DESCENDANTS OF JAMES BRYAN

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                               Don Norman

 

1.JAMES BRYAN

 

    James Bryan was born in VA about 1813. He married Elizabeth ----.

Elizabeth was born in VA about 1812.

 

Known children of James and Elizabeth Bryan.

 

  2.  (1). Peachy T.               b.c.     1835

 

  3.  (2). Hetty A.                b.c.     1837

 

  4.  (3). Henry T.                b.c.     1839

         m. Sarah Ann (Phillips) Rexroad

 

  5.  (4). Andrew                  b.c.     1841

 

  6.  (5). Martha                  b.c.     1844

 

  7.  (6). Louisa                  b.c.     1845

 

  8.  (7). Vadilla J.              b.c.     1848

 

  9.  (8). Lorenzo                 b.c.     1854

 

4.HENRY T. BRYAN    1.JAMES BRYAN

 

    Henry T. Bryan, a son of James and Elizabeth Bryan, was born in VA

about 1839.  He married Sarah Ann (Phillips) Rexroad about 1865. Sarah,

a daughter of Ebenezer and Catherine (Loudon) Phillips, was born October

29, 1838. She married Leonard Rexroad October 5, 1859. Leonard, a son of

John and Eleanor (Rymer) Rexroad, was born in VA January 11, 1836.

    Leonard served the Union in the Civil War. He was captured and

confined to Andersonville prison. He died on a hospital ship at sea

enroute to a Philadelphia hospital in 1865.

    Traditional Rexroad family history says that Leonard Rexroad and

Henry Bryan were rivals for Sarah Ann Phillips hand. She married Leonard

in 1859. Henry and Leonard served the Union in the Civil War. Both were

captured and confined in Andersonville prison. Henry survived and

married the widow Rexroad.

 

Child of Leonard and Sarah Ann (PHillips) Rexroad.

 (Step child of Henry Bryan.)

 

 10.  (1). Eleanor Katherine       b.Aug 20 1860

         m. Joseph H. Berry Aug 30 1878

 

Known children of Henry and Sarah Ann (Phillips) [Rexroad] Bryan.

 

 11.  (1). Warren                  b.c.     1866

 

 12.  (2). Martha L.               b.c.     1869

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

 

"Lewis County WV, Her People and Places",2000, p 164

1850 Lewis County VA census

1860, 1870 Upshur County VA (WV) census