Bryant, H. D.

BRYANT, HAWK, OSBORN RYAN NEE STAMPS

Posted By: Mary H. Cochrane, Volunteer
Date: 6/28/2019 at 06:50:56

H. D. BRYANT

H. D. BRYANT, section 11, Bloomington Township, is a native of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, born March 17, 1832, a son JOHN and MARTHA (HAWK) BRYANT, natives of New Jersey, where they were married. The subsequently moved to Pennsylvania, and made that State their home the rest of their lives. They had seven children – ALMIRA, MARY, HANNAH, RUTH, HIRAM D., WILLIAM and ELANOR. In his early life our subject assisted in the work of the farm, receiving a common-school education. He remained at home until the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, and in September, 1861, enlisted in Company F, Fifty-third Pennsylvania Infantry, and participated in the battle of Fair Oaks, Peach Orchard, White Oak Swamp, and Malvern Hill. On account of ill health he was discharged, in November, 1862, but he never fully recovered from the effects of the disease he contracted while in the service. He lived in Luzerne County after his return from the war, until 1868, when he came to Iowa, and located on Elk Creek, in Bloomington Township, Decatur County, where he lived until 1880, when he moved to his present farm, which at that time was wild land. He has a young nursery of 8,000 trees, of the most hardy and best varieties of fruit trees now in good bearing. His orchard and nursery are laid out artistically, with a driveway around the grounds, and anyone visiting the place will at once attest to the taste and apparent good management of the owner. Mr. BRANT was married March 26, 1871, to Miss AMY OSBORN, daughter of C. OSBORN of Bloomington Township, Mrs. BRYANT died July 16, 1874, leaving one daughter – MARTHA ETTE. August 4, 1880, Mr. BRYANT married Mrs. NANCY CAROLINE RYAN, a native of Tennessee, daughter of JAMES and SARAH STAMPS, and widow of JAMES M. RYAN by whom she had four children – JOHN I., JAMES ANDRW, MARY ANN and ELIJAH B. In politics Mr. BRYANT is a Republican.