Bryant Ancestor
Oregon Pioneer.
He was the son of James Bryant (1756-1835), whose place of burial is unknown as of December 12, 2018 and Catherine Stout Bryant.
On June 27, 1827 as Elihu G. Bryant, he married Nancy Crane at Montgomery County, Indiana.
They were the parents of six children.
On June 18, 1865 as Elihu Granger Bryant, he married Ellen Oakshott at Columbia County, Oregon.
His third marriage was to America Evans Johnson (1836-1930).
The 1903 Portrait and Biographical Record of Portland and Vicinity, Oregon
Many of the little towns of Columbia and other counties in Oregon have sprung into existence upon the busy farm of some ambitious pioneer, who, wiser than his fellows, has foreseen advantages of location and proceeded to interest others in his new project. These founders of municipalities are entitled to special mention among the upbuilders of this state and such an one was Elihu G. Bryant upon whose well tilled acres the hamlet of Bryantville, now Clatskanie, has been built.
Omar J. Bryant, one of the prominent farmers of Columbia County, is the oldest son born to Elihu G. and Nancy (Crane) Bryant, the other children being as follows: Mary C., the wife of Reuben Lockwood; Zephaniah, a resident of Clatskanie; Hannah, the wife of E.W. Conyers; Elvira, deceased and Elihu S., living at Clatskanie.
Elihu G. Bryant farmed for many years in Montgomery County, Indiana. In 1852 he started across the plains with his family, the time honored ox-teams furnishing the means of locomotion, and the journey covering the greater part of six months.
The first winter on the coast was spent in Portland and in February of 1853, Elihu took up a donation claim of three hundred and twenty acres of land, upon a portion of which Bryantville, now Clatskanie, was built. Upon this farm Mr. Bryant spent by far the best and most useful years of his life, and on his well tilled acres he passed away in 1891, he having been born in 1804, and was therefore eighty-nine years of age. He was a farmer, stock-raiser, dairyman and lumberman, and in all of these departments of activity displayed rare business judgment and foresight. He was a Republican in politics, but never aspired to office. His wife died at the age of fifty-three years.
Bryant Ancestor
Oregon Pioneer.
He was the son of James Bryant (1756-1835), whose place of burial is unknown as of December 12, 2018 and Catherine Stout Bryant.
On June 27, 1827 as Elihu G. Bryant, he married Nancy Crane at Montgomery County, Indiana.
They were the parents of six children.
On June 18, 1865 as Elihu Granger Bryant, he married Ellen Oakshott at Columbia County, Oregon.
His third marriage was to America Evans Johnson (1836-1930).
The 1903 Portrait and Biographical Record of Portland and Vicinity, Oregon
Many of the little towns of Columbia and other counties in Oregon have sprung into existence upon the busy farm of some ambitious pioneer, who, wiser than his fellows, has foreseen advantages of location and proceeded to interest others in his new project. These founders of municipalities are entitled to special mention among the upbuilders of this state and such an one was Elihu G. Bryant upon whose well tilled acres the hamlet of Bryantville, now Clatskanie, has been built.
Omar J. Bryant, one of the prominent farmers of Columbia County, is the oldest son born to Elihu G. and Nancy (Crane) Bryant, the other children being as follows: Mary C., the wife of Reuben Lockwood; Zephaniah, a resident of Clatskanie; Hannah, the wife of E.W. Conyers; Elvira, deceased and Elihu S., living at Clatskanie.
Elihu G. Bryant farmed for many years in Montgomery County, Indiana. In 1852 he started across the plains with his family, the time honored ox-teams furnishing the means of locomotion, and the journey covering the greater part of six months.
The first winter on the coast was spent in Portland and in February of 1853, Elihu took up a donation claim of three hundred and twenty acres of land, upon a portion of which Bryantville, now Clatskanie, was built. Upon this farm Mr. Bryant spent by far the best and most useful years of his life, and on his well tilled acres he passed away in 1891, he having been born in 1804, and was therefore eighty-nine years of age. He was a farmer, stock-raiser, dairyman and lumberman, and in all of these departments of activity displayed rare business judgment and foresight. He was a Republican in politics, but never aspired to office. His wife died at the age of fifty-three years.
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