAN............................................255 FIRST AND SECOND GENERATIONS.................................................256 FOOTNOTES..................................................................261 THIRD GENERATION.............................................................263 FOOTNOTES..................................................................270 Page 2 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOURTH GENERATION............................................................271 FOOTNOTES..................................................................274 FIFTH GENERATION.............................................................275 Page 3 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II WHITFIELD, BRYAN, SMITH, AND RELATED FAMILIES BOOK TWO BRYAN SMITH Compiled by EMMA MOREHEAD WHITFIELD Assisted by Many Members of These Families Edited by THEODORE MARSHALL WHITFIELD Page 4 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II Printed By THE TIMES INCORPORATED Westminster, Maryland 1950 Page 5 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOREWORD It had been hoped that release of Book Two would press hard upon that of Book One. This hope was not realized. Delay, however, made it possible to bring the record further up to date and to include the names of children who were not born when the manuscript was given to the printer. The last weeks yielded additional pictures and, through the latest correspondence, revealed errors that otherwise would have appeared in print. Books One and Two are complementary. In common with its predecessor, Book One has its own index. In order to keep the volumes more nearly of a size the bibliography for the set was bound in Book One. We should be grossly lacking in gratitude if we omitted to thank again those who helped so greatly with Book Two. Again one thinks of Mrs. Jesse S. Claypoole (BE 504), Miss Jessie S. Smith (S 525) and her sister Sue Smith, Miss Sara A. Williams, of Fayetteville, NC, and Mr. James Williams Marshall (S 849). The staff of the Archives Division of the Virginia State Library was most courteous and helpful. Miss Ann Waller Reddy, of Richmond, Va., when requested to clear up cloudy points by searching in the records of the Archives, responded with an immediacy that would delight the heart of the most impatient. Many interested relatives of those described in these pages assisted with their letters or pertinent materials in their possession. To none are we more indebted for his encouragement and help than to Mr. George H. Whitfield (468), who in addition to reading the manuscript, galley, and page proof for both books, compiled the indexes found in these volumes. Finally, to those subscribers who helped to make possible the publication of this record and who waited patiently for Book Two, we say again we are grateful. Westminster, Md. Thanksgiving, 1949. THEODORE M. WHITFIELD. Page 6 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II ABBREVIATIONS AND NUMBER SYSTEM A. C. A. G. Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy. E. M. W. Emma Morehead Whitfield. G. & H. Manuscripts of Benjamin Grady and L. Carr Henry. Henry Manuscripts of L. Carr Henry. Marshall Manuscripts of J. W. Marshall. N. C. & G. R. North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, The R. R. & N. C. G. Raleigh Register and North Carolina Gazette. T. M. W. Theodore M. Whitfield. C. S. A. Confederate States Army To save space in FOOTNOTES references we have omitted MS. and MSS. when citing (1) direct communications to the compiler and editor; (2) the Marshall, Henry, and Grady and Henry records; and (3) census returns for 1850, ’60, and ’70. Beginning with Book One and continuing through Book Two we have employed a system of numbers conjoined to the names of persons appearing two or more times to distinguish these persons and indicate the family group to which they belong. If Needham Bryan (B 14) be taken as an example, the number (B 14) distinguishes him from all other persons, proclaims him a member of the William Bryan family, and advises the reader that Needham Bryan appears elsewhere, even as it affords the reader a tool to follow Needham Bryan's line of descent. In most cases the second appearance of a person with a serial number, i.e., (BE 505) Henry Bryan Broadfoot, will be found in the chapter beyond that in which he first appears. Some persons not to appear as heads of families and parents have been given serial numbers for identification in later references. Reference to the table below will show the family mark of each of the major families. Note that the family of William Whitfield is distinguished by the omission of a letter before the numeral. Samuel Whitfield family (WS ) Thomas Whitfield family (WT ) William Whitfield family ( ) Hatch family (H ) William Bryan family (B ) Hardy Bryan family (BH ) Edward Bryan family (BE ) Lewis Bryan family (BL ) Smith family (S ) Children of a person who married into another family group have a group mark different from that of one parent. Thus Elizabeth Whitfield (12) married (S 7) Alexander Smith. Her children by this and her next husband follow in the Smith section and are numbered accordingly: i.e., (S ). Note that the identifying number may come either before or after the name of the person concerned. Page 7 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II PART I - DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM BRYAN Page 8 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FIRST AND SECOND GENERATIONS Page 9 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II The name Bryan with its variants Bryant, Brian, and O'Bryan was not unknown in "the colonie and plantation" in Virginia. The earliest of the name was that Edward Bryan found among the "Living in Virginia"1 in 1623/4. When it is recalled that the colony had but a short while before, 1622, suffered the first of the great massacres, the list of the living may have special significance. Unfortunately we are not advised when he came to Virginia. In 1634/35 Jo Bryan sailed from London in the Bonaventure bound for Virginia. In July Robert Brian, aged 27, sailed from the same port. Greer2 lists 27 Bryans entering the colony from 1637 to 1656 inclusive. In the Bristol sailing lists ten others may be noted:3 13 Aug. 1655, William Bryan of Lantillo aforesaid bound to the said James Gwillim for four years in Virginia. 15 Aug. 1659, Lewes Brian of Bitton, near Bristol, bound to John Brian planter for four years. Robert Brian of the same place bound to the same for five years. 18 Sep. 1660, William Bryan bound to Anthony Salter for four years in Virginia. 28 Jul. 1662, Margery Bryan bound to William Bush for four years. 30 Aug. 1669, Richard Briant bound to John Farmfold for four years in Virginia. 13 Nov. 1672, Robert Briant bound to Thomas Russell for four years. 11 Sep. 1677, James Briant bound to Thomas Russell for Four years in Virginia in the Shipp Unicorne. 16 Aug. 1679, Sarah O’Bryan bound to Arthur Grant for four years in Nevis or Virginia in the Shipp Nevis Merchant. The Bryans in Greer's list and nine of those in the Bristol lists were indentured. Upon the expiration of their indentures many of them probably became independent planters, and some, perhaps, enlarged their properties by paying the transportation costs of other immigrants, whether relatives or not, and claiming the head-rights concerned. The majority of the early Bryan patents are for land lying southward of the James River, in the present Nansemond and Isle of Wight Counties. However, one Thomas Bryan in 1709 patented more than 1,600 acres in Richmond County.4 The aggregate of land in Nansemond and Isle of Wight Counties patented by Bryans for the period 1652 to 1750 amounted to almost 4,300 acres.5 Page 10 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II BRYAN PATENTS 1652 John Bryan Nansemond Co. 168 acres 1662 John " Upper Norfolk 200 " 1662 John " " 200 " 1662 John " Nansemond 160 " 1666 Charles " " 800 " 1666 John " " 350 " 1669 William " " 200 " 1679 Roger " " 350 " 1689 James " " 762 " 1695 James " " 100 " 1702 Robert " " 57 " 1702 Robert " " 60 " 1710 Robert " " 172 " 1725 John " " 127 " 1725 Thomas " " 202 " 1725 Morgan " " --- " 1748 Thomas " " --- " 1750 William " Isle of Wight 370 " 4,278 acres Evidently the Bryans as a group were neither very wealthy nor extremely poor. As the colony grew some moved still further to the south into the present state of North Carolina. By 1730 four Bryan family groups or lines, headed by William, Hardy, Edward, and Lewis Bryan, respectively, were recognizable in North Carolina. Reserving for later consideration Hardy, Edward, and Lewis Bryan, one is immediately confronted with the question who was William Bryan. For a starting point it may be observed that one William Bryan represented Pasquotank County in the colonial assembly in 1739.6 Tradition in the Bryan and Whitfield families at once identifies this William Bryan as the Marquis of Thomond and immigrant to Virginia about 1689 and later to North Carolina. If the representative of Pasquotank had been an immigrant, he probably would not have reached America before 1689 or '90, unless he was brought as an infant. Jesse George Whitfield (492) preparing a pedigree chart7 of the Whitfield family in colonial America, showed William Bryan as the Marquis of Thomond and husband of Alice Needham. Col. Charles Shepard Bryan (BE 424) in 1942 suggested that William and Alice eloped in 1689. William was of a devout Catholic family; the bride of a staunch Protestant family. The marriage was disapproved by both families. Let it be recalled that the marriage took place shortly before the Battle of Boyne in July, 1690, a victory Orangemen celebrate to this day.8 In 1944 the second volume of Magna-Charta appeared.9 The author reported the marriage of William Bryan, the Marquis of Thomond, to Lady Alice Needham, and suggested political, rather than religious, difference as the basis for common parental disapproval. Page 11 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II Unsuccessful in our search for documentary evidence10 to establish the identity of William Bryan, we shall begin our record with William Bryan, resident of North Carolina.11 (B 1) WILLIAM BRYAN William Bryan is thought to have been born in Ireland about 1655 or '60, Possibly he emigrated from Ireland about 1689 or 1690. Probably he married in England or Ireland Lady Alice Needham12 in 1689. After a while in Virginia he moved, 1722, to Pasquotank County, NC. William Bryan was a justice of the peace, sheriff, and delegate for Pasquotank County to the colonial assembly in 1739. Possibly he died in 1742 or 1746. Children: (B 2) 1. Needham Bryan. 2. John Bryan; b. Jan. 2, 1692; lived in Isle of Wight County, Va. 3. William Bryan. Page 12 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 2) NEEDHAM BRYAN (William) Needham Bryan was born Feb. 23, 1690, in Isle of Wight, or Nansemond, County, Va. He died January, or June, 2, 1770, in Bertie County, NC He married (1) on Nov. 16, 1711, Anne Rambeau, (2) on Aug. 14, 1732, Susanna Harrell, and (3) on June 20, 1753, Sarah Woodward. In 1713 Needham and Anne Bryan sold to one James Nooeboy 170 acres of land lying near the Nansemond and Isle of Wight boundary line. The consideration was 1,800 pounds of tobacco.13 In 1721 or '22 Needham patented 640 acres14 of land in the then new precinct of Bertie, NC To this property on Little Rocquist Creek, later called Jodson Creek, Needham gave the name Snowfield. Here he spent the rest of his days. He and his three wives were buried there. Needham Bryan was active in the public service of his adopted state. In the Bertie County records the name Needham Bryan is often noted. For many years he was chairman of the court of Pleas and Quarter Session and was justice of the peace in 1732, ’39, and '45. In 1746 he was also sheriff and commissioner for Bertie County. From 1750-59 he represented Bertie in the colonial assembly held at New Bern. In 1729-30 he was a church warden for Society Parish.15 Anne Rambeau was born in 1695. She died March, 1730. Susanna Harrell died June 14, 1752. Sarah Woodward died June 19, 1776. Children: (B 3) 1. Rachel Bryan; b. June 10, 1723, d. Nov. 1780; m. William Whitfield (2) in 1741. Children under their father. (B 4) 2. William Bryan. (B 5) 3. Needham Bryan. Page 13 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. Hotten, Original List of Persons of Quality, eta, G. A. Baker, reprint, 186, 36, 110. 2. George Cabell Greer, Early Virginia Emigrants, 1623-1666, Greer followed each Bryan with the name of the person who received a head-right for bringing him in, and the location of the land given. See also Nugent, N. M., Cavaliers and Pioneers. 3. Nora Dermott Harding to E. M. W., Oct. 18, 1930. The list above while not wholly quoted follows the letter of Miss Harding very closely. 4. MS. Patent Book, No. 3, p. 238, original in the Archives Division, the Virginia State Library, Richmond, Va. 5. See the indexes for Nansemond and Isle of Wight Counties, covering Patent Books, Nos. 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 16, 27, and 30. 6. Register of The NC Colonial Dames for 1900. Saunders, Colonial Records of North Carolina, IV, 346. 7. A signed copy of this chart was sent to E. M. W. 8. Charles Shepard Bryan to Miss Laurie Bryan, Jan. 7, 1942. Mr. Shepard Bryan (BE 417) kindly made a copy of this letter available to us. 9. John S. Wurts, Manna Charts, Part III, p. 589. 10. In His Golden Cycle, F. Catharine Bryan. Rice Press, Richmond. Va., p. 287, one may see another attempt to identify William Bryan. 11. If interested further in the European background and ancestry of the Bryans: see: Bernard Burke, A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of The Peerage, etc., ed. of 1879, pp. 664-666; ed. of 1898; pp. 788-792, 1107, 1108, 1388-89: John O'Harte, Irish Pedigrees, or Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation, I, 154-177: George N. MacKenzie, Colonial Families of The United States: The Complete Pierage, etc, Rev. & Much enlarged by the Hon. Vicary Gibbs, ed of 1929: The Catholic Encyclopedia. One may recall that the house Of Thomond in season assumed the title of Inchiquin. Burke shows in the General Armory several Bryan coats of arms, but in as much as we have not identified William Bryan among the members of the English or Irish peerage, we cannot give with certainty any arms for this branch of the Bryan family. The arms we have reproduced may have been appropriate for William Bryan and his house. 12. Lady Alice Needham was said to have been born in 1656, 1668, or 1673, the daughter of Sir Robert Needham, Viscount of Kilmorey of the Irish peerage. She died in North Carolina in 1729. The suggestion has been made that she was a widow at the time of her marriage to William Bryan. Page 14 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II 13. MS., Deed Book, Isle of Wight, Bk. 2, pp. 265, 266. In this record John Bryan, brother of Needham, is mentioned. 14. MS., Deed Book, Windsor, NC, A, p. 232. Records of Susan Bryan Martin (B 104) indicate that Needham Bryan bought Snowfield from John Gray, Jan. 7, 1736. 15. Colonial Records of NC, II, 305: see also N. C. & G. R. Page 15 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II THIRD GENERATION Page 16 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 4) WILLIAM BRYAN (Needham, William) William Bryan (Oct. 31, 1724-Nov. 28, 1781) married in Johnston County, NC, in 1744 Elizabeth Smith (S 4). He died in the same county.1 Like his father William Bryan was active in public affairs. He appears as justice2 of the peace in 1756 and in 1762 was serving as sheriff, for which service he was allowed ten pounds. Two years later he, with Jesse Lane, was added to a commission of the Peace and Dedimus for his county by action of the council sitting at Wilmington, NC In the struggle leading to the Battle of Alamance,3 May 16, 1771, William Bryan took the side of the governor and crown. Four years4 later he was found with those patriots fighting for American Independence. During that stormy period William Bryan was called to positions of trusts in the army and state legislature. Appointed a colonel April 4, 1776,5 in the Johnston County militia William Bryan was charged with enrolling men and supplying them with arms. Addressing the Provincial Congress sitting at New Bern, NC, William Bryan suggested that a group of cavalry be sent to "take a turn through our country" as the most effective way of silencing several "obstinate persons" who were suspected of being "great Tories in their hearts" and of spreading sedition in the minds of the people. The militia were of too little dependence to permit him to silence the Tories by their use.6 On June 12, 1776, William Bryan complained:7 I have drafted a number of men from this county, some of whom refuse to march; Congress having made no provision for arms, I have endeavored to borrow or hire guns, though in vain. I then ordered the Captain to send out Sergeants to press guns, but the people hid their guns … and are hiring substitutes for themselves. On June 29, 1776, he had occasion to ask the Council for help, for his men, though drafted pursuant to the order of Congress, refused to serve. The reply of the Council must have been disappointing, for this body Resolved that the said William Bryan issue his warrant for the recovery of Fines pursuant to the Militia Law and Resolution of Congress, and that Needham Bryan, late Sheriff of Johnston County, be empowered to execute the same. In 1778 William Bryan was a justice of the peace for Johnston County. Nov. 23, 1778, he wrote to Governor Richard Caswell, confessing the weakness of the Patriot cause and seeking instructions:8 Page 17 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II Sir: I have received yours of the 17th inst., wherein you directed me to send a Drum and Colors, we have not so much as a stand of Colors in this county. I have ordered a Drum down with our last draft which I expect will march this day. You also direct me to send forward those men who did not march in the first draft. It is not in my power to get them, some run clear off, and others lie off in the Rebellion and swear to kill any persons that shall offer to enlist them. Some that was balloted last spring to go to the Northward and some that was drafted in our first detachment to march to the assistance of South Carolina, I understand has embodied themselves and lies on and about the line that divides Johnston and Nash Countys and so plays in both Countys. We have had some apprehended and put in jail, but they broke jail and took them out. I should be glad to have some instructions what I must do with such lawless people. I have some reason to think myself in danger of my life, every day, as one of the deserters has swore damnation to himself if he does not kill me on sight … Now, if some method cannot be taken with such fellows, I cannot think myself safe in transacting the public business of this County and should be glad of some instructions from your Excellency. Feb. 11, 1779, William Bryan petitioned the House of Commons, North Carolina, for leave to resign his command as colonel of the militia and his office of justice of the peace. He was granted by the state the sum of 271 pounds, 12 shillings, and 11 pence in payment for an equal sum of his own spent on the public account.9 Children:10 1. Lewis Bryan; b. Nov. 24, 1745, in Johnston Co., m.11 Oct. 26. 1769, Sarah Hinton. daughter of Maj. John Hinton and Sallie Smith of Raleigh, NC There is no direct line on him after 1779.12 He was a member of the Commons for Johnston County in 1779.13 (B 6) 2. William Bryan. (B 7) 3. Arthur Brgan. (B 8) 4. Elizabeth Bryan. (B 9) 5. Hardy Bryan. (B 10) 6. Blake Bryan. (B 11) 7. Esther Bryan; b. June 22, 1760. d. 1800 ca.; m. Jonathan Smith (S 15). Children under father. (B 12) 8. Susanna Bryan. (B 13) 9. John Bryan. 10. Mary or Polly Bryan; b. March 26, 1767. Page 18 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 5) NEEDHAM BRYAN (Needham, William) Needham Bryan (Oct. 31, 1726-1784) died in Johnston County, NC, where he was probably born. He married (1) Nancy Smith (S 5) Feb. 5, 1748, near Springfield, (2) Charlotte Moore. In 1762 and 1771 Needham Bryan was a member of the colonial assembly. In the struggle with the Regulators he took the side of the king and Governor Tryon and joined the King's Troops. His political views changed" before long for we find him serving in the cause of American liberty. He represented Johnston County in the Provincial Congress which met at New Bern Aug. 25, 1774. A bit later Col. Needham Bryan called a general muster of his regiment. Needham Bryan was active both in the field with his men and in the deliberations of his neighbors in the maturing of plans. The year 1776 found him active in the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge, the fourth Provincial Congress, and the constituent congress, which met in Halifax, NC On April 4th the fourth Provincial Congress resolved that "the delegates of this Colony in the Continental Congress be empowered to concur with the delegates of the other colonies in declaring independency [sic]" of Great Britain. The constituent congress in November drew up the first constitution for North Carolina. The following year Needham Bryan represented his county in the North Carolina senate." Children: (B 14) 1. Needham Bryan. (B 15) 2. Kedar Bryan. (B 16) 3. Winifred Bryan: b. May 5, 1754, or '55, d. April 5, 1783. or ’85. She married Nathan Bryan (BH 6). Children under their father. (B 17) 4. Nancy Bryan; b. 1756 ca.; m. Bryan Whitfield (14). Children under their father. Second marriage. (B 18) 5. Charlotte Moore Bryan; b. April 2, 1765, d. March 9, 1798: In. Oct, or Dec., 15, 1782, Lewis Whitfield (19). Children under their father. 6. Rigdon Bryan; d. 1793, Sampson County, NC 7. Either Bryan; m. Christopher Curtis. Page 19 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. Ashe, Hist. of NC I, 523: Johnston Co., Inventories and Settlements of Estates, 1781-95, p. 16. 2. Saunders, NC Colonial Records, V, 657; VI, 739, 1065. 3. Wheeler, I, 54-59. 4. Saunders, VIII, 500, 501, 659, 665, 675, 676, 699, 700. 5. Wheeler, II, 219. 6. Ashe, I, 523. 7. Saunders, X, 610, 611, 639. 8. Saunders, X, 639; Clark, State Records of North Carolina, XIII, 54, 55, 295. The last will be hereafter referred to as Clark. 9. Ibid., XIII, 611, 709, 725. 10. Sketch based indirectly on the Bible in 1856 in the possession of James L. Bryan 11. MS., Marriage Bonds, Johnston Co. 12. There is a possibility that Lewis Bryan died about 1782 for in the N.C.H., & G.R., p. 21, is mentioned the "Est. of Lewis Bryan, May 28, 1782, Hardy Bryan, Administrator." On p. 194, "division of Est. of Lewis Bryan. Aug. Court. 1790." 13. Wheeler, II. 219. 14. Wheeler, I, 58, 65: II, 219; M. D. Haywood, Gov. William Tryon and His Administration, 166-181. 15. Wheeler, I, 56-68, 85; II, 219, 220, 278: Saunders, IX. 1031. 1032; X, 165, 206: Register of Col. Dames: Ashe, Hist. of NC, I, 423, 425, 559. Page 20 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOURTH GENERATION Page 21 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 6) WILLIAM BRYAN (William, Needham, William) William Bryan was born July 8, 1747, in Johnston County, NC Oct. 31, 1778, he married Elizabeth Gray (BL 111). William Bryan was reared at Snowfield, Bertie County, by his grandfather who willed the home to him Jan. 27, 1767. William Bryan represented Bertie County in the Provincial Congress which met in Hillsboro, Aug. 20, 1775.1 His marriage and death were both in Bertie County, the last on Sept. 14, 1800. Children :2 1. Frances Lee Bryan; b. Sept. 30, 1779, d. Nov. 5, 1850, in Windsor, NC; buried at Snowfield. Her will, dated Oct. 10, 1841, was probated in Nov. 1852.3 2. William Bryan; b. Mar. 15, 1781, d. June 26, 1791, in Louisiana. He was buried at Pineville, on the Red River. 3. Elizabeth Smith Bryan; b. March 26, 1788, d. July 23, 1840. She was buried at Snowfield. Her will, dated Dec. 27, 1838, was probated in Feb. 1841. (B 50) 4. Ann Gray Bryan. (B 51) 5. Janet Smith Bryan. 6. Susanna (or Susan) Bush Bryan; b. April 11, 1791, d. Sept. 5, 1830. She was buried at Smithfield. Unmd. 7. William (or John) Gray Bryan; b. Feb. 13, 1795, d. Oct. 3, 1830, at Alexandria, La. (B 52) 8. John Stevens Bryan. 9. James Lewis Bryan; b. Aug. 12, 1798, d. Nov. 2, 1856, Windsor NC He was buried at Snowfield. He owned Snowfield and kept the cemetery in good condition. Page 22 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 7) ARTHUR BRYAN (William, Needham, William) Arthur Bryan was born May 12, 1749. He married4 Mary McCullers, of Johnston County, NC He died in Johnston County in 1792.5 Mary was probably dead in 1790 or earlier.6 Arthur Bryan early took a part in the public affairs of North Carolina. In his 29th year he was a member of the North Carolina senate.7 Three years he remained in the senate and after two years in the house of commons 1782-83. After a few years out of office he was returned to the senate for 1785. He was again a senator from 1788 through 1790. During this last period he was also a justice of the peace for Johnston County, holding this office as late as Dec. 2, 1791.8 Children: (B 58) 1. John Arthur Bryan. (B 8) ELIZABETH BRYAN (William, Needham, William) Elizabeth Bryan was born May 2, 1751. She married (1) on Dec. 10, 1770, in: Johnston County, NC, Col. Josiah Sasser, of9 Wayne County, NC; (2) Col. William Blackman, in 1784; (3) Probert Collier. In 1843 when ninety one years of age, she moved with her sons to Oglethorpe, Ga., and died there in 1845. She was buried in Twiggs County, Ga. When Dobbs County, NC, was divided and Wayne County was formed in 1779, the Act of Assembly provided that the first court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions should be held in January, 1780, at the home of Josiah Sasser on Little River. The oldest and probably largest clearing then in Wayne County was this farm of Josiah Sasser. In January, 1782, the Court was held at the home of Mrs. Elizabeth Sasser when the will of Josiah Sasser was proved and Mrs. Sasser qualified as his executrix. So we judge he probably died late in 1781.10 Children: (B 54) 1. Mary Sasser. 2. Lewis Sasser; b. 1774. He went with his mother to Georgia in 1843. 3. Blake Bryan Sasser; b. 1776. (B 55) 4. William Sasser. (B 56) 5. Elizabeth Bryan Blackman. Page 23 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 9) HARDY BRYAN (William, Needham, William) Hardy Bryan was born June 4, 1753. In 1778 in Johnston County, NC, he married Winifred McCullers. They lived near Smithfield, NC He died in North Carolina about 1820. During the War of 1812 Winifred (McCullers) Bryan thinking of her sons Harry and David serving in the army wrote the following letter: North Carolina Johnston County December 10, 1814. My Dear Sons: Accompanying this letter you will receive some clothing for the relief of your present necessities. One pair of breeches and two shirts to Harry, and a pair of drawers to David. If you require anything more you will not be backward in making it known, as frequent opportunities occur to send. Your mother's hands that nursed you from infancy will be extended to your support while God shall give them strength. Leaving a rehearsal of the news of the neighborhood to your brother and others who may write, I will attend alone to that duty which is required of me as a mother _____ the instruction of her children. My dear sons, you are now out of my sight and beyond the reach of my voice, among strangers and a variety of characters; young men called into that service which has a tendency without strict regard over one's self to harden the feelings and brutalize the manners of men. I must, therefore, content myself with the mode of requesting you to remember the many instructions I have given you whilst you were with me; to remember that you were raised in civil society, and guard against that encroachment of savage disposition incidental to camp life. It is my particular request that you abstain from drinking excessively, cursing and swearing, and other debaucheries of human nature. Guard against the temptation of evil, and indulge not in anything that will tarnish the character of the Christian or the gentleman. Be kind and attentive to your soldiers. Let not a hasty temper or unguarded expression incur their displeasure. Be obedient and dutiful to your superior officers. Endeavor to improve in discipline and should emergency require it support the honor of your family, your country, State and the interests of your country. Will[iam?] will be into see me shortly after the Christmas holidays are over, and should you need anything more write me and I will send it by him. You will deliver my compliments to Mr. Walton and Mr. Pool. Page 24 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II I resign you to the protection of that God who gave you life with an anxious hope of seeing you return well when your term of service has expired. Your loving mother, WINIFRED BRYAN. This letter11 is an eloquent testimonial to the intelligence, and Christian character of Winifred Bryan, as well as to her regard and concern. Children:12 1. Maj. William Washington Bryan; b. Sept. 10, 1779, m.13 Nov. 8, 1810, Martha McCullers of Johnston Co., NC 2. Hardy Bryan; b. Aug. 14, 1781. 3. Mathew Bryan; b. Dec. 11, 1783; d. March 30, 1792. (B 57) 4. Harry Bryan. 5. Needham Bryan; b. April 16, 1788. (B 58) 6. David Bryan. 7. John Gray Bryan; b. Nov. 1792, d. Oct. 3, 1795. (B 10) BLAKE BRYAN (William, Needham, William) Blake Bryan was born June 12, or 21, 1757, in North Carolina. He married possibly about 1785 in Jones County, NC, Elizabeth Blackshear. She was born in 1765 in Jones County, N. C.14 About March 1820 he died in Twiggs County, Ga. Blake Bryan was in the North Carolina militia, New Bern District, and served in Captain Bryan Whitfield’s (14) company. He was present at the Battle of Moore's Creek, Feb. 27, 1776. Children: (B 59) 1. Joseph Bryan. (B 60) 2. Mary Bryan. (B 61) 3. Elizabeth Bryan. (B 62) 4. Patsy Bryan. 5. Blake Bryan; d. young. Order uncertain. Page 25 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 12) SUSANNA BRYAN (William, Needham, William) Susanna, or Susannah, Bryan (Nov. 28, 1763-1820 ca.) was born in North Carolina. In 1785 she married15 John Bush. They moved to Talbotton, Ga., where she died. Children: 1. David Blackshear Bush; b. 1786, d. 1855 ca., in Shelby County, Ala. (B 63) 2. Elizabeth Bush. 3. Zilphy Bush; b. 1787; m. William Baker. Possibly she was a twin to Elizabeth. 4. Mary Bush; b. 1790; m. _____ Gibson. Their daughter m. _____ Copeland in Louisiana. (B 13) JOHN BRYAN (William, Needham, William) John Bryan was born Jan. 14, 1765, at Springfield, NC, located two miles west of Smithfield. In 1795 he married Patsey Hinton. John Bryan died in 1815 or ’20 at Springfield, NC Patsey Hinton was born July 25, 1775, the daughter of Col. James Hinton and Delilah Hunter. The last was the daughter of Col. Theophilus Hunter.16 After the death of Col. John Bryan, Patsey married the Rev. Lewis Whitfield (19). Children: (B 64) 1. Bythan Bryan; b. 1795 ca., d. 1853 ca.; m. June, 1821, Julia C. Smith (S 56). No issue.17 (B 65) 2. Nancy Bryan; b. 1800 d. 1870; m. Aug. 8, 1825, James Hinton Smith (S 214). She died in Johnston Co., NC Children under father. 3. Julia Bryan; m. her cousin John Smith and moved to Mississippi. 4. Theophilus Bryan; d. in infancy. Page 26 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 14) NEEDHAM BRYAN (Needham, Needham, William) Needham Bryan was born in 1748 or ’50 and died after January 25, 1787.18 In 1768 he married19 Sarah Hinton (b. 1750), daughter of John Hinton and Grizelle Kimbrough. He lived in Johnston County and died there. He held many offices of trust: in 1774 a member of the Committee of Correspondence and captain of militia; in 1776 a member of the provincial congress meeting at Halifax,20 NC; and in 1786 and ’93 a member of the state legislature.21 Children: (B 66) 1. Loverd Bryan; b. 1769, d. Jan. 4, 1789; m. Elizabeth Green (67). He was a member of the House of Commons in 1791 and ’92.22 Children under mother. (B 67) 2. Clement Bryan. (B 68) 3. Benjamin Bryan. (B 69) 4. Sally or Sarah Bryan; b. 1775 ca., d. 1815; m. John Hinton (S 29) in Johnston Co. in 1797. Buried in Raleigh, NC Children under father. Page 27 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 15) KEDAR BRYAN (Needham, Needham, William) Kedar Bryan (1752-1808)23 was born in Johnston County, NC, and buried between Clinton and Warsaw, NC About 1775 he married Elizabeth Smith (S 21). His next wife was Mary Whitfield (18), the third, Betsy James. The last was Anne Dickson, married24 Nov. 1, 1787. Anne (1758 ca.-1817 ca)25 was the daughter of Catherine Pearsall and Robert Dickson26 of Duplin County, NC Kedar Bryan was a justice of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in 1777. That same year he signed the Oath of Allegiance of Wake County required by the Continentals.27 He was also a justice of the peace. He moved to Sampson County, NC, and in 1797-98 represented that county in the House of Commons.28 Children:29 (B 70) 1. John Bryan. Second marriage. (B 71) 2. Rachel Bryan. Fourth marriage. 3. Needham Bryan, b. 1789 ca., m. Margaret J. Slocumb (April 25. 1800- Nov. 22, 1878). She was a daughter of Step on and Isabel King Slocumb, of Sampson Co. (B 72) 4. Kedar Bryan. 5. Robert Bryan; b. 1795, d. young. 6. Nancy Bryan; b. 1797; m. _______ Stallings, of Duplin Co. (B 73) 7. Catherine Bryan. (B 74) 8. Elizabeth Bryan. Page 28 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. Wheeler, II, 31. 2. In listing the children we have followed a letter of 1867 written by Robert Campbell Martin (B 103) to Nathan Bryan Whitfield (71). All the children were born in Bertie County, NC There were differences in the minds of those who prepared lists of these children. In departure from the material shown above we note in another listing: William Bryan; b. March 5, 1781; d. 1841 in La. If William died in Louisiana, we believe 1841 rather than 1791 more likely. Elizabeth Smith Bryan: b. Nov. 26, 1783, offered as a possible alternative to March 26, 1783. James Louis Bryan. Lewis was far more common among the Bryans and Whitfields in the 18th century. 3. N. C. & G. R., II, 500. 4. MSS., Johnston County Marriage Bonds, NC, Dec. 10, 1773. Original in the NC Depart. of Archives and History, Raleigh, NC 5. Johnston County Court Minute Book, 1784-95, records his death in that county. On Feb. 29, 1792, Hardy Bryan was granted proper powers for the administration of the estate of Arthur Bryan. May 31, 1792, Thomas Smith, coroner, reported the proceeds from a sale of the estate of Arthur Bryan in the amount of 640 pounds, 19s 7d. MSS. 6. U. S. census returns for 1790 record the names of Arthur Smith and his son, John Arthur, but there is no mention of Mary. 7. Wheeler, II, 219. 8. MS., Johnston Co., NC Court Minute Book, 1784-95. 9. MSS., Johnston Co. Marriage Bonds, Josiah Sasser and Elizabeth Bryan, Dec. 10, 1770. 10. Col. Josiah Sasser was wounded during the Revolution. (Hist. of Georgia Biog, IV, 68. See also, Daniels, History of Wayne County, 15). 11. News and Observer, 1921. 12. Robert Campbell Martin (B 103) to Nathan Bryan Whitfield (71). There were fifteen children, we are told, but only those listed above have come down to us. All that were living in 1825 moved to Arkansas. 13. Raleigh Star, Raleigh, NC, Nov. 8, 1810. 14. Elizabeth Blackshear was the daughter of James Blackshear and Catharine (Francks) Bush. About 1732 there came from Germany to New Bern, NC, James Page 29 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II Blackshear, John Martin Francks, Philip Miller and others. In Jones County they settled New Germany, more recently Trenton. John Martin Francks had two daughters, Barbara and Catharine. Catharine Francks married (1) Hardy Bush and (2) James Blackshear and had: John Bush; m. Susanna Bryan (B 12). William Bush. Mary Bush. James Blackshear. Edward Blackshear. David Blackshear. Elizabeth Blackshear; m. Blake Bryan (B 10). Susannah Blackshear; b. 1769; m. Edward Bryan in Jones County, NC, about 1813. She moved to Georgia and had five sons. Elijah Blackshear; d. unmd. 1821. Penelope Blackshear; b. 1773, d. 1830; m. Edward Bryan who died in 1825 in Twin: Co., Ga. Joseph Blackshear. For further study of the Blackshear family see: Blackshear Family; Smith, Story of Georgia; Butler, History of Macon, Ga.; Miller, Memoirs of Gen. David Blackshear; Georgia and Georgiana; Men of Mark in Georgia. William Bush married and had a son Dr. Louis Bryan Bush (1795-1870, Marengo Co., Ala.). He married Mary Wright, Sept. 1822 and had a son, Dr. Boas Whitfield Bush. He married Amanda Jane Hudson and had Preston Randolph Bush. He married Hattie Eanes and had: 1. Emmie Bush: m. Curtis Matthews of Camden, Ala., 2. Hattie Belle Bush, in. Cecil Stowe Chapman. 3. Herbert Whitfield Bush, m. Alpha Holoman. 4. William Adlai Bush. (Mrs. Justine Whitfield Diffie to E. M. W., 1930). For the Revolutionary record of Blake Bryan, see N. C. & G. R., I, 576: Revolutionary Army Accounts, I, p. 34, folio 2: VII, p. 88, folio 4. 15. See note 14 immediately above. For the Revolutionary record of John Bush see Heitmann, Hist. Register of Office of the Continental Army; Saunders and Clark, IV, 896; XVI, 1015. We entertain a doubt as to the date of the marriage of Susanna to John Bush in as much as the marriage bond is dated March 15, 1779. Perhaps she was fickle and he persistent. (Johnston Co., Marriage Bonds, MSS.). 16. Col. Theophilus Hunter was the presiding justice of the first Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions in Wake County, NC, June 4, 1771. The Provincial Congress at Halifax, Dec. 23, 1776, elected him to the same post. If interested further in the record of Theophilus Hunter see: Wheeler, II, 416; Saunders, X, 166-173; Clark, XIX, 234-332; XXII 923; Bio. Hist. of NC, IV, 218. 17. MS, marriage bond dated June 11, 1821, Johnston Co. His will is dated March 24, 1813, Smithfield, NC Page 30 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II 18. D. A. R Magazine, Feb., 1928, p. 120; April, p. 247. 19. D. A. R. Lineage Book, LXXXIV, 280: N. C. & G. R., I, 463. 20. Saunders, X. 500, 914. 21. Wheeler, II, 220. 22. Ibid., II, 220. 28. Court minutes of Sampson County indicate that Kedar Bryan was dead by 1808. MSS. 24. Dickson Letters, 36. 25. Will dated June 3, 1817, Sampson County, noted but not recorded, MS. 26. Robert Dickson was a member of the House of Commons from Duplin County 1777, 1784, 1788. He was appointed a major in the forces of the said county by the Provincial Congress sitting at Halifax April 4, 1776. He appears among the signers of the "Oath of Allegiance and Abjuration" required by the assembly at New Bern, Nov. 15, 1777. In the oath one promised allegiance to North Carolina and renounced the authority of the king. (Wheeler, II, 138, 139). 27. M. D. Haywood, "The Genesis of Wake Co.," in NC Booklet V, No. 1, p. 14, July, 1905; also D. A. R. Nat'l. Nos., 60,178 and 60,180. 28. Wheeler, II, 402. In Rev. Army Accounts there are references to Kedar Bryan as follows: VIII, 61, folio 1; XI, 15, folio 2; 34, folio 3; 42, folio 4. There are two references to one Kader Bryan which we believe one and the same as our Kedar: V, 2, folio 2; 16, folio 1. 29. Slocums of America, 443. Order and dates of children uncertain. Page 31 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FIFTH GENERATION Page 32 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 50) ANN GRAY BRYAN (William, William, Needham, William) Ann Gray Bryan was born Dec. 5, 1784, or possibly in 1786, in Bertie County, NC On Jan. 11, 1810, she married Samuel Hyman. She died Oct. 12, 1864, or ’69. Samuel Hyman lived in either Martin or Bertie County, NC He died Feb. 21, 1829, and was buried at Snowfield, Bertie County, NC Children: (B 100) 1. Frances Helen Hyman. 2. Elizabeth Janet Hyman: b. 1812. 3. John Hyman; b. 1818, living in 1879. (B 101) 4. William Bryan Hyman. 5. Elizabeth Ann Hyman; b. 1817, d. 1818. 6. Samuel Hyman; b. 1818, d. 1826. (B 102) 7. Mary Susan Hyman. 8. Elizabeth Bryan Hyman; b. 1822. Page 33 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 51) JANET SMITH BRYAN (William, William, Needham, William) Janet Smith Bryan was born in Bertie County, NC, in 1786, or 1789. On February 13, 1812, she married in Bertie County, NC, Peter Boyd Martin. She died Feb. 12, 1818, and was buried at Snowfield, Bertie County, NC Peter Boyd Martin died in Louisiana Jan. 13, 1888. Children:1 1. Peter Boyd Martin; b. 1812. (B 103) 2. Robert Campbell Martin. 8. Elizabeth Gray Martin; b. Sept. 20, 1814, d. 1882. (B 104) 4. Susan Bryan Martin. 5. Samuel Hyman Martin; b. Feb. 8, 1818, d. Feb. 12, 1818. (B 52) JOHN STEVENS BRYAN (William, William, Needham, William) John Stevens Bryan was born April 5, 1797, in Bertie County, NC On Jan. 21, 1830, in Raleigh, NC, he married Lucy Davis Haywood. He died Feb. 24, 1848, in New York City.2 Lucy Davis Haywood was born June 15, 1805, the daughter of Sherwood Haywood2 and Eleanor Hawkins. After death of her husband, Lucy lived with her children John Stevens Bryan and Lucy Haywood Bryan (B 107). Lucy Davis (Haywood) Bryan died Dec. 26, 1885, in Salisbury, NC Children: (B 105) 1. Janet Bryan. (B 106) 2. William Sherwood Bryan. 8. John Stevens Bryan; b. 1887, d. 1901, Salisbury, NC (B 107) 4. Lucy Haywood Bryan. (B 108) 5. Eleanor Hawkins Bryan. (B 109) 6. Elizabeth Gray Bryan. 7. Alice Bryan; d. in childhood. Page 34 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 53) JOHN ARTHUR BRYAN (Arthur, William, Needham, William) John Arthur Bryan was born about 1775 or ’76. He married (1) on Nov. 25, 1801, Elizabeth Smith and (2) Edith, or Elizabeth,3| Robertson. She was the daughter of Herbert Robertson, of Wake County, NC Following the death of his father, John Arthur Bryan chose as his guardian John Bryan, possibly his Uncle John Bryan (B 13)4. Children: Second marriage (B 110) 1. John Henry Bryan. 2. Lucius H. Bryan; m.5 May 11, 1855, Elizabeth Ellis. (B 54) MARY SASSER Mary Sasser was born about 1772, possibly in ’75. She married ( 1) Aug. 28, 1792, William Stevens, son of John Stevens and (2) Benjamin Bryan (B 68). John Stevens was sheriff of Johnston County, NC She was buried in Twiggs County, Ga. Children: (B 111) 1. Henry Stevens. (B 112) 2. Josiah Stevens. 