Ancestry of
William Jennings Bryan

41st U.S. Secretary of State

Silas Lillard Bryan

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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:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 30 Mar 1880 
  • Death Location:
  • Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois 
  • Burial Date:
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  • 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

• 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).