William BRYANT

BRYANT, HALEY, WATSON, RUSSELL

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:57

April 25, 1846 ---- February 21, 1921

STILLMAN VALLEY, Ill., Feb. 21: William Bryant died here this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock after an illness of two years of paralysis. He was born in Boconnoc, England, April 25, 1846, and there married Miss Mary Ann Haley on May 19, 1866. They came to America in May of 1872. They located in New Milford, where they remained until 1894, when they moved to Clarion, Ia. Last July they returned to Illinois. Six of the twelve children born to Mr. and Mrs. Bryant predeceased their father. Those who survive, with the widow, are Mrs. George Watson, of New Milford, William P. Bryant, of Mallard, Ia., Sylvester E. Bryant, of Clarion, Ia., Mrs. Reno Russell of Douglas, Wyo., John G. Bryant, of Fairfield, Ia. He also leaves eighteen grandchildren and three sisters and a brother in England, the eldest sister being 91 years of age. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at o'clock at the home here and burial will take place in the New Milford cemetery.