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From: "Norm Sechrest" <>
Subject: Re: [ILMORGAN-L] Who are you researching or related to from Morgan Co, IL
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 14:37:49 -0700


The History of Morgan Co, 1878 lists J. W. Bryant as:

born dec 23 1828 with parents as you have
his father was a mechanic from VA through TN where he was married to Isabel
Rankin to Jacksonville where she survived him 5 years.

At age of 6 J.W. and family set out for IL
He was in Mexican war Co D 1st Reg (apparently IL)
back in IL he studied medicine and became a Doctor and married as you have
below. Her father was Thomas Huckstep and she died 1874 and he remarried 10
aug 1876 Susan Wilder dau of Franklin Wilder.

the last paragraph says: "To use a common phrase, , Mr. Bryant (why no DR?)
has seen many of the ups and downs of life; at one time a merchant and at
another the proporietor of a grist-mill. Of late years his time has been
occupied tilling the soil."

These books are usually "puff" pieces for people and this is really the
snidest remark I have seen. Even though it said he was "practising
medicine" and the heading says Dr. J. W. Bryant .... why that ending?

Children (8)
Charles C., Steven G., Martha E. James O. Thomas E. Kate L., Jessie and
Adrian Irving.

-----Original Message-----
From: Katherine Branham <>
To: <>
Date: Tuesday, July 06, 1999 2:17 PM
Subject: Re: [ILMORGAN-L] Who are you researching or related to from Morgan
Co, IL

>I am researching the following surnames in Morgan Co, IL: Bryan(t),
>Huckstep, and Rankin (I have found them (*) or their children in the 1850
>Morgan Co, IL census)
>
>* James William Bryant b.dec1828 (d/o William Bryant below)
> + Sarah Lucy Maddox Huckstep b.12/26/1808 (d/o Thomas Huckstep below)
>
>* William (W)Halley Bryant b.11sep1801 (d/o Evan Bryan(t) + Jean/Jane
>Overton)
> + Isabella Rankin b.11feb1806 (d/o James Rankin below)
>
>* Thomas Carter Huckstep b.21jul1805 (d/o David Huckstep+Frances Brand)
> + Jane Bowles Maddox b.19dec1808 (d/o Stephen Maddox+Sarah/Sally
>Bowles)
>
>- James Rankin b.1770 (d/o Thomas Rankin + Isabella Clendenin)
> + Margaret Massie b.1776 (d/o Edmund Massie, Jr + Mary Ann Dabney)
>
>
>

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