•• James M. Bryan••

James M. Bryan was a son of Jesse Upson Bryan (born in SC and died TN) and Mary Kelly Bryan (b & d in TN)


James M. Bryan is buried alongside the grave of his father-in-law, Charles Napoleon Jelks, in Oak Grove Cemetery.


1850 census Benton Co., AL (Note that Benton was renamed Calhoun County, Alabama):
Jesse M Bryan 29
Mary Bryan 29
W C Bryan 2 (William Edwin)
Thos A Bryan 0 (no other information)
....before James M. Bryan was born

1860 census Calhoun County, Alabama:
Jesse U Bryant 39 (Bryan)
Mary Bryant 29
Edvin Bryant 13 (Edwin) (^)
Emma Bryant 9 (married McKinnon)
Laura Bryant 8
James Bryant 6
Simms Bryant 4 (#)
Robert W Bryant 2 (+)
(#) Sims Kelly buried in Oklahoma memorial 32581388
(^) William Edwin buried in OK mem. 24440167
(+) Robert Walker buried in Okla. memorial 24440152

1880 census Franklin Co., Tennessee:
Jesse U. Bryan 59, head of household
Mary Bryan 59, wife
James M. Bryan 26, son
Robert W. Bryan 22, son
Jessie M. McKennon 6, born TN, granddaughter. (Emma Bryan and W.R. McKinnon (note spelling of surname) married in Etowah Co., Alabama in 1872, so this granddaughter would be their child. Jessie May McKinnon FAG memorial 17978897- same cemetery as Jesse U. and Mary Bryan)

This submitter does not know if other children were born to Jesse Upson Bryan and his wife, Mary Kelly Bryan.


CENSUS for JAMES M. BRYAN
1900 census Greensport, St. Clair Co., AL:
~copied as indexed~
Jim Bryan 46, head of household
Vela Bryan 36, wife (Lela)
Dixie Bryan 11
Geier Bryan 9 (Guice J.)
Ross E Bryan 5
Thomas W Bryan 10/12
C N Jelks 68, father-in-law
Gussie Jelks 23, sister-in-law


1910 census Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL:
~copied as indexed~
Jim M Bryan 52, head of household
Lilla Bryan 42, wife (Lela)
Dexie Bryan 21, daughter (Dixie)
Roff Bryan 14, son (Ross)
John Bryan 10, son (Tom)
Seff Aelams 26 (Jeff Adams, step-son. Jefferson Napoleon Adams was a son of Frank Adams, first husband of Lela. He is buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama.)


Ross Earl Bryan, son of James and Lela Bryan, and Emma Irma Griffin, daughter of Madison H. and Clemmie Read Griffin, were married in Birmingham, AL on June 28, 1919.

Thomas "Tom" Morris Bryan, son of Lela and James Bryan, is also buried in the same cemetery as his mother in Memphis, Tennessee.