Name |
Augustus Grogan Bryan |
Birth |
15 Dec 1849 |
Cane Creek District, Walker County, Georgia, USA [1] |
Gender |
Male |
Census |
15 Jun 1880 |
Cain Creek, Walker County, Georgia, USA |
Augustus Grogan Bryan and his two children by Hettie Williams were living with his mother at the time of the 1880 Census. |
Census |
19 Apr 1910 |
Ward 9, Chattanooga, Hamilyon County, Tennessee, USA |
706 George Street |
Death |
21 Jul 1926 |
Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA |
Burial |
22 Jul 1926 |
Greenwood Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA |
Siblings |
4 brothers and 4 sisters |
| 1. Leander Crook Bryan, b. 21 Jun 1848, Walker County, Georgia, USA d. 27 Jun 1923 (Age 75 years) ▻ Sarah Emma Sims, m. 20 Oct 1878 | | 2. Augustus Grogan Bryan, b. 15 Dec 1849, Cane Creek District, Walker County, Georgia, USA d. 21 Jul 1926, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA (Age 76 years) ▻ Hettie Ann Williams, m. 11 Dec 1870 ; Margaret Ella Talley, m. 25 Aug 1881 | | 3. Mary Elizabeth Bryan, b. 28 Sep 1851, Walker County, Georgia, USA d. 23 Nov 1852 (Age 1 year) | | 4. Greenberry Gordon Bryan, b. 30 Oct 1853, Walker County, Georgia, USA d. 13 Nov 1881, Walker County, Georgia, USA (Age 28 years) | | 5. Emma Josephine Bryan, b. 23 Mar 1855, Walker County, Georgia, USA d. 4 Jun 1896 (Age 41 years) ▻ Joseph Allen Williams, m. 21 Nov 1878 | | 6. Louisa Jane Bryan, b. 24 Nov 1856, Walker County, Georgia, USA d. 29 Jun 1858, Walker County, Georgia, USA (Age 1 year) | | 7. Julia Catherine Bryan, b. 9 Jul 1860, Walker County, Georgia, USA d. 24 Oct 1860, Walker County, Georgia, USA (Age 0 years) | | 8. Thomas Pinckney Bryan, b. 4 Jan 1862, Walker County, Georgia, USA d. 2 Sep 1887, Walker County, Georgia, USA (Age 25 years) ▻ Mattie M. Sims, m. 20 Nov 1881 | | 9. Robert Willie Bryan, b. 14 May 1866 d. 7 Aug 1887, Walker County, Georgia, USA (Age 21 years) | |
Half-siblings |
5 half brothers and 1 half sister (family of Thomas Bryan and Mary Dooley) |
| 1. James Tillman Bryan, b. 25 May 1817, Habersham County, Georgia, USA d. 17 Apr 1906, Walker County, Georgia, USA (Age 88 years) ▻ Elizabeth Ann Dooley, m. 2 Sep 1838 ; Elizabeth Harriet Blackwell, m. 1862 | | 2. William McDooley Bryan, b. 6 Jan 1819, Habersham County, Georgia, USA d. 5 Apr 1892 (Age 73 years) ▻ Jane E. Mabry, m. 31 Dec 1847 | | 3. Jessie Upson Bryan, b. 4 Feb 1821, Habersham County, Georgia, USA d. 7 Mar 1908, Tennessee, USA (Age 87 years) ▻ Mary Ann Kelly, m. 23 Jun 1845 | | 4. Rial Madison Bryan, b. 15 Nov 1822, LaFayette, Walker County, Georgia, USA d. 8 Nov 1910, Buffalo, Leon County, Texas, USA (Age 87 years) ▻ Sarah P. Aycock | | 5. Sarah Ann Bryan, b. 14 May 1838, Walker County, Georgia, USA d. 2 Jul 1839 (Age 1 year) | | 6. Asa Lafayette Bryan, b. 25 Dec 1839, Walker County, Georgia, USA d. 1 Oct 1861, Fairfax Court House, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA (Age 21 years) | |
Notes |
- Notes from C. Ray Bryan, Jr: "When the war came in 1861, A.G. Bryan was too young to go; but Asa L. Bryan and Cicero C. Bryan, his older half-brothers, served the cause. After Union raiders plundered the farm and drove off the stock, "Gus," as he was called, was the man who raised a garden using one crippled ox, the only stock that was left. His mother was in LaFayette buying supplies when the Union army threw a picket around the town. She was allowed to return to the farm only on the condition that she execute an oath of allegiance to the Federal Union and swear not to give aid to the Confederate Cause. In later years, Gus remembered that sad day as the day his mother "became an old woman." In 1870 A.G. Bryan married Hettie Ann Williams, the daughter of Jeremiah J. Williams and Phoebe Ann Lowery Williams. In 1881, A.G. Bryan married Margaret Ella Talley, the daughter of Henry Webb Talley and Elizabeth Jane Meredith. Henry Webb Talley, a pioneer settler of Walker County, like his father Henry Hubbard Talley was a shoemaker. During the battle of LaFayette the Talley house, which was near the center of town, came under musket fire; the children were sheltered by their mother in a large fireplace and later took refuge in a windowless brick smoke house. In 1881, the Talley shoe shop did a good business with A.G. Bryan during the period Gus was courting Ella, it was reported. A family story states that Ella, while a girl, had been a student in a school taught by her future husband. In his second family, the children were Pearl Lucille born in 1884 and died in 1886, Clarence Ray born Nov 21, 1887, and Mildred, born June 16, 1894. The first children were born in Trion, Georgia, where A.G. was employed by the Allgoods as a cotton buyer. There followed several years as a truck farmer in Florida, where Mildred was born, growing winter vegetables for shipment. Then the family moved to Harriman and he ran a lumber mill. He then served for several years as the representative of International Harvest covering an area in three states. He and a partner founded the Hamilton County Buggy and Implement Company on Main Street in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which was his business for a number of years. During this period he was active in his church, Free Masonry, Democratic politics and civic affairs. He had many personal friends and innumerable stories with which to regale them. Any was welcomed to his home and table. A mild paralytic stroke forced him to reduce his physical activity. He sold his business interest in farm implements and bought an interest in the Hamilton County Herald where he served as editor, which gave him an outlet for his political opinions and his Irish wit. A later stroke forced retirement. He died on July 21, 1926."
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Person ID |
I1566 |
Bryan-Martin |
Last Modified |
27 Sep 2024 |