BRYANT, George

BRYANT, ABBEY

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Date: 10/2/2001 at 20:17:10

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) Pages 669-697
Biographical Sketches of Clinton Residents

George Bryant, of the firm of Drake & Bryant, carriage and wagon making, Second street, was born in Norwich, Windsor Co., Vt., Nov. 29, 1824. When 16 years of age, he went to New York, where he learned his trade of his present partner, Mr. Drake. Mr. Bryant came to Iowa and arrived in Clinton March 1, 1856, and engaged in his present business; his first shop was on Front street, corner of Third avenue. He has been in this business longer than any one in Clinton; there were only a few houses here when he came. He married Elizabeth Abbey, of Onondaga Co., N.Y., Dec. 13, 1866; they have had two sons and one daughter and lost them all -- Milo, aged 4 years 8 months and 12 days; William, 2 years 4 months and 10 days; and Alice, 1 year 8 months and 20 days.