BRYAN, Bertram Benjamin 1876 - 1918

BRYAN, LYNN, WEST, SCOTT

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 9/22/2010 at 11:13:26

"The Fairfield Daily Journal"
Monday, April 1, 1918
Page 2, Column 3

BERT BRYAN IS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.

Bert BRYAN met with a very serious accident yesterday while in the woods near his home southwest of the city.

A friend had given Mr. BRYAN a dog and he thought he would take it to the woods yesterday to see if it would hunt. Accompanying them was a small rat terrier dog which has been a pet for several years. The dogs started to fight and Mr. BRYAN, who had his gun with him, struck the larger with the stock of the shot gun he was carrying, and it is thought struck the trigger of the gun discharging the shot in the thigh of his left leg. He was brought to the Jefferson county hospital where it was found that it was only a flesh wound and that some of the shot had cut the leader. It will be several weeks before he can be taken from the hospital to his home.

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"The Fairfield Daily Journal"
Thursday, April 4, 1918
Page 2, Column 2

BERT BRYAN DIED FROM EFFECTS OF GUN SHOT WOUND.

Bert BRYAN, who was accidentally injured by the accidental discharge of a shot gun Sunday, died about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the Jefferson county hospital.

Bert B. BRYAN, son of I. N. and Jeannette BRYAN, was born in Jefferson county, July 20, 1876. He has lived in this county all his life. He was married October 9, 1904, to Miss Myrtle LYNN. They lived in Fairfield the first year, then moved to the farm, where they have since resided.

There were two children born to this union: Alta, aged 11; and Leonard, aged 8.

Mr. BRYAN was injured by the accidental discharge of a shot-gun on his farm Sunday, March 31st, while protecting his dog from another dog. He was immediately taken to the hospital, where every attention was given him, but, due to ill health and some complications, he was unable to recover. He leaves his mother, Mrs. Jeannette BRYAN, his wife and two children to mourn his loss; also four brothers and sisters.

The funeral services will be held at the home of his mother, 103 west Adams street, Friday afternoon at two o'clock, in charge of Rev W. R. Keesey.

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"The Fairfield Tribune"
Friday, April 5, 1918
Page EIGHT, Columns 1 and 2

DEATHS

BRYAN.

Bert B. BRYAN, three miles southwest of Fairfield, injured last Sunday by the accidental discharge of a gun, died Wednesday at the hospital where he had been taken immediately following the accident.

Mr. BRYAN was about forty years of age and was one of the county's most progressing and successful farmers. For a number of years he served as a salesman in the Clark drug store.

He is survived by his widow and two children, Alta, age ten, and Leonard, aged seven;also by his mother and the following brothers and sisters: Al BRYAN, Creston; Mrs. Winnie WEST, Nebraska; James BRYAN, Los Angeles; Mrs. Frank SCOTT, Independence, Kans.; John BRYAN, Fairfield.

Funeral services are to be held this Friday afternoon at the home of his mother, Mrs. Jeannette BRYAN, South Main street, at 2 o'clock, and burial will be made in Evergreen cemetery.

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Note: Bertram Benjamin is found as Bertram E. in the 1885 IA State Census, and as Albert on his gravestone in Evergreen Cemetery; he is on lot 2nd.182 there. Wife Myrtle died in 1961 and is buried with him.