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Joseph Raleigh Bryson

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Joseph Raleigh Bryson Famous memorial

Birth	18 Jan 1893 Brevard, Transylvania County, North Carolina, USA
Death	10 Mar 1953 (aged 60) Bethesda, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Burial	Woodlawn Memorial Park Greenville, Greenville County, South Carolina, USA Show Map
Memorial ID	8064541 View Source

U.S. Congressman. Moving with his parents to South Carolina, in 1900, he enlisted in the South Carolina National Guard, serving (1915-16). He then graduated from Furman University, in 1917 and served as a Second Lieutenant in the Medical Reserve Corps, U.S. Army, in 1918. Graduating from the law department of the University of South Carolina, in 1920, he was admitted to the bar and commenced to practice law in Greenville, South Carolina. He was a member of the South Carolina State House of Representatives, (1921-24) and served in the South Carolina State Senate, (1929-32). In 1939, he was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-sixth Congress and to the next seven succeeding Congresses, serving until his death at age 60.

Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith

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Parents

Robert L Bryson

1869–1925
Mattie Irene Allison Bryson

1868–1952

Spouse

Ruth Rucker Bryson

1897–1991

Siblings

Gertrude Adeline Bryson Curtis

1887–1938
Bessie Bryson Pike

1888–1958
Walter B Bryson

1897–1932
Robert P Bryson

1898–1983
Earnestine Bryson

1898–1899
Henry C Bryson

1899–1900
Johney R Bryson

1901–1901
Lovie Mae Bryson

1902–1904
Junious Huff Bryson

1904–1919
Albert D Bryson

1906–1907
Iris Bryson Bohlman

1909–1985

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Originally Created by: Kris 'Peterborough K' Peterson
Added: 6 Nov 2003
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