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Abner McDonald “Rev” Bryant

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Abner McDonald “Rev” Bryant

Birth
Ohio County, Kentucky, USA
Death
4 Jun 1896 (aged 58)
Falls City, Polk County, Oregon, USA
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Falls City, Polk County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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The following is taken from Alumnal Record, DePauw University, edited by Martha J. Ridpath, Class of 1879, published by the University, 1920.

Class of 1869
Abner McDonald Bryant
Teacher & Minister, Deceased

B.S., Born, March 1, 1838, Ohio county, Ky. Principal high school Fort Branch, Ind., two years; pastor C.P. Church, Fort Branch 1869-71; principal Owensville Seminary, Ind., 1871-72; moved to Nebraska, 1873; superintendent public schools, Wahoo, Neb., 1874-76; elected to the Nebraska State Senate from the Sixteenth District, 1877; superintenent of public schools, Gettysburg, Kan., 1879-83; established a grade school at Logan, Kan., 1884; delegate to the reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic, Minneapolis, 1885; president McPherson Normal College, Republican City, Neb., 1886-87; moved to the Pacific Coast, 1888; president of an incorporated company that laid out Falls City, Polk county, Ore., 1889; superintendent of public schools, Buena Vista and Dallas, Ore., 1889-91; retired on account of failing health, 1892; member of Company C, Fifty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, three years. Married, March 30, 1865, Miss Susan C. Davis. Died, June 4, 1896, Falls City, Ore.
The following is taken from Alumnal Record, DePauw University, edited by Martha J. Ridpath, Class of 1879, published by the University, 1920.

Class of 1869
Abner McDonald Bryant
Teacher & Minister, Deceased

B.S., Born, March 1, 1838, Ohio county, Ky. Principal high school Fort Branch, Ind., two years; pastor C.P. Church, Fort Branch 1869-71; principal Owensville Seminary, Ind., 1871-72; moved to Nebraska, 1873; superintendent public schools, Wahoo, Neb., 1874-76; elected to the Nebraska State Senate from the Sixteenth District, 1877; superintenent of public schools, Gettysburg, Kan., 1879-83; established a grade school at Logan, Kan., 1884; delegate to the reunion of the Grand Army of the Republic, Minneapolis, 1885; president McPherson Normal College, Republican City, Neb., 1886-87; moved to the Pacific Coast, 1888; president of an incorporated company that laid out Falls City, Polk county, Ore., 1889; superintendent of public schools, Buena Vista and Dallas, Ore., 1889-91; retired on account of failing health, 1892; member of Company C, Fifty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, three years. Married, March 30, 1865, Miss Susan C. Davis. Died, June 4, 1896, Falls City, Ore.

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