3. Edmund Stevens; killed accidentally in 1820. Children by second marriage listed under their father. (B 55) WILLIAM SASSER William Sasser was born in 1778. He married Elizabeth Beverly. William was a soldier in the War of 1812. He lived sometime in Wayne County, NC, but in 1840 or '43, he moved to Meriwether County, Ga. Moving once again, he settled in Monroe County, Ga., and gave two acres of land for the first school of the community and assisted in the building thereof.6 Children: (B 113) 1. William Washington Sasser. (B 114) 2. Lewis Sasser. Page 35 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 56) ELIZABETH BRYAN BLACKMAN Elizabeth Bryan Blackman was born possibly about 1787. In 1805 she married Isaac Williams. She died Aug. 2, 1811. Isaac Williams was born in 1775 the son of Col. Nathaniel Williams and Sarah Averitt. Though Col. Williams was born in Mecklenburg County, Va., in 1735, he served in the North Carolina Line during the Revolutionary War and died in 1796 in Johnston County, NC Isaac Williams died Jan. 13, 1830. His will was recorded at Smithfield, Johnston County, and probated in February, 1830. Children: (B 115) 1. Nathan Williams. (B 116) 2. Mary Williams. (B 117) 8. Susan Williams. (B 118) 4. Elizabeth Williams. Page 36 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 57) HARRY BRYAN (Hardy, William, Needham, William) Harry Bryan was born May 7, 1786. In 1815 he married Susan Blackman, the daughter of Josiah Blackman and Mary Esther Williams. Harry Bryan was often called Henry. Indeed, one may wonder whether both were not properly in his name. Tradition indicates that Capt. Henry Bryan was a man of extraordinary physical strength. When he was eighteen years old, we are told, he held a large ox by the horns, despite the best efforts of the animal to escape. Harry Bryan served in the War of 1812 from Sept. 24, 1814, to February 5, 1816, and held the rank of captain of infantry in Col. McDonald's lst. Regiment. A silver- handled sword used by the captain was in 1929 the treasure of his grandson, James William Bryan (B 232), of Newton Grove, NC With the return of peace Harry, or Henry, Bryan represented Johnston County7 in the North Carolina House of Commons, 1815-17, and again in 1819. He suffered considerable financial losses because of offering himself as security for others. How much he lost we do not know, but it is plain that he forsook Johnston and moved to Sampson County, NC, and settled at the John Avery place. Harry Bryan died March 16, 1857, in Sampson County. The North Carolina Semi-Weekly Standard,8 noting his death described him as a general, probably of the local militia. Children: (B 119) 1. William Hardy Bryan. 2. Susan Bryan; m. Josh B. Cox. Seven children. (B 120) 8. Joseph H. Bryan. 4. John D. Bryan; d. 1890, at Lumberton, NC He was a dentist: no issue. 5. James D. Bryan; enlisted A r. 15, 1861, in C. S. A. at Ft. Macon, on the coast near Beaufort, NC He was promoted to captain, Apr. 22, 1882, of Company "A", 27th NC Infantry. He was wounded at9 Bristow Station, Va., and died in Richmond, Va., Oct. 80, 1868. (B 58) DAVID BRYAN (Hardy, William, Needham, William) David Bryan was born Dec. 16, 1790. In 1820 he married Elizabeth (McCullers) Smith, the widow of Edwin Smith (S 54). Children: 1. Washington Bryan. 2. Needham Bryan. 3. Henry Bryan. Page 37 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 59) JOSEPH BRYAN (Blake, William, Needham, William) Joseph Bryan was born in 1786 in Johnston County, NC In 1811 he married (1) Mary Duhart Walker and (2) Mrs. _______ Bunn. He left North Carolina for Florida. Mary, or Polly, Duhart Walker was born April 29, 1791, the daughter of George and Betsey (Duhart) Walker. Mary died Oct. 20, 1822. Children:10 1. George Walker Bryan; b. April 25, 1812, d. 1899. 2. James Blackshear Bryan; b. Se t. 8, 1813. 3. Elizabeth (Betsey) Bryan; b. Nov. 19, 1814; m. _____ Martin, of Houston Co., Ga. She lived in Savannah, Ga. 4. Mary E. Bryan; b. Jan. 18, 1817, d. 1861 in Ark.; m. in 1888 Osborne Wimberly, of Houston Co., Ga. They had six children. (B 121) 5. Emily Antoinette Bryan. 6. Frances Bryan, b. Dec. 24, 1820. 7. Joseph Decatur Bryan; b. 1828. He was living in 1896 in Rhine, Dodge Co., Ga. C. S. A. 8. Elizabeth Bryan; b. 1826, d. 1884; m. Dr. _____- Ellis, of Arkadelphia, Ark. Issue. 9. Mourning Bryan; twin to Elizabeth; m. Sam Poole, and moved to southern Georgia. Page 38 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 60) MARY BRYAN (Blake, William, Needham, William) Mary Bryan was born 1791 in Johnston County, NC She married July 18, 1809, near Jeffersonville, Twiggs County, Ga., Major-General Ezekiel Wimberly. He served as adjutant under Gen. Andrew Jackson in the War of 1812. He represented Twiggs County in the state senate 1815-25, and 1826-28. He was a planter. A tablet with the names of General Wimberly and General Blackshear was placed by the Nathaniel Macon chapter of the D. A. R. at Fort Hawkins, modern Macon, Ga., Feb. 17, 1914. Mary (Bryan) Wimberly died in 1876. Children:11 1. Betsey Bryan Wimberly; b. 1810; m. Elijah Evans Crocker. 2. _______ Wimberly, b. 1812, d. 1812. 3. Cloe or Cloa Frances Wimberly; b. 1812, d. 1813. 4. John James Wimberly; b. 1818, m. Eleanor M. Watson. (B 122) 5. Martha Wimberly. 6. Mary Milly Wimberly; b. 1818, d. 1822. (B 128) 7. Ezekial Abner Wimberly. (B 124) 8. Joseph William Wimberly. (B 126) 9. Robert Rutherford Wimberly; b. Nov. 27, 1828, d. 1889 ca.; m. (1) Elizabeth W. Cullins in 1848, (2) Mrs. Penelope Bryan Boynton (B 148) in 1853, (3) Zilphia Peacock on July 1, 1875, and (4) Sarah E. Jesup in 1879. Children by his second wife under same.12 10. Polly Angelina Wimberly; b. 1825, d. 1825. 11. Henry Edward Wimberly; b. 1826, d. 1848; m. Betsy Walker. 12. Elizabeth Bryan Wimberly; b. 1827. Page 39 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 61) ELIZABETH BRYAN (Blake, William, Needham, William) Elizabeth Bryan was born December 9, 1796, in Johnston County, NC She married, November 14, 1814, in Georgia, Joel Walker. Children:13 1. John D. Walker; b. Oct. 7, 1816. 2. Blake Bryan Walker; b. March 8, 1817. 3. George Walker; b. Nov. 19, 1818. 4. Polly Walker; b. May 20, 1828. 5. James A. Walker; b. July 80, 1826. 6. "Betsy" Walker; b. Au . 28, 1828. 7. George A. Walker; b. fuly 20, 1882. 8. Joel . Walker; b. June 10, 1886. 9. Frank Walker: b. May 29, 1887. (B 126) 10. David C. Walker. 11. Mary A. Walker; b. Oct. 18, 1841. Page 40 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 62) PATSY BRYAN (Blake, William, Needham, William) Patsy Bryan was born about 1797. In 1813 she married in Twiggs County, Ga., James Wimberly14 and moved to Muscogee County, Ga. Children: (B 127) 1. Sarah Wimberly; b. 1814, d. 1868; m. Jama Jefferson Tooke (B 129) in 1884. Children under their father. (B 128) 2. Elizabeth Wimberly. 8. Chloe Wimberly. 4. Robs Wimberly. 6. Frances Wimberly. 6. Matilda Wimberly. (B 63) ELIZABETH BUSH Elizabeth Bush was born in 1787. In 1805 she married James Tooke, of Georgia. She died in 1860. Children: (B 129) 1. James Jefferson Tooke. 2. Elizabeth Tooke; m. Humphrey Jamison, 1827. (B 180) 8. Thomas B. Tooke. (B 181) 4. Jane Tooke. (B 182) 5. John Arthur Tooke. Page 41 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 67) CLEMENT BRYAN (Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Clement Bryan (Oct. 13, 1770-Jan. 31, 1839) was born in North Carolina and married Aug. 19, 1792, in Cumberland County, NC, his cousin Edith Smith (S 59). They moved to Georgia, where he died. Their home was in Montgomery County. Children: (B 188) 1. Sarah Hinton Bryan. (B 184) 2. Margaret Smith Bryan. (B 186) 3. Charity Loverd Bryan. (B 186) 4. Mai Smith Bryan. (B 187) 5. Edit Bryan. (B 188) 6. Loverd Brfian. (B 189) 7. Needham upert Bryan. (B 140) 8. Ann Bryan. (B 141) 9. Grizelle Kimbrough Bryan. (B 142) 10. Emeline Bryan. (B 143) 11. David Clement Bryan. Page 42 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 68) BENJAMIN BRYAN (Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Benjamin Bryan was born in 1769 or '71 in North Carolina. He married15 Jan. 14, 18Co. Mrs. Mary Sasser Stevens (B 54). Benjamin died in 1863. He was buried in Twiggs Co., Ga. Children: (B 144) 1. Benjamin Bryan. (B 146) 2. William M. Bryan. 3. Louis Bryan; b. 1907. (B 148) 4. Alfirnon Sidney Bryan. (B 147) 5. Roba Bryan. (B 148) 6. Penelope Bryan. Page 43 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 70) JOHN BRYAN (Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) John Bryan was born about 1780. In 1810 he married Eleanor Torrence,16 of Sampson County, NC They lived at Six Runs, in Sampson County. John Bryan died in February, 1840. Eleanor Torrance, or Torrens, was the daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Kenan) Torrence. Children: 1. Eliza Jane Bryan; b. 1812; m. (1) James Holmes, (2) Lafayette Franks. James Holmes of Clinton, Sam son Co., NC, was an officer in the Confederate Army. Lafayette Franks was a wealthy farmer of Richlands, Onslow Co., NC, Eliza was an Episcopalian. (B 149) 2. Eleanor T. Bryan. (B 150) 3. Susan Mary Bryan. (B 151) 4. John Alexander Bryan. (B 152) 5. Thomas Kenan Bryan. (B 153) 6. Kedar Bryan. 7. John S. Bryan. 8. William Bryan. Page 44 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 71) RACHEL BRYAN (Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Rachel Bryan was born in 1783, in Sampson County, NC, and married in 1798, in Sampson County, Gibson Sloan. She died in 1842 in Montgomery County, Ala., at the residence of her son, Bryan Whitfield Sloan. Rachel Bryan was quite wealthy in both money and slaves. Her stepmother, Anne Dickson Bryan, we are told, wished her to wed Mrs. Bryan’s brother, so that he might enjoy Rachel’s property. Therefore, when Gibson Sloan would call on Rachel Bryan, this stepmother would behave most unpleasantly toward him. She would call to the cook, in Gibson Sloan's hearing, "Just have mush and milk for supper tonight for there’s no one here but Gibson Sloan." Sometimes she would have Gibson’s horse stabled in the chicken house and fed on buttermilk. When Gibson would depart, he would find his horse’s head covered with buttermilk up to his eyes. Most naturally, such treatment only intensified his determination to win Rachel Bryan. Finally, Rachel told her slaves that she would soon marry Gibson Sloan, and pledged them to secrecy. Not only did these faithful servants keep their promise, but working at night, they spun and wove for their young mistress so that by the time of her wedding her needs were abundantly supplied. At the appointed time, Gibson Sloan appeared and the slaves began carrying Rachel’s possession on their heads through the orchard to the carriage. Seated at a window, her stepmother wondered what they could be doing carrying bundles on their heads, their way lighted by torches. When everything was safely deposited Gibson Sloan helped Rachel through the window, while the old Negro who had nursed her in infancy followed. While all this was happening, Rachel’s father, Judge Kedar Bryan, was absent from home on business. Returning home and finding that his daughter was married, he said to his wife, "You are to blame for this, and I shall turn over to my daughter every cent that belongs to her, and also give up every slave that she owns." Mrs. Bryan claimed that she could not spare Edie, for she was her cook. But Kedar Bryan said, "Edie belongs to my daughter, and she needs a cook, too." Therefore, when Gibson Sloan opened his door next morning he found his yard black with Negroes. "Who are you and what do you want?" "We's our young missy's niggers, and you's our marster now." Gibson Sloan thereupon had to buy more land that they might be sufficiently employed, and also had to enlarge his Negro quarters. Page 45 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II Gibson Sloan was born July 19, 1775, the son of David Sloan and Nancy Margaret Jones, of New Hanover County, N. C.18 Gibson Sloan died Aug. 16, 1834, at his residence in Duplin County, NC, the same plantation on which he had been born. Children:19 (B 154) 1. Margaret Sloan. (B 155) 2. Mary Jane Sloan; b. April 20, 18Co. in Duplin Co., NC; d. March 10, 1818; m. Allen Whitfield (89). Children under father. (B 166) 3. Gibson Sloan. (B 167) 4. Bryan Whitfield Sloan. (B 168) 5. Ann Sloan; b." Nov. 6, 1806, d. July 16, 1867; m. Nov. 11, 1830 in Duplin Co., NC, Alexander Outlaw Grady (321). Children under father. (B 169) 6. Susan Sloan. 7. David J. Sloan; d. unmd., Montgomery, Ala. (B 160) 8. Rachel Sloan. (B 161) 9. Hugh Sloan. (B 162) 10. Hephzibah Sloan. 11. Eliza Catherine Sloan; b. 1826; m.21 Steg‘hen Miller Grady, son of Henry Grady (108) Sept. 22, 1 1. 12. Amanda Sloan; d. unmd. 13. _____ Sloan: d. in infancy. 14. _____ Sloan; d. in infancy. 16. _____ Sloan; d. in infancy. Page 46 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 72) KEDAR BRYAN (Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Kedar Bryan was born about 1796, in Cedar Creek Settlement, east of Cape Fear River, Cumberland County, NC On May 1, 1817, he married Mary Evans, daughter of Josiah and Mary (Locke) Evans. He died Nov. 24, 1828.22 Children: 1. Rebecca Ann Bryan; d. in infancy. 2. Kedar Bryan; d. in infancy. (B 163) 3. Josiah Evans Bryan. (B 164) 4. Robert Kedar Bryan. Page 47 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 73) CATHERINE BRYAN (Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Catherine Bryan was born about 1801. In 1820 she married Dickson Sloan.23 She died Oct. 28, 1846, and was buried in the Rutledge family cemetery at Kenansville, NC Children: (B 166) 1. David Dickson Sloan. (B 166) 2. Anne Eliza Sloan; b. 1820; m. Gibson Sloan (B 166). Children under their father. (B 167) 3. George Sloan. (B 168) 4. Ellen Sloan. 5. Catherine Sloan; m. Stephen, or George, Howard, of Georgia. 6. Margaret R. Sloan; b. 1842, d. 1870, unmd. 7. Sarah Jane Sloan; b. 1833; m. as his second wife Dr. James Gillespie Dickson, son of Joseph and Mildred Ann (Gillespie) Dickson. 8. Mary Douglas Sloan; b. Mar. 8, 1843, Duplin Co., NC, d. March 14, 1900. Bladen Co., NC She married May 14, 1863, William James Cromartie in the home of David Dickson Sloan in Sampson Co. William James Cromartie was born April 23, 1824, at his father's home in Bladen Co., NC 9. John Henry Sloan; d. in infancy. 10. Robert Bryan Sloan; d. in infancy. 11. John Bryan Sloan; d. in infancy. Page 48 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 74) ELIZABETH BRYAN (Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Elizabeth Bryan was born about 18Co.near Magnolia, Duplin County, NC She died in New Hanover County, NC On Jan. 26, 1815, she married the Rev. George Fennell (1790- 1859). He was born on Black River in that part of New Hanover County that later became Sampson. He was the son of Margaret Robinson and Nicholas Fennell. George Fennell was in the legislature" from 1812-16 and 1819-20. He was a Baptist minister of note: his memorial in the minutes of his association covers four pages. He and his family lived at Harrell’s Store, NC Children: (B 189) 1. Margaret Ann Fennell. 2. John Milton Fennell, b. 1818, d. unmd. (B 170) 3. Catherine Fennell. 4. Mary Eliza Fennell; b. Apr. 12, 1824; m. May 2. 1848. 5. George Bryan Fennell; b. Jan. 20, 1826, d. July, 1850. 6. Daniel White Fennell; b. Mar. 6, 1828. 7. Nicholas Dickson Fennell; b. Jan. 2'7, 1880, d. Sept. 21, 1862. C. S. A. 8. Robert James Fennell; b. Feb. 11, 1882, d. Dec., 1898, Richmond, Va.; 111., Oct. 21, 1857. Ruhanna Jane Kirby. C. S. A. 9. Julia Caroline Fennell; b. May 26, 1884; m. May 28, 1856. William Livingstone Fennell. 10. William Wells Fennell; b. Jan. 19, 1886; killed in service of C. S. A., June 27, 1882; unmd. (B 171) 11. Helen Jane Fennell. Page 49 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. One record suggests another child, Mary Bryan Martin. The records suggests further that she married Cadmus Capehart and had the children found under (B 210) Mary Martin Capehart. However, Susan Martin Capehart (B 403) gave Mary Martin Capehart for the name of her mother rat er than Mary Bryan Martin. If Janet Smith Bryan had another daughter beyond those we have listed, she must have been younger than Samuel Hyman Martin or his twin. 2. His will was dated October 4, 1838, and was probated in Nov., 1848; (N. C. & G. 11., II, 500). If interested in the Haywood family see Appendix, Item B-3. 3. The Raleigh Star, Raleigh, NC, of May 17, 1810, noted the marriage of Elizabeth Robertson and John Arthur Bryan. Mrs. George Washington Bryan thought she was named Edith and not Elizabeth. In the Star John Arthur Bryan was described as a resident of Johnston County. 4. Mar. 1, 1792, John Arthur Bryan, orphan of Arthur Bryan, Esq., being of proper age, came into Court and chose for his Guardian, John Bryan Bag." Others named in this record were Hardy Bryan, "Lovard Bryan" an John McCullers. (Johnston Co. Court Minute Book, 1874-1795. MS). 5. Johnston County Marriage Bonds, MSS. 6. Marshall. 7. Wheeler, II 220. 8. Raleigh, NC, April 4, 1857. 9. Marshall. 10. Mrs. Alonzo F. Levins, daughter of Emily Antoinette Bryan (B 121), kindly contributed Nov. 10, 1930, the material for this sketch. She took the material from a paper in her mother's Bible. 11. See Appendix, Item B-6. There was at least one child by the first wife of Gen. Wimberly. The names, births, marriages and deaths of the children are from the Ezekiel Wimberly family Bible in 1931 in the possession of Mrs. Julia Brooks Byrom Wimberly, Macon, Ga. 12. The Wimberly Bible does not mention the last three marriages of Robert His first wife was the daughter of Wiley W. Cullens an died gift. 6, 1860. In the matter of the later marriages, the Henry notes have n used. 13. One note suggests that the children died in 1896, with the exceptions of Frank and George A. Walker. 14. See Appendix, Item 8-8. 15. MS., Marriag: Bond, Benjamin Bryan and "Polly" Stevens, Jan. 14, 1800, Johnston. One record suggests a seventh child - Dawson Bryan. Loverd Bryan (B 138) writing to Clement Anselm Evans (B 245) listed, in different order, the children shown above, except for Louis in whose place he gave Loverd. Page 50 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II 16. Henry. One record suggests that John Bryan was born as early as 1774: another gives 1786. 17. The will of John Bryan was dated Feb. 6, 1840, and probated in the February Court, 1840. Besides his wife, John Bryan mentioned his children Kedar John A., Thomas K., Eleanor, Susan, and Eliza. (Sampson County Wills, MSS.). 18. Miss Alma Burgamy kindly supplied much of the material for the Sloan and Fonville records. David Sloan was born in 1728, in North Carolina and died in the same state in 1806. He married Nancy Margaret Jones in 1758. She appears to have been born in 1743 and to have died in Duplin Co., NC, in 1780, or perhaps in 1784 or '85 as Mr. L. C. Henry believed. See note 28 below. 19. G. & 3., order of these children uncertain. 20. In his John Grady of Dobbs, Benjamin Grady spells her name Anne and gives her birth as Nov. 16, 1804. See p. 83. 21. Benjamin Grady spells her name Eliza Catharine Sloan and gives her birth and death dates as Jan. 16, 1826, and April 2, 1861, respectively. He also gives her son. (John Grady of Dobbs, 36.). 22. "In Duplin on the 24th, Cader [Kader] Bryan, age 80, of Sampson." (Raleigh Register and NC Gazette, Dec. 6, 1828). If this notice was accurate he was born in 1798 and not 1796. The children were born in Cumberland or Sampson Counties, NC (Marshall). 23. The Sloans came to America from Scotland via Ireland, and settled in Pennsylvania. Virginia, and North Carolina. In the last-named state we locate Caleb Sloan, variously spelled Caleb, Caliph, and Calif, Sloan. He was born about 1671 and died about 1751. He married Nancy Jane, and had a son Joe Sloan. Joe Sloan was born about 1700 and died about 1780. He married Margaret and had a son, David. David Sloan was born in 1723. He died in 1806 in Duplin Co., NC He married Nancy Margaret Jones and had three sons: David Sloan, m. Nellie Dickson and had a son, Dickson Sloan, who married Catherine Bryan (B 78). John Sloan, m. _____ and moved to Tennessee. Gibson Sloan, who married Rachel Bryan (B 71). Dickson Sloan a member of the North Carolina legislature from 1829 to the 1840 session inclusive. (Wheeler, II, 402, 403.) See also A. C. A. G. vol. one for data on David Sloan and Nancy Margaret Jones. 24. Marshall; Wheeler, II, 295: Cathcart, Biog. Sketches of Baptist Ministm. Page 51 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II SIXTH GENERATION Page 52 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 100) FRANCES HELEN HYMAN Frances Helen Hyman was born Feb. 11, 1811, in Bertie County, NC, and died Aug. 9, 1849. She was buried at Snowfield, in Bertie. Jan. 5, 1836, she married1 William J. Ellison, of Martin County, NC Children: 1. Ann Hyman Ellison; b. 1888. 2. Emma Frances Ellison; b. 1838, d. 1839. 3. Lois Virginia Ellison; b. 1840, d. 1846. 4. George Augustus Ellison; b. 1842, d. 1842 or '43. 5. Margaret Eliza Ellison; b. 1844. 6. Sam Hyman Ellison; b. 1847. (B 101) WILLIAM BRYAN HYMAN William Bryan Hyman was born April 30, 1814, or ’24, in North Carolina. On June 7, 1847, he married in New Orleans, La., Dolores Hermenegilda Gonzales, daughter of Andrea Gonzales, of Alexandria, La. William Bryan Hyman was a student in the University of North Carolina in 1839. He was admitted to the bar and moved to Alexandria, La. He was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana April 1, 1865, by Gov. J. M. Wells and held jurisdiction over that part of the state within the Union lines, while Justice Merrick, holding by appointment from Gov. Allen, presided over that portion within the Confederate lines. Judge Hyman left the bench in 1868 to return in 1871 for nine years more.2 Children:3 (B 200) 1. Ann Gray Hyman. (B 201) 2. Gertrude Hyman. 3. Bettie Hyman; m. as his second wife William David. 4. Margaret D. Hyman; d. young. 5. Thomas McCabe Hyman; m. Ann Lavilleman. 6. Robert Hyman. 7. John W. Hyman; b. 1868. 8. William (or Ira) Paul Hyman. Page 53 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 102) MARY SUSAN HYMAN Mary Susan Hyman was born Jan. 16, 1821. On Oct. 13, 1846, she married4 at Williamston, Martin County, NC, James W. Strange, son of Robert Strange,5 and Jane R. Kirkland, of Fayetteville, NC Children: (B 202) 1. Ann Bryan Strange. 2. Robert W. Strange; b. Nov. 28, 1850; m. Dec. 18, 1879, Mary Huske. (B 203) 3. Elizabeth Hyman Strange. 4. Margaret K. Strange; b. March 17, 1856. 5. Frances Hyman Strange; b. Dec. 10, 1857. 6. Jamu W. Strange; b. Dec. 3, 1859. (B 204) 7. Samuel Hyman Strange. 8. John Kirkland Strange; b. March 2, 1866. (B 103) ROBERT CAMPBELL MARTIN Robert Campbell Martin was born Mar. 26, 1813. He married in Louisiana April 9, 1836, Mary Winifred Hill Pugh (BL 106) and lived in Albemarle, Assumption Parish, La. He was very much interested in family history and gathered and preserved much material valuable to the present study. When he felt his pen slipping from his fingers he requested the Rev. John Bryan Williams (B 225) to continue the record he had brought down to 1850. Robert C. Martin died July 4, 1881. Children: 1. Mary Janet Martin: b. Jan. 27, 1838, (1. early. (B 205) 2. Robert Campbell Martin. 3. William Whitmell Martin: b. July 24, 1840; killed at Vicksburg, Miss., June 21, 1863. He was a student in the University of North Carolina, 1857-58. June 21, 1881, he enlisted at Camp Moore, La., and served as lieutenant of Company "K," 8th Louisiana Infantry; captain of Company "C", 26th Louisiana Infantry and major in the latter at the time of his death. 4. Peter Boyd Martin; b. 1842, d. 1843. (B 208) 5. James Bryan Martin. (B 207) 6. Thomas Pugh Martin. Page 54 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 104) SUSAN BRYAN MARTIN Susan Bryan Martin (b. Oct. 29, 1815), married Nov. 28, 1833, in Bertie County, NC, George W. Capehart. He was the son of Elizabeth Rhodes and Cullen Capehart. Children: (B 208) 1. William Rhodes Capehart. 2. Susan Martin Capehart; b. Aug. 27, 1838. She lived at Scotch Hall, Bertie County, NC (B 209) 3. Sophie Elizabeth Martin Ca hart; b. Feb. 26, 1844; m. James Bryan Martin (B 2061’:3 Children under father. (B 210) 4. Mary Martin Capehart. (B 105) JANET BRYAN (John, William, William, Needham, William) Janet Bryan (Feb. 9, 1831-Feb. 22, 1866) was born in Raleigh, NC, lived, married, and died there." Dec. 13, 1848, she married Dr. Thomas Devereux Hogg (Oct. 1, 1823- Sept. 30, 1904). Episcopalians. Children: 1. Sallie Hogg; b. 1860, d. 1818; unmd. 2. Janet Bryan Hogg; b. 1862, d. 1928; m. in 1882 Colin Mc- Kenzie Hawkins (Dec. 1847June 1814). (B 211) 3. Lucy Hogg. (B 106) WILLIAM SHERWOOD BRYAN (John, William, William, Needham, William) William Sherwood Bryan was born June 2, 1832. He married in 1858 his cousin7 Annie Haywood Badger. He was a physician and for a time owned the ancestral home, Snowfield, in Bertie County, NC He died Aug. 5, 1860. His widow married Col. Paul Fletcher Faison (1840-96) of the Confederate Army. By him she had seven children. Children: (B 212) 1. Delia Haywood Bryan. 2. John S. Bryan; d. early. Page 55 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 107) LUCY HAYWOOD BRYAN (John, William, William, Needham, William) Lucy Haywood Bryan was born Aug. 4, 1841, in New York City. She married Nov. 7, 1866, Basil Charles Manly. He was born8 May 9, 1839, the son of Charles Manly and Charity Hare Haywood. Basil Charles Manly was a student at the University of North Carolina. He and Duncan Haywood were active in raising the first Confederate flag displayed in Raleigh. It was hauled down amid violence almost reaching the stage of riot. He served in the Confederate army and reached the rank of major. After the war he operated the Ingleside Plantation near Raleigh. Children: 1. Malcolm Gray Manly. 2. John Gray Manly. (B 108) ELEANOR HAWKINS BRYAN (John, William, William, Needham, William) Eleanor Hawkins Bryan was born Nov. 11, 1847. In 1868 she married Thomas Badger. He was born in 1843, the son9 of George Edmund Badger. Thomas was a student in the University of North Carolina, 1859-62. He served in the Confederate Army and attained the rank of lieutenant. He was sometime mayor of Raleigh. He died in 1911 and was buried in Raleigh, NC Children: (B 218) 1. Thomas Badger. 2. Janet Hogg Badger; b. 1872; was living in Raleigh, NC, in 1928, unmd. 3. Catherine Badger; b. 1874, d. 1913; m. Benjamin M. Moore. (B 214) 4. George Edmund Badger. (B 109) ELIZABETH GRAY BRYAN (John, William, William, Needham, William) Elizabeth Gray Bryan (b. Sept. 29, 1848) married in 1870 William Hamilton Young, of Granville County, NC He was an alumnus of the University of North Carolina, 1868, and a lieutenant in the Confederate States Army. Res., Henderson, NC Children: (B 216) 1. Alice Hamilton Young; b. 1871. (B 216) 2. Lucy Haywood Young. 3. William Hamilton Young; b. 1880, Washington, D. C. Page 56 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 110) JOHN HENRY BRYAN (John, Arthur, William, Needham, William) John Henry Bryan married Lucy Ellen Wall. Children: (B 217) 1. George Washington Bryan. (B 111) HENRY STEVENS Henry Stevens was born in 1793 in Johnston County, NC He married10 in 1821 Mary Bass. Children: 1. Julius Stevens, Holly Springs, Miss.; d. 1876. He was a Edge. 2. Mary Caroline Stevens. (B 218) 3. Needham Bryan Stevens. 4. William Henry Stevens. (B 112) JOSIAH STEVENS Josiah Stevens married (1) about 1820 in Georgia Margaret Milton11 (2) _____ Christie, of Louisville, Georgia. Children: (B 219) 1. Elizabeth Stevens. Second marriage. 2. Josiah Stevens; residence, Louisville, Jefferson Co., Ga. 3. Edmund M. Stevens. (B 220) 4. William Jasper Stevens. 5. Mary E. Stevens; m. 0. P. Perry, Webster Co., Ga. (B 113) WILLIAM WASHINGTON SASSER William Washington Sasser (1829-1901) was born in North Carolina and died in Georgia. He married Ellen Kaiah Boyd (1833-1900., daughter of Milton Boyd. William Washington Sasser was a large land owner of Meriwether County, Ga. He served in the Confederate army and was for a while a mail clerk. Methodist. Children:12 (B 221) 1. William Milton Sasser. (B 222) 2. Joseph Arthur Sasser. Page 57 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 114) LEWIS SASSER Lewis Sasser married _____. Children: 1. Peter Sasser. 2. James Sasser. 3. Harry Sasser. 4. Ingram Sasser. 5. Bryan Sasser. 6. Susannah Sasser. 7. Penelope Sasser. (B 116) NATHAN WILLIAMS Major Nathan Williams was born April 17, 1806. He married13 Nov. 24, 1829, Martha Averett. He died Oct. 14, 1867. Children: (B 223) 1. Isaac Henry Williams; b. 1880, d. 1881; m. June, 1857 Julia Jane Smith (S 286). No issue. (B 224) 2. Mary Elizabeth Williams. (B 226) 3. John Bryan Williams. 4. Esther Ann B. Williams; b. 1889, d. 1854. (B 226) 5. Nancy Rebecca Williams. (B 116) MARY WILLIAMS Mary Williams was born in 1807. She married about 1825 or '28 Robert W. Snead, of Wilmington, NC, who died in 1847. Children: (B 227) 1. Margaret Snud. (B 228) 2. Thomas Devereanx Snead. (B 229) 3. George Snead. (B 280) 4. Edward Dudley Snead. 5. Charles Snead; m. Fannie Shaw. of Bellville. Ala. 6. Laura Snead; m. Patrick Massey (or Murphy). 7. Kate Snead. 8. Nathan Williams Snead; killed Sept. 17, 1862, in the Confederate Army, private. Student at the University of North Carolina, 1861-62. 9. Agnes Snead; b. Jan. 16. 1842, Johnston County, NC; m. David Boykin. Two children. 10. Walter R. Snead; b. 1846; m. Martha E. Thig'pen. Dr. Snead was a lieutenant in the Confederate Army and in 1980 was living in Marianna, Fla. Page 58 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 117) SUSAN WILLIAMS Susan Williams was born in 1809. She married in 1828 Henry Eason, son of Colonel John Eason and Olive Avery. She died in 1885. Children: 1. Mary Eason. 2. John William Eason; in Confederate Army; killed during the war. 3. James Eason; in Confederate Army; killed in the war. 4. William Eason; in Confederate Army; killed during the war. 5. Martha Eason; m. _____ Lee. 6. Isaac Eason; m. Addie Bryan, dau. of John H. Bryan, of Pender Co., NC Co. "C", Freemans NC Battarlyion, 7. Charles. Eason; m. _____ Mouring. 8. Susan Eason; m. _____ Parker. 9. Leonidas Eason; d. 1896. (B 118) ELIZABETH WILLIAMS Elizabeth Williams was born about 1810. She married Jan. 28, 1828, John Eason, Jr. She died in 1891. Children:" (B 231) 1. Sarah E. Eason; b. 1829; m. (1) _____ Vinson (2) William Hardy Bryan (B 119). Children by second husband under father. 2. Julius Eason; m. _____ Cox. 3. Euphemia Eason; m. Dr. John Monk. 4. John Eason; d. 1899, or 1900. 5. Emily Eason; d. 1860; m. W. Vinson. 6. Amanda Eason; d. 1845. (B 119) WILLIAM HARDY BRYAN (Harry, Hardy, William, Needham, William) William Hardy Bryan (1817-97) was born near Smithfield, NC He married Mrs. Sarah Eason Vinson (B 231) and lived at Newton Grove, Sampson County, NC He represented that county in the legislature, 1873-75. He probably served in the Confederate Army for he enjoyed the title of captain. Children:15 (3 232) 1. James Williams Bryan. 2. Joe Bryan. Page 59 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 120) JOSEPH H. BRYAN (Harry, Hardy, William, Needham, William) Joseph H. Bryan was born Oct. 14, 1828. He married (1) Mary Blackman and (2) _____. Children: Second marriage. 1. N. L. Bryan. He was a dentist, but during the Florida land boom of the 1920s he gave up his practice for real estate business. He lived sometime at Winter Park, Fla. Six others. N. L. Bryan may not have been the first. (B 121) EMILY ANTOINETTE BRYAN (Joseph, Blake, William, Needham, William) Emily Antoinette Bryan (1819-1891) married Sept. 4, 1836, Jesse Smith, of Houston County, Ga. He (1807-1862) was brother to that Ardella Smith who married Needham Smith and died without sons. Jesse Smith moved to Louisiana in 1848, settling in that portion that later became Bienville Parish. Children:16 1. Sarah Elizabeth Smith; b. 1837, d. 1881; m. 1857 Dr. William L. Phillips. (B 233) 2. Mary Amanda Smith; b. 1839, d. 1885; m. James Wimbsrly Tooke (B 237). Children under father. 3. Robert Augustus Smith; b. 1841, d. 1923; m. at Buena Vista, Ga. Anna Dunham. 4. William Henry Smith; b. 1843, d. 1845. (B 234) 5. Ellen Elvira Smith; b. 1844, d. 1885; m. Thomas Augustus Tooke (B 238). Children under father. 6. Martha Walker Smith; b. Feb. 5, 1848, d. June 4, 1823; In. Feb. 8, 1885, H. A. Perryman. 7. William Morgan Smith; b. Nov. 12, 1847, d. Jan. 28, 1822; m. Sept. 20, 1871, Nannie Wood. 8. Annie Dean Smith; b. Jan. 19, 1850; m., Nov. 12, 1888, John O'Leary. Res, 1930, Shreveport, La. 9. Georgia DeLaura Smith: b. Se t. 22, 1851, d. Jan. 10, 1904; m. (1) J. D. Pennington, (2;. S. A. Dean. 10. Jessie Rebecca Smith; b. Mar. 18, 1853; m. Nov. 27, 1872, George McDade. Res, 1930, Dubberly, La. 11. Joseph Bryan Smith: b. Aug. 26, 1854; m. Mar. 25, 1888. Julia Williamson. Res. 1930, Montgomery, La. 12. Risdon Wright Smith; b. Oct. 24, 1856; m. (1) Mattie Prothro, (2) Fanny Ardis. Res., 1930, Dubberly, La. 13. Emily A. Smith; b. 1858, d. 1859. 14. Nona Smith; b. Jan. 3, 1860; on. Jan. 13, 1884, Alonzo F. Levine. Res" 1930, Mt. Lebanon, La. Page 60 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 122) MARTHA WIMBERLY Martha Wimberly (Nov. 23, 1816-July 12, 1842) married Nov. 23, 1830, Augustus Howard (Mar. 6, 1806-Feb. 1, 1867), of Columbus, Ga. Children:17 1. John Tyler Howard; b. Feb. 22, 1837, Columbus, Ga.; m. 1861 Anna Wingfield Dawson. They had a daughter Florence Flournoy Howard, who married Beale E. Richardson. (B 123) EZEKIEL ABNER WIMBERLY Ezekiel Abner Wimberly married (1) April 10, 1845, Ann E. Denson and (2) in 1857 in North Carolina Louisa Horne. They lived in Henderson, Houston County, Ga.18 Children: 1. William R. Wimberly. 2. George W. Wimberly. 3. B. C. Wimberly. 4. Augustus E. Wimberly. 5. Ezekiel Wimberly. 6. John W. Wimberl . 7. Margaret Wimberly. (B 124) JOSEPH WILLIAM WIMBERLY Joseph William Wimberly was probably born in 1822. He seems to have died in 1898. His wife was Mary Amanda Brown (Nov. 27, 1826-Nov. 7, 1898), daughter of Dempsey Brown. Joseph William Wimberly was buried in Henderson, Houston County, Ga. Methodist. Children:19 (B 235) 1. Dempsey Brown Wimberly. (B 236) 2. Joseph William Wimberly. (B 126) DAVID C. WALKER David C. Walker (Aug. 17, 1839-1896) married _____. Children: 1. Thomas Walker. 2. David Walker. 3. Jame Walker. Page 61 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 128) ELIZABETH WIMBERLY Elizabeth Wimberly was born Sept. 18, 1818. She married Sept. 2, 1838, the Rev. Caleb W. Key20 in Bibb County, Ga. Children: 1. Ella Key; b. 1848; m. _____ Brown, who was mayor of Augusta, Ga., in 1896. 2. Isabella Chauncey Key; b. 1848; m. William G. Mahone, of Talbotton, Ga. They had a daughter. Lila, who married _____ Ellis and lived in Atlanta, Ga. (B 129) JAMES JEFFERSON TOOKE James Jefferson Tooke (1806-May 13, 1881), died at Mt. Lebanon, Bienville Parish, La. He married (1) Sarah Wimberly (B 127) ; (2) March 3, 1859, in Talbotton, Ga., Maria Jones (Jan. 3, 1830-Dec. 2, 1880, Columbus, Ga.). He was a Methodist minister, serving in Talbotton and Mt. Lebanon. Children: 1. Martha Elizabeth Tooke; d. young. (B 237) 2. James Wimberly Tooke. (B 238) 3. Thomas Au stus Tooke. 4. Mary Josephine Tooke; b. 1848, d. 1863; m. 1860 George Edwin W ker. 5. Ezekiel Blake Tooke; b. 1844, killed June 14, 1863, Winchester, Va. while in the Confederate Army. (B 239) 6. John Fletcher Tooke. 7. Burt Tooke. (B 240) 8. Frances Elizabeth Tooke. 9. Harris Jones Tooke. (B 241) 10. Anna Pauline Tooke. 11. Robert Chapman Tooke. (B 130) THOMAS B. TOOKE Thomas B. Tooke married Ellen Williams. He apparently served in the Bienville Parish Reserve Corps and was paroled June 16, 1865. Children:21 1. Fannie Tooke. (B 242) 2. Georgia Tooke. 3. Henry Tooke. 4. Gus Tooke. 5. Monsieur Tooke. 6. Marcus Tooke. Page 62 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 131) JANE TOOKE Jane Tooke married Dr. Thomas G. Gordon. Children: 1. Charles Gordon. 2. Susie Gordon. (B 132) JOHN ARTHUR TOOKE John Arthur Tooke married Mary Buckner, sister to General Simon B. Buckner. John was a member of Watson’s Reserve Corps and was paroled at Shreveport, La., June 15, 1365. Children: 1. Aylette Tooke. 2. Edwin Tooke. (B 133) SARAH HINTON BRYAN (Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Sarah Hinton Bryan was born22 Aug. 8, 1793, in Johnston County, NC She married Oct. 20, 1824, Anselm Lynch Evans. He23 was born in 1792 and died in 1866 in Lumpkin, Stewart County, Ga. Children: (B 243) 1. Sarah Jane Evans. (B 244) 2. Martha Ann Evans. (B 245) 3. Clement Anselm Evans. (B 134) MARGARET SMITH BRYAN (Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Margaret Smith Bryan was born Jan. 16, 1795. She married June 6, 1816, George Wyche. They lived in Johnston County, NC She died Oct. 22, 1841. Children: 1. James Wyche. Page 63 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 135) CHARITY LOVERD BRYAN (Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Charity Loverd Bryan was born April 20, 1798, in Johnston County, North Carolina. On September 25, 1816, she married Obadiah P. Cheatham, of Georgia. She died Oct. 25, 1841. Children: (B 246) 1. Clement Arthur Cheatham. 2. George Cheatham. 3. Sidney Cheatham. 4. Elizabeth Cheatham. 5. Charles Cheatham; killed at Manassas, Va. C. S. A. (B 136) MARY SMITH BRYAN (Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Mary, "Polly", Smith Bryan was born March 18, 1800. in Johnston County, North Carolina. She married January 28, 1817, John Goodwin Raines (1787-1846) in Georgia. She died in 1863. Children: (B 247) 1. Thomas Raines. 2. Edith Raines; m. John McLendon. 3. Mary Raines; m. John LeSeuer. 4. Ann Raines. 5. Julia Raines; m. William McMichael, of Marion Co., Ga. 6. Martha Raines; m. John McLendon, as his second wife. (B 137) EDITH BRYAN (Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Edith Bryan was born Sept. 1, 1802, in Johnston County, North Carolina. On Dec. 6, 1821, she married Martin H. Brown, of Georgia. She died Jan. 7, 1842. Children: 1. Georgia Brown; m. Robert Goes; living in 1882, in Han- cock Co., Ga. 2. Clement C. Brown; lived in Washington Co., Ga. 3. Loverd B. Brown; lived in Texas. 4. Martin J. Brown; killed in the Civil War. C. S. A. 5. David Brown; m. _____ Sawyer, dau. of Zadock Sawyer. Page 64 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 138) LOVERD BRYAN (Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Loverd Bryan (Oct. 13, 1804-Aug. 15, 1887), married24 Jan. 21, 1826, Eliza Wyche (Dec. 10, 1809-Nov. 29, 1877). She was the daughter of Littleton Wyche, of Thomas County, Ga. Judge Bryan was a member of the Superior Court, a state senator in 1839_____40, and one of the original settlers of Stewart County. He was interested in his family history and much of the material for these records is from his pen. Children:25 (B 248) 1. William Benjamin Bryan. (B 249) 2. Martha Ann Bryan. (B 250) 3. Susan E. Bryan. (B 251) 4. Edith Grizelle Bryan. (B 252) 5. Whitfield Clement Bryan. 6. Prentis S. Bryan; b. 1888; killed in the Battle of Griswaldville; unmd. (B 268) 7. Needharn L. Bryan. (B 254) 8. Eliza J. Bryan. (B 139) NEEDHAM RUPERT BRYAN (Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Needham Rupert Bryan was born August 26, 1806, in Georgia. On March 14, 1832, he married Martha Battle, daughter of Thomas Battle, of Monroe County, Georgia. He died in 1841. Children: (B 255) 1. Thomas B. Bryan. 2. Needham Rupert Bryan; lived in Monroe, Ga. 3. Josephine Bryan; Monroe, Ga. 4. Mary Bryan. (B 140) ANN BRYAN (Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Ann Bryan was born December 18, 1808. She married June 28, 1838, William Ingram, of Randolph County, Georgia. They moved to Sabine County, Texas, about 1859, and probably settled in San Augustine. She died in 1864. Children:26 1. Clementine Texas Ingram; m. David S. Kargler; residence, Texas. (B 256) 2. James M. Ingram. 3. Mary Ingram. 4. Ann Ingram. 5. Latie Ingram. Page 65 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 141) GRIZELLE KIMBROUGH BRYAN (Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Grizelle Kimbrough Bryan was born November 18, 1811. She married (1) John Fletcher Watts, (2), 1839, Thomas Jefferson Hines. Children: 1. Bryan Randolfih Hines; m. Sallie Hardwick, daughter of R. A. Hardwic . 2. Thomas J eflerson Hines: m. Clotilde DeLannay, daughter of Gustavus DeLannay, of Columbus, Ga. 3. William Hines. 4. DeWitt Hines. 5. Claudia C. Hines; m. Julius A. Code. (B 142) EMELINE BRYAN (Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Emeline Bryan was born April 19, 1814. She married January, 1832, Benjamin F. Watts, brother of John Fletcher Watts. She died in 1847. Children:27 1. John Whitfield Watts. 2. William Bert Watts. 3. Thomas Bryan Watts. (B 267) 4. Richard F. Watts. 5. Emeline C. Watts. (B 143) DAVID CLEMENT BRYAN (Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) David Clement Bryan was born March 14, 1816. He married Nancy Battle, sister of Martha, who married Needham Rupert Bryan (B 139). David and his wife died about 1849. Children: 1. James Sidney Bryan; b. Nov. 4, 1846, in Randolph Co., Ga.; m. _____ Pope, daughter of Cadesman Pope and his wife Susan. After the death of his parents James was taken by his aunt, Mrs. Ann Bryan Ingram, to Sabine County, Tex. He was graduated by Emory College in 1870 and was ordained in the Methodist ministry, December, 1874. He had churches in Augusta, Atlanta, and Decatur, Ga. He died in Decatur, Mar. 18, 1913. During the Civil war he served in a Texas cavalry unit. 2. Jose hine C. Bryan; m. R. L. Graves. 3. Edith Mary Bryan; m. Lackington C. Randle, brother of that John M. L. Handle who married Edith Grazelle Bryan (B 261). Page 66 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 144) BENJAMIN BRYAN (Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Benjamin Bryan was born in 1801, or '02, in North Carolina. In 1825 he married Nancy Exam, of Twiggs County, Ga. He lived at Westlake, Houston County, Ga., and acquired a great deal of wealth and many slaves. Children: 1. Matthew Bryan. 2. Robert Bryan; m. Mattielene Jordan. 3. Dorsey Bryan. 