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John Emory Bryant

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John Emory Bryant (October 13, 1836 – February 27, 1900) served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and the Freedmens Bureau in Georgia during the Reconstruction Era. He also worked as a newspaper editor, Republican Party organizer, member of Georgia's House of Representatives and a candidate for U.S. Congress.[1] Duke University has a collection of papers related to Bryant. He corresponded with William Anderson Pledger and Henry McNeal Turner.[2] He was a member of the Methodist Church and involved in the temperance movement.[2]

He served in the 8th Maine Volunteers during the Civil War.[2]

Bryant was born in Wayne, Maine to Benjamin Franklin Bryant, a Methodist minister and Lucy Ford French.[3] He graduated in 1859 from Maine Wesleyan Seminary.[3]

Bryant married Emma Frances Spaulding and they had one child, Emma Alice Bryant (1871–1946).

Further reading

  • Carpetbagger of Conscience: A Biography of John Emory Bryant by Ruth Currie ISBN 978-0823219384

ISBN 0823219380

References

  1. ^ McLeod, Jonathan W. (22 March 1989). "Carpetbagger of Conscience: A Biography of John Emory Bryant (review)". Civil War History. 35 (1): 90–92. doi:10.1353/cwh.1989.0015. Retrieved 22 March 2018 – via Project MUSE.
  2. ^ a b c "Preliminary Guide to the John Emory Bryant Papers, 1851-1955 and undated". David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Bryant, John Emory (1836-1900), editor and politician - American National Biography". anb.org. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0401189. Retrieved 22 March 2018.