Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed.,

1887, Jessamine Co.



EDMOND and JOHN BRYANT were natives of Culpeper County, Va.  Edmond

Bryant, in coming to Kentucky, first settled at Bryant's Station, and

afterward on Lexington and Nicholasville pike on 300 acres, three miles

from Nicholasville.  John Bryant settled at Shakertown.  Edmond married

Frances Doggins, of Virginia, and had born to him the following

children: John, Joel, George, Daniel, Thomas, Frances (Mrs. William

Lewis), Benjamin, Phoebe (Mrs. John Barr), James, Sallie (Mrs. James

Deadman) and Edmond. The eighth child of the pioneer Edmond Bryant,

named Benjamin, was born in 1784 and died in 1860.  He married Dorcas,

daughter of Elish Craven, of Jessamine County, and had born to him the

following children: Oliver D., Sandord (who died in Missouri), Harrison

(living in Henry County, Ky.), Eliza (Mrs. William Woods), Matilda (Mrs.

Jesse Stone), Margaret (Mrs. Thomas Shields), Woodson (who died in

Woodford County, Ky.), Parker B. (who died in Fayette County, Ky.), and

Martha (Mrs. Louis Craig).  Oliver D. Bryant, the eldest child of

Benjamin, was born January 27, 1809, remained with his father on the

farm until thirty-nine years old, when he purchased the interest of his

wife's brothers in his present place of 230 acres, in Keene Precinct,

Jessamine County.  He was married in December, 1839, to Mrs. Martha M.

Singleton, widow of Joel W. Singleton, and daughter of Joseph and Susana

(Hughes), and there have been born to him five children: Benjamin F.,

Mattio (Mrs. John A. Reid), Dudley H., Alexander W. and Cornelia F.

(Mrs. Robert Henderson).  Oliver D. Bryant is a deacon in the Mount

Pleasant Baptist Church.



Bryant Doggins Lewis Barr Deadman Craven Woods Stone Shields Craig

Singleton Hughes Reid Henderson

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Henry-KY Woodford-KY Fayette-KY Culpeper-VA MO



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