4. Martha Bryan. (B 145) WILLIAM M. BRYAN (Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) William M. Bryan was born in 1804. William married in 1836 or 1836 Winifred Massey. He died February 14, 1887. William must have been a successful planter for he owned some 3,000 acres and 200 slaves. He lived in or near Vienna, Dooly County, Ga. Winifred Massey was the daughter of Daniel Massey, of Twiggs County, Ga. It has been suggested that her full name was Georgia Winifred Massey. However, the family Bible of Winifred (Massey) Bryan and her husband, currently in the home of Emma Buford (Bryan) Woodward (B 440) shows as the first entry "William Bryan was married to Winifred Massey Feb. 14, 1836." Another date for the marriage has been suggested 1835. Miss Winifred Bryan Woodward points out that the number 6 in 1836 is in a different ink from that used for the remainder of the entry. Children: 1. Clement D. Bryan; m. Mrs. Martha Paul. He served in the Confederate Army and was severely wounded. They lived in Twigga Co., Ga. Mrs. Paul had a son before she married Clement. (B 268) 2. William Bryan. (B 269) 3. Robs Bryan. (B 280) 4. Benjamin Daniel Bryan. (B 261) 6. Mary Frances Bryan. (B 262) 6. Lucy Maria Bryan. (B 263) 7. Penelog Bryan. (B 264) 8. John ndolph Bryan. 9. Sally Hinton Bryan; twin to John Randolph Bryan. Page 67 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 146) ALGERNON SYDNEY BRYAN (Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Algernon Sidney Bryan was born February 12, 1812. In 1838 he married Sarah Oliver, of Georgia. Children: (B 265) 1. George Whitfield Bryan. (B 147) ROBA BRYAN (Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Roba Bryan was born Dec. 21, 1813, in North Carolina. Feb. 22, 1829. she married Williard Boynton, of Stewart County, Ga. His name appears on a list of stockholders of the Lumpkin Independent Academy.28 He was in the state senate 1846_____47 and 1865-66. Roba died in Lumpkin, Ga., in 1893. Children:29 (B 266) 1. Benjamin Joseph Boynton. 2. Willard B. Boynton; b. Sept. 3, 1881. (B 267) 3. Mary Arsahusa Boynton. 4. Hinton Bryan Boynton. (B 268) 5. Floretta S. Boynton. (B 269) 6. Jefferson Lamar Boynton. (B 270) 7. Clarence Jerome Boynton. (B 148) PENELOPE BRYAN (Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Penelope Bryan was born Nov. 26, 1826.30. She married (1) Nov. 8, 1842, Joseph J. Boynton, and (2) in 1853 Robert Rutherford Wimberly (B 125). Children: 1. Sidney Hollis Boynton. (B 271) 2. Benjamin Bryan Wimberly. 3. Robert Rutherford Wimberly. 4. _______ Wimberly . (B 272) 5. Mary Martha Wimberly. Probably others. Page 68 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 149) ELEANOR T. BRYAN (John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Eleanor T. Bryan was born in 1815. She married Robert J. M. Pearsall (May 27, 1822- 0ctober, 1895). He was the son of Jeremiah Pearsall and Catherine Middleton. Eleanor and her husband lived31 at Kenansville, and in Sampson County, NC She died in September 1896. Children: (B 278) 1. Jeremiah James Pearsall. (B 274) 2. Emma Bryan Pearsall. (B 275) 3. Lucy Dixon Pearsall; b. 1848, d. 1916; m. in 1866 James Smith Evans (S 265). Children under father. (B 150) SUSAN MARY BRYAN (John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Susan Mary Bryan (b. 1817) married Nov. 16, 1847, Franklin J. Faison. He was a field officer" in the 20th North Carolina Infantry and attained the rank of lieutenant-colonel before his death in the Battle of Cold Harbor, Va... June, 1862. The widow then married Dr. James Richard Marable. He was a Baptist and brother to the Rev. Marable, of the Presbyterian Church. Children: 1. Poydrus Faison; d. unmd. (B 276) 2. Susan Eleanor Faison; m. Ransome Monroe Middleton (360). Children under father. (B 277) 3. Mary Amelia Faison; b. 1862, d. 1884; m. John William Shaw Miller (859). Children under father. (B 278) 4. Franklin John Faison. (B 279) 5. Eliza Faison; m. Walter Livingston Hicks. 6. William Bryan Marable. 7. Hunter Marable; d. in Yuma, Arizona. 8. Elmira Marable. Page 69 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 151) JOHN ALEXANDER BRYAN (John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) John Alexander Bryan (April 22, 1821-July 22, 1903) married (1) June 12, 1845, Mary Oliver; (2) 1869 Ferrebee Katherine Oliver. The first was the daughter of John and Nancy Pearsall Oliver. John Alexander Bryan lived four miles from Kenansville, NC He studied in the University of North Carolina, 1841, and in 1844 and ’45 was a student in the medical school of the University of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the legislature, 1879. Children :33 1. Walter Raleigh Bryan b. 1846, d. 1908 near Kenansville; m. Louisa Nancy Ward. (B 280) 2. Anna C. Bryan. (B 281) 3. John Oliver Bryan. (B 282) 4. Kedar Bryan. (B 283) 5. James Albert Bryan. (B 284) 6. Robert Thomas Bryan. 7. Ellen Ines Bryan b. 1867, d. 1866 near Kenansville, NC 8. Mary Oliver Bryan; b. Nov. 28, 1869, d. Dec. 18. 1921, at Warsaw, NC; m. Oscar Pearsall Middleton. (B 286) 9. Sarah Frances Catherine Bryan. (B 152) THOMAS KENAN BRYAN (John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Thomas Kenan Bryan married Dec. 8, 1867, Mrs. Susan Arabella (Faison) Shaw. She was born Jan. 28, 1828, the daughter of William and Susan (Moseley) Faison. She died May 17, 1902. Her first husband was Col. Elias Shaw. Thomas Kenan Bryan was a Baptist; his wife a Presbyterian. Children:34 1. Arabella Bryan; b. Oct. 19, 1869; m. Tolbert 8. Stamps and moved to Mt. Pleasant, Tex. (B 286) 2. Harriet Elizabeth Bryan. Page 70 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 153) KEDAR BRYAN (John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Kedar Bryan was born in 1824, and lived in Faison, NC In 1862 he married Ruth Nancy Spicer, who was born in 1846 the daughter of John Foy and Nancy A. (Saunders) Spicer. Kedar was a lieutenant and surgeon in the Confederate States Army. He died in 1896. Children :35 1. Jerry Bryan; b. 1864, d. in infancy. 2. Eleanor Spicer Bryan; b. June 12, 1866, d. 1866. 3. Ruth Eleanor Bryan; b. Dec. 19, 1866. (B 287) 4. Florence Isabella Bryan. 5. Egbert Kedar Bryan; b. Aug. 23, 1870; m. Mary Isabel O’Conner. He was a lawyer and judge in Wilmington, N. C.36 6. John Spicer Bryan; b. Feb. 26, 1375. (B 288) 7. William Thomas Bryan. (B 164) MARGARET SLOAN Margaret Sloan was born March 31, 1799. She married Osborn Carr, who was the son of James and Susan (Powell) Carr. Osborn was born in 1793 and in 1860 was living in Duplin County, NC Margaret died about 1828. Children: (B 289) 1. Gibson Sloan Carr. 2. William Carr. 3. Robert Bryan Carr. 4. James P. Carr. (B 166) GIBSON SLOAN Gibson Sloan married his first cousin, Anne Eliza Sloan (B 166). He was buried at Hickory Grove Baptist Church, Lowndes County, Ala. Children: (B 290) 1. Needham Bryan Sloan. 2. Robert Bruce Sloan. 3. George Sloan; m. Ella Robertson. 4. Catherine Dickson Sloan; m. John F. Newton. 5. Margaret Ellen Sloan; m. Jacob Powell. 6. David Gibson Sloan. Page 71 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 167) BRYAN WHITFIELD SLOAN Bryan Whitfield Sloan was born in Crenshaw County, Ala. He married (1) Jane Keith Torbet and (2) Ann Jane Colvin. Bryan attended the University of Pennsylvania where he earned his M. D. degree. Jane Keith Torbet of Williamsport, Pa., married Bryan Whitfield Sloan Sept. 7, 1836. She died Nov. 12, 1835. Ann Jane Colvin was born June 24, 1815, the daughter of Maj. John Colvin. After the death of Bryan Whitfield Sloan, his widow became the second wife of the Rev. John Avarette Fonville. Children:37 1. John DeBossette Sloan; b. 1843, d. unmd. 2. Rachel Sloan; d. in infancy. 3. Jane Torbet Sloan; m. Andrew Pickett and had a daughter, May Belle. (B 169) SUSAN SLOAN Susan Sloan married Alonzo Williams, of Darlington, South Carolina. Children: 1. David Gibson Williams. 2. George Whitfield Williams. 3. Virginius Williams. 4. Adelaide Williams. 5. Adella Williams; twin to Adelaide. (B 160) RACHEL SLOAN Rachel Sloan (Aug. 4, 1809-May 18, 1865) was born in Duplin County, NC She married" April 15, 1833, the Rev. John Avarette Fonville. He was ordained to the Baptist ministry in 1834 and served churches in North and South Carolina. In Alabama we find him" after 1856 serving the following churches: Hickory Grove, Greenville, Pine Level, Midway, Orion, Mount Lebanon and others in Lowndes and Butler Counties. Page 72 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FONVILLE Fonville is the current name40 of a French family early coming to America. Originally it was spelled De Fontvieille, but with the passage of years it has been reduced to Fonville or Fonvielle. The earliest progenitor of which we have record was Antoine De Fontvieille,41 who in the Province of Lorraine or Gascony saved the life of the French King and was rewarded with the rank of knight. The De Fontvieille family, or at least the branch of which we have record, became Huguenots and found it desirable to flee France. Peter and John De Fontvieille came to Virginia and then, 1707, to North Carolina and located near the confluence of the Neuse and Trent Rivers, in the vicinity of the present New Bern. Peter with his family perished in the Tuscarora massacre of 1711, but John escaped, married about 1714, raised a family, and accumulated property. He died about 1741 in Craven County, N. C.42 John Fonvielle, to use the form current in the mid-part of the 18th century, was born in 1715. He married Elizabeth Brice and had a son, Frederick. From 1754 to ’61 John was a member of the colonial assembly and for a time was a warden of Christ Church, New Bern, NC Frederick Fonvielle, born about 1740, had a son, Frederick Fonvielle. This Frederick had a son, John Avarette Fonville, b. July 21, 1809, in Orange County, NC He died April 7, 1870, in Lowndes County, Ala. He married (1) Rachel Sloan and (2) Ann Jane (Colvin) Sloan, relict of Bryan Whitfield Sloan (B 157). Children: 1. Mary Sloan Fonville; d. in infancy. 2. Margaret Edna Fonville; d. unmd. (B 291) 3. Susan Frances Fonville. 4. Frederick Gibson Fonville; b. 1841; colonel in the Con- federate States Army, killed July 80, 1864, in the Battle of the Crater before Petersburg, Va. (B 292) 5. John Culpeper Fonville. (B 293) 6. Sarah Medora Fonville. (B 294) 7. James Bryan Fonville. (B 295) 8. William Drakeford Fonville. 9. Atalanta Theodosia Fonville; d. unmd. Page 73 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 161) HUGH SLOAN Hugh Sloan was born December 19, 1819, or 1820, and died Feb. 6, 1896. He married March 10, 1842, Eliza Rutledge Colvin (May 29, 1825-Dec. 19, 1874), daughter of Maj. John Colvin and his third wife, Catherine Rutledge. Hugh Sloan served in the Confederate Army. Children:43 (B 296) 1. Alexander Colvin Sloan. (B 297) 2. David Bryan Sloan. (B 298) 3. Laura Scott Sloan. 4. Flora Ann Sloan: b. 1849. (B 299) 5. Mary Whitfield Sloan. (B 300) 6. Eliza Katherine Sloan. (B 301) 7. Hugh Sloan. 8. Robert Cottrell Sloan; d. in infancy. 9. Rachel Bryan Sloan. (B 302) 10. Robert Carr Sloan. (B 303) 11. John Fonville Sloan. (B 162) HEPHZIBAH SLOAN Hephzibah Sloan was born in 1823. She married John Broadhurst, who died in January, 1845. She died in March, 1889. Children: (B 304) 1. William Gibson Broadhurst. (B 305) 2. David Jones Broadhurst. (B 163) JOSIAH EVANS BRYAN (Kedar, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Josiah Evans Bryan was born Feb. 26, 1824. He married Jan. 22, 1846, Sarah P. Hodges, of Fayetteville, NC He was a student in the University of North Carolina, 1841-42. He was a member of the 27th Mississippi Volunteers, C. S. A., and died in the Confederate service, 1863. Children: (B 306) 1. Josephine Bryan. 2. John Needham Bryan; d. 1850, an infant. 3. George Hodges Bryan; d. 1854, an infant. Page 74 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 164) ROBERT KEDAR BRYAN (Kedar, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Robert Kedar Bryan was born Jan. 22, 1827, in Sampson County, NC He died June 9, 1898, in Pender County, NC He was buried at Scott’s Hill, NC On Feb. 10, 1862, he married Susan H. Loftin, of Wilmington. He was first named Robert Bryan, but following the death of his brother Kedar, that name was added. He was a student at the University of North Carolina, 1843-45. For a while he was editor of the Wilmington Messenger. He was for a time a planter and lived for a while near Fayetteville, NC In 1858 he went to the House of Commons for New Hanover County. Because of a delicate constitution he was not in the Confederate Army. During the last years he became an Episcopalian and lived in Wilmington, NC Children :44 (B 307) 1. Robert Kedar Bryan. (B 808) 2. Susan Bryan. 3. Mary Bryan; b. Dec. 20, 1858. She lived at Scott’s Hill, Pender Co., NC 4. Lewis Loftin Bryan; b. 1861, d. 1867. 5. Nicholas Nixon Bryan; b. July 26, 1864, Cumberland Co., NC, d. 1915, Sanford, NC He married in 1902 Anna 6. Sarah .Bryan; b. Aug. 11, 1886, d. in Raleigh, NC (B 165) DAVID DICKSON SLOAN David Dickson Sloan (Oct. 19, 1821-Nov. 20, 1876) was born in Sampson County, NC On Dec. 6, 1849, he married in Bladen County, NC, Harriet Cromartie (March 27, 1822- Oct. 29, 1896), daughter of John Cromartie and Ann Harrington. David D. Sloan seems to have been a doctor and to have lived in Sampson County. He died in Garland, NC Children:44 1. Thomas Sloan; b. Aug. 16, 1850; m. (1) Eliza Jane Boykin at Garland: (2) Margaret Bannerman Johnson. (B 809) 2. Henry Sloan. (B 310) 3. Katherine Bryan Sloan. 4. William Sloan; b. 1858 ca.; m. May 1888 Carrie Moore. She (b. 1861) was the daughter of Charles Peyton Moore and Mary Robinson. Seven children. 5. Annie Laura Sloan; b. 1862 ca. 6. Hattie Atwood Sloan; b. 1864 ca.; m. William B. Robbins. Page 75 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 167) GEORGE SLOAN Captain George Sloan was born in 1826. He married Hannah Mitchell, of Wilmington, North Carolina. He died Dec. 29, 1888. Children: 1. George Sloan; m. Annie McIver, of Wilmington, NC 2. gobért Charles Sloan; m. Fannie Green, of Wilmington, 3. Louise Sloan. 4. Sadie Sloan. 5. David Dickson Sloan. 6. Kate Bryan Sloan. (B 168) ELLEN SLOAN Ellen Sloan was born Dec. 4, 1828, or '23, in Sampson County, NC She died at Scotland Neck, NC, February 21, 1901. In Kenansville, July 24, 1850, she married Oscar Lafayette Hawkins." He was born in 1825 to Jesse Hawkins and Elizabeth Daniels. He was from Pennsylvania. Children: 1. Romulus Cary Hawkins; b. 1851, d. 1880 unmd. (B 311) 2. Ellen Hawkins; b. Feb. 11, 1854, at White Hall, Wayne Co., NC She married in Scotland Neck, Oct. 18, 1881, George Washington Bryan (B 217). Children under father. 3. Robert Dickson Hawkins; b. 1857, d. 1858. (B 169) MARGARET ANN FENNELL Margaret Ann Fennell (April 10, 1817-May 26, 1846) married July 25, 1833, William King deVane. She lived at Harrell’s Store, NC47 Children: 1. George Thomas deVane; b. 1834, d. in childhood. (B 312) 2. James Stuart deVane. (B 313) 3. Mary Bryan deVane. 4. Alice Almire deVane; b. 1844, d. 1915 at Leesburg, Fla. Page 76 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 170) CATHERINE FENNELL Catherine Fennell (b. Dec. 26, 1821) married, Dec. 4, 1838, Calvin J. Dickson. They lived, 1930, at White Hall, Wayne County, NC Children:48 (B 314) 1. Lucy Dickson. (B 315) 2. James Dickson. 3. Susan Dickson; b. 1845, d. 1905. 4. Joseph Dickson; b. 1847, d. 1863, unmd. 5. Robert Dickson; b. 1848, d. 1923, unmd. 6. Catherine Dickson; b. 1849, d. 1896, unmd. 7. John Bryan Dickson; b. 1861, d. 1923, unmd. (B 316) 8. Albert Pickett Dickson. (B 171) HELEN JANE FENNELL Helen Jane Fennel was born Sept. 29, 1838, on Black River, New Hanover County, NC About 1857 she married Solomon James Faison. He was born Dec. 27, 1821, the son of Solomon and Asia (Chestnut) Faison, and was a graduate of the University of North Carolina, 1846. He represented Sampson County in the constitutional convention of 1875. Helen and her husband lived near Harrell’s Store, NC, on that portion of her father's estate that came to her. Her children were all born at this home. Solomon James Faison died in 1880; Helen died Aug. 24, 1895. Children:49 1. Percival Faison; b. 1859, d. 1861. 2. John Molten Faison; b. Dec. 11, 1861; lived near Turkey, (B 317) 8. Eliza Bryan Faison; b. 1864; m. Walter Livingston Hicks. 4. Helen Asia Faison; b. 1888; n. Hardy Hicks. 5. Solomon James Faison; b. 1871. 8. George Fennell Faison; b. 1874, d. 1900, Warsaw, NC 7. Pauline Faison; b. 1878, d. 1878. Page 77 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. Or Ellerson. 2. Fortier, Louisiana I, 547. 3. Marshall. 4. North Carolinian, Fayetteville, NC, Oct. 31, 1848. 5. Wheeler, II, 130; Ashe. History of NC, II, 382. Robert Strange was a United States Senator, 1836-40. 6. North Carolinian, Fayetteville, NC, March 3, 1866. Thomas Devereux Hogg was the son of Gavin Hogg and Mary Ann Bayard Johnson. Gavin Hogg was from Wick, Caithness, Scotland. He died in Raleigh Oct. 28, 1836. Through Mary Ann Bayard Johnson, Thomas could trace his ancestry to: Alfred the Great, King of England, Henry the Fowler, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Louis VI, king of France, James 1, king of Scotland, Robert Bruce. king of Scotland. (Browning. Americans of Royal Descent. Pedigree CCXII, p. 711). 7. George Edmund Badger was born April 18, 1796, in New Bern, NC He died May 11, 1866, in Raleigh, NC He was secretary of the Navy in Pres. William Henry Harrison's cabinet. He represented his state in the United States Senate and was nominated to the Supreme Court. The Senate refused confirmation because of his pro-slavery sentiments. In May, 1861, he proposed an ordinance of secession in the North Carolina convention. This was rejected in favor of a more violent statement. His picture may be seen in Ashe, History of NC. George Edmund Badger married (1) in 1864 a daughter of James Turner, (2) in 1866 Mary Polk and (3) Mrs. Delia (Haywood) Williams. George Edmund and Delia (Haywood) (Williams) Badger had two children, - possibly more - Annie Haywood Badger and Thomas Badger. (NC Booklet, XV, 3, 187; XIX, 148: Amis, 117: Ashe, II, 276 426, 461, 470, 500, 590, 611, 614: Wheeler, II, 121: NC Biog. Hist, VII, 36: Peale, Lives of Distinguished North Carolinians, 181.) 8. Ashe, II, 748: NC Bing. History, VI, 849; Louisa Francis Manly, Manly Family. 9. See note 7, above. 10. L. C. Henry calls her Elizabeth Bass. He also supplies the name of the fourth child. 11. Or Melton. 12. Marshall be1ieved there were five others. 13. Martha Averett (1805-1868) was the daughter of Henry Averett and Cecilia Thorpe. The family name is variously spelled: Avera, Avery, Averett, Averyette. It is thought the family originally came from France and were Huguenots settling in Page 78 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II Halifax Co., Most of the family moved to western North Carolina after the Revolution. (Marshall). 14. Henry MSS. 15. Order and number uncertain. 16. Data for this line kindly contributed by Mrs. A. F. Levine, 1930. The seven children were born in Houston Co., Ga.; the remainder at Mt. Lebanon, La. 17. American, Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 20, 1981. 18. Information from the Ezekiel Wimberly Bible, see note no. 11 in preceding chapter. There was another Abner Wimberly in Houston County at this time. 19. Material contributed by Mrs. Julia Brooks Byrom Wimberly, wife of Dempsey Brown Wimberly (B 235). 20. Who's Who in America, Vols. four and five. By his first wife Caleb W. K3 had a son, Joseph Staunton Key, who was ordained bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. 21. Marshall. 22. D. A. R. Lineage Book, LXXXIV, 280. 23. He was a son of George Evans and Hannah _____ and brother to William Evans, Sr. (d. 1319). The will of George Evans is dated 1313 and was probated 1319, Clarke Co., Ga. Tradition has it that the Evans family of Georgia came from Wales and that Josiah Evans received a grant of land from George II. His son, David Evans, married _____ Carver and had a son Jonathan Evans. The first census of the U. S., 1790, records nearly 100 families of the name in North Carolina. 24. History of Thomas Co., Ga. 25. Marshall. 26. Marshall. 27. Marshall. 28. See Knight. II, 975. 29. Marshall. 30. James W. Marshall to T. M. W., Aug. 29, 1949. Mr. L. C. Henry kindly called attention to the Census Records. Ga., Twiggs County, 1850, and 1860, pp. 364, and 182 respectively. In 1860 Joseph J. Boynton and Penelope are reported as 34 and 25 years of age respectively. Ten years later Robert R. Wimberly and Penelope are listed as 36 and 33. See also, Boynton, John F., and C. H., The Forum: Family, pp. 149 and 150. 31. There is great uncertainty about the names of Eleanor T. Bryan and her mother. Among the materials used in this study we find the mother given as Eleanor Page 79 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II Terrence, Eleanor Torrance, and Eleanor Torrens. The Lighter appears as Eleanor T. Bryan, Eleanor Bryan, and Ellen Bryan. 32. Sprunt, Chronicles of Cape Fear. See the letters of Edmund Jones Williams (S 613) below. It appears that one Walter Livingston Hicks also married Eliza Bryan Faison (B 317). Perhaps he married twice or else there is error here or later. 33. Marshall. 34. Both children were born in Sampson Co., NC (Marshall). 35. Marshall. The U. S. census reports for Duplin Co., NC, 1880, gave: Kedar, 56; Ruth N., 33; Ruth C., 13; Florence K., 11; Egbert K., 9, John S., 5; William 1. 36. Who's Who in The South, 1927, p. 117. 37. G. & H. 38. MSS., Marriage Bonds, Duplin County, NC 39. Owen, Hist. of Ala., III, 591. 40. The name is mentioned numerous times in Colonial Records: Saunders, V, 281, 605, 521, 688, 843, 867, 889, 1048; VI, 96-100. also in A. C. A. G., first volume. Miss Alma G. Burgamy, of Birmingham, Ala., kindly contributed much of the material for the Sloan and Fonville sketches. 41. Courcelles, Jean Baptiste Pierre Jullien de, Histoirs des Pairs do Francs, IX. p. 16, gives a description of the arms of the "noble Jean de Fontvieille", son of the "noble Antoine de Fontvieille. 3d of the name." 42. His will of April 14, 1741, is recorded in New Bern, NC 43. G. & H.: Alma Gibson Burgamy (B 481) to E. M. W. 44. Marshall. 45. Marshall. 46. Wilmington Journal, Aug. 2, 1850; marriage performed by the Rev. George W. Wallace. 47. Marshall. 48. Marshall. 49. Henry. See note under (B 160). Page 80 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II SEVENTH GENERATION Page 81 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 200) ANN GRAY HYMAN Ann Gray Hyman was born in 1857. She married in or about 1871 William, or Andrew, David. Children: 1. Dolores David. 2. William David. 8. Thomas David. 4. Gertrude David. 5. Robert David. 6. Julia David. 7. Ann Hyman David. (B 201) GERTRUDE HYMAN Gertrude Hyman was born 1858. She married William Mithoff, Jr. Children: 1. Dolores Mithoff. 2. Hyman Mithoff. (B 202) ANN BRYAN STRANGE Anne Bryan Strange was born Nov. 18, 1848. She married Nov. 20, 1873. John Wright Mallett, of Fayetteville, NC Children: (B 400) 1. Mary Hyman Mallett; b. Sept. 1, 1874; m. James Hipkins McNeill (S 684). Children under father. 2. Charles Mercer Mallett; b. April 11, 1876I d. Aug. 31, 1928. 3. James Strange Mallett; b. 1879, d. in infancy. 4. Nannie Strange Mallett; b. Dec. 15, 1884. Page 82 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 203) ELIZABETH HYMAN STRANGE Elizabeth Hyman Strange was born Aug. 12, 1853. On Nov. 18, 1874, she married James Dobbins McNeill. They lived at Fayetteville, NC Children:1 1. Margaret Gilbert McNeill. 2. Elizabeth Strange McNeill. 8. James Strange McNeill. 4. George McNeill. 5. Robert Strange McNeill. 6. Mary Hyman McNeill. 7. Minerva Ruffin McNeill. (B 204) SAMUEL HYMAN STRANGE Samuel Hyman Strange was born Oct. 1, 1861. He married June 24, 1896, Laura M. Banks. Children: 1. Samuel Hyman Strange; b. Feb. 9, 1900. d. March 4, 1926. (B 205) ROBERT CAMPBELL MARTIN Robert Campbell Martin was born June 6, 1839. On April 24, 1861, he married in Louisiana Margaret Chisholm Littlejohn. It is probable that Robert later moved to Jefferson, Tex. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina and was in 1859 a planter in Assumption Parish, La. In the Civil War he served as a lieutenant in the 26th Louisiana Volunteers. Margaret Chisholm Littlejohn was the daughter of the Rev. William T., and Elizabeth Ann (Chisholm) Littlejohn. Margaret died in 1879. Children:2 (B 401) 1. Robert Campbell Martin. 2. William Littlejohn Martin; b. 1865; m. (1) Mattie Tyman, of Troy, Mo.; and (2) Ethel DeLorch. (B 402) 3. Whitmell Pugh Martin. 4. Margaret Chisholm Martin; b. 1879, d. 1880. Page 83 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 206) JAMES BRYAN MARTIN James Bryan Martin was born, probably in Louisiana, August 25, 1844. He lived in Windsor, NC In 1868 he married in Bertie County, North Carolina, Sophie Elizabeth Martin Capehart (B 209). He was a second lieutenant in the 26th Louisiana Volunteers. Children: 1. James Bryan Martin; b. 1870. 2. Mary Jeannette Martin; b. Jan. 16, 1873. 3. Sophie Capehart Martin; b. July 12, 1874, Windsor, NC 4. Thomas Pugh Martin. (B 207) THOMAS PUGH MARTIN Thomas Pugh Martin was born April 16, 1846. He married (1) in Texas, October 12, 1866, Cornelia M. Taylor, daughter of John B. E. Taylor and Cornelia Hubbard, of S. C. He was a lieutenant in the Confederate Army. In 1896 Thomas Pugh Martin married (2) _____ in Fort Worth, Tex. Children: 1. Robert W. Martin; b. May 13. 1867. 2. Mary Cornelia Martin; b. May 6, 1869; m. Dec. 10, 1888, John Ulyssa McAlister. 3. Thomas Pugh Martin; b. Jan. 16, 1872. 4. Cornelia Taylor Martin; b. Jan. 29, 1874. 5. Alberta Smith Martin; b. Mar. 15, 1878. 6. Virginia Bryan Martin; b. Jan. 26, 1880. 7. Robert Campbell Martin; b. Dec. 19, 1881. (B 208) WILLIAM RHODES CAPEHART Dr. William Rhodes Capehart married Clara Cotton Bond, of Edenton, NC They lived at Avoca, NC. on the Albemarle Sound. During the Civil War William Rhodes Capehart was a surgeon serving with the Confederate artillery.3 Children: 1. William Rhodes Capehart; b. Sept. 17, 1880; student. University of NC, 1899-1901. Residence, Avoca, NC 2. Clara Cotton Bond Capehart. Page 84 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 210) MARY MARTIN CAPEHART Mary Martin Capehart was born Oct. 9, 1847. In 1865 she married Cadmus Capehart, a cousin born in 1845. Children: (B 403) 1. Susan Martin Capehart. 2. Mary Grant Capehart; m. Shepherd Winthrop Wells. 3. George Washington Capehart; m. Elizabeth ill Jacocks. 4. Cadmus Capehart, m. Martha Moore Capehart. 5. Margaret Rhodes Capehart; m. Bert Gray Willis. 6. Catherine Armstead Capehart; m. Holly Mackey Bell. 7. Sophia Elizabeth Capehart; m. Gerald Bruce Newby. (B 211) LUCY HOGG Lucy Hogg (b. Feb. 22, 1855-April 24, 1905) is buried in Raleigh. NC She married4 Oct. 6, 1875, Isaac Foote Dortch, son of William T. Dortch and Elizabeth Pittman, of Goldsboro, NC Children: 1. Sally Hogg Dortch; b. 1876. (B 404) 2. Gavin Hogg Dortch. (B 405) 3. Janet Hogg Dortch. (B 406) 4. William Pittman Dortch. 5. Ellen Sasser Dortch; b. Feb. 8, 1888. in Goldsboro, NC She married in 1914, Clarence Albert Short. They lived in 1929 in Raleigh, NC 6. Thomas Hogg Dortch; b. Nov. 25, 1889, Goldsboro, NC 7. Lucy Haywood (or Bayard) Dortch; b. Dec. 5, 1892, Goldsboro, NC 8. Elizabeth Hogg Dortch; b. Jan. 29, 1895, Goldsboro, NC (B 212) DELIA HAYWOOD BRYAN (William,John,William,William,Needham,William) Delia Haywood Bryan was born May 9, 1859. She married in 1884 John Avirett Duncan. of Beaufort, NC She died June 3, 1888, and was buried at Raleigh, NC Children: 1. Annie Badger Duncan; m. the Rev. Henry Claiborne Gregory. They were living in 1928 in Amherst. Va. 2. Delia B an Duncan; b. June, 1888; m. Paul F. Smith. They he? a daughter, Annie Badger Smith. Page 85 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 213) THOMAS BADGER Thomas Badger was born in April 1870. He married Janet Stronach, daughter of Alexander B. Stronach and Mary _____. They lived in Fayetteville, NC Children: 1. Thomas Badger; b. June 12, 1910. 2. Alexander Badger; b. Apr. 16, 1916. 3. Eleanor B. Badger; b. May 8, 1918. (B 214) GEORGE EDMUND BADGER George Edmund Badger was born Dec. 10, 1879. He married Blanche Heartt, daughter of Charles and Isabel (Bragg) Heartt. Res., La Grange, NC Children: 1. Isabel Badger; b. Jan. 17, 1918. (B 215) ALICE HAMILTON YOUNG Alice Hamilton Young was born in 1871. She married John D. Rose of Henderson, NC Children: 1. Elizabeth Bale; m. Stephen Brewer. (B 216) LUCY HAYWOOD YOUNG Lucy Haywood Young married Walter H. Powell and lived in Louisville, KY. Children: 1. Walter H. Powell. Page 86 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 217) GEORGE WASHINGTON BRYAN (John, John, Arthur, William, Needham, William) George Washington Bryan was born July 13, 1861, near Clayton, Johnston County, NC He married in Scotland Neck, NC, on Oct. 18, 1881, Ellen Hawkins (B 311). They lived at Scotland Neck, where he died May 21, 1926. Children :5 1. Romulus Hawkins Bryan; b. Dec. 19, 1882, d. July 24, 1907. (B 407) 2. George Sloan Bryan. 3. John Ashley Bryan; b. June 28, 1888. 4. Paul Quincy Bryan; b. Dec. 19, 1887; m. Permelia Cull, of Moultrie, Ga. 5. Noah Biggs Bryan; b. Nov. 11, 1889, d. Dec. 81, 1918. 6. Mabel Bryan; b. Jan. 22, 1892, d. June 8, 1894. 7. Herman Wall Bryan; b. Aug. 15, 1895. (B 408) 8. Ennis Bryan. (B 218) NEEDHAM BRYAN STEVENS Needham Bryan Stevens was born in 1823. He married (1) on March 1, 1848, Mary Everitt Smith and (2) Mary J. Kennedy. He died in 1898. Mary Everitt Smith, of Wayne County, NC, was the daughter of William and Nancy (Everitt) Smith. Children: 1. Edgar Stevens; m. _____ Binelle. (B 409) 2. William Smith Stevens. 3. Samuel Stevens; m. _____ Sanders, a cousin of Mary Boddie Sanders. 4. Elizabeth Stevens; m. _____ Tolar. 5. John Stevens; m. his cousin Julia Durham. 6. gum Stevens; m. Mamie Durham, half-sister of Julia 7. Blackman Lee Stevens; m. (1) _____ Grantham, (2) _____. Second marriage. 8. Sallie Kennedy Stevens. 9. Amy Stevens. Page 87 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 219) ELIZABETH STEVENS Elizabeth or possibly Eliza Stevens married William Strong Lowry, professor of Greek and Latin in Erskine College, Due West, S. C. Sometime they lived in Jefferson County, Ga. Children: 1. Josiah Stevens Lowry; a Presbyterian minister living in 1929 in Alabama. 2. William Joseph Lo ; b. June 7, 1838, in Greensboro, Ga.; m. (1) _____ Bell, Aug. 18, 1861, in Starkville, Miss., and (2) Mary C. Dixon Jan. 28, 1874. He was a graduate of Erskine College, Due West, S. C., 1868. and in later life a trustee of Oglethorpe University. He was a Presbyterian minister. (B 220) WILLIAM JASPER STEVENS William Jasper Stevens was born in 1822. About 1845 he married probably in Jefferson County, Ga., Susan A. Pierce. About 1855 he moved to the present Terrell County, Ga., where he died in 1864. He was for a time a merchant in Dover, Ga. Susan A. Pierce was born July 13, 1828, in Jefferson County. She died Nov. 18, 1892, and was buried at Dawson, Ga. She was a Methodist. Children: (B 410) 1. Obadiah Benjamin Stevens. (B 411) 2. Catherine Stevens. 3. Georgia V. Stevens; b. Nov. 1, 1854, d. Oct. 81, 1911; m. James W. Roberts. She lived at Dawson, Ga., and was buried there. 4. Willie Stevens; m. George Cannon; res., Dawson, Ga. 5. Ella Stevens. (B 412) 6. Mary Elizabeth Stevens. (B 221) WILLIAM MILTON SASSER William Milton Sasser was born July 24, 1859. He married Dec. 25, 1889, Fannie Lou Perkins (b. May 1869, Coweta County, Ga.). She was the daughter of Robert B. Perkins and Martha Elder. William M. Sasser in 1929 was living in Cedartown, Ga., and was connected with the Liberty National Bank. He was born in Meriwether County, Ga.6 Children: 1. Mattie Evelyn Sasser. (B 413) 2. Willie Mildred Sasser. Page 88 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 222) JOSEPH ARTHUR SASSER Joseph Arthur Sasser married Feb. 24, 1891, Carrie B. Ballard, of Senoia, Ga. He was born July 21, 1861, in Meriwether County, Ga. Res., Atlanta, Ga.7 Children: 1. Joseph Arthur Sasser; b. 1906. (B 224) MARY ELIZABETH WILLIAMS Mary Elizabeth Williams was born April 24, 1833. She married (1) about 1865 Sydney A. Smith and (2) Robert Smith. The first was possibly Sydney A. Smith (S 216), the son of Samuel Smith (S 60). Mary died Dec. 16, 1889. Children: Those by the first husband under their father. Second marriage. 4. Mattie Smith; b. 1874. (B 226) JOHN BRYAN WILLIAMS John Bryan Williams was born July 23, 1837, and died March 3, 1907, in Washington, D. C. On Jan. 25, 1866, he married in Warrenton, NC, Ann Little Skinner. Ann was daughter to Dr. Charles Skinner and Susan E. Little, of Warrenton, NC; grandniece of Governor Hawkins; great grand-daughter of Christopher Gale, first chief justice of North Carolina province, and of William B. Little who held the same office in 1732. John Bryan Williams became a Methodist minister, but later was ordained in the Episcopal Church. He served churches at Warrenton, NC and Bladensburg, Md. To the Rev. John Bryan Williams is due much credit for the preservation of family records so largely used in this study. For more than twenty-seven years he labored, collecting hither and yon, copying in long hand and distributing manuscripts among the interested members of the family. In 1911 one of these manuscripts fell into the hands of the Rev. James Williams Marshall (S 849). Another was given Emma Morehead Whitfield (469), who made large use if it in the present work.8 Children: 1. Jessie Bryan Williams; b. Sept. 27, 1868, d. March 22, 1910, at Orangeburg, S. C.; m. John Elliott Bull, of South Carolina. Page 89 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 226) NANCY REBECCA WILLIAMS Nancy Rebecca Williams was born Feb. 16, 1842. She married ( 1) in 1867 Henry F. Grainger, a native of Greene County, NC He was associated with John W. Bryan in the practice of law in Goldsboro, NC He died9 in 1884. Nancy married (2) _____ Roby, a Methodist minister. Children: 1. Charles Williams Grainger; b. 1868, Kinston, NC, d. July, 1920; m. Lizzie Pittman Dortch, daughter of Harrod Dortch and Ellen Sasser. (B 227) MARGARET SNEAD Margaret Snead was born in 1829. She married Uzziah Cox, of South Carolina. Children: 1. Claudia Cox; m. _____ Kilpatrick of Montgomery, Ala. (B 228) THOMAS DEVEREAUX SNEAD Thomas Devereaux Snead was born Jan. 22, 1832. He married Bettie Sanders. Children: 1. Annie Snead; m. John Sanders. They had a daughter Pauline who married one Edward T. Howard, a professor. (B 229) GEORGE SNEAD George Snead married Mary Sanders. Children: 1. Willie Snead: m. _____. They had a daughter Lula who married one Pryor L. Dark. (B 230) EDWARD DUDLEY SNEAD Dr. Edward Dudley Snead was born in 1837. He married Anna Claiborne, of Farmville, Va. Children: 1. Mary Snead. 2. Laura Snead; m. _____ Sanders. Page 90 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 232) JAMES WILLIAMS BRYAN (William,Harry,Hardy,William,Needham,William) James Williams Bryan was born July 22, 1863. On Dec. 20, 1893, he married Irene Carroll, of Sampson County, NC James Williams Bryan lived on the old homestead, Newtown Grove, in Sampson County. Among his most prized possessions was a silver- handled sword carried by Capt. Henry Bryan (B 57) during the war of 1812. He was the proprietor of Maple View Farm. Irene Carroll was born Oct. 6, 1871, the daughter of Francis Marion and Eloise (Taylor) Carroll. She was reputed to have been a descendant of Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Children:10 1. Pauline Elizabeth Bryan; b. Oct. 12, 1894; m. May 23, 1923, Price O. Bizzell. Res., 1949, Fayetteville, NC 2. William Carroll Bryan; b. Dec. 8, 1895; m. Sept. 28, 1928, Lanie Horton. He is a veteran of World War I. Baptist. Res., 1949, Goldsboro, NC 3. James E. Bryan; b. May 5, 1897; m. Nov. 6, 1927, Elizabeth Hix Allen. Res., 1949, Raleigh, NC 4. Raymond Arthur Bryan; b. Dec. 8, 1899; m. Jan. 28, 1929, Ruby Morris. He was a student in the NC State College, Raleigh, NC Res., 1949, Goldsboro, NC 5. Robert Emmet Bryan; b. May 17, 1904; m. Oct. 19, 1929, Marjorie Lewis, Kinston, NC Res., 1949, Goldsboro, NC 6. Margaret Eloise Bryan; b. Aug. 15, 1908; m. Dr. H. E. Weeks. Res. 1949, Tarboro, NC 7. Norwood Eason Bryan; b. April 27, 1910; m. Pearle Ross. Res. 1949, Fayetteville, NC 8. Byron Bryan; b. April 13, 1915; m. Jean Graves. Res., 1949, Mt. Olive, N. C. 9. _____ Bryan; twin sister to Byron; d. 1919. (B 235) DEMPSEY BROWN WIMBERLY Dempsey Brown Wimberly (Oct. 20, 1846-Sept. 24, 1905) married Oct. 27, 1876, Julia Byrom. She was born in 1858 in Byromville, Ga., the daughter of William Hardwick Byrom and Susan Maria Gunn. Dempsey Brown Wimberly was a farmer, living at Henderson, Ga., until he moved to Macon. There he was buried. Methodists. Children: (B 414) 1. Mary Amanda Wimberly. 2. Brown R. Wimberly; b. 1879, Henderson, Ga. Page 91 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 236) JOSEPH WILLIAM WIMBERLY Joseph William Wimberly married (1) Laidlaw Pate, (2) Mrs. Mittie Taylor. He was in 1929 a farmer living at Henderson, Houston County, Ga. No issue by second marriage. Children: (B 415) 1. Perry Wimberly . 2. Joseph Pate Wimberly. (B 237) JAMES WIMBERLY TOOKE James Wimberly Tooke (1836-1903) married (1) Mary Amanda Smith (B 233) (2) Mrs. Nannie McDaniel Theus; (3) Sallie Bell. He left Georgia early in life and settled in Mount Lebanon, Bienville Parish, La.11 In the Confederate Army he served in the 9th Louisiana Volunteers and Company B, 12th Louisiana Infantry. He was for a while at Vicksburg, Miss., and participated in the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862. He received his parole at Shreveport, La., June 15, 1865. He was for sixteen years clerk of the Court of Bienville Parish.12 Children: 1. George Walker Tooke; d. unmd. Second marriage. 2. William Burt Tooke; d. unmd. Third marriage. (B 416) 3. James W. Tooke. 4. Gussie Tooke; m. Dr. A. S. Hill. Res., 1929, Lake Providence, La. 5. Charles E. [Emory] Tooke. (B 417) 6. Thomas B. Tooke. 7. Mary Tooke; m. W. Y. Rockwell. 8. Jessie Tooke. 9. C. Ardis Tooke. (B 238) THOMAS AUGUSTUS TOOKE Thomas Augustus Tooke (1838-1896) married (1) Ellen Elvira Smith (B 234), (2) _____. July 7, 1861 he enlisted in Company C, 9th Louisiana Infantry at Camp Moore, La., with the rank of private. He was wounded in the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 2, 1863, but continued to serve until paroled at Shreveport, La., June 22, 1865. Res., Mt. Lebanon, Bienville Parish, La. Children: 1. Sallie Tooke. 2. Emmie Tooke; d. unmd. 3. Augustus Tooke. Second marriage. 4. Mary Tooke; unmd: res., 1929, Homer, La. 5. Jimmie C. Tooke; res., 1929, Homer, La. Page 92 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 239) JOHN FLETCHER TOOKE John Fletcher Tooke (1845-1906) married Nov. 9, 1865, in Bienville Parish, La., Virginia Catherine Graham. She was born in Alabama Aug. 31, 1844, to Dempsy Aldridge and Mary (Boyd) Graham. John Fletcher Tooke was a graduate, B. M., of a Methodist Seminary in Alabama. In the Confederate States Army he belonged to the 5th Louisiana Cavalry, attaining the rank of lieutenant. He was paroled at Shreveport, La., June 21, 1865. Children: 1. James Jefferson Tooke; b. 1886, d. 1890, unmd. (B 418) 2. Mary Burt Tooke. 3. Anna Corinne Tooke; b. 1871, d. 1895; m. William T. Oakes. (B 419) 4. Louis Marbury Tooke. (B 420) 5. John Fletcher Tooke. (B 421) 6. Robert Graham Tooke. (B 240) FRANCES ELIZABETH TOOKE Frances Elizabeth Tooke (Sept. 14, 1849, Talbotton, Ga. May 25, 1929, Bartow, Fla.) married April 17, 1867, in Bienville Parish, La., George Edwin Walker. After her marriage Frances moved from Bienville Parish to Georgia. Here they lived until 1886, when they moved to Bartow, Fla. Children:13 1. Caroline Walker; b. 1868, Bienville Parish; m. Corydon Fauntleroy Carpenter. (B 422) 2. Thomas Blake Walker. 3. Charles Hilliary Walker; b. 1871. Taylor Co., Ga.; m. July 15, 1913, in Bartow, Fla., Almira J. Wright. 4. Mary Elizabeth Walker; b. 1874, Reynolds, Taylor Co., Ga.; m. 1891 in Bartow, Hugh Orr. 5. George Edwin Walker; b. 1878; Haddocks, Ga. 6. Robert Tooke Walker; b. 1880, d. 1884. (B 428) 7. Clio Walker. 8. George Edwin Walker; b. 1894. He attended Summerlin Institute, Bartow, Fla., and the University of Fla., studying law in the latter. Res., 1929, Bartow, Fla. Page 93 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 241) ANNA PAULINE TOOKE Anna or Ann Pauline Tooke was born in 1865. She married Dr. Stephens Neal, of Talbotton, Ga. In 1927 she died in Cordele, Ga. Children: 1. Ethel Neal. 2. Julia Neal. 3. Anna Pauline Neal. 4. Stephens Neal. 5. William Rabun Neal. 6. Eugene Neal. 7. Elizabeth Neal. 8. Robert Tooke Neal. (B 242) GEORGIA TOOKE Georgia Tooke married (1) _____ Scott and (2) Judge _____ Egan, of Minden, La. Children: 1. Mae Scott; n1. _____ Wilkinson. (B 243) SARAH JANE EVANS Sarah Jane Evans married Peyton D. Hill. Children: 1. Peyton D. Hill. 2. Georgia Hill. (B 244) MARTHA ANN EVANS Martha Ann Evans was born in 1826. She married Jesse, or John, Graham. She died in 1902.14 Children: 1. James Graham. 2. Sidney Graham. 3. John Graham. 4. Emma Graham; b. 1868, d. 1902; m. (1) Charles Jenkins Tucker, (2) Archer Burwell Harrison. Page 94 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 245) CLEMENT ANSELM EVANS Clement Anselm Evans was born Feb. 26, 1833, in Stewart County, Ga. He died in Atlanta, Ga., July 2, 1911." After the death of his mother, Clement was reared in the home of Loverd Bryan (B 138). He married (1) Feb. 8, 1864, Mary Allen Walton, and (2) on Oct. 14, 1886, Mrs. Sarah Ann Elizabeth (Avary) Howard. Mary Allen Walton, of Stewart County, was born April 13, 1838. She died Jan. 17, 1886. Mrs. Howard was born June 21, 1846, the daughter of James and Susan Frances (Carr) Avary.16 She died Oct. 11, 1902. Clement Anselm Evans was a graduate of the Georgia Law School, Augusta, Ga. At the age of 19 he was admitted to the bar, at 22 was elected judge of the county court, at 26 was chosen state senator, and at 27 was a presidential elector. Nov. 18, 1861, we find him a major in the 3lst Georgia Infantry, C. S. A. The following spring he had become a colonel and on May 19, 1864, was a brigadier general serving under John B. Gordon in the Army of Northern Virginia. He was paroled at Appomattox, Va., May 10, 1865. He was five times wounded. After the Civil War Gen. Evans entered the Methodist ministry and was ordained in November, 1867, at Atlanta. He served churches at Manassas, Cartersville, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, and Rome, Ga. He was presiding elder of Griffin District in 1891. Retiring from active service this year, he allowed himself to be appointed agent for the Preachers’ Aid Society and continued in this office until his death. Gen. Evans was active in the organization of the United Confederate Veterans. He served this organization successively as adjutant general, twelve years commander of the Georgia district, lieutenant general of a department, and finally, commander in chief. He was the chief orator at the unveiling of the Jefferson Davis monument in Richmond, Va., June 3, 1907; the John B. Gordon monument in Atlanta. Ga., May 26, 1907; and the Confederate monument in Marietta, Ga., July 7, 1909. He also edited the Confederate Military History.17 Gen. Evans was a member of the state prison commission, chairman of the Georgia Soldiers' Roster Commission, and trustee of Emory College in 1895. The year before he ran for governor but was defeated by William Yates Atkinson. Evans County was named for him.18 Children: (B 424) 1. Ida Evans. (B 425) 2. Lawton Bryan Evans. 