Son of Gaines Gaius Whitfield and Mary Ann Whitfield.
"Died of camp fever at age of 18."
Ref., Whitfield, Bryan, Smith and Related Families by
Emma Morehead Whitfield (1950).
Alabama Portraits Prior to 1870 compiled by National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, State of Alabama Division (1969):
Sons of Mr. & Mrs. Gaines Gaius Whitfield
Of Demopolis, Ala.
by William Frye, c. 1851.
Oil on canvas 47 x 36
Three boys, all barefoot pictured out of doors. The two older children wear dark jackets, white shirts, long trousers. The youngest boy is in white dress with narrow sash typical to this time.
Boys are James Bryan (1842-1914)
Bryan (1844-1862) and youngest,
George (1848-1871)
All three served The Confederate States of America Army during The War Between the States. Bryan died of camp fever at the age of 18. The Rose Window in Trinity Episcopal Church was designed and erected in his memory. James received a medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania. Their mother is Mary Ann Whitfield sister of General Nathan Bryan Whitfield. The portrait was Inherited by the grandson of James Bryan Whitfield.
(Owners: Mr. & Mrs. James Whitfield Bird, Forkland)
"Died of camp fever at age of 18."
Ref., Whitfield, Bryan, Smith and Related Families by
Emma Morehead Whitfield (1950).
Alabama Portraits Prior to 1870 compiled by National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, State of Alabama Division (1969):
Sons of Mr. & Mrs. Gaines Gaius Whitfield
Of Demopolis, Ala.
by William Frye, c. 1851.
Oil on canvas 47 x 36
Three boys, all barefoot pictured out of doors. The two older children wear dark jackets, white shirts, long trousers. The youngest boy is in white dress with narrow sash typical to this time.
Boys are James Bryan (1842-1914)
Bryan (1844-1862) and youngest,
George (1848-1871)
All three served The Confederate States of America Army during The War Between the States. Bryan died of camp fever at the age of 18. The Rose Window in Trinity Episcopal Church was designed and erected in his memory. James received a medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania. Their mother is Mary Ann Whitfield sister of General Nathan Bryan Whitfield. The portrait was Inherited by the grandson of James Bryan Whitfield.
(Owners: Mr. & Mrs. James Whitfield Bird, Forkland)
Son of Gaines Gaius Whitfield and Mary Ann Whitfield.
"Died of camp fever at age of 18."
Ref., Whitfield, Bryan, Smith and Related Families by
Emma Morehead Whitfield (1950).
Alabama Portraits Prior to 1870 compiled by National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, State of Alabama Division (1969):
Sons of Mr. & Mrs. Gaines Gaius Whitfield
Of Demopolis, Ala.
by William Frye, c. 1851.
Oil on canvas 47 x 36
Three boys, all barefoot pictured out of doors. The two older children wear dark jackets, white shirts, long trousers. The youngest boy is in white dress with narrow sash typical to this time.
Boys are James Bryan (1842-1914)
Bryan (1844-1862) and youngest,
George (1848-1871)
All three served The Confederate States of America Army during The War Between the States. Bryan died of camp fever at the age of 18. The Rose Window in Trinity Episcopal Church was designed and erected in his memory. James received a medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania. Their mother is Mary Ann Whitfield sister of General Nathan Bryan Whitfield. The portrait was Inherited by the grandson of James Bryan Whitfield.
(Owners: Mr. & Mrs. James Whitfield Bird, Forkland)
"Died of camp fever at age of 18."
Ref., Whitfield, Bryan, Smith and Related Families by
Emma Morehead Whitfield (1950).
Alabama Portraits Prior to 1870 compiled by National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, State of Alabama Division (1969):
Sons of Mr. & Mrs. Gaines Gaius Whitfield
Of Demopolis, Ala.
by William Frye, c. 1851.
Oil on canvas 47 x 36
Three boys, all barefoot pictured out of doors. The two older children wear dark jackets, white shirts, long trousers. The youngest boy is in white dress with narrow sash typical to this time.
Boys are James Bryan (1842-1914)
Bryan (1844-1862) and youngest,
George (1848-1871)
All three served The Confederate States of America Army during The War Between the States. Bryan died of camp fever at the age of 18. The Rose Window in Trinity Episcopal Church was designed and erected in his memory. James received a medical degree at the University of Pennsylvania. Their mother is Mary Ann Whitfield sister of General Nathan Bryan Whitfield. The portrait was Inherited by the grandson of James Bryan Whitfield.
(Owners: Mr. & Mrs. James Whitfield Bird, Forkland)
