Ancestry of
William Jennings Bryan
41st U.S. Secretary of State
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- Father of William Jennings Bryan — 2nd Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 2
- Father:
- John Bryan
- Mother:
- Nancy Lillard
- Birth Date:
- 4 Nov 1822
- Birth Location:
- Culpepper County, Virginia
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 30 Mar 1880
- Death Location:
- Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- East Lawn Cemetery, Salem, Marion, Illinois
- Spouse Name:
- Maria Elizabeth Jennings
- Marriage Date:
- 4 Nov 1852
- Marriage Location:
- Walnut Hill, Marion, Illinois
- Children:
William Jennings Bryan (Ahnentafel No:1 )
Mary Elizabeth Bryan
Silas Lillard Bryan
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Sources for Silas Lillard Bryan
- 1 Biographical and Reminiscent History of Richland, Clay and Marion Counties, Illinois, Indianapolis, Indiana: B. F. Bowen and Company, Publishers (1909), 209.
- 2 General Society of Mayflower Descendants Membership Applications, 1620-1920, General No. 12072, Membership application for Mary Bryan Allen.
- 3 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/16/2023).
- 4 Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record, Lincoln, Nebraska: Nebraska Historical Libray, FHL 8702903, Image 76, 1935, Vol. 13, pp. 22-23, "Charles Waters Jennings Bible".
- 5 Tennessee, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1965, Death certificate for son W J Bryan.
- 6 The Mayflower Descendant, 2011, Vol. 60, p. 64.
- 7 Jennings, William Henry, A Genealogical History of the Jennings Families in England and America, Vol. 2, The American Families, Columbus, Ohio: Press of Mann and Adair (1899), 492-493.
- 8 Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 55.
- 9 White, Lillie Pauline, Jennings, Davidson and Allied Families: A Genealogical List and History of the Descendants of the . . ., Seattle, Washington: Sherman Printing and Binding Co. (1944), 28-29, 39-40.
- 10 Wikipedia, "William Jennings Bryan", (accessed 02/16/2023).