3. Paul Hinton Evans; b. Dec. 2 1866, d. after 1916 in Mexico; m. Mary Ennis, of KY. He was a civil engineer and was engaged as superintendent of the electrical railway system of Mexico City before the revolution of 1917. 4. Clement Walton Evans: b. June 28, 1872, d. July 4, 1916. He was an engineer in Mexico where he died. (B 426) 5. Martha Lucy Evans. (B 427) 6. Sarah L. A. Evans. Page 95 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 246) CLEMENT ARTHUR CHEATHAM Clement Arthur Cheatham was born April 7, 1823. He married Jan. 14, 1849, Elizabeth Frances Irwin (1828-1904). She was the daughter of that Jared Irwin who was killed June 9, 1836, in the fight with the Indians on the Shepard plantation, Stewart County, Ga. Clement attended Charleston Medical College, finishing in 1847. He moved to Georgia and settled in Dawson County where he died Aug. 7, 1889. Children:19 1. Loverd Bryan Cheatham: b. Nov. 18, 1849, d. May 80, 1882. 2. Thomas Alexander Cheatham. 3. Walter B. Cheatham; b. 1853. d. 1875. 4. Annie Irwin Cheatham. 5. Isabel Cheatham. 6. Jared Obadiah Cheatham; b. 1860, d. 1861. 7. Katie Cheatham; b. Jan. 1882, d. 1877. 8. Frances Elizabeth Cheatham. 9. Charlie Virginia Cheatham; 1868, d. 1899; m. James H. Laing and had a daughter, Mary Elizabeth Laing. (B 247) THOMAS RAINES Colonel Thomas Raines (1817-1888) married in 1846 Emily Amanda Brown (1827-1887), daughter of William N. Brown, of Marion, Ga. Children: (B 428) 1. Annie B. Raines. (B 248) WILLIAM BENJAMIN BRYAN (Loverd, Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) William Benjamin Bryan was born March 27, 1827. He married Minerva Root. Children: 1. Sidney Bryan. Page 96 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 249) MARTHA ANN BRYAN (Loverd, Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Martha Ann Bryan was born March 28, 1828. On Dec. 19, 1843, she married Col. Edmund Jackson Harris (Dec. 1821-1896). He served in the Confederate Army and was a farmer, living in Troupe, Stewart, and Dawson Counties, Ga. Children: 1. Loverd Harris; b. 1845, d. 1867. 2. _____ Harris; b. 1846, d. 1846. 3. Edmund Smith Harris; b. 1848; m. Oct. 18, 1868. in Chattanooga, Tenn., Roena Cunningham Mann. 4. William Benjamin Harris; b. 1860, d. 1852. 5. Frances Elizabeth Harris; b. 1853, d. 1893 in Dawson County, Ga.: m. Nov. 28, 1875, John W. Peddy. 6. Susan Rebecca Harris; b. 1856, d. 1881 in Loachapoka, Ala., m. May 16, 1872, David C. Armstrong. 7. Goodwin Hall Harris; b. 1857, d. 1882. (B 429) 8. Martha Ann Harris. 9. Clara Harris: b. 1861; m. April 23, 1883, David C. Armstrong. 10. Absalom Eugene Harris; b. 1882, d. 1887. 11. Theodore Jackson Harris; b. Jan. 23, 1866, d. Dec. 15, 1887. 12. Clemie Bryan Harris; b. July 12, 1870, in. Jan. 28, 1897, Andrew Jackson Hill. (B 250) SUSAN E. BRYAN (Loverd, Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Susan E. Bryan (b. 1830) married Oct. 17, 1846, A. T. Newsome of Florence, Ga. Children: (B 480) 1. Willard H. Newaome. 2. Charla R. Newaome. (B 481) 3. Nora Newaome. (B 251) EDITH GRIZELLE BRYAN (Loverd, Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Edith Grizelle Bryan was born in 1832. She married in 1860, John M. L. Randle. Children: 1. Amelia Randle; m. Thomas L. Martin. 2. Corinne Randle. 3. Lillian Randle; m. George J. Martin, brother of T. L. Martin. 4. Mary Randle 5. Chappell Randle. 6. Eva Randle. Page 97 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 252) WHITFIELD CLEMENT BRYAN (Loverd, Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Whitfield Clement Bryan was born Aug. 7, 1836. He married Margaretta L. Guyton, of Lawrence County, Georgia. Children: 1. Walter Bryan. 2. George Whitfield Bryan. (B 432) 3. Emma Guyton Bryan. 4. Minnie Bryan. (B 253) NEEDHAM L. BRYAN (Loverd, Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Needham L. Bryan was born in 1840. He married Sallie Lawhon, of Terrell County, Ga. Children: 1. Edith Bryan. 2. Loverd Bryan. (B 254) ELIZA J. BRYAN (Loverd, Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Eliza J. Bryan was born in 1842 or ’48. She married Mark L. Everett. Children:20 1. Thomas Everett. 2. Gordon Everett. 3. Willard Everett. 4. Charla Everett. 5. Mollie E. Everett. 6. Susan Everett. 7. Lila Everett. 8. Iola Everett. 9. Sarah Everett. 10. Benjamin Hill Everett. Page 98 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 255) THOMAS B. BRYAN (Needham, Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Thomas B. Bryan married Georgia G. Palmer. Children: 1. Anne Palmer Bryan. (B 256) JAMES M. INGRAM James M. Ingram married _____ Cartright, probably in San Augustine, Texas. He served in the Confederate Army throughout the war. Children:21 1. James M. Ingram: living in 1929 in San Augustine, Tax. (B 267) RICHARD F. WATTS Richard F. Watts married Terquina T. Kirksey, daughter of E. F. Kirksey. Children: 1. Benjamin Hinton Watts. 2. Richard F. Watts. 3. Elizabeth Helen Watts. (B 258) WILLIAM BRYAN (William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) William Bryan (Dec. 8, 1841-March 26, 1909) was born in Macon County, Ga. He died in the Confederate Soldiers’ Home, Atlanta, Ga. He married Adeline Davis. They were Presbyterians. On Jan. 1, 1862, William Bryan enlisted as a private in Company "E", Phillip's Cavalry, Ga. He was paroled at Greensboro, NC Children: (B 433) 1. Charles Bryan. (B 484) 2. Agnes Davis Bryan. 3. Clara Adeline Bryan; m. Horace Gates. Res, 1929. Dunedin, Fla. Page 99 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 259) ROBA BRYAN (William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Roba Bryan (b. 1844) married in 1861, Noah Alfred Megrath, of Massachusetts. They were Episcopalians. Res., 1929, Macon, Ga. Children: (B 436) 1. Willie A. Megrath. 2. Charles H. Megrath: m. Eva Hodgkins. Res., 1929, Macon, Ga. 3. Rosa Megrath; d. in infancy. 4. Mary Lou Megrath. Res" 1929, Milledgeville, Ga. 5. George Megrath. (B 260) BENJAMIN DANIEL BRYAN (William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Benjamin Daniel Bryan was born July 28, 1846, in Twiggs County, Ga. He married Dec. 10, 1868, in Dooly County, Ga., Mary Antoinette Holmes. He served during the latter part of the War for Southern Independence as a guard at Andersonville, S. C. Prison. Dec. 26, 1922, he died and was buried at Vienna, Ga. Mary Antoinette Holmes was born March 10, 1848, near Perry, Ga., the daughter of David and Martha (Haddock) Holmes. She died Oct. 1, 1911, and was buried at Vienna. Methodists. Children: (B 488) 1. Martha Winifred Bryan; b. Nov. 10, 1869, near Vienna; in. Dec. 27, 1899, Henry Tazewell Conner. He was a teacher and widower with three children. Methodists. Res., 1929 Vienna. (B 437) 2. William Holmes Bryan. (B 438) 3. Benjamin David Bryan. (B 439) 4. Mary Maud Bryan. (B 440) 5. Emma Buford Bryan. (B 441) 6. John Talmadge Bryan. Page 100 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 261) MARY FRANCES BRYAN (William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Mary Frances Bryan was born Dec. 2, 1848. She married Feb. 18, 1869, Thomas Jacob Owen, son of the Rev. Robert M. Owen and Anne Feagin. Thomas J. Owen was a farmer and was buried at Vienna, Ga. His father was a Baptist minister. Children: 1. Robert Owen; d. in infancy. (B 442) 2. Caroline Lucy Owen. 3. Thomas Owen: d. in childhood. (B 443) 4. Penelope Owen. 5. Annie Feagin Owen; m. Richard T. Long; and had a son, Archie T. Long. 6. George Owen; d. in childhood. 7. Harry Lee Owen. 8. Mary Owen: d. in childhood. 9. Runy Fitzhugh Owen; m. Jessie Booth. near Waycross, Ga. He was a Methodist minister of the South Georgia Conference. (B 444) 10. Emma Madeline Owen: in. George Hartwell Swearingen (B 446) and lived in 1929 in Atlanta, Ga. (B 262) LUCY MARIA BRYAN (William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Lucy Maria Bryan (b. 1851) married Oliver Perry Swearingen. In 1929 he was living near Vienna, Ga. Methodists. Children: 1. Lila Swearingen; d. in childhood. (B 445) 2. William Everett Swearingen. 3. Robert Boswell Swearingen; m. Catherine _____. Res., 1929, Tampa, Fla. 4. Willard Oliver Swearingen; m. (1) Sophronia Williams, (2) _____, Detroit, Mich. (B 446) 5. George Hartwell Swearingen; m. Emma Madeline Owen (B 444). He died of influenza in 1918 in Philadelphia, Pa. 6. Henry Grady Swearingen; b. 1881, Peoria, Ill. (B 447) 7. Walter J. Swearingen. 8. Benton Bryan Swearingen. Page 101 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 263) PENELOPE BRYAN (William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Penelope Bryan (b. Oct. 21, 1853) married Dec. 17, 1874, James Wilson Edwards" and lived in Macon Ga. They were Presbyterians. Children: 1. Ellen, or Nellie, Findlay Edwards; b. Jan. 1876, Macon. (B 448) 2. Bryan R. Edwards. 3. James Wilson Edwards; b. 1880, Macon; m. Fannie Dana. (B 449) 4. Richard Lewellyn Edwards. (B 450) 5. Susan Winifred Edwards. 6. Elizabeth Canning Edwards; b. 1893, Dooly Ga., Ga., d. 1896 (B 264) JOHN RANDOLPH BRYAN (William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) John Randolph Bryan married Kate Redding, of Drayton, Dooly County, Ga. They were Methodists living near Vienna, Ga., in 1931. Children: (B 451) 1. Clifford Anderson Bryan. (B 452) 2. William Megrath Bryan. (B 265) GEORGE WHITFIELD BRYAN (Algernon, Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) George Whitfield Bryan was born in 1840, Houston County, Ga. He married about 1861 Cornelia Stokes, of McDonough, Ga. He was reared by his uncle, William M. Bryan (B 145) and died 1929, McDonough, Ga.23 Children: 1. Alice LaSalle Bryan; b. Feb. 14, 1864; m. Hugh Hutton, of Savannah, Ga. 2. Pierce Bryan. 3. Algernon Sidney Bryan; killed accidentally. 4. Lois Oliver Bryan; b. about 1872; m. C. B. Strobaher, of Savannah, Ga. Page 102 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 266) BENJAMIN JOSEPH BOYNTON Benjamin Joseph Boynton was born Dec. 21, 1829. He married (1) May 11, 1852, Martha J. Jenkins: (2) _____ McGaskill. He served in the Confederate Army and lost an arm. Res., 1929, Arlington, Calhoun County. Ga. Children: 1. William H. Boynton; b. 1853. 2. Iola Boynton; m. H. B. Everett and lived in Paris, Tax. 3. Ernest Boynton; m. (1) Huron McLain, of Arlington, Ga.; m. (2) _____ Carter. Res., Arlington, Ga. 4. Paul Boynton. 5. _____ Boynton; twin to Paul. (B 267) MARY ARATHUSA BOYNTON Mary Arathusa Boynton was born in 1833. On Dec. 2. 1849, she married Dr. William T. Park, of Atlanta, Ga. In 1873 they moved to Decatur, Ga. Children:24 1. Robs Boynton Park; b. 1853; m. 1876, Thomas T. Hill, of LaGrange, Ga. (B 453) 2. Floretta Adella Park. 3. Willie T. Park; b. in Savannah, Ga.: m. James T. Flnney, of Macon, Ga. Res., 1930, Haddack, Ga. 4. Ida Hinton Park; d. 1906; m. John Shelton, of St. Louis, Me. No issue. 5. Leila Mary Park; b. Savannah, Ga., m. (1) Frank M. Jack, (2) Edward M. Coffin. 6. Minnie Park; b. 1885, Cuthbert, Ga; m. Homer Reed, of Atlanta, Ga. (B 268) FLORETTA S. BOYNTON Floretta S. Boynton was born Sept. 18, 1841. She married March 1861, Dr. James R. Barnum. Res, 1929, Lumpkin, Ga.25 Children: (B 454) 1. Robert Edward Lee Barnum. (B 455) 2. Flossie Barnum. 3. Alice May Barnum; b. 1875; m. Louis B. Robeson and had Mareau Robeson. 4. Murray Reid Barnum; b. Nov. 11, 1879. Page 103 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 269) JEFFERSON LAMAR BOYNTON Jefferson Lamar Boynton was born April 4, 1844, or '46. He married in 1867 Gertrude Davis, daughter of R. R. Davis, of South Carolina. Jefferson Lamar Boynton served in the Confederate Army and was captured three times. Twice he was exchanged. The third time he escaped. In later years he was a lawyer and planter and made his home at Dickey, Calhoun County, Ga. Children:26 1. Eula Boynton; b. 1869; m. William E. Harvin, of Dickey, Calhoun County, Ga. (B 270) CLARENCE JEROME BOYNTON Clarence Jerome Boynton was born July 11, 1847. About 1873, he married in Clay County, Ga., Stella Priscilla Strong. He served in the Confederate Army. In 1882 Clarence Jerome Boynton was admitted to the bar. For a time he was a member of the state legislature. He made his home in Arlington, Calhoun County, Ga., where he died March 25, 1925. Stella Priscilla Strong was born Nov. 29, 1854, in Tallapoosa, Ala, the daughter of Samuel M. Strong and Mary Nixon. She died Sept. 6, 1915, at Arlington. Children: 1. Claire Boynton; d. in infancy. 2. Mary Roba Boynton; b. 1875, d. 1876. 3. Langdon Hinton Boynton; b. 1877; was living in 1929 in Los Angeles, Cal. 4. (dau) Boynton; b. 1879, d. 1879. 5. (son) Boynton; b. 1880, d. 1880. 6. Clarence Boynton; b. 1881, d. 1884. (B 458) 7. Floretta Boynton. (B 457) 8. Edwynna De Graffenried Boynton. 9. Charlie Louise Boynton; b. 1890; m. Dec. 22, 1908. in Arlington, Charles C. Martin. They lived in Harlingen, Tenn, and had a son, Clarence Young Martin. Methodists. (B 458) 10. Myra Boynton. 11. Strong W. Boynton; b. 1898; m. Mabel Monroe. Page 104 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 271) BENJAMIN BRYAN WIMBERLY Benjamin Bryan Wimberly was born in 1853. He married Jan. 20, 1876, Elizabeth Ann Wilson (1861-1920). In 1929 he was a farmer living at Jeffersonville, Twiggs Co., where his wife was buried. She was Baptist: he a Methodist. Children: 1. Leila Leota Wimberly; b. 1876. 2. _____ Wimberly; d. in infancy. 3. Benjamin Forrest Wimberly; b. 1880. He was a farmer in 1929 living unmarried at Jeffersonville, Ga. 4. _____ Wimberly. 5. _____ Wimberly; last two were twin sons, who died June 1883. (B 459) 6. Robert James Wimberly. (B 272) MARY MARTHA WIMBERLY Mary Martha Wimberly was born in 1868. On July 4, 1875, she married the Rev. John Benjamin Burgess. The family lived near Jefl'ersonville, Twiggs County, Ga., in 1929. John Benjamin Burgess died probaly before this date and was buried in Lawrence County, Ga. Children: (B 460) 1. Mattie Kate Burgess. (B 273) JEREMIAH JAMES PEARSALL Jeremiah James Pearsall was born in 1844. He married July 11, 1872, Eliza H. Moseley (1864-1911). They lived at Dunn, NC Children: 1. Robert M. Pearsall; b. 1873; m. Roberta Smith. (B 461) 2. Lucy E. Pearsall; b. April 2, 1875, d. Aug. 11, 1903; m. Ransom Middleton Pearsall (615). 3. Algernon L. Pearsall; b. 1877; m. Myrtle Shaw, of Lillington, NC 4. Eleanor B. Pearssll; b. 1882; m. Joseph L. Butcher. 5. Eliza Howard Pearsall; b. 1882, twin; m. Archie D. Brooks. 6. Molly Moseley Pearsall; b. 1892; m. Paul C. Hood. Page 105 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 274) EMMA BRYAN PEARSALL Emma Bryan Pearsall was born in 1846. She married A. Ferdinand Johnson. He was a student in the University of North Carolina, 1862-63. In 1911 he was granted the A. B. degree as of 1866. He was a merchant in Clinton, NC Children: 1. Ferdinand Badger Johnson; b. July 14, 1876, Clinton, NC; m. in 1910 Sudie, or Susan, B. Pigford. (B 278) FRANKLIN JOHN FAISON Franklin John Faison married (1) in 1880 Ida Marable; (2) Mrs. Elizabeth Seay, of Danville, Va. Ida Marable (1857; Aug. 5, 1890) was the daughter of Dr. John Richard Marable and Elizabeth Barnett. There were no children by the second marriage. Children: (B 462) 1. Leo Poydrus Faison. (B 463) 2. Mary Bryan Faison. 3. Bettie Burnette Faison, twin to Mary, m. Walter Beauhman and was living in 1927 in Winston-Salem, NC (B 280) ANNA C. BRYAN (John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Anna C. Bryan was born Aug. 30, 1847. She married in 1867 Samuel Wilson Clement (Dec. 4, 1833-0ct. 4, 1912),27 of Granville Co., NC He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina in 1868 and served in the Confederate Army. Anna died June 10. 1928, in Goldsboro, NC, and was buried at Wallace, NC Children: 1. John Bryan Clement; m. Sarah Fleming, of Augusta, Ga., and was living at Spartanburg, S. C., in 1928. 2. Philip M. Clement; m. Laura Riddick; living at Charleston, S. C. in 1929. 3. William J. Clement. 4. Albert Oliver Clement; m. Martha Eliza (Faison) Morisey, wife of John Morisey (S 625). 5. Jennie Clement; m. Roy Stewart; living at Hartsville, S. C., 1929. 6. Anna Clement: m. the Rev. Leon Hall; living at Roanoke Rapids, NC, 1929. Page 106 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 281) JOHN OLIVER BRYAN (John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) John Oliver Bryan (1849 ca.-1930 ca.) married Nov. 14, 1883, Hannah Green McGowen. She was born May 17, 1862, near Kenansville, NC, the daughter of Alexander Dickson McGowen and Martha Elizabeth Pearsall. He died in Jacksonville, Fla. Methodists. Children: 1. _____ Bryan, d. in infancy. (B 464) 2. Robert Dickson Bryan. (B 485) 3. John Oliver Bryan. 4. Martha McGowen Bryan; b. Jan. 19, 1892. (B 282) KEDAR BRYAN (John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Kedar Bryan (April 25, 1851-Aug. 19, 1891) married Nov. 25, 1875, Susan Anne Pearsall. She was born July 7, 1853, to Joseph and Barbara (Jones) Pearsall, of Kenansville, Duplin Co., NC Children: (B 466) 1. Joseph Kedar Bryan. (B 467) 2. James Pearsall Bryan. 3. Mary Oliver Bryan. 4. Barbara Jones Bryan; b. 1884, d. 1906 unmd. 5. John Alexander Bryan; b. 1887, d. 1887. 6. Anna Eliza Bryan; b. 1888, d. 1911 unmd. (B 283) JAMES ALBERT BRYAN (John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) James Albert Bryan was born June 5, 1853. He married Anna Bedell Dolby. He was in the piano business and lived in Philadelphia, Pa. Baptists. Children: 1. Clement Dolby Bryan; d. in infancy. 2. James Albert Bryan; m. Elizabeth Baumgardner. He was burned to death about a year after his marriage. 3. Elihu Bryan; m. William Smalmack. Res., 1949, Tampa, (B 468) 4. Catherine Bryan. 5. Guy Kedar Bryan. (B 489) 6. Robert Claude Bryan. Page 107 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 284) ROBERT THOMAS BRYAN (John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Robert Thomas Bryan (b. Oct. 14, 1855) married (1) Aug. 20, 1885, Lulu Eleanor Freeland and (2) Mamie Ethlyn Sallee. Lulu Freeland died Aug. 19, 1908, in Durham, NC. Mamie Ethlyn Sallee was born Feb. 24, 1872, in Kentucky and married Dec. 30, 1909. Robert T. Bryan received his A. B. degree in 1882 at the University of North Carolina. Already he had been preaching in the Baptist ministry for two years. He was graduated by the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, in 1885. The next year he took up his work as a missionary to China. He has served in Chinkiang and in Shanghai where he was living in 1925. The University of North Carolina conferred upon him the DD. degree in 1894. In 1921-23 he was teaching in the Western Baptist Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas. He was the author of Christianity’s China Creation. Children: 1. Fereby Catharine Bryan; b. June 18, 1888, in Chinkiang. Graduate of Hollins Institute, Va., 1908; M. A., Columbia University, 1924. Like her father she has given herself to missions, teaching in the Shanghai Baptist College, China. Unmd. (B 470) 2. Lulu Freeland Bryan. 3. Eliza Yates Bryan; b. Dec. 8, 1888; m. Dr. A. B. Leavell, of Hollywood, Cal. She is a graduate of Judson College, Marion, Ala., 1908. 4. Robert Thomas Bryan; b. Oct. 13, 1892, Shanghai; in. Gladys Parker. He is an AB. and LL.B. of the University of North Carolina. He was a member of the firm of Davies and Bryan located in Shanghai, China. Baptist. Page 108 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 285) SARAH FRANCES CATHARINE BRYAN (John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Sarah Frances Catharine Bryan was born Aug. 26, 1862. She married Dec. 24, 1891, David L. Farrior. He was born about 1857, the son of William and Mary Jane (Pickett) Farrior. Sometime he owned a stock farm in Pender County, NC He died Jan. 30, 1927. He was a Presbyterian. Mrs. Sarah Bryan Farrior was living in Raleigh, NC, in 1928. Children:28 1. Minnie Bryan Farrior; b. Sept. 27, 1892. She was a graduate of Meredith College. Res, 1940, Raleigh, NC Baptist. 2. John Alexander Farrior; b. Aug. 18, 1894: in. March 31, 1917, Dora Thorne Mitchell, of Redford, Va. 3. Heater Pickett Farrior; b. June 10, 1897. She was a graduate of Meredith College. Baptist. 4. Mary Frances Farrier; b. July 20, 1900. Baptist. (B 286) HARRIET ELIZABETH BRYAN (Thomas, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Harriet Elizabeth Bryan was born Jan. 5, 1870. She married Dec. 23, 1897, James Freeman Mann. He was born April 20, 1874, the son of Edward Mann and Eugenia Pig- ford. He died March 4, 1920, in Wilmington, NC Harriet and her husband were Presbyterians. She was living in 1929, in Wilmington, NC Children: 1. Kenneth Bryan Mann; b. Nov. 20, 1898, Turkey, NC 2. Evelyn Douglas Mann; b. April 11, 1903, Turkey, NC 3. Eugene Faison Mann; b. Aug. 16, 1909. (B 287) FLORENCE ISABEL BRYAN (Kedar, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Florence Isabel Bryan was born July 21, 1868. She married William Faison. She was a Presbyterian and lived at Faison, Duplin County, NC She died about 1896. Children: 1. Ruth Spicer Faison. 2. Sallie Pierce Faison. Page 109 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 288) WILLIAM THOMAS BRYAN (Kedar, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) William Thomas Bryan was born Nov. 11, 1878. He married Cleora Williams, daughter of Robert Joseph and Narcissa (Fonville) Williams, of Warsaw, N. G. William T. Bryan was in the automobile business and lived, 1929, at Jacksonville, Onslow County, NC Children:29 1. Ruth Bryan. 2. Kedar Fonville Bryan. 3. (dau.) Bryan. (B 289) GIBSON SLOAN CARR Gibson Sloan Carr married (1) Emily Mallard and (2) Bathsheba Mallard, cousins. He lived in Duplin County, NC Children:30 1. Margaret Ann Carr; m. Stephen M. Grady, the son of Henry Grady (108). 2. Gibson Sloan Carr. 3. Solon Clarence Carr. 4. Emily Frances Carr; m. Robert Daniel Wells. 5. Isabella Carr; m. _____ Collins. Possibly others. (B 290) NEEDHAM BRYAN SLOAN Needham Bryan Sloan married Oct. 25, 1874, Victoria Britt. Children: 1. Henry Gibson Sloan; m. 1904 Irene Powell. 2. David Bryan Sloan. 3. Marion Deems Sloan. 4. William James Sloan. 5. Julia Winifred Sloan. 6. Robert Needham Sloan. 7. Charles Livingston Sloan. 8. Ann Eliza Sloan. 9. Seth Gordon Sloan. 10. Isham Bruce Sloan. Page 110 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 291) SUSAN FRANCES FONVILLE Susan Frances Fonville (Oct. 1838-May 26, 1912) married Captain Samuel Smith Stakely. He was born in Madisonville, Monroe County, Tenn., but had moved to Montgomery, Ala. His parents were Sarah Smith and William Maulsby Stakely. The family was of German origin, settling first in Lancaster, Penn., and then moving to Tennessee. The name was originally Stock]. Children: (B 471) 1. Cora Smith Stakely. (B 472) 2. Charles Avarette Stakely. (B 473) 3. Ida Fonville Stakely. (B 474) 4. Leta Bryan Stakely. 5. Prior Myers Stakely; d. in infancy. 6. Clara Stakely; d. in infancy. 7. Samuel Smith Stakely; d. in infancy. (B 292) JOHN CULPEPER FONVILLE John Culpeper Fonville (April 3, 1842-Jan. 31, 1913) married January 15, 1868, Florence Clifton, daughter of Judge Caswell Clifton and Eliza _____, of Jackson, Miss. John Culpeper Fonville enlisted in July, 1861, in the Confederate army. He served in the 14th Ala. Infantry, 56th Ala. Cavalry, and was a member of the escort to Jefferson Davis from Greensboro, NC, to Washington, Ga., in 1865. He was discharged May 4, 1865. In 1878-79 he represented Crenshaw County in the legislature. He was a contributor to the Montgomery Advertiser under the Nome de plume of J. Culpeper. He was a Baptist and lived at Mt. Carmel, Crenshaw County, Ala.31 Children: (B 475) 1. Clifton Avarette Fonville. (B 476) 2. Percy Gibson Fonville. (B 477) 3. Ida Stakely Fonville. (B 478) 4. William Parham Fonville. 5. _____ Fonville; d. in infancy. (B 479) 6. Freddie Cornelia Fonville. 7. James C. Fonville; b. 1884; m. Mrs. Mamie Wilkinson. 8. Florence Claire Fonville; b. 1887 ; m. 1813 Roy Haynes Gafford. Res., Letohatchie, Ala. Page 111 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 293) SARAH MEDORA FONVILLE Sarah Medora Fonville was born June 9, 1844, in Darlington District, S. C. On Aug. 18, 1862, she married in her father’s home in Lowndes County, Ala., Tillman Peurifoy Burgamy. She died in Birmingham, Ala., June 26, 1924. Tillman Peurifoy Burgamy was born June 14, 1833, in Eatonton, Putnam County, Ga., the son of John and Martha Davis (Peurifoy) Burgamy,32 of Houston County. Ga. He was a graduate, 1866, of Atlanta Medical College, Atlanta, Ga. Further study at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, was followed by the practice of surgery and medicine in Montgomery and Crenshaw County, Ala. He served in the Confederate Army in a Georgia regiment. He died in Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 26, 1891. They were Methodists. Children: (B 480) 1. Ella Peurifoy Burgamy. (B 481) 2. Alma Gibson Burgamy; b. Nov. 7, 1865, at Hickory Grove, Lowndes County, Ala. She was a member of the D. A. R.; Colonial Dames of America, no. 547; First Families of Virginia. no. 49; United Daughters of 1812, no. 2256; Huguenot Society of S. C.; Scions of Colonial Cavaliers. She was unmarried and living in 1932 in Birmingham. She is due great credit for making possible much of this study, especially the sections dealing with the Sloans and their close relations. (B 482) 3. Zuleika Theodosia Burgamy. (B 483) 4. Lillian Avaretts Burgamy. 5. Martha Edlena Burgamy; b. Feb. 22, 1872, in Crenshaw County, Ala; d. Jan. 10, 1927, in Denver, Col. She married Dr. Jefferson D. Gibson June 1, 1892. D. A. R. National no. 55,069. (B 484) 6. Fannie May Burgamy. Page 112 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 294) JAMES BRYAN FONVILLE James Bryan Fonville was born April 14, 1846. He married Doliska Willingham and lived for a while in Birmingham, Ala. He enlisted in Company "A", 17th Alabama Infantry, in 1863. He was captured in 1864 near Resaca, Ind. Years later James Bryan Fonville used to claim the honor of being the "only man in the Confederate Army who never retreated." In his first battle he was confused. The order to retreat was given, but he, not hearing or not understanding, continued where he was until he discovered to his dismay that his company had disappeared. Hoping he had been overlooked by the enemy he hid in a large pipe nearby. Several hours were spent in this cramped position. When it was dark and quiet the young soldier decided to crawl out. Even as he was contemplating this action a loud voice and laugh were heard. " Come out, Johnnie, it is time for us to go." A Yankee had spied him as he crept into his hiding place, and apparently having nothing more pressing to do, had sat down, cat-like, to watch his prey. As James emerged from the pipe, his captor broke into another laugh and asked him why he had not run with the other Rebels. James endeavored to repel this attack with the assertion, "Run, I run? I did not come here to run, I came here to fight." However fighting days were over for James Bryan Fonville and he joined the other prisoners at Camp Morton, Indianapolis. He was exchanged in 1866, just before Lee’s surrender. In prison James suffered great hardships. While suffering from pneumonia, he shared his bed with another prisoner who died of the dread disease. The guards with an eye to efficiency, we are told, refused to remove the body, suggesting instead that if they waited a bit they might remove both at the same time. Another prisoner was a neighbor from Lowndes County, Ala., a Mr. Davis. But for the kindness of Davis, James would probably have died even after released. When they were leaving the prison a number of prisoners fainted and were hastily buried. Some charged, indeed, that the guards upon occasion hardly bothered to make certain that the fainted had really died, but threw them with little regard into their graves. When James fainted and fell he was picked up by Davis and hidden in the straw in the box car in which they were to leave Indianapolis. Together they pushed on for six weeks. Much of the time they walked. Often they had to rest, for James was too feeble to walk alone. Davis reached his home first, but helped James the rest of the way to his own. James Bryan Fonville recovered enough strength to undertake the study and practice of medicine. During the cholera epidemic of 1873 in Birmingham he was a hero in his selfless devotion to the ill. Page 113 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II In April, 1885, when the weather was unusually cold and Dr. James B. Fonville was abed in sickness, there came a professional call. Mrs. Davis, the wife or widow of his companion of the road home from Indianapolis, was sick. There was no other physician in the neighborhood. Dr. Fonville dressed and rode the ten miles to see Mrs. Davis. As he entered the door he fell in a faint across the threshold. After an illness of three days, he died of pneumonia, April 10, 1885, in Crenshaw County, Ala.33 Children: 1. Rosser Fonville; d. in infancy. (B 486) 2. Frederick Gibson Fonville. (B 486) 3. Hollon Fonville. 4. William Drakeford Fonville; m. Mars-aria Bean. He was a veteran of World War I. 5. Howell Fonville; d. young. (B 295) WILLIAM DRAKEFORD FONVILLE William Drakeford Fonville was born Oct. 14, 1849, in Darlington, S. C. He married Sept. 18, 1883, Mary Winn Yancy, of Richmond, Va. He was a graduate of Howard College, A. B., Marion, Ala., in 1873. Two years later he received the A. M. degree. For a while he taught Greek and Mathematics. He was superintendent of Tuscaloosa Male High School, 1878; owner of Park High School34 in Tuskegee, Ala., 1883; owner of Missouri Military Academy; President of Alabama Central Female College, Tuscaloosa, 1916. He died in Greensboro, Ala., Feb. 18, 1920.35 Children: 1. Neville Carleton Fonville: b. Aug. 16, 1884; m. 1910 Frederick C. Shaw. Issue. 2. Theodosia Fonville; b. Oct. 12, 1886; m. in Aug. 1910, Major James Snyder. 3. Ruth Fonville; b. June 15, 1888; m. in June, 1910, Lawrence Winan. D. A. R. National no. 72.988. 4. Marion Yancey Fonville; b. Aug. 7, 1889; m. 1915, Charlotte Bliss. 5. Ethel Fonville; d. in infancy. 6. Ladie Averette Fonville: b. Dec. 11, 1890; m. Clifton H. Penick, Tuscaloosa, Ala. 7. Mary Gaysena Fonville; b. Aug. 11, 1898; m. Nov. 29, 1926, Milton Edward Townsend. 8. Cora Lee Fonville; d. in infancy. Page 114 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 296) ALEXANDER COLVIN SLOAN Alexander Colvin Sloan was born March 31, 1843. He married (1) Lula or Lola Shackelford, (2) Etta Blanding, and (3) Jane Smith. He died Nov. 30, 1906, in Corsicana, Texas. Children: 1. Alexander Sloan. 2. Ben Lloyd Sloan; killed in a railroad wreck. 3. _____ Sloan (dam); d. in infancy. Second marriage. 4. James Blan ing Sloan. (B 297) DAVID BRYAN SLOAN David Bryan Sloan was born in 1845. He died in 1896. He married Laura Ransom. Children: 1. Flora Sloan. 2. Theodosia Sloan. (B 298) LAURA SCOTT SLOAN Laura Scott Sloan was born in 1847. She married Adolphus Lewis. Children: 1. Hugh Lewis. 2. John Lewis. 3. Margaret Lewis. (B 299) MARY WHITFIELD SLOAN Mary Whitfield Sloan was born in 1861. She married Titus Sparks. Children: 1. Clifton W. Sparks. 2. Hugh T. Sparks. 3. Percy C. Sparks. 4. Mary Etta Sparks. Page 115 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 300) ELIZA KATHERINE SLOAN Eliza Katherine Sloan was born in 1855. She married Frank Molder. Children: 1. Mary Belle Holder. 2. Katie Blanche Molder. 3. Walton Molder. (B 301) HUGH SLOAN Hugh Sloan was born in 1858. He married Jodie Hainey. He was a doctor. Children: 1. John Sloan. (B 302) ROBERT CARR SLOAN Robert Carr Sloan married Jessie Trott, or Grott. Children: 1. Flora Sloan. 2. Ruth Sloan. 3. David Bryan Sloan. (B 303) JOHN FONVILLE SLOAN John Fonville Sloan married Lula Grady. Children: 1. Hugh Sloan. 2. Ben Lloyd Sloan. 3. Blanche Sloan. Page 116 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 304) WILLIAM GIBSON BROADHURST William Gibson Broadhurst married in 1864 Euphemia E. Carr, of Duplin County, NC He died in 1907. Children: 1. John C. Broadhurst; m. _____ Kornegay, of Lenoir Co., 2. William Gibson Broadhurst. 3. David Benjamin Broadhurst. 4. Robert Dixon Broadhurst; m. _____ Rensell, of Onalow 5. Samuel Davis Broadhurst. 6. Eugene Broadhurst; m. _____ Spence. 7. Mary Sloan Broadhurst; m. _____ Dunn. 8. Euphemia Broadhurst; m. _____ Byrd, of Lenoir Co., NC (B 305) DAVID JOHN BROADHURST Captain David John Broadhurst married Jan. 4, 1866, Martha Jane Baker, of Goldsboro, NC They celebrated their Golden Wedding Jan. 4, 1916. Children: 1. Jessie Broadhurst; m. in 1839 John Farrier. 2. Anna Pauline Broadhurst; d. in Aug. 1906; m. (1) D. C. Richardson, of Wilmington, and (2) Robert Edwards, of Goldsboro, NC 3. Robert Sloan Broadhurst; m. Virginia Hill, of Americus, Ga. 4. Jack Johnson Broadhurst; m. in May 1912, Mabel Borden, of Goldsboro, NC 5. William Walter Broadhurst; m. Eugenia Pinchres, of Atlantic City, N. J. 6. Edgar David Broadhurst; b. June 29, 1878, Goldsboro, NC; m. Oct. 17, 1907, Mamie Stroud, of Greensboro, NC He was a graduate of the U. of NC; superintendent of schools in Thomasville, Ga., in 1900. superintendent of Public schools in Greensboro, NC, 1901-04, and finally a lawyer. Methodist. Res, 1930, Greensboro, NC 7. Hugh Hunt Broadhurst; b. July 14, 1830; m. June 4, 1910, Ethel Mary Lloyd. He was a graduate of the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, 1905, and professor of Military Science in North Carolina State College, 1913-17. He served in the Philippines, Mexico, Cuba, France, and Belgium and attained the rank of lieutenant colonel. Methodist. 8. Frank Kersee Broadhurst; m. Nellie Morgan, of Smithfield, NC 9. Charles Sloan Broadhurst. 10. Lila M. Broadhurst; m. Dr. A. F. Winkelman, and lived in Goldsboro, NC Page 117 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 306) JOSEPHINE BRYAN (Josiah, Kedar, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Josephine Bryan was born in 1848. She married in 1871 John M. Worth, of Fayetteville, NC Children: 1. Joseph Addison Worth. 2. Georgia Bryan Worth; b. 1374, d. 1905. 3. John Walker Worth; b. 1877. (B 307) ROBERT KEDAR BRYAN (Robert, Kedar, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Robert Kedar Bryan was born in 1863 in Fayetteville, NC, March 14, 1883, he married at Scott's Hill, Pender Co., NC, Gertrude Foy Shepard. She was born Dec. 4, 1863, the daughter of Joseph Christopher Shepard of Wilmington, NC, and Henrietta Foy. Robert Kedar Bryan practiced law at Scott’s Hill. To him is due much of the preparation of the family records, particularly in the extension of records beyond those compiled by the Rev. John Bryan Williams (B 225). Methodist.36 Children: (B 487) l. Gertrude Loftin Shepard Bryan. (B 488) 2. Joseph Shepard Bryan. (B 308) SUSAN BRYAN (Robert, Kedar, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Susan Bryan was born in 1854. She married January 25, 1877, James William Foy at Scott's Hill, NC Children: (B 489) 1. David Bryan Foy. Page 118 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 309) HENRY SLOAN Henry Sloan was born Feb. 7, 1853. He married (1) Katherine Fennell Boykin and (2) Margaret Williams. In 1875 Henry was a student in the University of North Carolina. Four years later he was graduated by the Charleston Medical College, Charleston, S. C. He was a surgeon. He died Feb. 3, 1919. Katherine Fennell Boykin was born in 1855 and before her marriage lived in Ingold, NC Children: (B 490) 1. Henry Lee Sloan. 2. David Bryan Sloan; b. Sept. 18, 1889, Ingold. NC 3. James Sloan. (B 310) KATHERINE BRYAN SLOAN Katherine Bryan Sloan was born about 1855. She married Jan. 28, 1875, Alexander Graham. He was born Sept. 12, 1844, in Cumberland County, NC, the son of Archibald and Anne (McLean) Graham. Alexander was graduated by the University of North Carolina in 1885. In 1920 he was awarded the LL. D. degree by his alma mater. From 1878 to 1888 he was superintendent of schools in Fayetteville, NC; superintendent of schools in Charlotte. 1888-1913, and president of the Normal School, Washington, NC, 1884-89. He was joint author of "Authenticity of The Mecklenburg Declaration." He was a veteran of the Civil War. Presbyterian. Res., 1929, Charlotte, NC Children: 1. David Sloan Graham; b. Nov. 11, 1875, Fayetteville, NC; killed in France June 6, 1918. 2. Archibald Wright Graham. 3. Frank Porter Graham; b. Oct. 14, 1888, Fayetteville, NC; m. Marian Drane July 21, 1932. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina in 1909. In 1918 he received his M.A. degree from Columbia University. He was dean of students in the University of North Carolina 1919-20. The following year he became associate professor of history, and in 1930 president of the University. On March 22, 1949, Governor W. Kerr Scott appointed Frank Porter Graham" to fill the place in the United States Senate made vacant by the death of J. Melville Broughton. 4. George Graham. Page 119 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 312) JAMES STUART DeVANE James Stuart deVane (1836-1891) married Cornelia Dickson, daughter of James Dickson, of Duplin County, NC. He attended Wake Forest College, NC, 1853-64, and received his M. D. degree from Charleston Medical College, Charleston, S. C. He served the Confederate Army as a surgeon. Baptist. Res., Indian Wells, NC Children: 1. James Dickson deVane: d. 1926. 2. Annelle deVane; d. 1914. 3. James Stuart deVane: living in Norfolk, Va., 1930. (B 313) MARY BRYAN DeVANE Mary Bryan deVane was born in 1842. She married (1) John F. Moore, and (2) May, 1870, Joseph Thames. Capt. John F. Moore served in the Confederate Army. He died in the 18605, possibly killed during the war. Joseph Thames was the son of the Rev. David Thames. Joseph died Aug. 10, 1881, near Fayetteville, NC Mary died at Chadbourn, NC Children: 1. Margaret Fennell Moore; b. Oct. 10, 1865. 2. Josephine Thames; b. Aug. 7. 1872.33 3. Alice Sloan Thames; b. April 16, 1875, d. Nov. 12, 1878, near Fayetteville, NC 4. David Stuart Thames; b. Oct. 6, 1879, d. March 23, 1909, Chadbourn, NC (B 314) LUCY DICKSON Lucy Dickson was born about 1840. She married Dr. James Davis. Children: 1. Katie Davis. 2. Lou Davis; d. about 1913. Page 120 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 316) JAMES DICKSON James Dickson married (1) Fannie Powell and (2) Mary Barden, of Pine Bluff, NC He was a Baptist minister. Res., 1930, Lake Waccamaw, NC Children: 1. George Dickson. 2. Westcott Dickson, telegraph operator, Adele, Ga., 1930. 3. Fannie Dickson; d. about ca. 1905. Second marriage. 4. Lillie Dickson. (B 316) ALBERT PICKETT DICKSON Albert Pickett Dickson was born in 1853. He married in 1877, Frances Wyatt deVane, daughter of Col. Thomas Wyatt deVane, of Fayetteville, NC Albert Pickett Dickson was a graduate of the University Medical School of New York. In 1895 he helped to found Raeford Institute, Raeford, NC He practiced medicine for 43 years in Robeson, Cumberland, and Hoke Counties, NC He died in 1921. Children: 1. Frances Murphy Dickson. 2. John Bryan Dickson. 3. Rufus deVane Dickson. 4. Thomas Wyatt Dickson. 6. Albert Pickett Dickson. 6. Frank Fennell Dickson. 7. Paul Dickson. 8. Susan Wright Dickson. 9. James Gillespie Dickson. 10. Florence Isabel Dickson. 11. William Dickson. 12. Helen deVane Dickson. 13. George Graham Dickson. Page 121 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. The Reads and Their Relatives, 103, 104. It is possible that the fifth and sixth children are in reverse order. 2. Marshall. 3. Clark. NC Regts. IV, 221. 4. J. W. Marshall claims a printed copy of the Dortch ancestral lines for animations. See Daniels, History of Wayne County. NC 5. Henry. Mrs. George Washington Bryan kindly contributed material for this record. The children were born at Scotland Neck, NC 6. Clark, Hist. of Georgia Biog., IV, 68. 7. Ibid., IV., 82. 8. See Montgomery, Sketches of Old Warrenton, 239, for a further account of him, his wife, and her family. Also, A. H. NC, I, 192, 198, 286. 9. Hist. of Wayne County, 40. 10. Raymond Arthur Bryan to T. M. W. June 30, 1949. 11. Fortier, Louisiana, III, 579: Mrs. Sallie (Bell) Tooke died in 1905. 12. Biog. Hist. of La., III, 579. 13. Lillian Carpenter to E. M. W., 1980. George Edwin Walker was born in 1888 in Crawford County, Ga. He died in Bartow, Fla., in 1911. His first wife was Mary Josephine Tooke, sister of Frances Elizabeth Tooke. 14. Marshall. 15. Men of Mark, III, 442: Howell, Bing. Hist. of Ga., II, 555. 16. D. A. R. Mucus Book, LXXXIV, 280; Avary Family. 17. Ga. Landmarks, Memorials, and Legends, II, 728; Nat. Encyclopedia of American Biog., XIII. 189; and Confederate Military History, I, 415; Memoirs of Georgia, I, 775. 18. On April 24, 1882, Loverd Bryan (B 188) wrote to Gen. Evans a letter expressive of the satisfaction the younger man had been to the elder ant}a recounting a deal of family genealogy. Without this letter, much we know of the Bryan record would perhaps unknown today. 19. Marshall. 20. Marshall. 21. There were two others, order and names unknown. Page 122 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II 22. He was the brother of Harry Stillwell Edwards, newspaper contributor and short story writer. (Who’s Who in America, vol. 14.) 23. Marshall. 24. Marshall. 25. One note indicates that Dr. Barnum died and was buried at Lumpkin. His widow then married _____ Lanier. 26. Memorials of Georgia, I, 388: Marshall. 27. Dates from tombstones. L. C. Henry, Marshall. 28. Marshall. The children were all born near Kenansville, in Duplin Co., NC 29. Marshall. 30. G. & 3.: Miss Alma Gibson Burg-amy kindly contributed material for this record. 31. Owen. III, 592. 32. William Burgamy was born in 1738 in France. He came to America with his brother John and settled in South Carolina. They moved to Georgia and served in the Continental Army as spies. Both were captured by the British, in September, 1780, in the siege of Augusta, Ga. John was executed, but William escaped to become the progenitor of much, if not all, of the Burgamy family in this country. He married in 1759 Susan Hawkins. She was born in 1742 and died, we are told, in 1846, aged, 104 years. He died in 1819 in Georgia. They had a son William. William Burgamy was born in 1786 and died in 1810. He married in 1807 in Georgia, Margaret Leggett (1787-1844). Their only child was John Burgamy. John Burgamy (1809-1881) married (1) in 1830 _Martha Davis Peurifoy (1814-1867) and (2) Mrs. Sidney Ivey (Peurifoy) Steagall, sister of his first wife, of the first wife was born Tillman Peurifoy Burgamy. 