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
References[]
- ↑ McLeod, Jonathan W. (22 March 1989). "Carpetbagger of Conscience: A Biography of John Emory Bryant (review)". pp. 90–92. Digital object identifier:10.1353/cwh.1989.0015. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/420475/summary. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Preliminary Guide to the John Emory Bryant Papers, 1851-1955 and undated". https://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/findingaids/bryantjohnemory/. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Bryant, John Emory (1836-1900), editor and politician - American National Biography". Digital object identifier:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0401189. http://www.anb.org/view/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-0401189. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
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