Ancestry of
William Jennings Bryan

41st U.S. Secretary of State

William Jennings Bryan

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Silas Lillard Bryan 
  • Mother:
  • Maria Elizabeth Jennings   
  • Birth Date:
  • 19 Mar 1860 
  • Birth Location:
  • Salem, Marion, Illinois 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 26 Jul 1925 
  • Death Location:
  • Dayton, Rhea, Tennessee 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington Co., Virginia 
  • Notes: 

  • 41st U.S. Secretary of State

    Lawyer who opposed Clarence Darrow at the Scopes Trial in 1925.

• Marriages for William Jennings Bryan

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  • Spouse:
  • Mary Elizabeth Baird
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Oct 1884

• Sources for William Jennings Bryan

  • ¹ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 02/16/2023).
  • ² Tennessee, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1965, Death certificate for W J Bryan.
  • ³ The Mayflower Descendant, 2011, Vol. 60, p. 64, gives incorrect death date for William.
  • ⁴ 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), 493-496.
  • ⁵ 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.
  • ⁶ 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), 39, 67-74.
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "William Jennings Bryan", (accessed 02/16/2023).