33. Alma Gibson Burgamy to E. M. W., 1981. 34. This school was chartered by the state legislature as Alabama Military Institute. The buildings burned in 1900. 35. Moore, III, 825: Owen, III, 592. 36. Hist. of NC, Lewis, publisher, IV, 229: Marshall. 37. Pictures of Frank Porter Graham and his wife and parents may be seen in bile April 11, 1949, p. 111, 112, 114. 38. Josephine Thames to E. M. W. Page 123 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II EIGHTH GENERATION Page 124 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 401) ROBERT CAMPBELL MARTIN Robert Campbell Martin was born Jan. 3, 1862. He married Jan. 3, 1882, Ellen Young. In 1929 he was living in Albemarle, Assumption Parish, La. Children: 1. Margaret Chisholm Martin. 2. Charles Young Martin. 3. Littlejohn Martin. (B 402) WHITMELL PUGH MARTIN Whitmell Pugh Martin was born Aug. 12, 1867, in Assumption Parish, La. He married April 14, 1896, Amy Williamson. He studied in Iouisiana State University, 1888, and in the law department, the University of Virginia, 1891. Besides practicing law in Louisiana, 1900-06, Whitmell Pugh Martin has been a chemist, professor of chemistry in Kentucky Military Institute, 1889-1890, judge of the 20th Judicial District of Louisiana, 1906-14, and a member of Congress, 1915-29. He1 then became a lumberman of Thibodaux, La. Episcopalian. Amy (Williamson) Martin died in 1923. Children: 1. Amy Williamson Martin; m. _____ Tabor. 2. Whitmell Pugh Martin; b. 1902, d. 1914. 3. Marshall Lei in Martin. 4. Robert Campbell Martin. Page 125 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 403) SUSAN MARTIN CAPEHART Susan Martin Capehart married Nov. 23, 1886, her cousin Joseph Eugene Nicholls in Bertie County, NC She kindly contributed2 much of the material entering the sketches of Susan Bryan (Martin) Capehart (B 104) and her descendants. Children: 1. Annie Gallagher Nicholls; m. Fred V. Doutt; had a son, Starling Doutt. 2. Joseph Eugene Nicholls; died young. (B 500) 3. Mary Capehart Nicholls. 4. Caroline Lockhart Nicholls. 5. William Rhodes Capehart Nicholls; died young. 6. Joseph Eugene Nicholls; died young. 7. Susan Bryan Nicholls; died young. 8. Elizabeth Rhodes Nicholls; m. Edward Stuart Pugh, son of Dr. Edward Watson Pugh. 9. Cadmus Capehart Nicholls. 10. Joseph Eugene Nicholls. (B 404) GAVIN HOGG DORTCH Gavin Hogg Dortch was born July 22, 1879, in Raleigh, NC He married Oct. 31, 1905, Margaret Lane Turk. (S 701). In 1929 he was living in Raleigh, NC Children: 1. William Turk Dortch; b. Aug. 21, 1906. 2. Gavin Hogg Dortch; b. Jan. 20, 1908. (B 405) JANET HOGG DORTCH Janet Hogg Dortch was born Aug. 13, 1881, at Raleigh, NC She married April 19, 1911, George Evertson Dix, son of George W. Dix and Elise Woodruff. Res., 1929, Maplewood, N. J. Children: 1. George Evertson Dix; b. April 6, 1912. 2. Elizabeth Dortch Dix: b. Oct. 17, 1914. 3. John Carle Woodruff Dix; b. Feb. 12, 1920. Page 126 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 406) WILLIAM PITTMAN DORTCH William Pittman Dortch was born Mar. 23, 1884, at Goldsboro, NC On Dec. 19, 1912, he married (1) in Smyrna, Asia Minor, Marie Therese Georgiades. She was a Greek Catholic. She died in 1919. He married (2) Feb. 4, 1920, in London, Helen Mary Hogan, a Roman Catholic. William Pittman Dortch was a tobacconist, living in 1929 in New York City. Children: 1. Lucy Marie Therese Dortch; b. 1918, Smyrna, Asia Minor. 2. Helen Mary Dortch; b. 1920, New York. 3. William Pittman Dortch b. 1922, New York. (B 407) GEORGE SLOAN BRYAN (George, John, John, Arthur, William, Needham, William) George Sloan Bryan was born Dec. 23, 1884, at Scotland Neck, NC After graduation from the United States Naval Academy he married Mary Frances Littell, of Elizabeth, N. J. He continued in the navy and attained the rank of rear admiral. He has since retired and in 1949 lives in Clark's Green, Pa. Children: 1. George Sloan Bryan. 2. William Littell Bryan; b. about 1928. He attended the U. S. Naval Academy and was graduated June 1, 1949, the second man in his class of 791. (B 408) ENNIS BRYAN (George, John, John, Arthur, William, Needham, William) Ennis Bryan was born June 29, 1898, at Scotland Neck, NC He married Etta Edmondson Dunn on Dec. 12, 1936. He is, 1949, secretary and treasurer of the Halifax County Hosiery Mills, Scotland Neck, N. C.3 Children: 1. Sam Dunn Bryan; b. July 16, 1941. Page 127 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 409) WILLIAM SMITH STEVENS William Smith Stevens married Mary Boddie Sanders. Children: 1. Ralph Sanders Stevens; b. April 26, 1884, Smithfield, NC He married in 1909, Eula Kirkman Hood. He was a graduate of the U. of NC medical school in 1906, and instructor there, 1907-11. During World War I he served as a captain in the Medical Corps, 3rd Division. He lived at Princeton, NC Methodist. 2. Leon Gladstone Stevens; b. Sept. 11, 1889; m. in 1912 Ethel Gordon Sefton. Graduate of the U. of NC, 1910. Teacher, merchant, lawyer. In 1922 he was mayor of Smithfield, NC Methodist. (B 410) OBADIAH BENJAMIN STEVENS Obadiah Benjamin Stevens was born Aug. 1, 1847, near Benevolence, Randolph County, Ga. On Oct. 16, 1867, he married in South Carolina, Julia C. Loftin. She was born Sept. 8, 1850, the daughter of James B. and Olivia (Settle) Loftin, sometime of Loftin, S. C., but later of Terrell County, Ga. Julia died June 22, 1919, and was buried in Dawson, Ga. From the humble estate of farmer's boy Obadiah Benjamin Stevens rose to the position of railroad commissioner of Georgia. He was sometime president of the Cotton Association, member of the Georgia legislature, and commissioner of agriculture. Under his direction a large illustrated volume was issued by the state in 1901 under the title, Georgia, Historical and Industrial. He made his home in Dawson, Ga.4 He died Jan. 19, 1916. Children: 1. Jennie E. Stevens; b. 1868, d. 1898; m. Frank Nasworthy. 2. William Jasper Stevens. 3. Julia Olivia Stevens; b. 1872, d. 1910; m. Manning Jasper Yeomans.5 4. Susie S. Stevens in. Mark James. 5. Ella C. Stevens. 6. Obadiah Benjamin Stevens. 7. Robert L. Stevens; b. 1890, d. 1912. Page 128 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 411) CATHERINE STEVENS Catherine Stevens married Joshua Cannon, a farmer of Terrell County, Ga. Children: 1. William J. Cannon. 2. R. A. Cannon; living 1929 at Sasser, Ga. 3. Alma Cannon; living 1929 at Jacksonville, Fla. 4. C. S. Cannon; living 1929 at Dawson, Ga. 5. Ola Cannon. 6. _____ Cannon; m. Robert Senn, of Dothan, Ala. (B 412) MARY ELIZABETH STEVENS Mary Elizabeth Stevens (1864-1924) was buried in Dawson, Ga. She married Jan. 30, 1883, Joseph Laing (b. Dec. 11, 1868, Terrell Co., Ga.), son of James Hendry Laing and Phoebe Anne Hayes. They lived in Dawson, Ga. Methodists. Children: 1. Susie Lain ; b. 1884, d. 1928; m. W. F. Sherman. 2. Mary Dee Laing; b. 1886, d. 1893. 3. Nellie Kate Laing; m. J. F. Reynolds. 4. Phoebe Josephine Laing; m. Parker Moseley. 5. Rebecca Louise Laing; m. Clem. E. Rainey. 8. _____ Laing; d. Sept. 1898. 7. _____ Laing; d. Sept. 1898; twin sons. (B 413) WILLIE MILDRED SASSER Willie Mildred Sasser married 1918 William Stewart McKibben. Children: 1. Milton Stewart McKibben; b. Jan. 2, 1920. 2. Robert Perkins McKibben; b. May 7, 1921. 3. Lewis Sasser McKibben; b. Jan. 22, 1928. (B 414) MARY AMANDA WIMBERLY Mary Amanda Wimberly was born in 1877 at Henderson, Ga. She married Dec. 10, 1896, Norwood Robson. Children: 1. Julia Wimberly Robson; b. 1899. 2. Norwood Robson; b. 1905. Page 129 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 416) PERRY WIMBERLY Perry Wimberly married Hugh Harvard. He was in 1929 a book dealer of Atlanta, Ga. Children: 1. Julia Harvard. 2. Elizabeth Harvard; twin to Julia. (B 416) JAMES W. TOOKE James W. Tooke was born Aug. 15, 1875, at Mount Lebanon, La. We may believe that his middle name was Wimberly in as much as that was his father’s name. James married Sept. 15, 1897, Maude Shehee. He was in 1913 a member of the constitutional convention of Louisiana." He lived in 1929 in DeRidder, La. Children: 1. Maude Tooke. 2. James W. Tooke. (B 417) THOMAS B. TOOKE Thomas B. Tooke was born Sept. 24, 1882, at Mt. Lebanon, La. He married Mary Agnes Berry, of Johnson City, Tenn. In 1909 he was a graduate of the University of Nashville medical school. He was sometime owner of the Belcher Telephone and Gas Company and was living in Belcher, La., in 1929. Methodist. Children: 1. Thomas B. Tooke. 2. Gladys Tooke. Page 130 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 418) MARY BURT TOOKE Mary Burt Tooke was born Dec. 14, 1868. On Oct. 15, 1895, she married Dr. William Samuel Kendall, of Lincoln Parish, La. He was a graduate of that school which is currently Tulane University, New Orleans, La. During the Civil War he was a lieutenant in the Confederate Army. Mary Burt Tooke attended Mt. Lebanon College, La. They made their home in Ruston, La. Mary died April 11, 1921; her husband in 1913. Children: 1. Agnes Kendall; m. Dr. E. Partello, of Detroit. Mich. 2. John Ben Kendall. 3. William Samuel Kendall. 4. Corinne Kendall; m. J. E. Mathews. 5. Jennie Kendall. 6. Robert Louis Kendall. 7. Roy Norman Kendall; twin to Robert. (B 419) LOUIS MARBURY TOOKE Louis Marbury Tooke was born May 27, 1876. He married Feb. 7, 1899, or 1900. Mary Smith, daughter of Major S. W. and Sallie (Eaton) Smith. He was president of the First National Bank, Arcadia, La. Methodist. Res., Shreveport, La. Children: 1. Mary Louis Tooke; b. Jan. 26, 1902. 2. Lou Annie Tooke: b. Sept. 1903. (B 420) JOHN FLETCHER TOOKE John Fletcher Tooke was born Sept. 1, 1880. She married Ernest Griffin Calvert. Children: 1. Emmet Tooke Calvert. 2. Virginia Arm Calvert. 3. Robert Woodrow Calvert. 4. John Griflin Calvert. 5. Dorothy Elizabeth Calvert. Page 131 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 421) ROBERT GRAHAM TOOKE Robert Graham Tooke was born April 13, 1882. He married (1) Dec. 10, 1908, Marguerite Louise Randall. After the death of his wife on Dec. 20, 1920, Robert Graham Tooke married (2) Kate Sutton from whom he was divorced in 1927. He was a farmer living near Lebanon, La. Children: 1. Marguerite Tooke. 2. Corinne Tooke. 3. Louise Tooke. 4. Louis Tooke. 5. Nelwyn Tooke. 6. Carolyn Tooke. (B 422) THOMAS BLAKE WALKER Thomas Blake Walker was born Nov. 9, 1869, in Crawford County. Ga. On Feb. 14, 1903, he married in Titusville, Fla, Kate Pritchard. Children: 1. Thomas Blake Walker: b. Nov. 19. 1910. (B 423) CLIO WALKER Clio Walker was born Sept. 8, 1885, in Temple, Tex. On April 14, 1910, she married in Bartow, Fla., Grover Cleveland Metcalfe. She was a member of the Daughters of The American Revolution, 211,531. Children: 1. Charles Grover Metcalfe: b. 1911, Jacksonville, Fla. 2. Elta Frances Metcalfe; b. 1912, Jacksonville, Fla. 3. Clio Walker Metcalfe; b. 1916, Jacksonville, Fla. Page 132 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 424) IDA EVANS Ida Evans was born in 1856. On May 16, 1876, she married7 Judge William Frederick Eve, of Augusta, Ga. They made their home in Atlanta, Ga. Mrs. Ida Evans Eve died in 1928. Children: 1. Allie Walton Eve; b. 1877; m. H. E. Cabaniss. 2. Sarah Garland Eve; b. 1886. (B 501) 3. William Frederick Eve. 4. Clement Evans Eve: d. in infancy. 5. Jose h Edward Eve; d. in infancy. 6. Frederick Eve; d. in infancy. (B 425) LAWTON BRYAN EVANS Lawton Bryan Evans was born in 1862. On Feb. 16, 1887, he married Florence Eve Campbell. She was born in 1867 the daughter of Peter F. Campbell and _____ Eve, of Augusta, Ga. Lawton Bryan Evans and his wife lived in Atlanta, Ga.8 Children: 1. Sarah Campbell Evans; b. 1888. 2. Lawton Bryan Evans; b. 1892, d. in 1918 while in the air force of the United States Army. 3. Clement Anselm Evans; b. 1900. (B 426) MARTHA LUCY EVANS Martha Lucy Evans was born Nov. 17, 1879. On Oct. 22, 1907, she married Robert Grice Stephens. She was graduated at Wesleyan College, Macon, Ga., and was in time elected to the board of trustees thereof. She had the original Loverd Bryan letter9 to her father as well as her father’s scrap book. Robert Grice Stephens was the son of Major John Stephens, and grand-nephew of Alexander H. Stephens, the vice-president of the Confederacy. Robert G. Stephens was a doctor and practiced in Atlanta. He and his wife were Presbyterians. Children: 1. Alice Walton Stephens; b. July 25, 1908. 2. Anna Simpson Stephens; b. Dec. 91, 1910. 3. Robert Grice Stephens; b. Aug. 14, 1913. 4. Ida Evans Stephens; b. Dec. 24, 1917. Page 133 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 427) SARAH L. A. EVANS Sarah L. A. Evans was born in 1889. She married Oct. 28, 1915. George B. Lippincott, of Philadelphia, Pa. Children: 1. Sarah Lee Evans Lippincott; b. 1920. (B 428) ANNIE B. RAINES Annie B. Raines was born in 1860. She married William J. Walker. Children: 1. Carolyn Walker: m. _____ Nottingham. She was a member of the D. A. R., no. 84,991. (B 429) MARTHA ANN HARRIS Martha Ann Harris was born February 21, 1869. She married (1) Robert A. Keith on Oct. 28, 1885, and (2) Thomas Jerome Hart. Robert A. Keith was born May 4, 1845. Children: (B 502) 1. Edmund Harris Hart. (B 430) WILLARD H. NEWSOME Willard H. Newsome married _____ McGehee. Children: 1. Willard Newsome. 2. James Newsome. (B 431) NORA NEWSOME Nora Newsome married Thomas Cooper. Children: 1. Newsome Cooper. Page 134 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 432) EMMA GUYTON BRYAN (Whitfield, Loverd, Clement, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Emma Guyton Bryan was born in 1862. She married in 1881 Daniel Bradley (1866-1916). Children: 1. Theresa Bradley; b. 1882; m. Park Dallis. (B 503) 2. Mary Guyton Bradley. 3. Emma Bryan Bradley; b. 1893; m. H. W. Hemphill. 4. Margaret Love Bradley; b. 1897: m. Nathan A. Dykes. (B 433) CHARLES BRYAN (William, William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Charles Bryan married Pearl McLean. He was killed in a railroad accident at Bessemer, Ala. Children: (B 504) 1. Bessie Bryan. (B 505) 2. Clara Bryan. 3. Charles Bryan. (B 434) AGNES DAVIS BRYAN (William, William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Agnes Davis Bryan married William H. Liggin. Presbyterians. They lived in De Soto, Ga. Children: 1. Ruth Liggin; graduate of Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Ga. 2. (Annie Lloyd Liggin, graduate of State Normal, Valdosta, 3. Maxwell Liggin. (B 435) WILLIE A. MEGRATH Willie A. Megrath married Nellie _____. He was a student in the United States Naval Academy, a patent lawyer, and for a time a resident of Washington, D. C. and New York City. He died in New York. Children: 1. Bryan Megrath. 2. Nellie Megrath. Page 135 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 437) WILLIAM HOLMES BRYAN (Benjamin, William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) William Holmes Bryan was born Nov. 2, 1871. He married Mae Roberts, of Colbert, Ga. He was a mechanic living in 1931 in Conley, Ga. Methodists. He died Jan. 26, 1945. Children: 1. William .Benjamin Bryan. 2. May Eloise Bryan. (B 438) BENJAMIN DAVID BRYAN (Benjamin, William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Benjamin David Bryan was born Sept. 26, 1873. He married (1) Martha Virginia Means, Feb. 25, 1903, and (2) Flora Willie Hixon Jan. 4, 1920. He was a merchant and farmer. He made his home at Vienna, Ga. Methodist. He died July 20, 1949. Martha Virginia Means was born Jan. 11, 1880, the daughter of Matthew Harvey and Sarah Elizabeth (Dunwoody) Means, of Elko, Houston County, Ga. She died April 26, 1916, and was buried at Vienna, Ga. Methodist. Flora Willie Hixon was born Aug. 3, 1881, the daughter of the Rev. William Fannin and Adella (Gilmore) Hixon. William F. Hixon was a minister in the South Georgia Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Children: 1. Benjamin David Bryan; b. 1904, d. 1906. 2. Louise Herndon Bryan; b. Dec. 27, 1905; Vienna, Ga. Res, 1949, Macon, Ga. 3. Mary Maud Bryan; b. Nov. 29, 1908, d. Dec. 16, 1917; bu. at Vienna, Ga. 4. Benjamin Bryan; b. Nov. 29, 1916. (B 439) MARY MAUD BRYAN (Benjamin, William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Mary Maud Bryan (Jan. 14, 1875-Jan. 2, 1908) died in Hereford, Texas, and is buried in Vienna, Ga. She was the first wife of Charles Mathis. After the death of his wife Charles Mathis moved to Macon, Ga., engaged in the real estate business, and married Mabel Langford. Children: 1. Charles Buford Mathis; b. 1907. 2. Malcus Bryan Mathis; b. 1903. Page 136 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 440) EMMA BUFORD BRYAN (Benjamin, William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Emma Buford Bryan was born Dec. 30, 1877. She married, Dec. 6, 1899, near Vienna, Ga., James Madison Woodward. He was born May 12, 1870, near Vienna, the son of John Hartwell Woodward and Nancy B. McCormick. Methodists. Res, 1949, Vienna, Ga. Children: (3 506) 1. Mabel Frances Woodward. (B 507) 2. Grace Wynell Woodward. 3. Jane Esther Woodward; b. June 21, 1906. Currently Esther Woodward has discarded Jane from her name. Res., 1949, Augusta, Ga. (8 508) 4. James Madison Woodward. (B 509) 5. Buford Bryan Woodward. (B 510) 6. Mary Antoinette Woodward. 7. Winifred Bryan Woodward; b. Jan. 24, 1917. In 1949 she is an X-ray technician in Watson Clinic. She furnished much of the material for her immediate family. Res, 1949, Lakeland, Fla. (B 441) JOHN TALMADGE BRYAN (Benjamin, William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) John Talmadge Bryan was born Nov. 29, 1880. He married Bertie Louise Brown, of Boston, Ga. In 1981 he was a salesman living in La Grange, Ga. Methodists. Children: 1. John Talmadge Bryan; b. 1909. 2. Paul Anthony Bryan; b. 1911. 3. Ruth Antoinette Bryan; b. 1924. (B 442) CAROLINE LUCY OWEN Caroline, or Carril, Lucy Owen was born May 8. 1871. She married Wilhelm Glenn Robinson. She was a graduate of Wesleyan College, Macon, Ga. They lived in Tampa, Fla. Children: 1. Wilhelm Glenn Robinson. 2. Mary Bryan Robinson. 3. Martha Windsor Robinson; b. Nov. 28, 1900. Page 137 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 443) PENELOPE OWEN Penelope Owen was born Aug. 10, 1875. She married Hubert M. Embry, the son of the Rev. James Samuel Embry and Mary Mayes. Nellie Owen was living in 1929 at Kirkwood, Ga. Children: 1. Esther Elizabeth Embry. 2. Annelle Embry. 3. Mary Hubert Embry. (B 445) WILLIAM EVERETT SWEARINGEN William Everett Swearingen married Mary Conner, stepdaughter of Mrs. Martha Winifred Bryan Conner (B 436). They lived in Vienna, Ga. Methodists. Children: 1. Lucy Winifred Swearingen. 2. Henry Conner Swearingen. (B 447) WALTER J. SWEARINGEN Walter J. Swearingen was born Jan. 16, 1895. He married June 30, 1921, Ralph Mary Huthnance. They lived in Peoria, Ill. Children: 1. Alice Margaret Swearingen. 2. Nancy Pamela Swearingen. (B 448) BRYAN H. EDWARDS Bryan H. Edwards was born Dec. 24, 1877, in Macon, Ga. He married July, 1900. Jacqueline Slappey, of Macon. They moved to Florida about 1919. They lived in Florida City, Fla. Children: (B 511) 1. Constance Edwards. 2. Jacqueline Edwards; b. Aug. 16, 1904; m. July 19, 1928, Henry Brooker. Page 138 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 449) RICHARD LEWELLYN EDWARDS Richard Lewellyn Edwards was born May 22, 1883, in Macon, Ga. He married (1) Mary Benton Findlay, of Macon, who died in Nov. 1913. He married (2) in December, 1914, Cleo Ward, of Columbus, Ga. They were Baptists living in 1931 in St. Petersburg, Fla. Children: 1. Richard Lewellyn Edwards. 2. Catherine Edwards. 3. Grady Findlay Edwards. Second marriage 4. _____ Edwards. 6. Margaret Edwards. (B 450) SUSAN WINIFRED EDWARDS Susan Winifred Edwards was born Nov. 30, 1886, in Macon, Ga. On Nov. 14, 1914, she married John T. Moore, Jr. He was an electrical engineer, of Macon. In 1929 he was in the employ of the Veteran’s Bureau and living in Washington, D. C. Children: 1. Susan Bryan Moore; b. Dec. 27, 1917. (B 451) CLIFFORD ANDERSON BRYAN (William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Clifford Anderson Bryan married Emma Thompkins. Res., Wrightsville, Ga. Children:10 1. Clifford A. Bryan. (B 452) WILLIAM MEGRATH BRYAN (William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) William Megrath Bryan married Minnie Whitfley. Children:11 1. Catherine Bryan. Page 139 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 453) FLORETTA ADELLA PARK Floretta Adella Park was born May 31, 1855, at Lumpkin, Ga. She married in May, 1874, Dr. John Hamilton Goss, of Decatur, Ga. She was a graduate in 1873 of Dr. Pretiman’s School for Young Ladies, Louisville, KY. She lived in Decatur, Ga., where her children were born. She died in 1927. Children:12 1. Reba Boynton Goss; m. Wiley 8. Ansley. 2. Mary Gordon Goss; m. M. I. Stone. 3. Wilma Park Goss: m. J. M. Gardner. 4. Isham Park Goes. 5. John Hamilton Goss: m. Lucy Durham. 6. Neal Gordon Gm; m. Lillian Brigman. (B 454) ROBERT EDWARD LEE BARNUM Robert Edward Lee Barnum was born in 1863. He married in 1892 Alice Burche. They lived in Richland, Ga. Children: 1. James Edwin Barnum. 2. William B. Barnum; res. (1929) Thomasville. Ga. (B 455) FLOSSIE BARNUM Flossie Barnum was born in 1868. She married Dr. William P. Carter. Res., Lumpkin, Ga. Children: 1. James B. Carter. 2. Floretta B. Carter. 3. Erskine L. Carter. 4. Martha Carter. 5. Cassie Carter. 6. _____ Carter. Page 140 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 456) FLORETTA BOYNTON Floretta Boynton was born Jan. 12, 1884. She married June 12, 1902, Harvey Fleming. They were Methodists. Resident in 1929 in LaFeria, Cameron County, Texas. Children: 1. Boynton Harvey Fleming. 2. Haygood Fleming. 3. Joyce Fleming. 4. Susie Fleming. 5. Jack Fleming. 6. William Libby Fleming. (B 457) EDWYNNA De GRAFFENREID BOYNTON Edwynna De Graffenreid Boyton was born Aug. 2, 1886. On Jan. 4, 1905, she married John Guy Jackson. She died Nov. 26, 1920. John Guy Jackson was born Jan. 4, 1886, in Greene County, Ga., the son of William Albert Jackson and Ada Ellis Wright. He was sometime Georgia state manager for the Missouri State Life Insurance Company, and treasurer of the South Georgia Sunday School Board of the Methodist Church. Following the death of Edwynna, her husband married in 1926 Ruth Beeland, of Macon. He made his home in Macon, Ga.13 Children: 1. Edna Claire Jackson. 2. Clarence Guyton Jackson. 3. Mary Robs Jackson. 4. Sarah Frances Jackson. 5. _____ Jackson: he was buried with Mrs. Jackson. (B 458) MYRA BOYNTON Myra Boynton was born Aug. 14, 1894. She married Robert Allen Rogers June 12, 1912, Arlington, Ga. He was born Nov. 30, 1888, in Fort Worth, Tex., the son of Robert Allen Rogers and Lillie Cornelia Sellers. R. A. Rogers, Jr., is a graduate of the University of Ga., 1910. Res., Albany, Ga. Children: 1. Robert Allen Rogers; b. 1913, Augusta, Ga. 2. Stella Rogers; b. 1915, Athens. 3. Sellers Boynton Rogers; b. 1917, Arlington. 4. Myra Clare Rogers; b. 1920, Arlington. Page 141 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 459) ROBERT JAMES WIMBERLY Robert James Wimberly was born June 21, 1884. He married Annie Winburn. He was a Methodist living in 1929 in Jeffersonville, Ga. Children: 1. James Edward Wimberly. 2. Martha Susan Wimberly. (B 460) MATTIE KATE BURGESS Mattie Kate Burgess was born Nov. 23, 1888. She married June 23, 1907, John Llewellyn Griffin, who was born April 30, 1875, near Jeffersonville, Ga., the son of Elias S. Griffin and Della Jones. Baptists. He was a farmer, living in 1932 in Jeffersonville, Ga. Children: 1. John Baker Griffin: b. July 17, 1908. 2. Harry Yancey Griffin; b. Nov. 9, 1911. 3. Mildred Hortense Griffin; b. Sept. 26, 1914. 4. Hazel Griffin; b. Nov. 17, 1916. (B 462) LEO POYDRUS FAISON Leo Poydrus Faison was born Sept. 26, 1881, near Turkey, NC He married Bessie Oates. Res., Turkey, NC Children: 1. Elizabeth Faison. 2. Ida Faison. (B 463) MARY BRYAN FAISON Mary Bryan Faison was born Jan. 7, 1885, near Turkey, NC She married Elliot Pigford. Res, 1927, Clinton, NC Children: 1. Frank Pigford. 2. James Pigford. 3. Mary Faison Pigford. Two others died. Order unknown. Page 142 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 464) ROBERT DICKSON BRYAN (John, John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Robert Dickson Bryan was born Nov. 4, 1886, in Duplin County, NC He married Lyde Best Register and was living in 1928 in Jacksonville, Fla. Children: 1. Ruth Pearsall Bryan; m. _____ Owens. 2. Robert Dickson Bryan. 3. Mary Oliver Bryan. 4. Walter Register Bryan. 5. Charles Jennings Bryan. (B 465) JOHN OLIVER BRYAN (John, John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) John Oliver Bryan was born Aug. 6, 1887, in Duplin County, NC He married Mabel Spives, of Chicago, Ill. He worked for the Equitable Life Insurance Company and lived, 1928, in St. Paul, Minn. Children: 1. John Oliver Bryan. 2. James Robert Bryan. (B 466) JOSEPH KEDAR BRYAN (John, John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Joseph Kedar Bryan was born Dec. 29, 1876. He married Dec. 17, 1902, Mary Lillie Rhodes. He was living in 1929 in Kenansville, NC Children: 1. Martha Pearsall Bryan; b. March 19, 1908, at Warsaw, NC; m. Oct. 6, 1926, Luther Rice Carroll. Res., 1929, Magnolia, N. C.14 (B 467) JAMES PEARSALL BRYAN (John, John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) James Pearsall Bryan (Oct. 29, 1878-Feb. 1906) married Feb. 7, 1900. Sarah O. Chambers, daughter of Clarissa Grady15 and John T. Chambers. James Pearsall Bryan lived in Kenansville, NC Children: (B 512) 1. Fannie Oliver Bryan. (B 613) 2. Kedar Bryan. (B 614) 3. Lou Nellie Bryan. Page 143 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 468) CATHERINE BRYAN (James, John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Catherine Bryan married William Houlehan. Baptists. Res., 1928, Tampa, Fla. Children: 1. William Houlehan. 2. Albert Houlehan; d. in infancy. 3. Frederick Houlehan. 4. Catherine Ann Houlehan. (B 469) ROBERT CLAUDE BRYAN (James, John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Robert Claude Bryan married Lucille Menendez. He was a traveling salesman living in 1928 in Miami, Fla. Children: 1. Robert Claude Bryan. 2. Rose Marie Bryan. (B 470) LULA FREELAND BRYAN (Robert, John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Lula Freeland Bryan was born Oct. 16, 1887. She married May 29, 1907, the Rev. James Berry Leavell, born16 March 1, 1880, to George Washington Leavell and Cora Ball Berry. Rea, Houston, Tex. Children: 1. James Berry Leavell. 2. Lulu Lawton Leavell. 3. Cora Eleanor Leavell. 4. Robert Thomas Leavell. 5. Aileen Elise Leavell. (B 471) CORA SMITH STAKELY Cora Smith Stakely was born in 1857. She married James Vason McWhorter, of Penfield, Ga. Children: 1. Robert Ligon McWhorter. 2. Charles Stakely McWhorter. Page 144 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 472) CHARLES AVARETTE STAKELY Charles Avarette Stakely was born March 3, 1859, at Madisonville, Tenn. He married Feb. 16, 1882, in Richmond County, Ga., Sarah Jessie Davis. She was the daughter of the Rev. William Hudson and Sarah Anne (Kilpatrick) Davis. Charles Avarette Stakely was admitted to the bar at LaGrange, Ga., when only eighteen years of age. The law he forsook for the ministry. Ordained in 1880, at LaGrange to the Baptist ministry he served churches in Elberton, Hartwell, and Augusta, Ga.; in Charleston, S. C.; the First Baptist Church in Washington, D. C., and the First Baptist Church in Montgomery, Ala. He was a trustee of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY.17 He was the author of Poems, and Introduction of The Negro into The United States. Children: 1. Davis Fonville Stakely; m. LeGrand Smith. 2. Anne Kilpatrick Stakely; m. April 30, 1908, Henry F. Martin. 3. Frances Sloan Stakely; m. Jan. 5, 1910, James DeWitt Willcox, son18 of James S. Willcox and Lizzie Kyle. 4. Flora McIver Stakely; m. F. S. Cooledge. 5. Charles Avarette Stakely. (B 473) IDA FONVILLE STAKELY Ida Fonville Stakely (1863-1903) married U. Hardy Clark, of LaGrange, Ga. Children: 1. Paul Anderson Clark. 2. Annie 0. Clark; d. in infancy. (B 474) LETA BRYAN STAKELY Leta Bryan Stakely married Dr. James Benton Hatchette, of Marion, Ala. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, no. 8,366. Baptists. Res., Marion. Children: 1. Benton Hatchette. 2. Samuel Stakely Hatchette. 3. Charles Vernon Hatchette. Page 145 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 475) CLIFTON AVARETTE FONVILLE Clifton Avarette Fonville was born Dec. 11, 1868. He married Mary Ray. Children: 1. Orion Fonville. 2. Mary Avarette Fonville. 3. Caswell Clifton Fonville. 4. Nannie Ray Fonville; b. 1908. 5. John Culpeper Fonville; b. 1910. (B 476) PERCY GIBSON FONVILLE Percy Gibson Fonville was born Nov. 6, 1870. He married Ethel Nelson, of Glens Falls, N. Y. Children: 1. Percy Gibson Fonville. 2. William Clifton Fonville. 3. Florence May Fonville. 4. Frances Mary Fonville. (B 477) IDA STAKELY FONVILLE Ida Stakely Fonville was born in Feb., 1873. She married (1) William D. Taylor (2) James O. Sentell. The first was a Methodist minister. The second was born March 4, 1863, to John Troup Sentell and Martha Fletcher Willbanks at Mt. Hilliard, Bullock County, Ala. Ida was the second wife of James O. Sentell. He was a teacher, 1883- 88, merchant 1889-92, and lawyer after 1892. Children: 1. John Fonville Taylor. 2. William David Taylor. 3. Edgar Cecil Taylor. 4. Ida Will Taylor. 5. James Oscar Sentell. (B 478) WILLIAM PARHAM FONVILLE William Parham Fonville was born Aug. 12, 1875. He married Dec. 24, 1908, Celestine Gilmer. Children: 1. William Parham Fonville. 2. Harriet Fonville. Page 146 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 479) FREDDIE CORNELIA FONVILLE Freddie Cornelia Fonville was born Oct. 16, 1882. She married Oct. 17, 1906, Frederick Leslie Sawyer, of Wylam, Ala. Children: 1. Leslie Fonville Sawyer. 2. Virginia Clare Sawyer. 3. Marion D. Sawyer. 4. John Culpeper Sawyer. 5. Robert Sawyer. (B 480) ELLA PEURIFOY BURGAMY Ella Peurifoy Burgamy was born May 31, 1863, in Ramer, Montgomery Co., Ala. She married, Dec. 20, 1882, Martin Cassity Reynolds, son of Elisha Reynolds, of Montevallo, Ala. She died Sept. 26, 1894, in Birmingham. Children:19 1. Clifton Elisha Reynolds; b. 1883; m. (1) May 16, 1910, Sarah Raney, (2) Vera Love. 2. Alma Burgamy Reynolds; d. in infancy. 3. Irene Claire Reynolds; b. July 2, 1888, d. Jan. 29, 1927; m. (1) Oct... 1905, Lucien Cassity Brown, of Birmingham; (2) Edwin McIntosh. D. A. P... No. 61,688. 4. Howard Tillman Reynolds; b. July 24, 1890; m. Marie Olson. 5. Henry Martin Reynolds; b. Aug. 31, 1894; m. Grace V. D. Brink, of Holland, Mich. (B 482) ZULEIKA THEODOSIA BURGAMY Zuleika Theodosia Burgamy was born Sept. 30, 1867, in Crenshaw County, Ala. She married Jan. 29, 1890, John Finley Gillespie. He was the son of Milton Campbell Gillespie and Lorenda Clark, of Madison County, Ala. She died in Crenshaw County, Ala. Children:20 1. Helen Medora Gillespie; b. Jan. 31, 1891, Birmingham, Ala.; m. June 29, 1911, Winfield Chester Towns, of Boston, Mass. No Issue. 2. Tillman Burgamy Gillespie; b. Oct. 21, 1898; m. Margaret Kelly Krouse. Page 147 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 483) LILLIAN AVARETTE BURGAMY Lillian Avarette Burgamy was born June 9, 1870, in Crenshaw County, Ala., married Feb. 11, 1891, William Martin Goldsmith. He was the son of Dr. William Goldsmith and Sarah Martin. He died in 1892. Children:20 1. Leta Will Goldsmith; b. Nov. 15, 1891; m. Franklin Weir Cowell, 1917. (B 484) FANNIE MAY BURGAMY Fannie May Burgamy married April 19, 1889, John Walker Patton. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, no. 60,180. She made her home in Birmingham, Ala. John Walker Patton was born in 1875 at Huntsville, Ala., the son of James Horgette Patton22 and Sallie Watkins, of Huntsville. Children: 1. James Horgette Patton. 2. John Walker Patton. 3. William Burgamy Patton. 4. Sarah Medora Patton. (B 486) FREDERICK GIBSON FONVILLE Frederick Gibson Fonville was born in 1874. He married Janie Wells. He died April 15, 1908. Children: 1. _____ Fonville; d. in infancy. 2. Margaret Fonville. (B 486) HOLLON FONVILLE Hollon Fonville was born in Birmingham, Ala. She married Joseph George Eblen, of Louisville, KY. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, no. 67,463. Children: 1. Joseph Fonville Eblen. 2. James Bryan Eblen. 3. Mary Doliska Eblen. Page 148 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 487) GERTRUDE LOFTIN SHEPARD BRYAN (Robert, Robert, Kedar, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Gertrude Loftin Shepard Bryan was born Dec. 19, 1883. She married in Wilmington, NC, Edward Manly Toon, Dec. 21, 1910. He was born in 1879 the son of Albert Franklin Toon and Elizabeth Smith. Gertrude was a graduate of North Carolina College for Women, Greensboro, NC She lived at Whiteville, Columbus County, NC Methodists. Children: 1. Edward Manly Toon; b. 1916, Whiteville, NC 2. Mary Bryan Toon; b. 1921. (B 488) JOSEPH SHEPARD BRYAN (Robert, Robert, Kedar, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Joseph Shepard Bryan married Dec. 27, 1921, Anna Cavenaugh, the daughter of Eli Cavenaugh and _____ Denny. Joseph Shepard Bryan was a graduate of the University of North Carolina, 1915. He was the principal of schools in Greensboro, Wilmington, Wilson, and Dunn, NC He was in the United States Army in 1917. Methodists. Children: 1. Joseph Shepard Bryan. 2. Robert Cavenaugh Bryan. (B 489) DAVID BRYAN FOY David Bryan Foy was born Nov. 16, 1877. On Aug. 3, 1903, he married Minnie Lumsden. She was the daughter of Robert Lumsden. of Raleigh, NC Children: 1. _____ Foy; d. in infancy. 2. Susan Foy. 3. Bryan Foy. 4. Robert Foy. Page 149 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 490) HENRY LEE SLOAN Henry Lee Sloan was born Aug. 6, 1886, at Ingold, NC. On Dec. 3, 1919, he married Emily Patterson Elliot (S 481). Dr. Sloan was a graduate of the University of North Carolina in 1907. He won his M. D. degree in the University of Pennsylvania in 1911. Children: 1. Henry Lee Sloan. 2. Jane Elliot Sloan. Page 150 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. Who's Who in America, 1928-29, p. 1387; Directory of 70th U. S. Congress, 1st Session. 2. Mrs. Susan Martin (Capehart) Nicholls to E. M. W., 1931. 3. Ennis Bryan to T. M. W., June 13, 1949. 4. A sketch of his life and a photograph may be seen in Cyclopedia of Georgia, III, 370. See also Georgia's Public Men. 5. Cyclopedia of Georgia, III, 652. 6. Chambers, History of La., II, 285. 7. Georgia and Georgians, VI, 2949. 8. Men of Mark in Georgia, III, 1911; V, 182: Who's Who in America, IX: Bio. Hist. of Ga., II, 580: Nat. Cycle. of Amer. Bio. XIII. 195. 9. See note no. 18, of the preceding chapter. 10. Marshall. 11. Marshall. 12. Marshall. 13. She had one son. William Lawrence Jackson, who was born Nov. 16, 1928 14. See John Grady, 54, 78. 15. See John Grady, 40. 16. Who's Who in America, XV. 17. He was awarded the M. A. degree by Mercer University, Macon, Ga., in 1884; the D. D. by the Richmond College, Va., and the LL.D. by Furman University, Spartanburg, S. C. See Owen, History of La. IV, 1610. 18. Blue Book of Alabama, 1929, p. 209. 19. Alma Gibson Burgamy to E. M. W. 20. Same to the same. 21. Lillian A. Burgamy died Dec. 13, 1930, in Birmingham, Ala. Sarah Martin was the first wife of William Goldsmith. They lived in Edgefield, S. C. (Alma Gibson Burgamy to E. M. W. Nov. 10, 1932 and earlier). Page 151 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II 22. The immigrant ancestor, William Patton, was a native of Londonderry, Ireland, and was born in May, 1778. He came with his parent: to America before 1791 and settled in Virginia. He moved to Huntsville, Ala., in 1818. (Owen, History of Ala., IV, 1328: Alma Gibson Burgamy to E. M. W., Nov. 6, 1932) Page 152 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II NINTH GENERATION Page 153 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 500) MARY CAPEHART NICHOLLS Mary Capehart Nicholls married Clarence Joseph Rhea. Children: 1. Charlotte Rhea. 2. Josephine Rhea. (B 501) WILLIAM FREDERICK EVE William Frederick Eve was born Oct. 7, 1888, in Augusta, Ga. On Nov. 5, 1913, he married Grace Boykin. She was born in Augusta May 2, 1889, the daughter of William Clarence Boykin and Annie May Rhodes. William Frederick Eve died in Atlanta, Ga., May 16, 1935.1 Children: 1. Grace Boykin Eve; b. Nov. 12, 1914; m. Dec. 26, 1941. Edward Barnard Crawford. They have a son, Edward B. Crawford, b. Aug. 22, 1942. 2. William Frederick Eve; b. June 4, 1916, in Augusta; m. May 11, 1940, Tommie Perdue Quin. She was born in 1918 the daughter of Robert Smith Quin and Thomas Egleston Perdue. They live, 1949, in Atlanta, Ga. and have two daughters: Elizabeth DuBose Eve, b. Sept. 7, 1941, and Ida Evans Eve, b. Nov. 18, 1945. 3. Anne Ida Eve; b. Dec. 27, 1921: m. May 13, 1940 John Russell Kerr. They have John Russell Kerr and Robert Eve Kerr, born Jan. 24, 1941, and Dec. 23, 1943, respectively. (B 502) EDMUND HARRIS HART Edmund Harris Hart married Feb. 10, 1915, Gena Lee Anthony. She was born Feb. 10, 1893, at Camp Hill, Ala., the daughter of Samuel Whitfield and Fannie Alice (Harris) Anthony. Edmund was a druggist making his home in Dawson, Ga. Children: 1. Martha Frances Hart. 2. Gena Elizabeth Hart. Page 154 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 503) MARY GUYTON BRADLEY Mary Guyton Bradley was born in Stewart County, Ga., Aug. 17, 1891. She married Willard Cooper, who was born on Oct. 28, 1886, at Columbus, Ga., the son of John Thomas Cooper. Mary was a member of the Colonial Dames of America, the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She lived in Columbus, Ga., where all the children were born.2 Children: 1. Lenora Newson Cooper. 2. Mary Bradley Cooper. 3. Margaret Susan Groper. 4. Dan Bradley Cooper. (B 504) BESSIE BRYAN (Charles, William, William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Bessie Bryan married John Needham Hargrove. She made her home in Vienna, Ga. Children: 1. John Hargrove. 2. Charles Hargrove. (B 606) CLARA BRYAN (Charles, William, William, Benjamin, Needham, Needham, Needham, William) Clara Bryan married Carl Theodore Stovall and made her home in Vienna, Ga. Children: 1. Carl Theodore Stovall. 2. Charles Milton Stovall. 3. Miriam Stovall. (B 506) MABEL FRANCES WOODWARD Mabel Frances Woodward was born Nov. 13, 1900. She married Nov. 28, 1928, Francis K. Douglass. He died in November, 1943. Res., 1949. Whitmire, S. C. Children: 1. George Woodward Douglass. 2. Francis Michael Douglass. Page 155 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 507) GRACE WYNELL WOODWARD Grace Wynell Woodward was born Jan. 27, 1903. She married Samuel Lewis Moss. Res., 1949, Louisville, Ky. Children: 1. Samuel Lewis Moss. (B 508) JAMES MADISON WOODWARD James Madison Woodward was born Nov. 10, 1907. He married Janie Forehand. Res., 1949, Vienna, Ga. Children: 1. James Madison Woodward. 2. John David Woodward. (B 509) BUFORD BRYAN WOODWARD Buford Bryan Woodward was born Oct. 17, 1910. He married Frances McRoe. Res., 1949, Marietta, Ga. Children: 1. Margaret Woodward. (B 510) MARY ANTOINETTE WOODWARD Mary Antoinette Woodward was born Dec. 1, 1913. She married Rayford Elliott Barfield. Res., 1949, Fitzgerald, Ga. Children: 1. Rayford Elliott Barfield. (B 511) CONSTANCE EDWARDS Constance Edwards married in 1920 in Florida City, Fla., James Ivey Ryle, of Savannah, Ga. He was a veteran of World War I. They lived in Miami, Fla. Children: 1. James E. Ryle. 2. Betty Ryle. 3. Patricia Ryle. Page 156 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (B 512) FANNIE OLIVER BRYAN (James, Kedar, John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Fannie Oliver Bryan was born May 30, 1901. She married (1) Samuel B. Whitby, of Broadnax, Va., on Sept. 2, 1917, and (2) Edward S. McGowan. Samuel died in May, 1919. Fannie lived in 1943 in Aiken, S. C.3 Children: 1. Samuel B. Whitby; b. October, 1919; m. Ethel Sue Fuller in 1942. (B 513) KEDAR BRYAN (James, Kedar, John, John, Kedar, Needham, Needham, William) Kedar Bryan was born July 28, 1902. He married Josephine Thomas. They made their home in Kenansville, NC Children: 1. William Jennings Bryan; b. June 18, 1935. (B 514) LOU NELLIE BRYAN (James, Kedar, John. John, Kednr, Needham, Needham, William) Lou Nellie Bryan was born Aug. 10, 1904. She married Dan Byrd. They made their home in Granite Falls, NC Children: 1. Doria Bryan Byrd. Page 157 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. Robert S. Quin to T. M. W., June 19, 1949. 2. Mrs. Willard Cooper to E. M. W. 3. Data for James Pearsall Bryan and his descendants found in a letter of Mrs. Fannie Bryan McGowan to T. M. W. Oct. 31, 1939. Page 158 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II PART II - DESCENDANTS OF HARDY BRYAN Page 159 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FIRST GENERATION Page 160 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 1) HARDY BRYAN Hardy Bryan the progenitor of this line in America was born in or about 1716. It is thought that he was still a young man when he forsook Munster, Ireland, in order to emigrate to America. Upon reaching our shore, or later, Hardy Bryan settled near New Bern, NC, in an area already claimed by Christopher Baron de Graffenried1 for his German and Swiss associates. Thanks to the presence of the Germans this community was soon known as New Germany and students of the Bryan family began to call Hardy and his descendants the "New Germany Bryans" in contradistinction to the Bertie County Bryans. Hardy Bryan in 1743 married Mrs. Sarah (Bonner) Worseley. She was born in 1724 the daughter of Thomas Bonner.2 She was the widow of Thomas (?) Worseley.3 Hardy Bryan was a justice of the peace for Craven County, NC,‘ in 1759 and major in the county militia in 1754. Some of the land in Craven County which it is thought he patented from the British Crown was still owned and occupied in 1931 by his descendants. He died in 1760." His widow probably married an Isler, for the will of one Sarah Isler mentioned her sons Lewis. William, Nathan, and Isaac Bryan and her married daughter Mary Hatch, and grandchildren Ann and James Lewis. Children: (BH 2) 1. William Bryan. (BH 3) 2. Mary Bryan. (BH 4) 3. Thomas Bryan. (BH 5) 4. Hardy Bryan. (BH 6) 5. Nathan Bryan. (BH 7) 6. Isaac Bryan. (BH 8) 7. Lewis Bryan. Page 161 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. The name Graffenried like others of the period was spelled in divers forms. Wheeler spelled it Graaffenreidt. In the Dictionary of American Biography it is spelled Graffenried. 2. One Thomas Bonner and his wife Elizabeth left Nansemond County, Va., and moved to Bertie County, NC In his will which is dated Nov. 11, 1766, he mentioned three sons, Thomas, Henry, and Moses. Five daughters were also named. His widow was the executrix. Their son Thomas was born in 1690. He moved from Bertie County about 1716 to Beaufort County, NC, and settled a mile north of the present Washington. His place he named Bonner Hill. Here, too, he died. possibly in the 1780's. He is mentioned in a deed in 1716. He married about 1716 Abigail _____, (1694-1760). In his will under date of November, 1761, he named his sons Henry, James, and Thomas, and four married daughters, including Sarah. (N. C. & G. R... II, 166: Beaufort County Deeds, bk. 1, p. 102). 3. Probably the Thomas Worseley of Bath County, NC, whose will was dated Jan. 18, 1787. In this he named his sons Thomas, Joseph, and John and his wife Sarah. The will of John Worseley contains references to his "half-brothers," Lewis, Isaac, Thomas, William. Hardy, and Nathan Bryan. He also mentioned his mother Sarah and his "half-sister" Mary Bryan. William and Hardy Bryan were named as executors. N. C. & G. R, 'We' think it proper to call attention to the fact that at least one who has studied this branch of the Bryan family thought the name should be Moseley rather than Worseley, Worsley, or Worsey. 4. Register of the NC Society of Col. Dames, 1924. 5. The will of Hardy Bryan, dated Feb. 28, 1760, prob. May 6. 1760. mentions his brother Lewis; sons, Thomas, William, Hardy (to whom he gives one-half the manor, including houses). Nathan (lot in New Bern), Lewis (lot in New Bern), Isaac, Mary (lot in New Bern), and his wife Sarah. (Grimes. NC Wills, 92-94). Will of Sarah (Bryan) Isler may be seen in Grimes, Abstract of NC Wills. Page 162 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II SECOND GENERATION Page 163 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 2) WILLIAM BRYAN (Hardy) William Bryan of Craven County, NC, married (1) Susan Green, sister of Col. Joseph Green,1 (2) Mrs. Respass, (3) _____ Mackey. He died in 1791. William Bryan was a large land holder and prominent patriot. He represented Craven County in the Hillsboro Assembly, in August, 1775, and that at Halifax the following year.2 He was made lieutenant colonel of Minute Men, 1774-75, and in 1776 was by the Continental Congress commissioned to command the New Bern district. He participated with the New Bern troops under Gen. Caswell in the Battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge, Feb. 27, 1776. In 1780 he was again in the assembly. He is buried near New Bern and his grave has been marked by the Sons of the American Revolution. The will of Gen. Bryan, dated 1791, mentioned his wife,3 Elmer, Hardy, Ellen, Mary, Green, Susannah, Margaret, Holland, Elizabeth, and Ann. Children: (BH 9) 1. Hardy Bonner Bryan; m. Mrs. Mary Respass Swann. His will4 dated 1790 mentions his wife, Green Bryan, and his sister Holland Martin. (BH 10) 2. Green Bryan. (BH 11) 8. Ann Bryan. (BH 12) 4. Betsy Bryan. (BH 13) 5. Susan Bryan. (BH 14) 6. Sarah Bryan. (BH 16) 7. Holland Bryan. 8. Margaret Bryan. 9. Mary Bryan. Second marriage. (BH 16) 10. Eleanor Bryan. (BH 3) MARY BRYAN (Hardy) Mary Bryan married (1) Edmund Hatch (H 62) and (2) Adam Tooley. She lived for a while in Tennessee and then in Natches, Miss. Children: Those by first marriage under their father. (BH 17) 10. Henrietta Tooley; b. Jan. 3, 1793; m. John Wesley Bryan (BH 38) Children under father. 11. Adam Tooley; h. at Natehes, Miss. 12. Elizabeth Tooley. 13. Lewis Hatch Toolsy (?). Page 164 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 4) THOMAS BRYAN (Hardy) Thomas Bryan married Rachel LaVender, who was born March 20, 1737, the daughter of William LaVender and Rachel Roman (1701-1784). Thomas Bryan is thought to have died young. His widow married" Feb. 28, 1764, Abraham Bassett Simmons. Children: (BH 18) 1. Sarah Bryan; m. Lemuel Hatch. (H 54) Children under father. (BH 19) 2. Nancy Bryan. (BH 20) 3. Penelope Bryan; m. (1) John Hatch (H 60); (2) Thomas Pitts Ives. Children under first husband. The children of Mrs. Rachel LaVender Bryan and Abraham Bassett Simmons were: 1. Mary Simmons. (BH 21) 2. Dovey Simmons; m. Frederick Foscue. 3. Eleanor Simmons. 4. Lavender Simmons. 5. Betty Simmons. 6. Begin Simmons. 7. Bonets Simmons. 8. Liberty Simmons; b. Jul 14, 1776, the day Abraham and Rachel Simmons received news of the Declaration of Independence. 9. Winifred Simmons. (BH 5) HARDY BRYAN (Hardy) Hardy Bryan was born about 1748 in Craven County, NC He probably died in Craven County about 1781.6 He married Sarah Hatch (H 53). In as much as his father left him by will "one-half of the manor, including houses," we presume he lived at the old homestead. Children :7 (BH 22) 1. James Hardy Bryan. (BH 28) 2. William Hatch Bryan; b. Feb. 18, 1771; m. Elizabeth Heritage (85). (BH 24) 3. Asa B an. 4. Edmund Bryan; b. 1775, d, 1817. 5. Thomas Bryan; b. 1779. Page 165 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 6) NATHAN BRYAN (Hardy) Nathan Bryan was born in 1750 probably in Craven County, NC About 1773 he married (1) Winifred Bryan (B 16) and (2) Nancy Reynolds, daughter of Richard Reynolds. Nathan Bryan was devoted to the cause of American liberty. At Moore’s Creek, Feb. 27, 1776, we find him a captain of militia. For services in this expedition he received 26 pounds, 16 shillings.8 After the formation of Jones County in 1779 we find Nathan Bryan representing that county in the House of Commons in 1787, and 1791-94. The last year he was elected to represent New Bern district in Congress. He was re-elected two years later. While attending Congress he died, 1798, in Philadelphia and was buried in the Baptist Meetinghouse yard there.9 Children: (BH 26) 1. Mary Bryan. (BH 28) 2. John Thomas Bryan. (BH 27) 3. Nathan Bryan; m. Rachel Whitfield (68). (BH 28) 4. Winifred Bryan; b. Dec. 21. 1778, d. Oct. 26, 1828; m. (1) in 1798 Bryan Whitfield (14): (2) Feb. 1819 Gen. William Blackledge, of Craven Co., NC Children by first marriage under father. (BH 29) 5. Needham Bryan. (BH 30) 6. Nancy Bryan. Second marriage. (BH 31) 7. James Reynolds Bryan. (BH 7) ISAAC BRYAN (Hardy) Isaac Bryan married (1) Griselda Cox, daughter of Longfield Cox and (2) Mrs. Rachel (Whitfield) Herritage (17). He died in March 1794. His will mentions his wife and sons. Children:10 (BH 32) 1. Lewis Cox Bryan. (BH 38) 2. Christopher T. Bryan. (BH 34) 3. Hardy Bryan. 4. Rachel Bryan. (BH 35) 5. Sears Bryan. Page 166 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 3) LEWIS BRYAN (Hardy) Lewis Bryan married (1) Elizabeth Sasser, (2) Mrs. Mary (Respass) (Swann) Bryan. The first was the aunt of John Sasser, of Wayne County: the second the widow of Hardy Bonner Bryan (BH 9). Children: (BH 86) 1. Hardy Sasser Bryan. (BH 37) 2. Lewis Bryan. (BH 88) 3. John Wesley Bryan. 4. Elizabeth Bryan. (BH 89) 5. William Bryan. 6. Thomas Bryan. 7. Sarah Bryan. Page 167 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. Col. Green married Sarah Whitfield (18). 2. Wheeler, II, 110, 122. 3. Will Book, A, p. 244, in Clerk of Court Office, New Bern, NC, MS. See also Saunders, X, 164-67, 172, 178, 206, 668. 4. MS, Will Book, A., 288. The order of the children is uncertain. 5. Jesse George Whitfield (492) to E. M. W., 1926, in which he wrote: "I copied the old records of the Simmons family in handwriting of Abram Basset Simmons. who was my great-great-grandfather." See also Grimes, J. B., Abstract of NC Wills, 53: Hathaway, I, 175. 6. On Aug. 30, 1782, there was an executor's sale of property of Hardy Bryan. We judge Hardy Bryan had died about 1780 or '81. (Craven County Records, Book A, 116. MS.). 7. Bryan and Bailey Bible. 8. Accounts of U. S. with NC, Book E-G, 59; NC Rev. Army Accounts, II, p. 15, folio 2, MSS. 9. Wheeler, II, 221: Baptist Encyclopedia, 1881 ed., p. 155. 10. We do not know which was the mother of the children; but we think the first. See FOOTNOTES one under (BE 100) June Bryan. Page 168 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II THIRD GENERATION Page 169 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 10) GREEN BRYAN (William, Hardy) Green Bryan (1780-1812) of Craven County, NC, married in 1806 Nancy Blackledge. Children: (BH 100) 1. William Green Bryan. 2. Sophia Bryan; m. Henry Jones. 3. Blackledge Bryan. 4. Green Bryan. (BH 11) ANN BRYAN (William, Hardy) Ann, or Nancy, Bryan married (1) John Allen, (2) _____ Lane, (3) _____ Martin or Mastin. Children: 1. Burton Allen. 2. Sam Allen. 3. Polly Allen: in. _____ White. 4. Bryan Lane; m. _____ Price. (BH 12) BETSY BRYAN (William, Hardy) Betsy Bryan married Frederick Lane. Children: (BH 101) 1. John T. Lane. 2. Hardy Bonner Lane; m. _____ Benson. 3. Frederick Lane; m. M. J. Neal. 4. Elizabeth Lane. 5. Cashmir Lane. 6. Mary Lane; m. _____ Harris. 7. Nancy Lane. Page 170 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 13) SUSAN BRYAN (William, Hardy) Susan Bryan married Sept. 7, 1796, (1) Thomas Armstrong and (2) _____ Mintz. Children: 1. Polly Armstrong. 2. James Armstrong; m. Mrs. _____ Pitman. 3. William Armstrong. 4. John Mintz. (BH 14) SARAH BRYAN (William, Hardy) Sarah Bryan married Thomas Green Jan. 17, 1788. Children: 1. Thomas Green. 2. James Green. 3. William B. Green. 4. Sally Green. 5. John Green. 6. Susan Green. 7. Polly Green. (BH 15) HOLLAND BRYAN (William, Hardy) Holland Bryan married _____ Martin or Mastin. Children: 1. Polly Martin. 2. William Martin. 3. Richard Martin; m. _____ Fullington. Page 171 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 16) ELEANOR BRYAN (William, Hardy) Eleanor Bryan married Thomas Wadsworth, son of Ignatius Wadsworth. She was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, NC Children: 1. Thomas M. Wadsworth; m. Matilda Boyer. 2. William Wadsworth. 3. Hardy Wadsworth. (BH 102) 4. Edward Wadsworth. 5. Albert Wadsworth: m. (1) _____ Mackey; (2) _____ Mackey. 6. Sarah Wadsworth; m. _____ Schenck. (BH 19) NANCY BRYAN (Thomas, Hardy) Nancy Bryan married (1) Joshua Croom and (2) William Hardy. The latter was the son of Pinckney Hardy. Children:1 (BH 103) 1. Olivia Croom; to. William Bryan (BE 101). 2. Pinckney Croom, or Hardy. (BH 21) DOVEY SIMMONS Dovey Simmons married Frederick Foscue or Fortescue.2 Children: (BH 104) 1. Augustine Foscue. Page 172 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 22) JAMES HARDY BRYAN (Hardy, Hardy) James Hardy Bryan was born June 3, 1769. He married Aug. 30, 1789, (1) Lucy Hatch (H 101), and (2) May 8, 1821, Margaret Bailey (Jan. 21, 1793-Sept. 27, 1841). James Hardy Bryan died March 22, 1844. Children:3 1. Lewis Cameron Bryan; b. Aug. 19, 1790, d. Oct. 29, 1814. 2. James Hardy Bryan; b. Oct. 12, 1792 d. Jan. 14, 1921. 3. Elizabeth Bryan; b. March 7, 1795, d. June 22, 1868. (BH 105) 4. Mary Bryan. 5. Wealthy Sanders Bryan; b. Nov. 27, 18Co. d. June 4, 1830; m. _____ Turner. 6. William Hatch Bryan; b. Aug. 18, 1808, d. April 7, 1887. 7. Sally Bryan; b. Feb. 2, 1805, d. Nov. 2, 1867; m. _____ Copeland. 8. E and Bryan; b. May 29, 1806, d. July 4, 1807. 9. Henrietta Bryan; b. Feb. 7, 1808, d. May 29, 1832; m. _____ Taylor. 10. Harriet T. Bryan; b. Jan. 15, 1810; m. _____ Donoho. 11. John Wesley Bryan; b. June 16, 1812, d. Nov. 9, 1812. (BH 106) 12. Willie Blount Bryan. 13. Lucy Ann Bryan; b. Jan. 18, 1817. Second marriage. (BH 107) 14. Margaret Jane Bryan. 15. David Bailey Bryan; b. Feb. 28, 1824, d. April 14, 1825. 16. James H. Bryan; b. Feb. 4, 1826. 17. Hardy Bryan; b. April 18, 1828. (BH 108) 18. Charles Bailey Bryan. 19. Henrietta T. Bryan; b. June 15, 1835, d. Sept. 11, 1840. (BH 24) ASA BRYAN (Hardy, Hardy) Asa Bryan was born April 10, 1773. He married _____ Dies. Children: 1. William Bryan; m. (1) _____ Bradley, (2) _____ Lennor. 2. Asa Bryan; m. Lynes. 3. Theophilus Bryan; m. _____ Marshall. 4. Lewis C. Bryan; m. _____ King. 5. Sarah Bryan; m. _____ Speight. 6. Edmund Bryan; m. (1) _____ Echols; (2) _____ Kilpatrick. 7. Elizabeth Bryan; m. _____ Hunt. 8. Thomas Bryan. 9. Nancy Bryan. Page 173 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 25) MARY BRYAN (Nathan, Hardy) Mary Bryan was born Aug. 10, 1774. She married (1) in 1797 Gen. William Croom; (2) Lewis Cox Bryan (BH 32). She was the third wife4 of Gen. Croom. She died Nov. 7, 1807. Children: (BH 109) 1. Hardy Bryan Croom. (BH 110) 2. Susan Matilda Croom; b. 1800. d. 1816; m. Edmund Whitfield (31). Daughter under father. 3. Bryan Croom; b. Oct. 8, 1803, d. Dec. 24, 1375; m. in 1326 Evelyn Hawks, daughter of Samuel Hawks and Elizabeth Pugh Guion, sister of Bishop Hawks, and the Rev. Francis L. Hawks. She was descended from Col. John Williams and Pherabee Savage Pugh. It is said that Bryan Croom furnished the chair for the inaugural of Jefferson Davis, and that chair was in 1929 in the possession of Susie Whitfield,5 of Whitfield, Ala. Buried in Montgomery, Ala. (BH 111) 4. Richard Croom. (BH 26) JOHN THOMAS BRYAN (Nathan, Hardy) John Thomas Bryan (Jan. 14, 1776-1845) married (1) Mary Hatch (H 107) and (2) Rachel Whitfield (75). He lived at Jericho, NC Children:6 1. Theodosia Burr Bryan. Second marriage. (BH 112) 2. Lucy Winifred Bryan; b. Feb. 22, 1803, d. 1333; m. John Beck Whitfield (201). Children under father. (BR 113) 3. Rachel Whitfield Bryan; m. (1) Joseph T. Collier (251), (2) as his second wife Joshua Moseley. (BR 114) 4. Sallie Bonner Bryan. (BH 115) 5. Nancy Penelope Bryan. 6. Mary H. Bryan; m. (1) Kinchin Smith, (2) _____ Markham. 7. Rachel Elizabeth Bryan. 8. Nathan Bryan; d. young. Page 174 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 29) NEEDHAM BRYAN (Nathan, Hardy) Needham Bryan was born either on April 26, 1780, or Dec. 6, 1781, we are told. He married Susan Barfield1 and lived in Marengo County, Ala. Susan outlived her husband. Children: 1. Mary Williams Bryan; b. in Dec., 1807, d. 1857; m. Andrew Hamilton, of Tennessee. (BH 116) 2. Susan Bryan; b. perhaps in May 1809; m. Paoli Collier, possibly the son of Probert and Mrs. Elizabeth (Green) (Bryan) Collier (67). 3. Nathan Bryan; b. about 1810, d. 1858 at Demopolis, Ala.; m. (1) Elizabeth Whitehead and (2) Mrs. Mary Underwood Bohannon. 4. Needham Bryan; b. 1812 or ’13; moved to Tenn. 5. Winifred Bryan; b. 1818; m. _____ Hogan. 6. Frederick Barfield Bryan: b. May 26. 1818, d. Jan. 24, 1901; m. Holland Ann Bush, (d. April 29. 1899, daughter of Nathan Bush and Mary Harrison). (BH 117) 7. Nancy Lane Bryan. (BH 118) 8. Levin Bryan. 9. James Bryan; b. 1822; m. Pauline Whitfield. He was killed in the C. S. A., Franklin, Tenn. Nov. 80, 1864. 10. Elizabeth Bryan; b. 1825; m. (1) Henry Curtis, of Spring Hill, Marengo Co.. Ala.: (2) _____ Smith. 11. George Washington Bryan. (BH 119) 12. Andrew Jackson Bryan. (BH 30) NANCY BRYAN (Nathan, Hardy) Nancy Bryan (Dec. 5, 1781-May 1854) married Levin Lane (1772-1832). He lived at or near New Bern, NC and was the son of Ezekiel Lane, a wealthy planter living near Wilmington, NC The son was also a planter owning estates which he called Strawberry and Springfield.8 Children: (BH 120) 1. Winifred Bryan Lane. (BH 121) 2. Levin Bryan Lane. (BH 122) 3. Nancy Lane. (BH 128) 4. Mary Lane. 5. Nathan Bryan Lane: b. Feb. 19. 1812. d. Feb. 22, 1886. He was buried at Old Spring Hill. Marengo Co., Ala. (BH 124) 6. Leah Margaret Lane. 7. James Lane. 8. Penelope Lane; d. young. Page 175 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 81) JAMES REYNOLDS BRYAN (Nathan, Hardy) James Reynolds Bryan married Mary Bush, daughter of Colonel William Bush. Children: (BH 125) 1. Sarah Margaret Bryan. 2. James Richard Bryan; m. Elizabeth Rombert, dau. of Col. Caleb Rombert; and d. leaving issue. (BH 32) LEWIS COX BRYAN (Isaac, Hardy) Lewis Cox Bryan married (1) Malsey Burney and (2) Mrs. Mary Bryan Croom (BR 26). Children: 1. Isaac Bryan; m. Julia Quailes. Five daughters. 2. Hardy Bryan. (BH 126) 3. Betsy Bryan. (BH 127) 4. Nancy Bryan. 5. William Bryan. (BH 33) CHRISTOPHER T. BRYAN (Isaac, Hardy) Christopher T. Bryan married (1) _____ Gray, (2) _____ Simmons, and (3) _____ Connor. Children: 1. William Bryan. 2. Christopher Bryan; m. _____ Sanderson. (BH 84) HARDY BRYAN (Isaac, Hardy) Hardy Bryan married _____ Lifsey, daughter of Samuel Lifsey. Children: 1. Julia Bryan; m. _____ Hyman. 2. Mary Bryan; m. Edwin Beckton. Page 176 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 36) SEARS BRYAN (Isaac, Hardy) Sears Bryan married _____ Cox. Children: 1. Amanda Bryan. 2. William Bryan. (BH 36) HARDY SASSER BRYAN (Lewis, Hardy) Hardy Sasser Bryan married _____ Young. Children: 1. Sally Beall Bryan. 2. Hardy Bryan; m. (1) _____ McCarock, (2) Mary Bryan. 3. Elizabeth Bryan. 4. John Bryan. 5. William Bryan; m. _____ Cannon. 6. Lucy Bryan. 7. Lewis Bryan. 8. Catherine Bryan; m. _____ Williams. (BH 37) LEWIS BRYAN (Lewis, Hardy) Lewis Bryan was the sheriff of Lenoir County, NC He married _____ Dudley. Children: 1. William Bryan. 2. Mary Bryan. 3. John L. Bryan. 4. Alexander Bryan; m. _____ Green. 5. Ann Maria Bryan; m. _____ Stiles. (BH 38) JOHN WESLEY BRYAN (Lewis, Hardy) John Wesley Bryan married his cousin Henrietta Tooley (BH 17). Children: 1. William Bryan. (BH 128) 2. Viola Bryan; m. William Bryan (BH 129). 8. Lewis W. Bryan. 4. Sarah Bryan. 5. Lucy Ann Bryan. 6. Mary Bryan; m. _____ Howard. Page 177 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 39) WILLIAM BRYAN (Lewis, Hardy) William Bryan married _____ Parker. Children: (BR 129) 1. William Bryan; m. Viola Bryan (BH 128). 2. Carolina Bryan. Page 178 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. We believe that Nancy Bryan had at least one child by her first husband. for we find concerning William Bryan (BE 101) a note that he married Olivia Croom who was described as a daughter of Joshua Croom. 2. Fortescue has been variously spelled. Current use in this country seems to favor Foscue. 3. MS., Bryan and Bailey Bible, in the possession (1929) of Judge Jennings Bryan Bailey, of Washington, D. C. See note under (53) Bryan Whitfield. 4. The second wife of Gen. Croom was Elizabeth Whitfield (69). 5. Possibly Susie Evilena Whitfield, daughter of James George Whitfield (274). 6. Taken from the notes of N. B. Whitfield (272), MS. 7. Francis Barfield and his wife Mary left England and settled in North Carolina before the Revolution. They had a son Jesse Barfield. Jesse Barfield had three sons; Frederick, Thomas C., and Steven. Jesse and Frederick were found in the Patriot ranks at the Battle of Camden, and the older man was so exhausted that he died in Duplin County a few days later. Frederick Barfield had four or more children: James Barfield, George Barfield, Blake Barfield, and Susan Barfield, who married Needham Bryan (BE 29). (Ira R. Barfield to William H. Long, of Decatur, Ala., who kindly forwarded the material to E. M. W.). Goodspeed in his History of Rutherford County. Tenn., mentioned one Frederick Barfield as one appointed to select a site for the first seat of justice for that county. He is reported as present at the first quarter sessions in 1813. War records of 1812 show that Frederick Barfield and James Barfield enlisted the same day. See the Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 30, 1928. Also the note under Mary Whitfield (5). 8. He is said to have been the largest landowner in New Hanover Co., NC (James Sprunt, Chronicles of the Cape Fear River, 68.). Page 179 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOURTH GENERATION Page 180 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 100) WILLIAM GREEN BRYAN (Green, William, Hardy) William Green Bryan was born in 1807 and lived in Craven County, NC He married in 1830 Sarah Ann King. He died in 1888. Children: 1. William Green Bryan: m. Elizabeth Gooding. 2. Elizabeth King Bryan. 3. Anne Blackledge Bryan; m. Richard Berry. (BH 200) 4. Edward King Bryan. (BH 201) 5. Harriet N. Bryan; m. N. T. Gooding. (BH 202) 8. Laura Bryan; to. William Bryan Lane (BH 203). 7. Sarah King Bryan. 8. George Whitfield Bryan; m. Julia A. Conrad. 9. Susan Waples Bryan. 10. Julia Frances Bryan. 11. Benjamin King Bryan. 12. Varinia Moore Bryan 13. Green Bryan; m. Eliza Benjamin Bishop. (BH 101) JOHN T. LANE John T. Lane married Julia Harris. Children: (BH 208) 1. William Bryan Lane; m. Laura Bryan (BH 202). Possibly others. (BH 102) EDWARD WADSWORTH The Rev. Edward Wadsworth lived in Greensboro, Ala. He married (1) Anne E. Felton and (2) Mary Winifred Sledge (BH 217). Children:2 1. Edward Wadsworth. 2. Elizabeth Wadsworth. 3. Eleanor Wadsworth. Page 181 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 104) AUGUSTINE FOSCUE Augustine Foscue married Mehetable Hatch (H 113). Children: (BH 204) 1. Mary Alice Foseue; b. 1838, d. 1889 in Marengo County, Ala. She married in 1865 Bryan W. Whitfield (260 . Children under their father. (BH 105) MARY BRYAN (James, Hardy, Hardy) Mary Bryan was born June 5, 1798. She married Charles Bailey. She died Feb. 23, 1878. Children:3 (BH 205) 1. Henry L. Bailey. 2. Lucy Catherine Bailey; b. 1820, d. unmd. in 1887. (BH 206) 3. James Edmund Bailey. 4. Charles William Bailey; b. 1826, m. (1) Virginia Carney and (2) Mrs. L. B. Henry (nee Barkie). No issue. 5. David Bailey; b. 1829, d. 1830. (DE 207) 8. Charles D. Bailey. (BH 106) WILLIE BLOUNT BRYAN (James, Hardy, Hardy) Willie Blount Bryan was born Jan. 27, 1814. He married Nov. 23, 1837, Mary Williamson Bailey. Children: 1. Lucinda Brown Bryan; b. Aug. 28, 1888. (BH 107) MARGARET JANE BRYAN (James, Hardy, Hardy) Margaret Jane Bryan was born July 20, 1822. She married Nov. 15, 1842, Nathaniel Barksdale Read.4 Children: 1. Edmund Randolph Read. Page 182 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 108) CHARLES BAILEY BRYAN (James, Hardy, Hardy) Charles Bailey Bryan was born May 22, 1832, in Robertson County Tenn. He married May 5, 1875, Anne Elizabeth Semmes, born May 27, 1847, Mobile, Ala., the daughter of Anne Elizabeth Spencer and Admiral Raphael Semmes. Charles Bailey Bryan died in 1911. Mrs. Bryan lived in Memphis, Tenn. Children:5 (BH 208) 1. Raphael Semmes Bryan. 2. Charles Middleton Bryan: b. Jan. 16, 1879, Memphis, Tenn.; m. (1) Oct. 18, 1905, Bessie Smyth and (2) Sept. 15, 1915, Lydia Thomas. (BH 109) HARDY BRYAN CROOM Hardy Bryan Croom (1798-1837) married Frances Smith, daughter of Col. Nathan Smith, of New Bern, NC They lived in Lenoir County, NC Hardy Bryan Croom received his A. B. degree from the University of North Carolina in 1817 and his A. M. three years later. He read law with William Gaston of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. He was a state senator for Lenoir County in 1828. He, his wife, and daughters perished on the ship Home when it was lost in a storm off Cape Hatteras Oct. 9, 1837. They were on their way from New York to Charleston, S. C.6 Children: 1. _____ Croom. 2. _____ Croom. Page 183 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 111) RICHARD CROOM Richard Croom (1805-Feb. 2, 1859) married in 1830 Winifred Bryan Whitfield, the daughter of Bryan Whitfield (14). Episcopalians living in Sumter Co., Ala. Children:7 (BH 209) 1. Winifred Bryan Croom. 2. Nicholas Pavolich Croom; b. 1833, d. 1866 unmd. (BH 210) 3. Ming Whitfield Croom; b. July 31, 1836, d. June 20.1867; m. Nov. 2, 1858, Richard Allen Whitfield (270). Children under father. (BH 211) 4. Bryan Croom. (BH 212) 5. Susan Matilda Croom; b. 1841; m. James George Whitfield (274). Children under father. 6. Janna Richard Croom; b. Aug. 5, 1848, d. June 28, 1849. (BH 114) SALLIE BONNER BRYAN (John, Nathan, Hardy) Sallie Bonner Bryan was the first wife of Joshua Moseley. Children: 1. Bee: Moseley. 2. Elizabeth Moseley. 3. Algernon L. Moseley. 4. Winifred Moseley. (BH 115) NANCY PENELOPE BRYAN (John, Nathan, Hardy) Nancy Penelope Bryan (1811-1872) married in 1831 Henry Roberts (1800 Jones Co., NC,-1854). He was a captain during the Mexican War. They lived in Goldsboro, NC Children: 1. Rachel Bryan Roberts; 1841, d. 1909. 2. John Roberts. 3. James Roberts. 4. Nathan Roberts. Page 184 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 117) NANCY LANE BRYAN (Needham, Nathan, Hardy) Nancy Lane Bryan was born Aug. 28, 1820. On Oct. 4, 1838, she married John Simpson Thompson. He was born Dec. 2, 1804. He died June 7, 1860. Nancy died in 1900. either in February, or as one suggests, on July 17. Children: 1. William McMeans Thompson; b. Oct. 4, 1839. He was killed in battle in northern Arkansas in 1881 while in the Con- federate Army. 2. Needham Bryan Thompson; b. Dec. 8, 1841, d. Jan. 17, 1862, in Richmond, Va. The data suggests the possibility that he was in the army and died as a result of war service. 3. Elizabeth Jane Thompson; b. 1843, d. 1854. (BH 218) 4. Samuel Alexander Thompson. (BH 214) 5. John Simpson Thompson. (BH 215) 6. Nancy Lane Thompson. 7. Anna Meyers Thompson; b. 1856, d. 1857. 8. Mary Susan Thompson; b. 1859, d. 1860. (BH 118) LEVIN BRYAN (Needham, Nathan, Hardy) Levin Bryan was born in 1821. He married _____ Whitfield. Children: 1. Susan Bryan. (BH 119) ANDREW JACKSON BRYAN (Needham, Nathan, Hardy) Andrew Jackson Bryan was born May 4, 1829. He married Sarah Whitfield.8 Children: 1. Levin Lane Bryan; b. 1862. 2. Mary Elizabeth Bryan; b. 1864. 3. Nathan Whitfield Bryan; b. 1866. 4. Margaret Michael Bryan; b. 1868. Page 185 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 120) WINIFRED BRYAN LANE Winifred Bryan Lane was born in 1800. She married Alexander Sledge, the son of Archibald Sledge, of New Bern, NC Winifred died in 1847. Alexander Sledge was born in 1789 in Craven County, NC He studied medicine in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1822 Dr. Sledge moved to Alabama to take up his practice. He was one of the founders of La Grange College, Alabama and endowed a scholarship in Southern University, Greensboro, Ala. Methodist. Children: 1. Levin Alexander Sledge; m. (1) Elizabeth Foscue and (2) Martha Strudwick. 2. Ann Maria Sledge. (BH 218) 3. Margaret Jane ledge. (BH 217) 4. Mary Winifred Sledge; b. 1830 ca; m. Edward Wadsworth (BH 213) 5. Julia Sledge. (BH 219) 6. Susan Arabella Sledge. (BH 220) 7. Alexander Sledge. (BH 221) 8. James Nathan ledge. (BH 121) LEVIN BRYAN LANE Levin Bryan Lane was born about 1801.10 In January, 1826, he married Jane Kornegay, the daughter of Robert Kornegay, of Trenton, N. C.11 They lived at Spring Hill, Marengo County, Ala. Here he was buried. Children: (BH 222) 1. Winifred A. Lane. (BH 228) 2. Sarah Lane. 3. Levin Bryan Lane; was killed at the first Battle of Manassas, Va., July 21, 1861. C. S. A. (BH 122) NANCY LANE Nancy Lane married12 John Southerland. Children: 1. Quinn Southerland. 2. Levin Southerland. 3. John Southerland. Page 186 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 123) MARY LANE Mary Lane married _____ Williams. Children: 1. Nathan L. Williams. (BH 124) LEAH MARGARET LANE Leah Margaret Lane married Major Littlebury Mauldin. After her death her husband married Julia Sledge (BH 218). Children: 1. Alexander Mauldin. (BH 125) SARAH MARGARET BRYAN (James, Nathan, Hardy) Sarah Margaret Bryan married Dr. Joseph Borden. Children: 1. Thomas Borden. 2. Mary Hester Borden. (BH 126) BETSY BRYAN (Lewis, Isaac, Hardy) Betsy Bryan married William H. Huggins. Children: 1. Frank Huggins. (BH 127) NANCY BRYAN (Lewis, Isaac, Hardy) Nancy Bryan married Duval Lewis. Children: 1. Shackelford Lewis. Page 187 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. MacKenzie, G. N., Colonial Families, vol. 1., p. 64. 2. By first wife only. For further information concerning the Rev. Wadsworth see the Semi-Centennial History Of Southern University (now Birmingham Southern.) 3. MS., data from Bryan and Bailey Bible in possession, 1929, of Judge Jennings Bryan Bailey, Washington, D. C. The sister of Charles Bailey was the second wife of James H. Bryan (BH 22) 4. See House, The Beads and their Relatives p. 293, for further data. 5. Semmes, The Semmes and Allied Families 80: A. C. A. G., III, 98: Who's Who in Tennessee, 1911, p. 286. 8. Wheeler, II, p. 224. 7. MS., Records of N. B. Whitfield (272). 8. It may well be that this Sarah was the daughter of John Whitfield (128). This daughter we are told married Andrew Jackson Bryant. Considering the looseness in spelling in that period, it may be that Andrew Jackson Bryant and Andrew Jackson Bryan are the same. 9. Mrs. Belle Peterson Sledge Inge (BH 307) to E. M. W. See also the D. A. R. Lineage Book, 1900. vol. 32, p. 854. 10. Census Records, Alabama, Marengo Co., 1860, gave his age as 49, (p. 166). 11. "At Trenton, on Thursday evening last by Durant Hatch, Jr., Dr. Levin B. Lane to Jane, daughter of the late Robert Kornegay." (Carolina Sentinel, New Bern, NC, Saturday, Jan. 14, 1826.) 12. Mrs. Belle Peterson Sledge Inge ABE 807) in 1930 had portraits of Nancy and Winifred Bryan ne (BH 120). Page 188 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FIFTH GENERATION Page 189 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 200) EDWARD KING BRYAN (William, Green, William, Hardy) Edward King Bryan (1836-1916) served in the 1st, 2nd., and 81st. North Carolina regiments in the Confederate States Army between 1861 and ’66. He married, 1859, Mary Moore, of Kinston, NC She was the daughter of John Adam and Susan (Carmoron) Moore. Children:1 (BH 300) 1. Florence Bryan. 2. Edward King Bryan. 3. William P. Moore Bryan. 4. Mary Cecilia Bryan. (BH 205) HENRY L. BAILEY Henry L. Bailey was born Aug. 29, 1818. On March 22, 1843, he married Wilmoth H. Boyd. Henry died Feb. 16, 1848. Children: (BH 301) 1. Charles H. Bailey. (BH 206) JAMES EDMUND BAILEY James Edmund Bailey was born Aug. 15, 1822. He married Nov. 7, 1849, Elizabeth Lusk. Children:2 1. Robert Bailey; d. in childhood. 2. Lizzie Bailey; d. in childhood. 3. Matilda Bailey; m. H. E. Merritt. 4. Charles Bailey; d. in childhood. 5. James E. Bailey. 6. Alfred Robb Bailey. 7. William Bailey. 8. Thomas Jennings Bailey. Page 190 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 207) CHARLES D. BAILEY Charles D. Bailey was born April 6, 1836. On May 21, 1879, he married Mary W. Dye. Children:3 1. Henry L. Bailey; b. Au . 8, 1880. 2. Lucy C. Bailey; b. Marci: 30, 1882. 3. Charles William Bailey; b. April 19, 1884. 4. _____ Bailey; b. Feb. 2, 1888, d. in infancy. 6. Augusta Gabriella Bailey; b. Oct. 20, 1887. (BH 208) RAPHAEL SEMMES BRYAN (Charles, James, Hardy, Hardy) Raphael Semmes Bryan was born Feb. 3, 1877, in Memphis, Tenn. On Nov. 8, 1900. he married Georgia Scott. Children: 1. Frances Scott Bryan; b. Sept. 10, 1902. 2. Anne Bryan; b. in February, 1904. (BH 209) WINIFRED BRYAN CROOM Winifred Bryan Croom was born June 28, 1831. She married George W. Sappington, of Virginia. Winifred died Oct. 12, 1866, but her husband survived her fifty years. He died in Little Rock, Ark, in 1906. Children: 1. Richard Bryan Sappington; b. in 1851. (BH 211) BRYAN CROOM Bryan Croom was born Jan. 10, 1839. He married A. F. M. Marshall. Bryan died in November, 1863. His widow subsequently married W. B. Greer. Children: 1. Richard Bryan Croom; b. Dec. 80, 1861. Page 191 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 213) SAMUEL ALEXANDER THOMPSON Samuel A. Thompson was born June 14, 1846. He married Aug. 26, 1877, Anna Clay Pilcher. Children: 1. Samuel I. Thompson. 2. Ida Thompson; m. Edmund Lee Hawks. (BH 214) JOHN SIMPSON THOMPSON John Simpson Thompson was born June 20, 1847. On Dec. 27, 1881, he married Sue Moore. She was born July 19, 1862. He died Dec. 19, 1919. Children: (BH 802) 1. Nona Thompson. (BH 808) 2. Marguerite Vaughan Thompson. 3. Sue Moore Thompson; b. May 11, 1887, d. May 11, 1888. (BR 304) 4. Needham Bryan Thompson. 5. Corinne Collier Thompson; b. May 24, 1892: m. Aug. 16, 1927, Joseph L. McCarthy, sometime judge of the Municipal Court, Chicago. (BH 805) 6. Bailey Moore Thompson. 7. Walker Thompson; b. Dec. 2, 1898. 8. Mary Hunter Thompson; b. April 19, 1901; m. Aug. 21, 1922, Charles Wilkins. 9. John Sharp Thompson; b. Aug. 9, 1906. 10. Wyatt Temple Thompson; b. April 5, 1909. Page 192 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 215) NANCY LANE THOMPSON Nancy Lane Thompson was born Aug. 7, 1850, at Old Spring Hill, Marengo County, Ala. On June 29, 1876, she married William Henry Long, of Uniontown, Ala. She died May 27, 1910, at Decatur, Ala. William Henry, or Hal, Long was born June 19, 1841. He enlisted in Co. "D" _____ Canebrake Rifles _____ 4th Alabama Infantry, C. S. A., and was wounded in battle. A substitute was secured in his place, but recovering his strength William Henry Long enlisted in the 7th Alabama Cavalry. He fought in the Battle of Franklin, Tenn., Nov. 30, 1864. For the remainder of the struggle he served under Gen. Bedford Forest. He died Aug. 18, 1918. Presbyterians. Res, Decatur, Ala. Children: (BH 306) 1. William Henry Long. 2. Needham Thompson Long; b. Jan. 29, 1879, Uniontown, Ala., d. June 3, 1879. 3. Nannie Thompson Long; b. Jan. 2, 1881, Uniontown, Ala., d. unmd. March 29, 1910, Decatur, Ala. 4. Coleman Thompson Long; b. Aug. 26, 1882, d. unmd. Jan. 2, 1909, Decatur, Ala. 5. Maggie Mae Richardson Long: b. May 1, 1886, Faunsdale, Ala. She lived, in 1929, in Birmingham, Ala. She died unmarried Aug. 12, 1948.4 6. Daniel Thompson Long; b. Aug. 6, 1887, d. July 8, 1888, Faunsdale, Ala. 7. Louis Sherrill Long; b. Aug. 2, 1892, Decatur, Ala. Died June 17, 1893, Decatur, Ala. (BH 216) MARGARET JANE SLEDGE Margaret Jane Sledge was born Nov. 22, 1829. She married in 1861 Francis Marion Peterson (1821, Pickens Co., Ala. _____ 1898, Greensboro, Ala). He was the son of Margaret Cox and James Jesse Peterson. Francis Marion Peterson was a student of the University of Pennsylvania in 1846 and a graduate in medicine in 1869 of the University of New York. 1886 found him president of the Alabama Medical Association. For a time he was a trustee and later president of the board of trustees of Southern University, Greensboro, Ala., and a personal contributor to its financial needs.5 Children: 1. Mary Winifred Peterson; d. in infancy. (BH 307) 2. Belle Sledge Peterson. (BH 308) 3. Margaret ledge Peterson. (BH 309) 4. Mary Wadsworth Peterson. Page 193 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 218) JULIA SLEDGE Julia Sledge was the second wife of Major Littlebury Mauldin. His first wife was Leah Margaret Lane (BH 124). Children: 1. J. A. Mauldin. (BH 219) SUSAN ARABELLA SLEDGE Susan Arabella Sledge married David J. Castleman. Children: 1. Nathan Lane Castleman; m. Lucy Cobbs.6 The had a daughter Winifred who married "Walter Steele Black.” (BR 220) ALEXANDER SLEDGE Alexander Sledge was born Feb. 3, 1835, at Old Spring Hill, Marengo County, Ala. After living here for thirty years he moved to a large plantation near Greensboro, Ala. Here he lived until his death May 19, 1916. During the Civil War Alexander Sledge served in the Canebrake Rifles, Co. "D", 4th Alabama Volunteers, C. S. A.7 Alexander Sledge married Dec. 24, 1865, Octavia Lucinda le May. She was born March 8, 1845, in Raleigh, NC, the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Eliza P. (Sledge) le May. Octavia attended the Greensboro Female College, NC and was valedictorian of her class, May 15, 1862. She died Oct. 14, 1914, in Greensboro, Ala. Episcopalians. Children: (BH 310) 1. Mary Winifred Sledge. (BH 311) 2. Alexander Sledge. 3. Julia Fidelia Sledge; b. 1869; m. 1904 Rufus Coonse Jones. She was a member of the D. A. R., and the U. D. C. She kindly contributed material concerning herself and her kinsmen. In 1980 she was living in Old Spring Hill, Marengo Co., Ala. Episcopalian. They had a son Alexander who died in infancy. 4. Leonidas Bryan Sledge, b. 1871, d. 1922; m. (1) Ethel Erwin and (2) Mary Campbell Jones He had a son named for him who in 1922 was a student in Auburn Polytechnic, Auburn, Ala. 5. Victoria le May Sledge; m. Robert E. Williams and had Victoria Sledge Williams. She married James W. Coleman. (BH 812) 6. Levin Lane Sledge. 7. Le May Sledge; m. Effie Grable. (BH 818) 8. Octavia le May Sledge. (BH 814) 9. Margaret Alexandria Sledge. Page 194 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 221) JAMES NATHAN SLEDGE James Nathan Sledge was born June 8, 1843. He married (1) on Dec. 2, 1868, at the home of A. T. Mial in Wake County, NC, Julia Fidelia le May, and (2) in Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 15, 1886, Martha Benners. Julia was born about 1847 and died about 1884. James Nathan Sledge served in the 4th Alabama Infantry, C. S. A. Later he was a member of the 15th Alabama Cavalry. He lived in Greensboro, Ala. Children:8 1. Levin Alexander Sledge; b. Ari? 25, 1869, d. Aug. 29, 1869. 2. Francis Peterson Sledge; b. ay 10, 1871. 3. James le May Sledge; b. June 28, 1874, d. Oct. 15, 1875. 4. Fidelia le May Sledge; twin to James. 5. _____ Sledge; b. and d. July 29, 1875. 6. James Lane Sledge; b. Jul 24, 1877, d. June 6, 1878. 7. Thomas Alexander Sledge; b. Dec. 27, 1878, d. June 20, 1928. (BH 315) 8. William Garland Sledge. 9. Edward Wadsworth Sledge; b. Feb. 14, 1883. 10. James Nathan Sledge; b. Aug. 13, 1884. 11. Hattie Lee Sledge; Nov. 25, 1887. 12. Henry Norwood Sledge; b. Apr. 28, 1889. 13. Joseph Walter Sledge; b. Jan. 8, 1895. (BH 222) WINIFRED A. LANE Winifred A. Lane married about 1862 John H. Lee, of Choctaw County, Ala. Res. Marion, Ala. Children: 1. Fannie Lane Lee; Baton Rouge, La. (BH 818) 2. Levin Lane Lee. 3. Sallie Lane Lee; m. Maj. J. G. Lee D. A. R. no. 24,487. (BE 817) 4. Nathan Lane Lee. (BH 223) SARAH LANE Sarah Lane married the Rev. B. A. Connella. Children: 1. Julia Connella. Page 195 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. MacKenzie, Colonial Families, vol. 1, p. 54. 2. MS., Bryan and Bailey Bible. 3. MS., Bryan and Bailey Bible. 4. William H. Long (BH 306) to T. M. W., Oct. 6, 1948. 5. History of Southern University has a portrait of Francis Marion Peterson. See also Owen, IV, 1349. Francis Marion Peterson's first wife was Amanda Fitzalan Shivers. Of her was born the Rev. Francis Marion Peterson, sometime president at Alabama College for Women, Montevallo, Ala., 1899-1907. 6. Lucy Cobbs was a descendant of Bishop Cobbs, of the Episcopal Church. (Owen, III, 360). 7. Mrs. Julia Fidelia Sledge Jones to E. M. W. 8. Marshall. Page 196 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II SIXTH GENERATION Page 197 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 300) FLORENCE BRYAN (Edward, William, Green, William, Hardy) Florence Bryan was born in 1860. She married James Welling Waters, of New Bern, NC Children: 1. Mary Louise Waters; Res., 1928, New Bern, NC (BH 301) CHARLES H. BAILEY Charles H. Bailey married (1) Alice McKoin, (2) Jennie S. MacRae. Children:1 1. _____ Bailey; died in infancy. Second marriage. 2. A. Robb Bailey. 3. Charles H. Bailey. 4. Stewart Bailey. 5. Alice Bailey. (BH 302) NONA THOMPSON Nona Thompson was born Oct. 30, 1882. On June 28, 1910, she married Dr. Isaac Newton McCollum. He was born March 8, 1867. Nona joined the Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of 1812, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She lived in Conway, Ark. Children: 1. Mary Rebecca McCollum; b. Sept. 10, 1911. 2. Sue Moore McCollum; b. April 1, 1919. (BH 303) MARGUERITE VAUGHAN THOMPSON Marguerite Vaughan Thompson was born Oct. 21, 1884. She married (1) on May 4, 1905, Joseph Edward George (1875-1910) and (2) Charles E. Palowetski, an artist of New York. Children: 1. Corinne George; b. Aug. 17, 1906. 2. James Scales George: to. March 21, 1909. 3. Joseph Edward George; b. March 21, 1909, d. Sept. 8, 1910. Page 198 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 304) NEEDHAM BRYAN THOMPSON Needham Bryan Thompson was born Jan. 3, 1890. He married Feb. 16, 1912, Harriette Vorhes. She was born Sept. 12, 1890. Children: 1. Sue Elizabeth Thompson; b. Au . 28, 1913. 2. Needham Bryan Thompson; b. July 21, 1915. 3. Philip Aaron Thompson; b. Aug. 28, 1920. 4. James Wesley Thompson; b. Aug. 11, 1926. (BH 305) BAILEY MOORE THOMPSON Bailey Moore Thompson was born June 2, 1895. He married Aug. 21, 1917, Claudia Lynch. She was born Dec. 6, 1896. Children: 1. Julia Thompson; b. Feb. 20, 1920. 2. Bailey Moore Thompson; b. Oct. 11, 1921. (B11 306) WILLIAM HENRY LONG William Henry Long was born April 15, 1877, in Dallas County, Ala. On Nov. 17, 1927, he married in Richmond, Va., Sarah Lapsley Liston. She was born Oct. 6, 1900. the daughter of the Rev. Robert Todd Liston. William Henry Long was a lawyer and a member of the state legislature, representing Morgan County, Ala., 1907-11. On May 11, 1917, he entered officers training school at Fort McPherson, Ga. By Aug. 4, 1917, he had attained the rank of captain and the end of the war found him a major. He is currently, 1949, judge of Morgan County Court, Decatur, Ala. Presbyterians. Res., 1949, Decatur, Ala.2 Children: 1. William H. Long; b. Sept. 20, 1928; veteran of World War II 2. Robert Liston Long; b. Nov. 2, 1930. 3. Needham Lapaley Long; b. Sept. 21, 1982, in Decatur, Ala. Page 199 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 307) BELLE SLEDGE PETERSON Belle Sledge Peterson was born April 2, 1863, in Greensboro, Ala. She married in 1883 Dr. Harry Tutwiler Inge. He was born in 1861 the son of William Bullock and Elizabeth Brock (Herndon) Inge. Belle Sledge Peterson was graduated second in a class of sixty in Wesleyan Female College, Macon, Ga. She was greatly interested in community projects and had a part in organizing in Mobile the following clubs: Shakespeare, Century, As you Like It, Chopin Music, Forum, Robert E. Lee Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Mothers' Army and Navy League, and the Needham Bryan Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was among the earliest of the Colonial Dames in her state and served as state president of the United Daughters of 1812. She was interested in the history of her family and kindly contributed material for this record. She was an Episcopalian and lived in Mobile, Ala.3 Children: 1. Francis Marion Inga. 2. Harry T. Inge. 3. Walter Herndon Inge. 4. Richard Inge. 5. William Bullock Inge. (BH 308) MARGARET SLEDGE PETERSON Margaret Sledge Peterson was born May 11, 1868. She married Nov. 12, 1889, Phares Coleman, the son of Augustus Aurelius and Amanda Malvina (Phares) Coleman.4 Margaret S. P. Coleman was a member and regent of the Daughters of The American Revolution, a member of The United Daughters of 1812, and of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She was president of the Alabama Federation of Women’s Clubs, 1909-11. She was a Methodist and lived in Birmingham, Ala. Children: 1. Phares Coleman. 2. Elizabeth Coleman. 3. Margaret Coleman. 4. Marion Malvina Coleman. 6. Francis P. Coleman. Page 200 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BR 309) MARY WADSWORTH PETERSON Mary Wadsworth Peterson married Frederick Pride Jones, of Greensboro, Ala. She lived in Birmingham, Ala., and was buried in Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Ala.9 D. A. R., no. 47,474. Episcopalian. Res. 1949, Birmingham, Ala. Children: 1. Margaret Frances Jones; d. in infancy. 2. Margaret Peterson Jones; m. Robert H. Bowron, of Birmingham. They had a son Robert H. Bowron. 3. Frederick Pride Jones; m. Margaret Fearn and had Mary Pride and Margaret Erwin Jones. Res., 1929, Birmingham. (BH 310) MARY WINIFRED SLEDGE Mary Winifred Sledge was born Sept. 18, 1866. She married Feb. 7, 1895, Charles Lefevre Stickney. She was a graduate of Judson College, Marion, Ala. Episcopalian. Res., Seattle, Wash. Children: 1. Charles Lefevre Stickney. 2. Monro Banister Stickney. (BH 311) ALEXANDER SLEDGE Alexander Sledge was born in Greensboro, Ala., June 1, 1868. He married April 23, 1902, Zemula Cresswell Webb. Alexander attended Vanderbilt University. He died June 30, 1928. Zemula Cresswell Webb was born Sept. 4, 1877, in Greensboro, Ala., the daughter of James Edward and Zemula (Cresswell) Webb. Episcopalians. Children: 1. Alexander Sledge. 2. Robert Baugh ledge. 3. James Edward Webb Sledge. 4. Levin Lee Sledge. 5. Matthew Webb Sledge. Page 201 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 312) LEVIN LANE SLEDGE Levin Lane Sledge was born in 1876. He lived in the house of his father and grandfather at Old Spring Hill, Marengo County, Ala. It was built in 1830 and housed the three generations of planters. On April 30, 1919, he married in St. Michael's Episcopal Church, Farmsdale, Ala., Lucy Melville Harris (b. 1884), daughter of Richard Norfleet Harris. Episcopalians. Res., Greensboro, Ala. Children: 1. Octavia Melville Sledge; b. 1920. 2. Levin Lane Sled ; b. 1923. 3. Richard Harris glidge; b. 1929. (BH 313) OCTAVIA LE MAY SLEDGE Octavia le May Sledge was born Sept. 25 1879. She married Feb. 17, 1916, William Withers Poellnitz. He was a great grandson of Gen. Charles Augustus Poellnitz, a general banished by Napoleon. Octavia was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Episcopalians. Res., Greensboro, Ala. Children: 1. Octavia L. Poellnitz; d. in infancy. 2. Mary Le Verte Poellnitz; b. Sept. 3, 1920. (BH 314) MARGARET ALEXANDER SLEDGE Margaret Alexander Sledge was born June 6, 1881. On April 11, 1911. in Greensboro, she married Chancey L. Kelly. Chancey L. Kelly was born Jan. 1, 1882, the son of Thomas Adams and Amelia (Hart) Kelly. He was a graduate of the University of Alabama, mayor of Linden, Ala., and judge in one of the courts in Demopolis, Ala. Res., Linden, Ala. Children: 1. Octavia L. Kelly; b. Feb. 6, 1912. 2. Chancey Lane Kelly; b. Oct. 28, 1914. Page 202 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BH 316) WILLIAM GARLAND SLEDGE William Garland Sledge married June 11, 1919, his cousin Fannie Jessamine Lee. Res. Greensboro, Ala. Children: 1. Frances Lovett Sledge; b. Dec. 3, 1920. Marion. Ala. 2. Martha Benners Sledge; b. March 3, 1922, Greensboro, Ala. 3. Winnie Lee Sledge; b. June 9, 1924, Greensboro, Ala. (BH 316) LEVIN LANE LEE Levin Lane Lee married Belle Lovett, of Gonzales, Tex. He died about 1913 in Marion, Ala., where he made his home. Children:6 1. John Holmes Lee; b. March 7, 1886: m. Au . 19, 1915, Charlotte Whitfield Parks. She (b. 1890) was the daughter of Lyman Lewis and Lizzie Pratt (Manly) Parks, of Kentucky. Res., 1927, Hamburg, Ala. They had Levin Lane Charlotte Elizabeth, John Holmes, Winifred Louise, and Sarah Lane Lee. 2. Fannie Jessamine Lee, b. 1898; m. William Garland Sledge (BH 316). Children under father. 3. Winnie Belle Lee. (BH 317) NATHAN LANE LEE Nathan Lane Lee was born Feb. 24, 1865, in Marion, Ala. He married (1) about 1902, Louise McCarty and (2) June 14, 1917, Mary Orr, of Camp Hill, Ala. Res., Demopolis, Ala. Children: 1. Louis Douglas Lee; d. young. Second marriage. 2. Mary Lone go; b. May 28, 1924. Page 203 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. MS., Bryan and Bailey Bible. 2. William H. Long (BH 306) to E. M. W., 1928; the same to James Williams Marshall, Oct. 8, 1938; the same to T. M. w. June 28, 1946. 3. For further information see Blue Book of Ala., 1929. 4. Augustus Aurelius Coleman lived in Greensboro and Birmingham, Ala. He was colonel of the 4th Alabama Infantry, C. S. A. Phares Coleman was a graduate of Southern University, 1882. See Who’s Who in The South, 1927; Birmingham and Its Environs, II, 286-88; Owen, III, 375; Notable Men of Alabama, I, 53; and Blue Book of Alabama. 5. Owen, Hist. of Alabama, III, 924. 6. Order of children uncertain. Page 204 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II PART III - DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD BRYAN AND CHRISTIANNA COUNCIL Page 205 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FIRST AND SECOND GENERATIONS Page 206 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 1) EDWARD BRYAN Edward Bryan the progenitor of this line according to the chart prepared by Charles Shepard Bryan (BE 424) was born in London in 1663, the second son of Josiah Bryan, a London banker and merchant.1 Edward Bryan left England and settled in Virginia about 1690 possibly in Nansemond and Isle of Wight Counties. Before long he married Christian, Christiana, or Christianna, Council. Her father was Hodges Council, a man of wide acres,2 at least a part of which was located in that area called Beaver Dam Swamp, and shown on present day maps in that portion of Isle of Wight County, three miles northeast of the present town of Franklin, Southampton County, Va.3 Possibly as early as 1700 Edward Bryan had moved to Adams Creek in North Carolina. By 1714 he had come into possession of property in Chowan Precinct, NC, for in this year he drew a deed4 to convey a tract on the west side of Chowan River _____ "part of a Patent to Thomas Mann, joining upon land of widow Barnes" _____ to John Bryan. The latter was possibly the son of Edward. Edward Bryan died in Craven County about 1739.5 His widow followed not long after, for a deed in 1744 records the reservation of a bit of land "ten feet square" where "Edward and his wife are buried."6 Christianna Council was the daughter of Hodges Council and Lucy Hardy, or Hardee. The last was the daughter of John Hardy, or Hardee. Children:7 (BE 2) 1. William Bryan. (BE 3) 2. John Bryan. (BE 4) 3. Lewis Bryan. 4. Hardy Council (?) Bryan. (BE 2) WILLIAM BRYAN (Edward) William Bryan lived in Craven County, NC About 1733 or ’34 he married in Pasquotank County, NC,8 Anne (Delamar) Stoakley. William died in Craven County in 1746.9 Children: (BE 10) 1. William Bryan. (BE 11) 2. Elizabeth Bryan. 3. Lewis Bryan. (BE 12) 4. John Bryan. 5. Anne Bryan. (BE 13) 6. Jesse Bryan. Page 207 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. If interested in the progenitors of Josiah Bryan, see Appendix, Item B-4. 2. In a deed of Dec. 26, 1723, John Bryant arranged to transfer to James Bryant "in consideration of the Sum of sixty Barrall of good merchantable Tarr … two hundred Acres of Land Lying … in the County of Isle of Wight [,] being part of a tract of Land Containing Nine hundred forty and one Acres, formerly granted to Rodgers Councel the elder ... and by him the said Hodges Councill the elder given by will to his Daughter Christian Bryant the Wife of Edward Bryant to her and the heirs of her body . . . on the Southside of the said Hodgers Councill former dwelling plantation." (Isle of Wight, Great Book, 618, 619 MS.) On Nov. 19, 1736, Walter Bryant of Isle of Wight conveyed to his brother Samuel Bryant part of a patent "bearing date Anno Domini 1677 which was formerly granted to Mr. Hodges Council, Ser., for nine hundred and forty one acres of land ... given by the said Hodges Council Ser. by his last Will to his Daughter Christian the wife of Edward Bryan ... the Said Land was conveyed by John Bryant son a Heir of the aforesaid Christian Bryant to one James Bryant and this James Bryant to me Walter Bryant." (Isle of Wight, Deed Book. no. 5, pp. 65, 66. MS) On Nov. 20, 1737, Hardy Council of Newport Parish conveyed to Walter Bryant of the same parish "with the consent of Susanah my wife" 100 acres of land lying in a 2380 acre tract earlier patented to Hardy Council. (Deed Book, no. 5, pp. 170, 171. MS.). 3. See U. S. topographical map of the Holland Quadrangle. 4. N. C. H. & G. R. II, 186, 284. 5. At the March County Court. 1739, Craven County, the widow of Edward Bryan presented an inventory of his estate. (Craven County Minute Book, NC Archives and History, Raleigh, NC). 6. In March, 1744, John Bryan (BE 3) sold to Lewis Bryan (BE 4) "130 acres part of a grant to John Bryan in 1739 on the East side of Goose Creek, edge of Pocosin to Owens Branch." (Deed Book, no. 3, p. 58. MS.). 7. Names, order, and number uncertain. 8. Anne (De La Mere) Stoakley was born the daughter of Francis Delamar and Ann Mayo, and was the widow of Joseph Stoakley. She was, we believe, the mother of three children at the time of er marriage to William Bryan. Her will dated Oct. 25, 1767, and probated March 9, 1773, Craven County, mentions her sons William, John, and Jesse Bryan; her daughters Mary (Stokeley) Cook and Elizabeth Dawson; grandson Joseph Stockley and John Dawson. (Grimes, Abstract, 52; N. C. & G. R. I, 175.). Anne's names were variously spelled: DeLamar, Delamere, and Stoakeley, in addition to the forms given in this note and at the head of this sketch. Page 208 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II 9. The will of William Bryan, dated Dec. 12, 1746, and probated in June 1747, Craven County. mentions his wife Anne and the six children listed above. (Grimes, Abstract 58; N. C. & G. R., II, 28). Mrs. Jesse S. Claypoole (BE 504) kindly assisted in the preparation of the material above. Page 209 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II THIRD GENERATIONS Page 210 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 10) WILLIAM BRYAN (William, Edward) William Bryan married Anne Dawson. He was killed at the Battle of Alamance, NC, May 16, 1771. Children:1 1. Asa Bryan; d. in 1781 without issue. (BE 11) ELIZABETH BRYAN (William, Edward) Elizabeth Bryan was born March 6, 1736/36. She married Francis Dawson. Children: 1. John Dawson. (BE 12) JOHN BRYAN (William, Edward) John Bryan married Elizabeth Oliver, the daughter of John and Mary (Shine) Oliver. John Bryan was a captain in the North Carolina militia and was killed at his home by the Tories March 12, 1782. His heirs were granted 640 acres of land because of their father’s service in the militia. Elizabeth (Oliver) Bryan died after 1796. Children: (BE 100) 1. James Bryan. (BE 101) 2. William Bryan; m. Olivia Croom (BH 108). 3. John Bryan; d. 1796, unmd. 4. Lewis Bryan; d. 1797, unmd. 5. Joseph Bryan; d. before 1784. 6. Mary Bryan; m. April 24, 1784, James Carney. 7. Anne Bryan; m. (1) James Jasper and (2) Lemuel Batch. 8. Elizabeth Bryan; d. unmd. Page 211 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 13) JESSE BRYAN (William, Edward) Jesse Bryan (Jan 3, 1744-Jan. 15, 1794) married Mary Carney. Children:3 (BE 102) 1. Carney John Bryan. (BE 108) 2. Jesse B. Bryan. (BE 104) 3. Anne Bryan. (BH 105) 4. Elizabeth Bryan. (BE 106) 5. Sidney Carney Bryan. 6. Clarissa C. Bryan; d. 1819; m. John Goods. Page 212 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. Mrs. Claypoole (BE 504) believed that while there were more children, Asa was the only son. His mother survived his father. 2. The will of John Bryan was probated in March, 1782, Craven County, NC In it are mentioned Elizabeth, his wife, the children above, John Emory and Francis Dawson as executors. (Claypoole, MSS.). See also the Roster of Soldiers from North Carolina in The American Revolution published by the D. A. R., 30, 289. 3. N. C. & G. R., II, 557 ff. Page 213 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOURTH GENERATION Page 214 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 100) JAMES BRYAN (John, William, Edward) James Bryan was born March 13, 1769, in Craven County, NC He married1 Rachel Heritage, or Herritage (86) in September, 1797. James Bryan was engaged in the merchandise business in New Bern, NC He operated his own ships to the West Indies and points along the American coast. His store stood on Pollock Street opposite the Episcopal Church and his home, located at 606 Pollock Street, remains in the hands of his descendants to this day. James Bryan died Jan. 25, 1806, and was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in New Bern. Children:2 (BE 200) 1. John Herritage Bryan. (BE 201) 2. James West Bryan. 3. Elizabeth Bryan; d. in infancy. (BE 102) CARNEY JOHN BRYAN (Jesse, William, Edward) Carney John Bryan lived in Craven County, NC He married Nov. 1, 1810, Elizabeth Garrett. He died March 27, 1826, and was buried on Maule's Point, in the fork of Nevill's and Jack’s Creek. Children:3 1. Jesse Garrett Bryan; b. Jan. 14, 1814, d. Oct. 10, 1884; m. April 27, 1841, Fannie Havens. He was a doctor. 2. William Trippe Bryan; b. Feb. 18, 1817; m. (1) 1848, Margaret Iradell Tredwell; (2) 1864 Jane Moore Tredwell; (3) April 28, 1856, Elizabeth Mutter Tredwell daughters of James I. Tredwell and Mary Bonner Blount. William Trippe Bryan was a doctor. Page 215 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 103) JESSE B. BRYAN (Jesse, William, Edward) Jesse B. Bryan married Mrs. Elizabeth (Garrett) Bryan, Dec. 21, 1826, widow of his brother, Carney John Bryan. Jesse B. Bryan died March 16, 1832. Children:4 1. Joseph Bonner Bryan; b. Jan. 19, 1828, d. Oct. 1, 1898; m. (1) July 7, 1863, Ann Bryan Bonner and (2) Nov. 26, 1868, Clarissa G. I. Bonner. He was a lieutenant in Latham's Light Artillery, C. S. A. 2. Sidney Carney Ravenscroft Bryan; b. Feb. 18, 1880; m. Jonathan Havens. (BE 104) ANNE BRYAN (Jesse, William, Edward) Anne Bryan was born Feb. 12, 1773. She married William Trippe. She died Sept. 2, 1808. Children:5 1. Jane Blanchard Trippe; m. George Lane; d. Aug. 28, 1888. 2. Sidney Maria Carney Trippe; b. Dec. 21, 1799; m. Major Clarke Archbell. 3. Clarissa G. I. Trippe; d. in 1877; m. July 81, 1828, John Young Bonner. (BE 105) ELIZABETH BRYAN (Jesse, William, Edward) Elizabeth Bryan was born March 22, 1781. She married (1) Capt. Thomas Smith and (2) in 1816 John Young Bonner. It is possible that Elizabeth (Bryan) Smith died March 20, 1823. Children:6 1. _____ Smith; d. in infancy. 2. Samuel Bryan Smith. 3. Charles William Bonner. 4. Joseph Henry Bonner. 5. John Bryan Bonner. Page 216 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 106) SIDNEY CARNEY BRYAN (Jesse, William, Edward) Sidney Carney Bryan married (1) March 27, 1800 Charles Delzell Crawford and (2) Capt. William Vines. Charles was the son of Capt. Charles Crawford of the Continental Line. Children:7 1. Charles Washington Crawford. 2. Sallie Ann Crawford. 3. Caroline B. Crawford. 4. Thomas Respass Crawford. 5. Sidney Bryan Crawford. 6. Sidney Delzell Crawford. Page 217 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. The marriage bond is dated Sept. 17, 1797. (Book A, 162, the Courthouse at New Bern, MS.). More of Rachel Heritage may be found in the Whitfield book. The spelling of old names poses a difficult problem. In original records variations were wide and common, witness the spelling of Hodges Council in footnotes 2, p. 157. The preference of descendants, some for one form and some for another, only makes the problem worse. Herritage is a case in point. In at least two instances descendants have shown a preference for Heritage. On the other hand John Herritage Bryan (BE 200), Henry Ravenscroft Bryan (BE 307) and Shepard Bryan (BE 417) preferred and used the longer form. We shall therefore use Heritage when treating the descendants of James Bryan (BE 100). 2. Claypoole MSS., Marshall. 3. N. C. & G. II, 557. 4. Ibid., II, 405, 557. 5. Ibid., II, 557. 6. Ibid., II, 557. 7. Ibid., II, 557. Page 218 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FIFTH GENERATION Page 219 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 200) JOHN HERRITAGE BRYAN (James, John, William, Edward) John Herritage Bryan was born Nov. 4, 1798, in New Bern. NC He married Dec. 20, 1821, in New Bern Mary Williams Shepard. John Herritage Bryan was a graduate of the University of North Carolina in 1815. Five years later he was awarded the M. A. degree. Already he had turned to the study of law and was ready to begin practice when he attained his majority. In 1823 he was elected to the North Carolina senate. While on a vacation in the North the following year, John Herritage Bryan won election to the state senate and the House of Representatives on the same day, and this despite the fact that his opponent for the Washington assignment was no less a person than Richard Dobbs Speight. Congressman Bryan was the youngest member of the 1825-29 sessions. He declined re- election to Congress and refused to permit his friends to seek for him a place on the highest court of his state. In 1826 upon the occasion of the death of Thomas Jefferson, John Herritage Bryan delivered in New Bern an oration that so caught the fancy of the editor of the New Bern Spectator that he caused the speech to be printed on fine silk and presented to the speaker. In his practice of law he achieved great success and wide reputation. John Herritage Bryan was devoted to the University of North Carolina. For more than forty years he was a trustee. Eight sons were graduated by the University, the first in 1842 and the last in 1864. Following his death a tablet was erected in his memory in Memorial Hall and in 1941 Bryan Hall was named in his honor. John Herritage Bryan moved to Raleigh, NC, in 1838. He died May 19, 1870. He was buried in Raleigh, N. C.1 Mary Williams Shepard was born Jan. 2, 1801, in New Bern, NC, the daughter of William Shepard2 and Mary Williams Blount. She died July 13, 1881, in Raleigh, NC Children: (BE 300) 1. Francis Theodore Bryan. 2. Mary Shepard Bryan; b. 1824, New Bern, NC; d. 1895; m. Edwin G. Speight. They lived in Raleigh, NC (BE 301) 3. John Herritage Bryan. (BE 302) 4. William Shepard Bryan. (BE 308) 5. James Pettigrew Bryan. (BE 804) 6. Elizabeth Herritage Bryan. (BE 305) 7. Charles Shepard Bryan. (BE 308) 8. Octavia Maria Bryan. (BE 307) 9. Henry Ravenscroft Bryan. 10. Isabel Ann Bryan; b. 1837, d. 1919; m. A. P. Bryan. (BE 308) 11. Charlotte Emily Bryan. 12. George Pettigrew Bryan; b. 1841, Raleigh, NC He was captain of Company "C". 19th NC Cavalry, C. S. A., at the time of his death in Charles City County, Va., Aug. 16, (BE 309) 13. Ann Shepard Bryan. 14. Frederick Richard Bryan; b. 1848, d. 1883. Page 220 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 201) JAMES WEST BRYAN (James, John, William, Edward) James West Bryan was born in 1805. On Jan. 19, 1831, he married at New Bern, NC, Ann Mary Washington, daughter of John Washington, of Lenoir County, NC James West Bryan was a graduate of the University of North Carolina in the class of 1824. From 1835-56 he served as a trustee for his alma mater. In 1835-36 he represented Carteret and Jones Counties in the state senate.3 He practiced law in and about New Bern until his removal to Baltimore, Md., where he won an enviable reputation at the bar. He died in Baltimore in 1864. Children: 1. John Bryan. (BE 310) 2. Laura Ann Washington Bryan. (BE 311) 3. James Augustus Bryan. 4. Henry Bryan. (BE 812) 5. Washington Bryan. Page 221 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. Material for this sketch was found in Three Generations of Bryan Barristers, prepared by R. C. Lawrence. A Sketch of John H. Bryan, by his son William Shepard Bryan (BE 302), a statement prepared by Henry Ravenscroft Bryan (BE 307), and the Claypoole MSS. 2. William Shepard was born in Carteret Co., NC He died in 1818. He was the son of Jacob Shepard. William Shepard was a man of large property and energy. Beside a steam sawmill located near New Bern on Lawson's Creek, and real estate in and around New Bern, he was principle owner of the privateer Snap Dragon. This vessel under the command of Otway Burns was quite successful in taking prizes from the British during the War of 1812. William Shepard was buried) at Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, NC. William Shepard and Mary Williams Blount were married May 12, 1794. (Statement prepared by Henry Ravenscroft Bryan (BE 307) and submitted by Shepard Bryan (BE 417) to T. M. W.). 3. Wheeler, II, 77. For further study concerning James W. Bryan see: Raleigh Star, Feb. 8, 1831; The Confederate Veteran for 1923: and Makers of America, II, 535, 538. Page 222 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II SIXTH GENERATION Page 223 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 300) FRANCIS THEODORE BRYAN (John, James, John, William, Edward) Francis Theodore Bryan was born in 1823. He married Edmonia Taylor. Francis Theodore Bryan was an honor graduate of the University of North Carolina in 1842. Three years later he received his MA. This was followed by study in the United States Military Academy at West Point. Here he was graduated 6th in his class. Lieutenant Bryan served during the Mexican War and was cited for gallantry during the Battle of Buena Vista, Feb. 22-23, 1847.1 In approval of his conduct the legislature of North Carolina gave him a jeweled sword. He was wounded in this battle. He attained the rank of captain and resigned from the army before the Civil War. He made his home in St. Louis, Mo. Children: (BE 400) 1. Francis Theodore Bryan. (BE 401) 2. John Herritage Bryan. (BE 402) 3. P. Taylor Bryan. 4. Shepard Bryan. (BH 403) 5. William Christy Bryan. Page 224 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 301) JOHN HERRITAGE BRYAN (John, James, John, William, Edward) John Herritage Bryan was born in 1826 in New Bern, NC On Nov. 24, 1858, he married2 Margaret Henderson Outlaw, the daughter of William. T. M. and Margaret (Henderson) Outlaw, of Raleigh, NC John Herritage Bryan was a graduate of the University of North Carolina in 1844. Three years later he received his MA. degree. He was from time to time a teacher, bank teller, and lawyer. Following the Civil War he moved to Brazil and settled in Campinas in the state of Sao Paulo. Later he moved to Sao Paulo city where he was professor of languages in an English-speaking college. He died in Brazil. Children:3 (BE 404) 1. Sarah Williams Bryan. 2. Mary Shepard Bryan; b. May 11, 1862, Burlington, NC 3. George Pettigrew Bryan; b. 1864, d. 1866. 4. William Henderson Bryan; b. Dec. 18, 1866, Raleigh, NC, d. Jan. 20, 1892, Rio Claro, Brazil. No issue. 5. John Herritage Bryan; b. Sept. 17, 1869, Petropolis, Brazil, d. Sept. 16, 1888, Henderson, NC; bu. Raleigh, NC 6. Victorine Souto Bryan; b. 1872, Petropolis, Brazil, d. 1877, Campinas, Brazil. (BE 406) 7. Margaret Isabella Bryan. 8. Mary Speight Bryan; b. 1877, Campinas, Brazil; living unmd. in 1930 in Raleigh, NC 9. Frederick Outlaw Bryan; b. 1879, Campinas, Brazil, d. 1898, Raleigh, NC 10. Henry Shepard Bryan; b. 1882, Campinas, Brazil, d. 1892, Rio Claro, Brazil. Page 225 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 302) WILLIAM SHEPARD BRYAN (John, James, John, William, Edward) William Shepard Bryan was born Nov. 20, 1827, in New Bern, NC On Oct. 1, or 4, 1867, he married at Easton, Md., Elizabeth Edmondson Hayward, the daughter of William H. Hayward, of Talbot County, Md. William Shepard was a graduate of the University of North Carolina. In 1850 his alma mater conferred upon him the Master of Arts degree. He took up the practice of law in Baltimore, Md., achieved success in this field, and accepted a seat on the Court of Appeals. He held this post until moving to the Maryland Superior Court. He made his home in Baltimore. Here he died Dec. 9, 1906.4 Children:5 1. William Shepard Bryan; b. Dec. 13, 1869, d. April 3, 1914. He was a graduate of the University of Virginia, 1880: a member of the Maryland bar in 1882, a member of the legal staff of the city of Baltimore, 1892, and Attorney General of Maryland, 1903-07. Unmd. (BE 406) 2. Elizabeth Hayward Bryan. (BE 407) 3. George Pettigrew Bryan. 4. Carryl Harper Bryan; m. Cornelia Rathbone Boykin in Baltimore, Md., Dec. 23, 1879. She was the daughter of Dr. Henry Boykin, of Green Spring Valley, Md. Res. 1929, Annapolis, Md. No issue.6 (BE 303) JAMES PETTIGREW BRYAN (John, James, John, William, Edward) James Pettigrew Bryan (July 21, 1829-1887) married Oct. 3. 1860, Mary Simpson Biddle, of Craven County, NC He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina, A.B., 1849. He received his doctor's degree and took up the practice of medicine. He died in Kinston, NC Children: (BE 408) 1. Laura Williams Bryan. 2. Helen Constance Bryan; d. 1938, m. (1) _____ Moore, (2) T. L. Williamson. She lived in New York City. Page 226 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 304) ELIZABETH HERRITAGE BRYAN (John, James, John, William, Edward) Elizabeth Herritage Bryan was born Jan. 15, 1831. On April 15, 1857, she married in Raleigh, NC,7 Kenelin, or Kenlm, Harrison Lewis, of Edgecombe, County, NC He was born in 1816. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina. For a time he practiced law in Rocky Mount, NC He died in 1866. Elizabeth died Nov. 20, 1914, and was buried in Raleigh, NC Children: 1. John Bryan Lewis; b. April 15, 1858, Raleigh, NC He was a student of law in the University of North Carolina and later a proof reader for the News and Observer. Raleigh. NC Res., Raleigh, NC 2. Anna Lewis. (BE 305) CHARLES SHEPARD BRYAN (John, James, John, William, Edward) Charles Shepard Bryan (Sept. 28, 1832-March 8, 1896)8 was born in New Bern, NC On Nov. 25, 1862, he married Mildred Wear (b. Cooper Co., Mo., 1843). He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina, A.B., 1852. After practicing law and keeping store in Petersburg, Va., and Greenfield, Mo., he moved to Cooper County in 1863. Besides getting married in this county he took on duties as superintendent of schools, 1870; collector, 1873; and recorder of deeds, 1886. During 1874-75 and 1878-79 he served in the legislature of his adopted state.9 He was an Episcopalian, his wife a Methodist. He lived in Cassville, Mo. Children: 1. Mary Bryan; b. 1864, d. 1889; m. Dr. Alexander S. Hawkins. No issue. 2. William Wear Bryan. See Appendix, Item B_____7. 3. Sarah Y. Bryan; b. 1869, d. 1925. (BE 306) OCTAVIA MARIA BRYAN (John, James, John, William, Edward) Octavia Maria Bryan (b. April 18, 1834) married Capt. John Cox Winder and lived in Raleigh, NC Immediately following the fall of Ft. Sumter in April, 1861 Governor John W. Ellis of North Carolina sent Capt. Winder to prepare defenses for Fort Fisher protecting Wilmington. Fort Fisher was not taken until Jan. 15, 1865. After the war Captain Winder became President of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad. For a while he was the adjutant-general of his state.10 Children: (BE 409) 1. Mary Winder; m. Washington Bryan (BE 312). Children under father. (BE 410) 2. Caroline Anne Winder. (BE 411) 3. John Henry Winder. (BE 412) 4. Gertrude Amelia Winder. (BE 413) 5. Octavia Bryan Winder. Page 227 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 307) HENRY RAVENSCROFT BRYAN (John, James, John, William, Edward) Henry Ravenscroft Bryan was born March 8, 1836, at the family homestead in New Bern, NC On Nov. 24, 1859, he married in New Bern Mary Biddle Norcott.11 Henry Ravenscroft Bryan was an honor graduate of the University of North Carolina in 1856 at which time he received his A. B. degree. He delivered the Latin Salutatory in the commencement exercises. Shortly he opened his law office in New Bern, and began a career marked by success and devotion to the common good. In time he was counsel for the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company, city attorney for New Bern, and in 1890 a member of the Superior Court of North Carolina. This position he held until 1907 when he resigned because of advancing age. He was sometime mayor of New Bern, a director of the North Carolina penitentiary. And in 1880 a Democratic presidential elector. In 1860 he bought the old Speight plantation stretching from the Trent to the Neuse Rivers above New Bern. Like his father, Henry Ravenscroft Bryan was devoted to his alma mater and served her long years as a trustee. Appreciative of his devotion the University placed in his honor a tablet in Memorial Hall. Because of an incurable physical disability Henry Ravenscroft Bryan was unable to serve in the Confederate Army. But during the black days of Reconstruction and Republican and Negro corruption Henry Ravenscroft Bryan found ample opportunity to serve his neighbors, who upon occasion found themselves in the prisoner's dock charged with complicity in the affairs of the Ku Klux Klan. As counsel for the defense he was a tower of strength, though not without risk to his property and person. Henry Ravenscroft was for fifty years a vestryman of Christ Episcopal Church in New Bern, NC. Henry Ravenscroft Bryan died Feb. 14, 1919. In recognition of his character and services the legislature adopted a resolution of respect and tribute. Mary Biddle Norcott was born March 11, 1841, in Greenville, NC. the daughter of John and Sarah Frances (Biddle) Norcott.12 She was the author of Echoes From The Past and A Grandmother's Recollections of Dixie. Page 228 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II Children:13 1. John Norcott Bryan; b. 1860, d. 1862, at Greensboro, NC (BE 414) 2. Sarah Frances Bryan. 3. Frederick Charles Bryan; b. May 3, 1864; d. about 1941; m. Letitia Allis Williams, of Syracuse, N. Y. He was associated with the Virginia and Carolina Railroad Company, the Seaboard Air Line Railroad Company, the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company, and the Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co. He adopted a child he named Frederick Charles Bryan. Episcopalians. Res., Milwaukee, Wis. (BE 416) 4. Mary Norcott Bryan. (BH 416) 5. Henry Ravenscroft Bryan. (BE 417) 6. Shepard Bryan. 7. Isabel Bryan ; b. 1873, d. in infancy. (BE 418) 8. Kate Bryan. 9. Margaret Shepard Bryan; b. Dec. 1, 1876. 10. Edwin Speight Bryan; b. 1877, d. in infancy. 11. Isabel Constance Bryan; b. May 10, 1879; m. on Nov. 16, 1906, Edwin Henry Jordon (1870-1942). She was living in 1980 in Raleigh, NC Page 229 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 308) CHARLOTTE EMILY BRYAN (John James, John, William, Edward) Charlotte Emily Bryan was born Jan. 27, 1846. On Sept. 15, 1863, she married Bryan Grimes.14 She died Dec. 11, 1920. Bryan Grimes was a member of the graduating class of the University of North Carolina in 1848. In 1861 he was a member of the convention which chose secession and cast the lot of North Carolina with the Confederacy. Shortly Bryan Grimes was appointed lieutenant colonel of the 4th North Carolina Infantry. He attained the rank of major general and was among that pitifully small number of general officers with Lee at Appomattox. He was conspicuous in his devoted service at Yorktown, Williamsburg, Seven Pines. Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and the Wilderness. His report on the retreat from Petersburg to Appomattox was published in Moore’s History of North Carolina. He claimed for his weary companions in Cox's Brigade, Grimes Division, the honor of firing the last volly at Appomattox, April 9, 1866. After the war Gen. Grimes devoted himself to the cultivation of Grimesland, Pitt County, NC He was devoted to the University of North Carolina and served as a trustee from 1877 until the year of his death. A dormitory at the University bears his name and in the Philanthropic Society Hall his portrait may be seen. On Aug. 14, 1880, Bryan Grimes was murdered by a hired assassin. The latter was killed at Washington, NC, by the outraged populace.15 Children:16 1. Bryan Grimes; b. 1864, d. 1884. 2. Alston Grimes; b. 1866, d. 1914; m. Anna M. Lawrence. (BE 419) 3. John Bryan Grimes. (BE 420) 4. Charlotte Bryan Grimes. 5. Mary Bryan Grimes; b. 1871; m. (1) Feb. 20, 1895, Elmer E. Smith, of Tenn.; (2) June 1906, James Gordon Hackett, of North Carolina. The first husband died in 1896. No issue. She was living in 1929 in North Wilkesboro, NC 6. Susan Penelope Grimes; b. 1872, d. 1920 in Raleigh. She m. Oct. 28, 1903, William S. Skinner, of Oxford, NC. She lived in Beaufort Co., NC and was buried in Grimesland, Pitt Co., NC. 7. William Dempsey Grimes; b. 1876. 8. George Frederick Grimes; b. 1877, d. 1880. (BE 421) 9. Junius Daniel Grimes. (BE 422) 10. Theodora Bryan Grimes. Page 230 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 309) ANN SHEPARD BRYAN (John, James, John, William, Edward) Ann, or Anne, Shepard Bryan was born in 1843. She married Andrew P. Syme. She was his second wife.17 She lived in Raleigh, NC She died on July 6, 1926. Children: 1. Andrew Syme; b. in Raleigh, NC, Dec. 28, 1874; m. Mary Bryan, of Chatham County, NC 2. George F. Syme. 3. William Anderson Syme. 4. John Bryan Syme. (BE 310) LAURA ANN WASHINGTON BRYAN (James, James, John, William, Edward) Laura Ann Washington Bryan married January 6, 1859, Dr. James Bettnor Hughes (1833- 1890) . He was the son of Eliza A. McLin and Dr. Isaac Wayne Hughes. Laura B. Hughes and her husband lived in New Bern, NC After Laura’s death in 1868 the widower married Eliza Washington Knox. Children:18 (BE 423) 1. Anita Bryan Hughes. 2. Isaac Wayne Hughes. 3. James Bryan Hughes. 4. Corinne Hughes. 5. Laura Bryan Hughes. 6. Nicholas Collin Hughes. Page 231 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 311) JAMES AUGUSTUS BRYAN (James, James, John, William, Edward) James Augustus Bryan was born Sept. 13, 1839, in New Bern, NC He married (1) Mary Speight Shepard, of New Bern, and (2) Julia Rush Olmstead, and (3) Mrs. Alice Brown Biddle. He died Jan. 30, 1923. James Augustus Bryan served in the Confederate army and attained the rank of colonel. He was a planter, but also served as president of the First National Bank, New Bern, from 1880 until his death. He assisted in rescuing Craven County from Negro rule during the dark days of Reconstruction. In 1889 he was elected to the state senate. Later he was president of the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad Company.19 He was an Episcopalian. Mary Speight Shepard was born March 18, 1843, the daughter of Charles Biddle and Mary Speight (Donnell) Shepard. Mary Speight Shepard died in 1892. Julia Rush Olmstead was born in 1843. She died in 1915. Children: (BE 424) 1. Charles Shepard Bryan. (BE 312) WASHINGTON BRYAN (James, James, John, William, Edward) Washington Bryan was born about 1847. He married in Raleigh, NC, Mary Winder (BE 409). He was living in 1923 in New York. Episcopalians. Children: 1. Octavia Winder Bryan; d. about 12 years of age. 2. Anne Washington Bryan; d. in infancy. 3. Mary Winder Bryan; m. Feb. 8, 1905, the Rev. Francis Moore Osborne, of the Episcopal Church. No issue. 4. James West Bryan; m. Hazel Pickering. They lived in Raleigh, NC (BE 426) 5. John Winder Bryan. Page 232 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. Wheeler, II, 121. 2. North Carolina Standard, Raleigh, Nov. 27, 1858. 3. Claypoole and Marshall MSS. 4. For further study concerning William Shepard Bryan, see American Blue Book of Biog. for 1916: Who's Who in America, vol. 7; Gen & Mem. Encyclopedia of Maryland, 293-96. His portrait hangs on the walls of the University of North Carolina. 5. Mrs. Abner Marshall Lowman assisted with material for the children. She gives Oct. 4, 1867, for the wedding of William Shepard Bryan. 6. The Sunday Star, Washington, D. C., Dec. 1, 1929,3art III, p. 12, mentions Carryl Bryan as "of Wardour". See also N. C. H. & G. R. 7. North Carolina Semi-Weekly Standard, Raleigh, NC, April 18, 1857. 8. Mrs. Rowland Corey to Mrs. Jesse S. Claypoole (BE 504), Sept. 1948. The dates for the death and marriage of Charles Shepard Bryan are taken from her letter. Earlier records suggested March 8, 1895, for his death and 1363 for his marriage. 9. History of Barry Co., Mo., p. 1017. 10. Ashe, History of NC, II, 599, 935, 1090: Sprunt, Chronicles of the Cape Fear, 281, 308: photograph in the first. See also Confederate records of NC 11. North Carolina Semi-Weekly Standard, Raleigh, Nov. 30, 1859. 12. After the death of John Norcott his widow married Snead B. Carraway. See note 48, p. 108 of Whitfield Bryan Smith, Book One. She died May 21. 1925. at New Bern, NC In the preparation of the accounts of Henry Ravenscroft Bryan we have had the assistance of Mrs. Jesse S. Claypoole (BE 504) and Shepard Bryan (BE 417); the latter sent articles prepared by R. C. Lawrence and Henry Ravenscroft Bryan. 13. Sarah Frances Bryan was born at Company Shops (now Burlington), NC All born after Frederick Charles Bryan and living to their majority were born in New Bern, NC 14. Bryan Grimes was born Nov. 2, 1828, the son of Bryan and Nancy (Grist) Grimes. He married (1) in 1851, Elizabeth Hilliard Davis by whom he had a daughter, Elizabeth Davis Grimes. She married Samuel F. Mordecai (S 664). 15. Ashe, Hist. of NC, II, 283, 565, 722, 820 989, 990: Ashe, Biog. Hist. of NC, VI, 249: Peele, Lives of Distinguished. North Carolinian, 495-528: Confederate Military History, IV, 298, 314. Portraits of Charlotte Emily (Bryan) Grimes were preserved in the home of her children, Junius Daniel Grimes and Charlotte Bryan Grimes. Page 233 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II 16. Marshall. 17. See Rouse, The Reads And Their Relatives, 111. 18. Osborne, Kate 3., Andrew Robeson, 686, 669. 19. Makers of America, II, 535, 538: Confederate Veteran for 1923. Page 234 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II SEVENTH GENERATION Page 235 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 400) FRANCIS THEODORE BRYAN (Francis, John, James, John, William, Edward) Francis Theodore Bryan married Frances Wickham. Children: 1. Frances Wickham Bryan; m. Bruce Seddon and had Bruce Seddon. Possibly others. 2. Frank Bryan; m. Marie Benoist. Issue. (BE 401) JOHN HERRITAGE BRYAN (Francis, John, James, John, William, Edward) John Herritage Bryan was born Dec. 25. 1858. He died June 13, 1894. He married in November, 1890, Susan Virginia Turner. She was born July 1, 1867. She died Feb. 27. 1913. Following the death of her husband, Susan Bryan married in June, 1902, Charles Minnigerode. She caused the surname of her children to be changed to Minnigerode. Children: 1. Julia Hunt Bryan [Minnigerode]: b. Aug. 2, 1891. 2. Mary Shepard Bryan [Minnigerode]: b. Oct. 8, 1892. (BE 500) 3. John Herritage Bryan [Minnigerode]. (BE 402) P. TAYLOR BRYAN (Francis, John, James, John, William, Edward) P. Taylor Bryan (b. Oct. 30, 1861) married June 26, 1889, Katherine Clark, of Montgomery City, Mo. He was a graduate of Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., in 1882. Two years later he received his LL. B. from Princeton University. He was a corporation lawyer and lived in St. Louis, Mo.1 Episcopalians. Children: 1. P. Taylor Bryan. 2. George Bryan. 3. Francis T. Bryan. 4. Henry C. Bryan; twin to Edmonia. 5. Edmonia Bryan; m. Bishop Henry Hobson, of the Episcopal Church. Page 236 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 403) WILLIAM CHRISTY BRYAN (Francis, John, James, John, William, Edward) William Christy Bryan (b. April 6, 1868) married in St. Louis, Mo., June 3, 1896, Mary Walker White. He was a graduate of Princeton University in 1891. Episcopalians.2 Res., St. Louis, Mo. Children: 1. William Christy Bryan. (BE 404) SARAH WILLIAMS BRYAN (John, John, James, John, William, Edward) Sarah Williams Bryan was born Nov. 25, 1859. She married July 16, 1876, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Frederic Clinton Lewis, of England. She died in Sao Simao, Brazil, Sept. 15, 1885. Children: 1. Ethel Clinton Lewis; b. June 4, 1885, Sac Simao, Brazil; d. Nov. 20, 1906, Raleigh, NC (BE 405) MARGARET ISABELLA BRYAN (John, John, James, John, William, Edward) Margaret Isabella Bryan was born Jan. 10, 1874, in Petropolis, Brazil. She married in Raleigh, NC, Aug. 17, 1898, Charles Pearson. He was the son of Capt. C. W. Pearson, of Saluda, NC Children: 1. Alden Bryan Pearson; b. Aug. 18, 1899, Raleigh, NC; m. in 1926, Ida Sylvester. They had a son, Alden Bryan Pearson. Res., 1929, Greensboro, NC 2. Charles Pearson; b. Oct. 2, 1901, Raleigh, NC; m. in 1928, Lettie Nichols. 3. Lilian Dagama Pearson; b. Sept. 20, 1905; Raleigh, NC; m. in 1928, Hugh Penn Brinton. Both were students in the University of NC, in 1929. Page 237 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 406) ELIZABETH HAYWARD BRYAN (William, John, James, John, William, Edward) Elizabeth Hayward Bryan was born Sept. 20, 1862. She married June 1, 1892, Dr. Dennis Claude, of Annapolis, Md., the son of Abram Claude. Children:3 1. Elizabeth Harwood Claude; b. June 22, 1893. 2. Margaret Hayward Claude; b. Oct. 15, 1894; m. Roger J. Manned, the son of Leon Mermod. 3. William Shepard Bryan Claude; b. Jan. 24, 1896; he was drowned Nov. 2, 1924. (BE 407) GEORGE PETTIGREW BRYAN (William, John, James, John, William, Edward) George Pettigrew Bryan was born Sept. 7, 1865. On Nov. 26, 1892, he married Camilla Tyler. She was the daughter of Edwin S. and Camilla (Treadwell) Tyler. George Pettigrew Bryan died May 30, 1914. Children:4 l. Camilla Elizabeth Bryan. See Appendix, Item B_5. 2. Louise Tyler Bryan. See Appendix, Item B_5. (BE 408) LAURA WILLIAMS BRYAN (James, John, James, John, William, Edward) Laura Williams Bryan married William Joseph Griswold. She lived in Durham, NC She died in 1924. Children: 1. William Shepard Griswold; b. March 21, 1892. Durham, NC First Lieut., U. S. A., 1917-1918; Episcopalian. 2. James Bryan Griswold; b. Sept. 27, 1896, Durham, NC; m. Nov. 15, 1923, Eleanor Erwin. Episcopalian. Residence 1927, Durham, NC 3. Mary Bryan Griswold; m. (1) Frank P. Smith (2) Capt. Clare Woodward, U. S. Army. Res., 1927, Durham, NC Child by 1st marriage, (1) William Griswold Smith. Page 238 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 410) CAROLINE ANNE WINDER Caroline Anne Winder married Oct. 16, 1883, Dr. Francis Wade Hughes. He was born Sept. 9, 1856, New Bern, NC,5 the son of Dr. Isaac Wayne and Anne M. (Smallwood) Hughes. Caroline and her husband lived in New Bern, NC Children: (BE 510) 1. Octavia Winder Hughes. 2. Ann S. Hughes; b. 1887. 3. Isaac Wayne Hughes; b. 1889. New Bern, NC; m. in 1915 Blanche E. McMurray. He was a lieutenant in the U. S. Arm; and served overseas during World War I. 4. Mary Winder Hughes; b. 1890; m. in 1917 William Montford Boylan. 6. John Winder Hughes; b. 1892, New Bern. m. in 1921 Nelson Walsh. He was a captain in the 316th Field Artillery, 81st Division, during World War I. Episcopalian. Res., Wilmington, NC 6. James Bettner Hughes; b. 1893; m. Ann Taliaferro, of Charlotte, NC. 7. Caroline Frances Hughes; b. 1896; m. in 1916 John Haywood Jones. Res., New Bern, NC (BE 411) JOHN HENRY WINDER John Henry Winder married (1) Florence Perkins Tucker and (2) Virginia Spotswood. He lived in Columbus, Ohio,6| and died about 1938. Florence Perkins Tucker was born July 22, 1862, the daughter of Rufus Sylvester and Florence E. (Perkins) Tucker. She died May 3, 1916, and was buried at Raleigh, NC Children: 1. John Cox Winder. 2. William Seyden Winder. 3. Florence Winder. (BH 412) GERTRUDE AMELIA WINDER Gertrude Amelia Winder married William Ruffin Tucker and lived at Raleigh, NC It may be that her middle name was Aurelia rather than Amelia. William Ruffin Tucker was born March 1, 1866, the son of Rufus Sylvester and Florence E. (Perkins) Tucker.7 He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina in 1887.8 Children: 1. Rufus Tucker. 2. Marie D. Tucker. 3. Gertrude Winder Tucker. Page 239 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 413) OCTAVIA BRYAN WINDER Octavia Bryan Winder married (1) John Ludlow Skinner and (2) Joseph Boyland. She joined the Catholic Church and was living in 1928 in Baltimore, Md. John Ludlow Skinner was born Sept. 8, 1870, Nashville, Tenn., the son of Thomas Edward Skinner. Children: 1. John Skinner. 2. Josephine Boyland. (BE 414) SARAH FRANCES BRYAN (Henry, John, James, John, William, Edward) Sarah Frances Bryan was born March 29, 1862. She married Oct. 15, 1885, Major John Barrett Broadfoot, of Fayetteville, NC Mrs. Broadfoot was greatly interested in genealogy and collected data both in America and Britain. She is a member of the Colonial Dames of America and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Episcopalians. Res., 1949, New Bern, NC Children:9 (BE 502) 1. Mary Norcott Broadfoot. (BE 603) 2. William Gillies Broadfoot. (BE 504) 3. Frances Bryan Broadfoot. (BE 506) 4. Henry Bryan Broadfoot. Page 240 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 415) MARY NORCOTT BRYAN (Henry, John, James, John, William, Edward) Mary Norcott Bryan was born Jan. 20, 1867, in New Bern, NC She married June 21, 1898, Henry Adolphus London. He was born April 4, 1867, Pittsboro, NC, the son of William Lord and Caroline (Haughton) London. Episcopalians. Children:10 1. Mary Norcott London; b. 1895, d. 1919; m. Dec. 15, 1917, Edwin Cansler, Charlotte, NC 2. Henry Adolphus London; d. in infancy. 3. John Bryan London; b. 1903; attended the University of North Carolina. (BE 416) HENRY RAVENSCROFT BRYAN (Henry, John, James, John, William, Edward) Henry Ravenscroft Bryan was born Jan. 1, 1870, in New Bern, NC On June 23, 1909, he married Willie R. Law in Raleigh, NC He was a student in the University of North Carolina, 1886-87. Episcopalians. Children: 1. Elizabeth Poe Bryan; b. April 24, 1910; m. Lypton Thompson. (BE 417) SHEPARD BRYAN (Henry, John, James, John, William, Edward) Shepard Bryan was born Dec. 8, 1871, in New Bern, NC He married on Jan. 14, 1909, Florence King Jackson. Shepard Bryan attended the University of North Carolina and was president of the graduating class of 1891 at which time he received his A. B. degree. He studied law in the University and in 1893 moved to Atlanta and began his practice. In 1922 he was appointed judge of the superior court of Fulton County, Ga. After a time he retired from the bench and resumed his private practice. He is currently senior member of the firm of Bryan, Carter, and Ansley. In recognition of his character and services he was elected in 1915 president of the Atlanta Bar Association. He was sometime vice-president of the Georgia State Bar Association, and is currently a member of the American Bar Association, the Lawyer's Club of Atlanta, and the Association of Life Insurance Counsel. During World War I he served the Fulton County Council of Defense as part of its legal staff. Page 241 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II Shepard Bryan's interests extend beyond the law. In 1906 he delivered the Alumni Address at the Commencement and established the Henry R. Bryan Prize for the best thesis on insurance submitted by a member of the University law class. He became greatly interested in cooperative marketing programs and was general counsel of the Georgia Cotton Growers Co-operative Association. He is a member of the Atlanta, North Carolina, and Georgia Historical Societies. He has served on the executive committee of the alumni association of his alma mater. He is a member of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and a director of the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company, and chairman of the board of the DeKalb County Federal Savings and Loan Association.11 Florence King Jackson was born in Atlanta, Ga., the daughter of Henry and Sally (Cobb) Jackson and granddaughter of Generals Henry R. Jackson and Thomas R. R. Cobb, of the Confederate Army. Episcopalians. Res., 1949, Atlanta, Ga. Children: (BE 506) 1. Marion Cobb Bryan. (BE 507) 2. Florence Jackson Bryan. (BE 508) 3. Mary Norcott Bryan. (BE 418) KATE BRYAN (Henry, John, James, John, William, Edward) Kate Bryan was born May 2, 1874, in New Bern, NC She married April 5, 1899, Francis Stringer Duffy. He was born in Beaufort, NC They lived in New Bern, NC She died December, 1945.12 Children: (BE 509) 1. Henry Bryan Duffy. 2. Francis Stringer Duffy; b. Sept. 7, 1909, in New Bern, NC; m. Shirley Avery on June 5, 1941, in Greenville, NC. She was the daughter of Gordon and Harriet Avery. Page 242 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 419) JOHN BRYAN GRIMES John Bryan Grimes was born June 3, 1868. He married (1) on Nov. 14, 1894, Mary Octavia Laughinghouse and (2) on Feb. 3, 1904, in Greenville, NC, Elizabeth Forrest Laughinghouse. John Bryan Grimes attended the University of North Carolina, 1882- 85. In 1899 he was appointed to the State Board of Agriculture. Two years later he was appointed secretary of state for North Carolina, a post he continued to fill until 1923. From 1907-23 he was chairman of the Historical Commission and from 1909-23 he was a trustee of the University of North Carolina and a member of the executive committee much, if not all, of that period. He was elected a director-at- large of the tobacco growers association of his state, commander of the Sons of Confederate Veterans of North Carolina, and president of the North Carolina Society of Sons of the American Revolution. He was a member of the executive committee of the North Carolina Historical Society. He still found time to collect historical records, make notes, and publish Abstract of North Carolina Wills, and North Carolina. Wills and Inventories in 1910 and 1912 respectively. John Bryan Grimes died Jan. 11, 1923. His body was taken to Raleigh to lie in state while flags were flown at half mast.13 Mary Octavia and Elizabeth Forrest Laughinghouse were daughters of Joseph John and Eliza (O'Hagan) Laughinghouse. Elizabeth was born Oct. 2, 1881. Children: 1. Helen Eliza Grimes: b. July 28, 1896. Second marriage. 2. John Bryan Grimes; b. Dec. 3, 1906. 3. Charles O’Hagan Grimes; b. Dec. 19, 1907. 4. Alston Grimes. (BE 420) CHARLOTTE BRYAN GRIMES Charlotte Bryan Grimes (b. Oct. 26, 1869) married at Grimesland, Pitt County, NC, March 10, 1897, Alfred Williams. He was born June 20, 1867, at Hamilton, Ga., to John Thomas Williams and Sarah Outlaw. Res., Raleigh, NC Children: (BE 610) 1. Alfred Williams. 2. Bryan Grimes Williams; h. June 21, 1902; m. Feb. 28, 1928, Margaret O'Donnell. Res., Raleigh, NC 3. Charles Frederick Williams; b. 1907. Page 243 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 421) JUNIUS DANIEL GRIMES Junius Daniel Grimes was born Oct. 31, 1878, at Grimesland, Pitt County, NC In September. 1904, he married Ida Catherine Wharton. She was born Nov. 11, 1880, in Clemensville, NC, to Albert Conrad and Ann Eliza (Hill) Wharton. He received degrees from the University of North Carolina, 1899, and Georgetown University, 1902. He was a lawyer and lived at Washington, NC. Episcopalians. Children: 1. Bryan Grimes; b. 1905 at Washington, NC 2. Eliza Hill Grimes: b. 1907. 3. Charlotte Emily Grimes; b. 1909. 4. Junius Daniel Grimes; b. 1915. (BE 422) THEODORA BRYAN GRIMES Theodora Bryan Grimes married April 2, 1902, Wiley Croom Rodman. He was born May 28, 1879, Washington, NC, to William Blount Rodman and Camilla Croom. After studying at the University of North Carolina and the United States Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., he commanded the 113th Field Artillery of the United States Army in France 1917-19 with the rank of captain. Lawyer. Episcopalians. Res., Washington, NC Children:14 1. Theodora Grimes Rodman; b. Feb. 27, 1908. 2. Charlotte Bryan Rodman; b. May 12, 1904. 3. Wiley Croom Rodman; b. Sept. 18, 1907. 4. Grimes Rodman; d. in infancy. 5. Blount Rodman; b. Sept. 11, 1914. (BE 423) ANITA BRYAN HUGHES Anita Bryan Hughes was born Aug. 5, 1860. She married Oct. 22, 1882, Basil Manly. She was living in Norfolk, Va., in 1931. Children: 1. Laura Hughes Manly. 2. Matthias Evans Manly. 3. Basil Manly. Page 244 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 424) CHARLES SHEPARD BRYAN (James, James, James, John, William, Edward) Charles Shepard Bryan was born Nov. 16, 1865, in New York City. On Feb. 6, 1889, he married Annie Adams McWhorter15 He was a graduate of Princeton University in 1887 at which time he received the A. B. degree. He was a colonel in the United States Army. When World War I broke out he volunteered his services to the French government and served sixteen months with the French Army. He participated in the Battle of Verdun and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Croiz de Guerra with palm, and Military Cross of The Legion d'Honneur. He was a member of the Sulgrave Institute and the University Club of New York City in 1925. Col. Bryan has been greatly interested in genealogy and prepared the pedigree of Edward Bryan found in this volume. Res., 1949, Asheville, NC Children: 1. James Washington Bryan; b. 1889, d. 1892. (BE 511) 2. Gray McWhorter Bryan. (BE 512) 3. Mary Spaight Shepard Bryan. 4. Margaret Donnell Bryan; b. Aug. 19, 1896, New York (BE 426) JOHN WINDER BRYAN (Washington, James, James, John, William, Edward) John Winder Bryan was born Jan. 20, 1885, in Raleigh, NC He married (1) on Aug. 4, 1904, Laura Ann Wright in Corning, Ohio, and (2) on May 27, 1918, Rebecca Warren Norwood. John Winder Bryan became chief of police in Raleigh, NC, in 192716 Laura Ann Wright was the daughter of John Addison and Elizabeth (Martin) Wright, of Coming, Ohio. Laura died May 11, 1917. Rebecca Warren Norwood was born Dec. 30, 1890, near Raleigh the daughter of George Washington and Rebecca (Shaw) Norwood. Children: 1. Mary Washington Bryan; b.. July 26, 1906. 2. Octavia Elizabeth Bryan; b. Oct. 28, 1908. 3. John Winder Bryan; b. April 17, 1914. Page 245 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. Who's Who in Jurisprudence, 1925, p. 192. Mrs. Claypoole (BE 504) kindly furnished much of the material for the first four sketches in this chapter. 2. Who's Who in Jurisprudence, 1925, p. 192. 3. Mrs. Abner Marshall Lowman to T. M. W., Sept. 1948. 4. Mrs. Abner Marshall Lowman to T. M. W., Sept, 1948. 5. Robeson Genealogy, 588, 671. 6. Ashe, Biog. Hist. of NC, VII, 460: Claypoole MSS. 7. Ibid., VII, 460. 8. Alumni History of The Univ. of NC 9. All the children were born in Fayetteville, NC Sea A. C. of A. G., II. 345; Wetmore, Wetmore Family, 481. 10. Claypoole. 11. Who's Who in America, 1928-29, p. 392: Clark, History of Georgia Biography, II, 204. 12. Claypoole. 13. See The Confederate Veteran for 1923. 14. Ashe, History of NC, II, 1252. 15. Annie Adams McWhorter was born Oct. 20, 1866, Augusta, Ga., the daughter of George Gray McWhorter, of Augusta, Ga. 16. Claypoole MSS. Page 246 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II EIGHTH GENERATION Page 247 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 500) JOHN HERRITAGE BRYAN [MINNIGERODE] (John. Francis, John, James, John, William, Edward) John Herritage Bryan was born Nov. 26, 1894. As indicated elsewhere his mother following her second marriage caused the surname of her children to be changed to Minnigerode. He married (1) Mary Busey, (2) Dorothy Loane, of Baltimore, and (3) in April, 1946, Gladys, widow of Phillip Williams George. Children:1 1. John Herritage Bryan Minnigerode; b. Feb. 27, 1928. 2. Dorothy Loane Minnigerode; b. Sept. 21, 1931. (BE 501) OCTAVIA WINDER HUGHES Octavia Winder Hughes was born Aug. 6, 1884. On Dec. 14, 1907, she married William Dunn. He was born Aug. 31, 1882, at New Bern, NC, the son of John and Lucretia Roberts (Guion) Dunn. He was a graduate of the University of North Carolina in 1904 and a trustee in 1917. He was a lawyer. Episcopalians. Res., New Bern, N. C.1 Children: 1. William Dunn; b. April 4, 1909; m. Adele Gertrude Brunhoff on June 27, 1936. She was the daughter of Edward and Alma (Vollbracht) Brunhoff. Issue: William Dunn: b. Oct. 24, 1937. Henry Brunhoff Dunn; b. Aug. 9, 1942. 2. Francis Hughes Dunn; b. Oct. 28, 1910; m. Aug. 27, 1936, Elizabeth Stevenson Warren, daughter of Thomas Davis and Mary (Stevenson) Warren. Issue: Francis Hughes Dunn; b. Sept. 21, 1937. Penelope Warren Dunn; b. July 21, 1989. Elizabeth Stevenson Dunn; b. Jan. 3, 1942. 3. Caroline Winder Dunn; b. Aug. 18, 1912; m. Oct. 28, 1983, Charles Hall Ashford, the son of Thomas Percy and Susan Bradley (Hall) Ashford. Issue: Charles Hall Ashford; b. Jan. 11, 1936. Caroline Winder Ashford; b. Oct. 21, 1940. Octavia Susan Ashford; b. Sept. 16, 1944. 4. John Oliver Dunn; b. Aug. 9, 1914; m. Nov. 19, 1938 Florence Hill Moore, the daughter of Louis Toomer and Florence Hill (Kidder) Moore. Issue: John Oliver Dunn; b. June 19, 1948. Florence Kidder Dunn; b. July 8, 1948. Page 248 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 502) MARY NORCOTT BROADFOOT Mary Norcott Broadfoot was born Nov. 6, 1886, in Fayetteville, NC She married June 12, 1907, Clarence Lilly Pemberton, son of John de Jarnette and Emma (Lilly) Pemberton. Episcopalians. Res, 1948, Durham, NC Children:2 1. Clarence Lilly Pemberton; b. July 23, 1908; m. March 18, 1940, Anne Elizabeth Watkins, daughter of William Cobb and Emily Lee (Nelson) Watkins. Issue: Mary Norcott Pemberton; b. Mag 81, 1941. Elisabeth Nelson Pemberton; b. ec. 16, 1942. Emaly de Jarnette Pemberton; b. Jan. 29, 1948. 2. Emma Lilly Pemberton; b. June 9, 1910; m. Sept. 16, 1922, Charles Dudley Miller. He was the son of Charles Ballantine and Helen Singleton (Conley) Miller. Issue: Dudley Conley Miller; b. March 21, 1934. Charles Bryan Miller; b. April 15, 1987. (BE 503) WILLIAM GILLIES BROADFOOT William Gillies Broadfoot was born in Fayetteville, NC, in Dec. 27, 1887. On Oct. 11, 1917, he married Elizabeth Winston. She was born Aug. 29, 1896, the daughter of Moses Cameron and Mary (Avera) Winston. Episcopalians. Res, 1948, Wilmington, NC Children:3 1. William Gillies Broadfoot; b. Aug. 17, 1918; m. April 1, 1945, Mary Burnham Bason. She was the daughter of George Francis and Mary Isabel (Reuther) Bason. Issue: William Gillies Broadfoot; b. Feb. 1, 1946. Mary Reuther Broadfoot; b. Nov. 80, 1947. 2. Winston Broadfoot; b. Feb. 20, 1920; m. July 19, 1941 Cornelia Elisabeth Bass, daughter of Henry Leonidas and Viola (Radford) Bass. Issue: Thomas Winston Broadfoot; b. Nov. 23, 1943. Malcolm Covington Broadfoot; b. Aug. 25, 1948. Bonnie Broadfoot; b. Aug. 26, 1948. 3. Shepard Bryan Broadfoot; b. Dec. 19, 1924; m. April 21, 1945, Frances Thornton, daughter of James Goodlet and Miriam Bolling (Holladay) Thornton. Issue: Elizabeth Winston Broadfoot; b. March 5, 1947. Page 249 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 504) FRANCES BRYAN BROADFOOT Frances Bryan Broadfoot was born in Fayetteville, NC Oct. 14, 1890. On Nov. 5, 1913, she married Jesse Stanley Claypoole. He was born Jan. 3, 1881, the son of Jesse Davis and Emily Hall (Dewey) Claypoole. Jesse Stanley Claypoole was a student in Davidson College, NC, in the class of 1902. He died July 24, 1945. Frances Bryan Broadfoot is a graduate of the North Carolina College for Women, Greensboro, NC, in the class of 1911. Perhaps taught by her mother, Frances Bryan (Broadfoot) Claypoole became greatly interested in genealogy and, as the most casual glance at the references in this volume will show, has been among the chief contributors of material. Episcopalian. Res, 1949, New Bern, N. C.4 Children: 1. Frances Bryan Claypoole: b. Aug. 4, 1914; m. June 5. 1987, Vermont Royster, son of Wilbur High and Olivette (Broadway) Royster. Issue: Frances Claypoole Royster; b. March 27, 1940. Sarah Eleanor Royster; b. March 14, 1945. 2. Jesse Stanley Claypoole; b. Dec. 18, 1916' m. Oct. 1, 1948. Elisabeth Holman Felder, daughter of Frederick Joseph and Marie Anna (Lunden) Felder. He attended the United States Naval Academy and was graduated in 1989. He is now a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy and a veteran of World War II. Page 250 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 505) HENRY BRYAN BROADFOOT Henry Bryan Broadfoot was born in Fayetteville, NC Sept. 2, 1893. He married on Dec. 20, 1919, Pauline Margaret Cheeves, the daughter of Thomas Alexander and Isabel (Buffington) Cheeves. Henry Bryan Broadfoot studied in the University of North Carolina, Cornell University, and the United States Naval Academy. He was commissioned in 1916, He served aboard ship and in naval aviation. He attained the rank of captain in the United States Navy and retired in 1947. Episcopalians. Res., 1948, Black Mountain, N. C.5 Children: 1. Isabel Cheeves Broadfoot; b. Aug. 10, 1921, d. Jan. 1, 1928. 2. Henry Bryan Broadfoot; b. March 31, 1927. (BE 506) MARION COBB BRYAN (Shepard, Henry, John, James, John, William, Edward) Marion Cobb Bryan was born April 23, 1910, in Atlanta, Ga. On June 4, 1930, she married W. Colquitt Carter. He is a member of the law firm of Bryan, Carter, and Ansley, of Atlanta, Ga. Res., 1949, Atlanta, Ga.6 Children: 1. Florence Bryan Carter b. June 15, 1932. 2. Nancy Hill Carter, b. Nov. 4, 1935. (BE 507) FLORENCE JACKSON BRYAN (Shepard, Henry, John, James, John, William, Edward) Florence Jackson Bryan was born Aug. 12, 1912, in Atlanta, Ga. On Oct. 2, 1934, she married Bonneau Ansley. He is a member of the law firm of Bryan, Carter, and Ansley, of Atlanta, Ga. Res. 1949, Atlanta, Ga.7 Children: 1. Ellen Bennett Ansley; b. Jan. 13, 1936. 2. Shepard Bryan Ansley b. July 31, 1939. 3. Bonneau Ansley; b. Feb. 19, 1942. Page 251 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 503) MARY NORCOTT BRYAN (Shepard, Henry, John, James, John, William, Edward) Mary Norcott Bryan was born Dec. 21, 1913, in Atlanta, Ga. She married William Noble Benedict on Dec. 9, 1939. Res., 1949, Tampa, Fla. Children: 1. Charles Coleman Benedict; b. Feb. 23, 1941. 2. William Noble Benedict; b. July 16, 1943. 3. Bryan Benedict; b. Nov. 3, 1945. 4. Thomas Cobb Benedict; b. Dec. 12, 1946. 5. Henry Jackson Benedict, May 30, 1949. (BE 509) HENRY BRYAN DUFFY Henry Bryan Duffy was born in New Bern, NC May 3, 1901. On Oct. 1, 1925, he married in Ahoskie, NC, Helen Elizabeth Johnson. She was born Sept. 5, 1903, the daughter of Walter Raleigh and Georgie Mae (Brown) Johnson, of Ahoskie, NC Res., 1949, New Bern, N. C.8 Children: 1. Helen Margaret Duffy: b. Jul 31 1926, New Bern, NC; m. on Dec. 27, 1946, William Floyd Gaskins, son of William Floyd and Nell Ray (Wooten) Gaskins. Helen and William Gaskins have one child, Phyllis Bryan Gaskins, b. Oct. 2, 1948. Res, 1949, New Bern, NC 2. Georgie Johnson Duffy; b. Oct. 5, 1930, New Bern, NC 3. Kathleen Bryan Duffy; b. June 6, 1933; New Bern, NC (BE 511) ALFRED WILLIAMS Alfred Williams was born Aug. 12, 1900. He married in 1923 Elizabeth Murray Cross. He served in the United States Navy in World War I. Res., 1928, Raleigh, NC Children: 1. Alfred Williams. 2. John Cross Williams. Page 252 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BE 512) GRAY McWHORTER BRYAN (Charles, James, James, James, John, William, Edward) Gray McWhorter Bryan was born Aug. 14, 1891, in Augusta, Ga. He was a student in Princeton University, 1913. His wife was Gretchen Schoen. During World War I Capt. Bryan commanded Battery A, 306th Field Artillery, 77th Division and saw service in France. Children: 1. Gray McWhorter Bryan. 2. Richard Dobbs Spaight Bryan. (BE 513) MARY SPAIGHT SHEPARD BRYAN (Charles, James, James, James, John, William, Edward) Mary Spaight Shepard Bryan was born in Englewood, N. J., Dec. 27, 1894. She married Harold Hartshorne. Res., 1931, Little Silon, N. J., and New York City. Children: 1. James Mott Hartshorne. 2. Anne Hartshorne. 3. Margaret Hartshorne. Page 253 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. These children by the second wife only. As indicated elsewhere, p. 161, the spelling of Herritage has been a problem. There is some suggestion that John Herritage Bryan (BE 500) may have preferred Heritage. 2. Claypoole MSS. 3. Claypoole MSS. 4. Who's Who in Genealogy, 1982: Who's Who in The South and Southwest. Mrs. Jesse S. Claypoole kindly read the whole of the Edward Bryan section and made valuable criticisms in this and other parts of this genealogy. 5. Claypoole MSS. 6. Shepard Bryan to T. M. W., July, 1949. 7. Shepard Bryan to T. M. W., July, 1949. 8. Henry Bryan Duffy to T. M. W., Nov. 27, 1948. 9. Osborne, 671: Mrs. C. H. Ashford to T. M. W., Sept. 7, 1948. Page 254 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II PART IV - DESCENDANTS OF LEWIS BRYAN Page 255 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FIRST AND SECOND GENERATIONS Page 256 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II Little is known about the antecedents of the progenitor of this Bryan line. Mrs. Susan Martin (Capehart) Nicholls (B 403)1 believed Lewis to have been the brother of William Bryan (B 1). Mrs. Jeanette Pugh (Ballard) Dicks believed Lewis the son of one Ernest Bryan, of Wales.2 This Lewis is said to have lived in Surry County, Va., to have married Mary _____, and to have died in 1684. In Bristol and America there is a record under date Aug. 15, 1659, noting the sailing of "Lewes Bryan" and Robert Bryan, both of Bitton, for Virginia. They were bound to John Bryan for four and five years respectively. In 1688 one Lewis Bryan married in Surry County, Va., Elizabeth Hunter. He apparently moved to North Carolina, and received a grant of land for bringing in 12 persons.3 It may well be that Lewis the husband of Elizabeth Hunter was the son of Lewis and Mary Bryan. Another suggestion identifies Lewis as the son of one Simon, or Symon, Bryan of London.4 (BL 1) LEWIS BRYAN Unable to reduce certain order from the above we shall establish ourselves on the fact of a Lewis Bryan, immigrant to North Carolina about 1715. Lewis Bryan we believe to have come recently from Virginia, where he had married Elizabeth Hunter, possibly in 1688. They lived for a time in Surry County, Va., before moving to North Carolina. Here Lewis Bryan settled in Bertie County and claimed lands for bringing into the state twelve persons. Children: (BL 2) 1. Simon Bryan. (BL 8) 2. Elizabeth Hunter Bryan. (BL 4) 3. Edward Bryan. 4. Janet or Janette Bryan. 5. Mary Bryan. 6. Joanna Bryan. 7. Sarah Bryan; m. _____ Lovick. (BL 6) 8. Ann Bryan. 9. William Bryan. 10. Lewis Bryan. 11. (dau.) Bryan; m. _____ Maule. Page 257 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BL 2) SIMON BRYAN (Lewis) Simon Bryan was probably born in Virginia about 1688 or ’89. He married (1) _____, (2) Elizabeth (Bailey) Armour, and (3) Anne (West) Jaycocks. Simon Bryan lived in Pasquotank County until sometime after the death of Elizabeth. Simon Bryan was a justice of the peace for Pasquotank County in 1731, 1734, and possibly in 1736. He represented Pasquotank County in the North Carolina legislature three times between 1738 and ’46 inclusive.5 Simon Bryan died in Bertie County.6 Elizabeth (Bailey) Armour was the daughter of David Bailey7 and widow of John Amour. Anne (West) Jaycocks was the widow of Charles Worth Jaycocks, or Jacocks, of Bertie County, and daughter of Col. Robert and Mary (Harvey) West.8 Children: 1. Simon Bryan. Second marriage. (BL 10) 2. David Bryan. 3. Winifred Bryan. (BL 11) 4. Joseph Bryan. Page 258 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BL 3) ELIZABETH HUNTER BRYAN (Lewis) Elizabeth Hunter Bryan was born probably in the early 1690’s. She married (1) in 1710 or ’12 Thomas Whitmell9 and (2) Robert Hunter, of Bertie County, NC Thomas Whitmell (1688-1735) was the son of Thomas Whitmell and Mary _____, of Bertie County. Thomas Whitmell came to North Carolina in 1713 from Surry County, Va. He served his community as commissioner of Indian Affairs, justice, sheriff, representative in the colonial assembly, and. Senior warden of the Anglican church at Windsor, Bertie County, NC Children:10 1. Thomas Whitmell; m. about 1740 Elizabeth Blount West, daughter of Thomas and Martha (Blount) West. Thomas Whitmell was a colonel in the local militia.11 2. Mary Whitmell; b. 1715; d. 1723 unmd. (BL 12) 3. Elizabeth Whitman. (BL 13) 4. Sarah Whitmell. (BL 14) 5. Martha Whitmell. 6. Annie Whitmell; d. 1727. 7. Janet Whitmell; d. 1730. 8. Winifred Whitmell; b. 1729; m. about 1746 Philip Alston as his second wife. They lived in Warren County, N. C.12 9. Lewis Whitmell; b. 1732, d. young. 10. Mary Whitmell; m. (1) Maj. Francis Pugh and (2) Hezekiah Thompson. 11. William Whitmell; b. 1785, d. young. Page 259 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BL 4) EDWARD BRYAN (Lewis) Edward Bryan was probably born in Surry County, Va. Possibly he came with his parents to North Carolina about 1713. He lived in Bertie County and died at Black Walnut Point near the mouth of the Chowan River on Dec. 14, 1762." He was probably a justice of the peace under Gov. Gabriel Johnston.14 Edward Bryan married15 Martha West, the daughter of Thomas and Martha (Blount) West. She died in 1777. Children: (BL 15) 1. Mary Bryan. 2. Martha Bryan; d. unmd.11 3. Elizabeth Bryan. (BL 16) 4. Ann Bryan. (BL 17) 5. Sarah Bryan. 6. Thomas Bryan; d. unmd. (BL 18) 7. Janet Bryan. 8. Edward Bryan; d. unmd. (BL 19) 9. Winifred Bryan. (BL 5) ANN BRYAN (Lewis) Ann Bryan was born about 1696 or ’97. She married in Bertie County in 1717 John Gray, formerly of Scotland. He was born in 1690. He died in 1750. Ann died in 1770. Children: (BL 20) 1. Janet Gray. 2. John Gray; b. May 16, 1724, d. Feb. 26, 1775. (BL 21) 3. Barbara Gray. 4. Ann Gray; b. June 12, 1726; m. John Slade. (BL 22) 5. William Gray. 6. Lucretia Gray; b. Aug. 20, 1732; m. _____ Worseley. 7. George Gray; b. Aug. 29, 1734, d. March 8, 1735. 8. Elizabeth Gray; b. ov. 15, 1736, d. Jan. 30, 1779. (BL 23) 9. Amelia Gray. 10. Louisa, or Louiza, Gray; b. Nov. 26, 1741; m. Thomas Worseley, of Bertie County, NC Page 260 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. She was a descendant of both William Bryan (B 1) and Lewis Bryan (BL 1). 2. Mrs. Dicks believed Lewis Bryan the son of Ernest was in turn the father of a Lewis Bryan who moved from Virginia to North Carolina about 1715. He is said to have married Elizabeth Hunter. (Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, III, 157). 3. N. C. & G. R, I, 148. 4. Miss Helen M. Prescott of Atlanta, Ga., found in the register of St. Mary le Strand, London, the baptism record, Nov. 26, 1619, of Symon Bryan, the son of Edward and Kathrine Bryan. (N. C. H. & G. R., II, 636.). Helen M. Prescott found in English archives further material concerning the Bryan name: Lewis Bryan, Sr., died 1684. Mary Bryan, wife of the above Lewis, died 1704. Lewis Bryan, Jr., died in 1751, at the age of 84. Anne, wife of Lewis Bryan, Jr., died in 1741, at the age of 73. The Bitten register, Glenaster, records the baptism of "A son of Lewis Bryan" and the burial of a Lewis Bryan in 1662. Anne, Benjamin, Hugh, John, Joseph, and Martha Bryan are also mentioned in the register about this period. 5. Saunders, III, 284; IV, 48, 867, 728, 826: Register of The NC Society of Colonial Damon for 1924. 6. The will of Simon Bryan, of Bertie County, NC is dated Nov. 26, 1757. It was (Probated at the May court in 1768. (Grimes, Abstract of North Carolina Wills, 53). 7. David Bailey was the son of Patrick Bailey. The will of David Bailey may be seen in N. C. & G. IL, I, 179. 8. N. C. H. & G. R., II, 629: Wheeler, II, 31. 9. N. C. & G. R, I, 81. The will of Thomas Whitmell is dated Nov. 23, 1735. If one wishes more information about Thomas Whitmell he should see the Register, NC Society of Colonial Dames, for 1924; Joseph A. Grove, The Alstons and Allstans of North Carolina and South Carolina; and Abridged Compendium of American Gen., vol. III. 10. There is great uncertainty about the dates of birth of some of the children. Possibly the order of the children is not correct. 11. Wheeler, II, 31. 12. They had ten children. If interested, see Joseph A. Groves, The Alston and Allstons of North Carolina and South Carolina; and Abridged Compendium of Am. Gen. 13. The will of Edward Bryan, dated Feb. 27, 1762, was probated in March 1768. In it all his children except Winifred were mentioned. The will of his wife, dated May 22, 1777, was probated in the August court, 1777. In it she mentioned all her children. (N. C. H. & G. R., II, 325). Page 261 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II 14. N. C. H. & G. R., II, 628. 15. Ibid., I, 35, 445. 16. References to the wills of Martha, Elizabeth, Thomas, and Edward may be seen in N. C. & G. R., II, 500; III, 167; II, 325; and II, 326 respectively. Page 262 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II THIRD GENERATION Page 263 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BL 10) DAVID BRYAN (Simon, Lewis) David Bryan married _____. He died before or about 1777. Children:1 1. Elizabeth Bryan. 2. Mary Bryan. 3. David Bryan. 4. Joseph Bryan. 5. Peggy Bryan. 6. Rebecca Bryan. (BL 11) JOSEPH BRYAN (Simon, Lewis) Joseph Bryan was born Sept. 3, 1742 and was the third husband of Mary (Hunter) (Coffield) Dawson (BL 104). Joseph served in the American Revolution and was a member of the Second Continental Congress in 1776, and Congress in 1787, and 1795, representing North Carolina.2 Children: 1. Elizabeth Bryan; b. April 3, 1775; m. George Outlaw. 2. Mary Whitmell Bryan; b. March 8, 1776; m. (1) Thomas Hill and (2) Dr. Whitmell Hill Pugh, of Bertie Co., NC 3. Sally Hunter Bryan; b. April 16, 1778; m. William Keais. (BL 100) 4. Marina, or Mariana, Brickell Bryan. 5. Joseph Hunter Bryan; b. April 9, 1782; m. Sarah Burlingham. 6. Harriet Bailey Bryan; b. Dec. 28 1788; m. (1) Peyton Tunstall and (2) Stark Armistead. (BL 101) 7. Henry Hunter Bryan. 8. Simon A. Bryan; b. Feb. 7, 1788; m. _____ Burlingham. Page 264 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BL 12) ELIZABETH WHITMELL Elizabeth Whitmell was born in 1717. She married (1) George Pollock, (2) in 1737 Thomas Blount (b. 1708), and (3) William Williams in 1746. The last was a colonel and son of William Williams and Elizabeth Alston, dau. of John Alston. Children: 1. Whitmell Blount; m. Amelia Bryan. (BL 102) 2. Winifred Blount; m. Whitmell gill (BL 105). (BL 103) 3. Samuel Williams. 4. Elizabeth Williams; m. John Johnson. 5. William Williams; m. (1) Mrs. _____ Smith. (2) Elisabeth William, dau. of Capt. Solomon and Tempie Williams. William Williams was a general of militia. (BL 13) SARAH WHITMELL Sarah Whitmell was born about 1720. She married her step-brother Henry Hunter.3 She died about 1790. Children: (BL 104) 1. Mary Hunter. (BL 14) MARTHA WHITMELL Martha Whitmell married (1) Henry Laurence Bate and (2) Col. John Hill. Children: 1. Augustine Bate: m. Susannah _____. 2. _____ Bate or Hill.4 (BL 105) 3. Whitmell Hill; m. Winifred Blount (BL 102). 4. Elizabeth Hill; m. Jonathan Jacocks. 5. Mary Hill; m. Thomas Ballard. 6. Winifred Hill; m. William Pugh. 7. Sarah Hill; m. Maj. Francis Pugh. 8. Harry Hill; m. Martha Williams. She later married Dr. Samuel Thorne. Page 265 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BL 15) MARY BRYAN (Edward, Lewis) Mary Bryan married George Lockhart. He was the son of James Lockhart and lived in Bertie County, NC Children: 1. Sarah Lockhart; m. (1) _____ and (2) Humphrey Nicholls.5 He was born April 21, 1729, in King and Queen County. Va. (BL 16) ANN BRYAN (Edward, Lewis) Ann Bryan married James Ryan. Children: 1. Thomas Ryan.6 (BL 17) SARAH BRYAN (Edward, Lewis) Sarah Bryan married Thomas Baker. son of Henry Baker and Catherine Booth.7 Children: 1. Susanna Baker; m. Capt. _____ Williams before 1802 or 1808. 2. Martha Baker. 3. Elizabeth Baker. 4. Sarah Baker. 5. Mary Baker. 6. Edward Baker. Possibly others: order not certain. Page 266 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BL 18) JANET BRYAN (Edward, Lewis) Janet Bryan married (1) Nathaniel Hill, (2) Thomas Whitmell Pugh.8 Children: 1. Martha Pugh. 2. Mary Pugh; m. William Jordan about 1808. 3. Ann Pugh. 4. Winifred Pugh. 5. Thomas Whitmell Pugh. (BL 100) 6. Mary Winifred Hill Pugh; b. Jan. 8, 1816. d. Feb. 22, 1858; m. Robert Campbell Martin (B 103). Children under father. (BL 19) WINIFRED BRYAN (Edward, Lewis) Winifred Bryan was born about 1763. She married George Durant Reed about or before 1800. He was the son of William Reed, and grandson of Lemuel Reed. Children:9 1. Penelope Reed. 2. Maria Reed. 3. West Reed. 4. William Reed. 5. Lemuel Reed. Possibly others. Order uncertain. Page 267 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BL 20) JANET GRAY Janet Gray was born Dec. 7, 1721. The date of her death is uncertain: we believe it either Feb. 28, 1764, or Feb. 26, 1766. She married in 1741 or '42 the Rev. John McKenzie, a minister in Suffolk Parish, Nansemond County, Va. He died in 1764.10 Children: 1. John McKenzie; b. Aug. 4, 1748. 2. Kenneth McKenzie. (BL 107) 3. Janet Gray McKenzie; b. Nov. 22, 1750, in Nansemond Co., Va., m. Nov. 9. 1771, Colin McKenzie Clark, (BL 112) her cousin. Children under father. (BL 108) 4. Ann McKenzie. 5. William McKenzie; b. Jan. 11, 1754, in Nansemond Co., Va., m. Margaret Cathcart. No issue. One of the fifty-two women composing the Edenton Tea Party, Edenton, NC, was Mrs. William McKenzie. She was the daughter of Dr. William Cathcart and his second wife, Prudence West. (BL 21) BARBARA GRAY Barbara Gray was born May 31, 1726. She married in 1748 Jacob Blount, of Pitt County, NC She died April 11, 1763. Children: 1. William Blount; b. 1749; m. Mary Granger. 2. Ann Harvey Blount; b. 1750, d. 1805. (BL 109) 3. John Gray Blount, 4. Louise Blackledge Blount. 5. Redding Blount; b. 1757; m. Lucy Harvey. 6. Thomas Blount: b. 1759; m. Martha Baker. 7. Jacob Blount; b. 1760; m. Ann Collins. 8. Barbara Blount; b. 1763, d. 1774. 9. Harvey Blount; b. 1766, d. 1778. Page 268 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BL 22) WILLIAM GRAY William Gray (June 17, 1730-1801) married in 1766 Frances Lee, daughter of Stevens Lee and Elizabeth West. He was a member of the Hillsboro Convention, August, 1776; of the Committee of Safety for the Edenton District, 1776, and a member of the Halifax Congress, 1776. He represented Bertie County, N. C.11 Children: 1. Stevens Gray; b. 1766, d. 1796. (BL 110) 2. Ann Gray. (BL 111) 8. Elizabeth Gray; b. May 27, 1759, d. Jan. 17, 1889; m. William Bryan (B 6). She is buried at Snowfield in Bertie County. Children under father. 4. John Gray; b. 1760, d. 1784. 5. Frances Lee Gray; 1:. 1762. d. 1825; m. _____ Roulhac. 8. William Gray; b. 1784. d. 1778. 7. Janet Gray; b. 1786, d. 1807. 8. Barbara Gray; b. 1768, d. 1771. 9. Eleanor Gray; 1:. 1770; tn. Ryan Batter. 10. George Gray; b. 1773, d. 1806. 11. Margaret Gray; b. 1775, m. Dr. Francis Roulhac. She died in TN. 12. William Lee Gray; b. 1778, in. Mary Turner. 13. Penelope Gray; b. 1780, d. 1858. 14. Polly ray; b. 1782, d. 1789. (BL 23) AMELIA GRAY Amelia Gray (Nov. 1739-1814) married Thomas Clark. Children: (BL 112) 1. Colin McKenzie Clark. Probably others. Page 269 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. All the children are mentioned in the will of their father under date of Jan. 23, 1774. The will was probated 1777. (N. C. H. & G. R., II, 326). 2. N. C. H. & G. R., I, 681, 682. 3. N. C. & G. R., I, 81, 445. Henry Hunter was born March 14, 1726, the son of Robert Hunter. Robert Hunter had one or more wives before marrying Elizabeth Hunter Bryan (BL 3). Henry Hunter was the son of an earlier wife than Elizabeth Hunter Bryan. 4. We do not know which husband was the father of the second child. 5. Mrs. Susan Martin (Capehart) Nicholls. (B 403) to E. M. W., 1931. 6. There may have been other children. We have identified this child in the will of his aunt. Martha B an. (NC H. a G. R., II, 500; original in the courthouse, Windsor, NC) 7. Sarah (Bryan) Baker and her children are mentioned in the will of her sister Martha Bryan. Elizabeth Stearns and Sarah Sanders are recorded as nieces. Possibly these are Elizabeth and Sarah Baker respectively with the surnames of their husbands, if they married. 8. From the will of Edward Bryan we learn Janet Bryan married Nathaniel Hill. In her mother’s will she is spoken of as Janette Hill. It may be that Nathaniel was also named Hardy. We are not certain about the names or number of children. In one list we find the first five. But Robert C. Martin (B 103) describes his wife as Mary Winifred Hill Pugh with dates above. We have therefore added her, for he further gives her mother and grandfather. Edward Janet Bryan and her children are mentioned in the will of her sister Martha Bryan (N. C. & G. R., II, 347, 500). 9. Winifred Bryan and her children are mentioned in the will of her sister Martha Bryan. 10. N. C. & G. R., I, 476. The will of the Rev. McKenzie was probated at Nansemond, Va., April 8, 1754. All the children and his brother-in-law, William Gray (BL 22) are mentioned therein. 11. N. C. H. & G. R., II, 514: Wheeler, I, 73; II, 31. Page 270 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOURTH GENERATION Page 271 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BL 100) MARINA BRICKELL BRYAN (Joseph, Simon, Lewis) Marina, or Mariana, Brickell Bryan (Sept. 2, 1780-1822) married Major Edwards Turner, son of Capt. Jacob Turner and Mary Edwards. Children:1 (BL 200) 1. Maria Bryan Turner; m. George W. Cheatham. (BL 101) HENRY HUNTER BRYAN (Joseph, Simon, Lewis) Henry Hunter Bryan was born Feb. 23, 1786, and died 1835. In 1804 he married Elizabeth Ann Averett. His home. Retreat, was near Clarksville, Tenn. Children: (BL 201) 1. Maria Turner Bryan. (BL 103) SAMUEL WILLIAMS Samuel Williams was born Feb. 10, 1753. He married Charity Alston Dawson. She was the daughter of John Dawson and Charity Alston. Children: (BL 202) 1. Joseph John Williams. Eight others, names and order unknown. (BL 104) MARY HUNTER Mary Hunter (Dec. 28, 1744-Aug. 10, 1810) married (1) Henry Coffield, (2) _____ Dawson, (3) Joseph Bryan (BL 11). Children: 1. Thomas Coffield. There may have been others by Henry Coffield but Thomas is the only one mentioned in his mother’s will.2 Children by Joseph Bryan listed under their father. Page 272 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BL 108) ANN McKENZIE Ann McKenzie married Dr. Anthony Darlet, of Bertie County, NC Children: 1. William Darlet. 2. Catherine Darlet. (BL 109) JOHN GRAY BLOUNT John Blount was born in 1752. He married Mary Harvey. Children: (BL 203) 1. Lucy Oliver Blount. Possibly others. (BL 110) ANN GRAY Ann Gray was born May 4, 1757. She married in Chowan County, NC, Jacob Blount of Chowan. Children: 1. Sarah Blount; m. _____ Morgan. 2. Frances Blount; m. Henderson Standin. He was the son of William Henderson and Elizabeth Blount (Littleholn) Standin. (BL 204) 3. Elizabeth Blount. 4. Joseph Blount; m. Frances Connor. 5. Ann Blount; m. John Cox. (BL 112) COLIN McKENZIE CLARK Colin McKenzie Clark was born March 18, 1760, in Scotland at Limekiln, Fifeshire. He left Scotland Aug. 18, 1771, and married in Windsor, NC, Janet Gray McKenzie (BL 107) Nov. 9 of the same year. He apparently lived and died in Bertie County, N. C.3 Children: 1. David Clark. 2. Kenneth Clark. 3. John McKenzie Clark. 4. William McKenzie Clark. Page 273 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FOOTNOTES 1. Jacob Turner was killed at Germantown, Pa. A monument was erected to him and others dying there for their country. See NC Colonial Records, X, 517; Wheeler, II, 31. 2. Will dated May 18, 1809 probated August 1810 mentions sons, Simon A. Bryan, Joseph H. Bryan, Thomas Coffield, and several grandchildren. (N. C. H. & G. R., II, 500, original in the courthouse at Windsor, NC). 3. N. C. & G. R., II, 602, 603: originals in Windsor, NC All the children born at Windsor, NC Page 274 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II FIFTH GENERATION Page 275 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BL 200) MARIA BRYAN TURNER Maria Bryan Turner married George Washington Cheatham. son of Archer Cheatham and Susannah Long. Children: 1. Marina T. Cheatham: m. Robert Woods. They had a daughter Maria K. Woods, who married George Augustine Washington. She was a member of the Colonial Dames no. 888. (BL 201) MARIA TURNER BRYAN (Henry, Joseph, Simon, Lewis) Maria Turner Bryan (1811-1890) married William Hilliard Dortch. Children: 1. George C. Dortch; b. 1829, d. 1904; m. Eliza Jane Phillips. He was a doctor. (BL 202) JOSEPH JOHN WILLIAMS Joseph John Williams (1793-1866) married in 1818 Harriet Collins. Children: 1. Thomas E. C. William. 2. Caroline E. Williams. 3. Charity Dawson Williams; m. Joseph James Pugh. (BL 203) LUCY OLIVER BLOUNT Lucy Oliver Blount married Bryan Grimes, North Carolina. Children: 1. John Gray Grimes. 2. Mary Blount Grimes. 3. Annie Grimes. 4. Wiley B. Grimes. 5. Olivia Grimes. Page 276 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. II (BL 204) ELIZABETH BLOUNT Elizabeth Blount married John Cheshire, of Chowan County, NC Children: 1. Joseph Blount Cheshire; m. _______ Parker. 2. Sarah Frances Cheshire; m. Joseph Webb, of Orange County 3. Elizabeth Cheshire; m. Duncan McNair. Page 277 of 278 ** PAGE BREAK ** HISTORY, WHITFIELD – BRYAN – SMITH, VOL. 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