Clarence Ray Bryan

Notes:

Clarence Ray Bryan enlisted in the United States Army on July 19, 1941. His enlistment record indicates that he had four years of college and had worked in civilian life as a recording engineer and as an electrician. He was stationed in London, England, during World War II, where he worked in radar. He was later the Assistant for Research and Technology in the Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory, Flight Control Division, and also served as Assistant Director of the Flight Dynamics Laboratory.

Clarence married Almo Gay Sanford on 18 Oct 1945 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA. Almo (daughter of Ralph Lonon Sanford and Alta Willhoit) was born on 30 Sep 1921 in Branson, Las Animas County, Colorado, USA; died on 26 Aug 1997 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA; was buried on 30 Aug 1997 in Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Lucy Bryan was born on 8 Feb 1947 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA; died on 8 Feb 1947 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA; was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA.
2. Living
3. Living
4. Living

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Chief of Police in Chattanooga, Tennessee

Clarence married Lucy Vida Lanham on 21 Nov 1916 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA. Lucy (daughter of William Madison Lanham and Sallie Mae Campbell) was born on 15 Sep 1894 in Calera, Shelby County, Alabama, USA; died on 30 Jan 1973 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Notes from C. Ray Bryan, Jr: "When the war came in 1861, A.G. Bryan was too young to go; but Asa L. Bryan and Cicero C. Bryan, his older half-brothers, served the cause. After Union raiders plundered the farm and drove off the stock, "Gus," as he was called, was the man who raised a garden using one crippled ox, the only stock that was left. His mother was in LaFayette buying supplies when the Union army threw a picket around the town. She was allowed to return to the farm only on the condition that she execute an oath of allegiance to the Federal Union and swear not to give aid to the Confederate Cause. In later years, Gus remembered that sad day as the day his mother "became an old woman." In 1870 A.G. Bryan married Hettie Ann Williams, the daughter of Jeremiah J. Williams and Phoebe Ann Lowery Williams. In 1881, A.G. Bryan married Margaret Ella Talley, the daughter of Henry Webb Talley and Elizabeth Jane Meredith. Henry Webb Talley, a pioneer settler of Walker County, like his father Henry Hubbard Talley was a shoemaker. During the battle of LaFayette the Talley house, which was near the center of town, came under musket fire; the children were sheltered by their mother in a large fireplace and later took refuge in a windowless brick smoke house. In 1881, the Talley shoe shop did a good business with A.G. Bryan during the period Gus was courting Ella, it was reported. A family story states that Ella, while a girl, had been a student in a school taught by her future husband. In his second family, the children were Pearl Lucille born in 1884 and died in 1886, Clarence Ray born Nov 21, 1887, and Mildred, born June 16, 1894. The first children were born in Trion, Georgia, where A.G. was employed by the Allgoods as a cotton buyer. There followed several years as a truck farmer in Florida, where Mildred was born, growing winter vegetables for shipment. Then the family moved to Harriman and he ran a lumber mill. He then served for several years as the representative of International Harvest covering an area in three states. He and a partner founded the Hamilton County Buggy and Implement Company on Main Street in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which was his business for a number of years. During this period he was active in his church, Free Masonry, Democratic politics and civic affairs. He had many personal friends and innumerable stories with which to regale them. Any was welcomed to his home and table. A mild paralytic stroke forced him to reduce his physical activity. He sold his business interest in farm implements and bought an interest in the Hamilton County Herald where he served as editor, which gave him an outlet for his political opinions and his Irish wit. A later stroke forced retirement. He died on July 21, 1926."

Augustus married Margaret Ella Talley on 25 Aug 1881 in Cedar Grove, Laurens County, Georgia, USA. Margaret (daughter of Henry Webb Talley and Elizabeth Jane Meredith) was born on 7 Jan 1860 in LaFayette, Walker County, Georgia, USA; died on 11 Jul 1926 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Sarah

Notes:

William Lanham left South Carolina for Floyd County, Georgia, in 1856. According to family tradition, he enlisted in the Confederate Army, but was sent home because he couldn't keep up. A slave reportedly had thrown a pitchfork and hit him in the knee cap. He did serve in Company I, Floyd Legion, Georgia State Guards, as a private, and may be the William Lanham who served in the 17th Battalion, Georgia Infantry, as a private. He is recorded in the 1900 census as living on E. Central Ave., Calera, Alabama, with his wife, Sarah, step-daughters Artie M. and Nellie Jones, daughter Lucy, son Robert, and mother-in-law Mary A. Campbell. After William's death, Sallie lived in Shades Mountain, Alabama, until 1908, then Birmingham for a year, then to Weaver, Alabama, until 1912, then to Armiston, Alabama, until 1916, and finally to Chattanooga, Tennessee. His Civil War service is noted on his tombstone, as "C.S.A."

Buried:
Plot: E~103

William married Sallie Mae Campbell on 13 Nov 1892 in Shelby County, Alabama, USA. Sallie (daughter of Peyton LaFayette Campbell and Mary Ann Elizabeth Bethea) was born on 12 Mar 1866 in Dallas County, Alabama, USA; died in 1949 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA; was buried in Concord Baptist Church Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Height: 6'1"
• Census: 25 Sep 1850, Chatooga Valley, Walker County, Georgia, USA
• Census: 13 Jun 1860, Wilson's District, Walker County, Georgia, USA
• Census: 21 Jul 1870, Subdivision 145, Walker County, Georgia, USA

Notes:

Thomas Bryan served as a private in Captain Jack Waters' company, Colonel Booth's regiment (4th), General McIntosh's brigade, of the Georgia militia during the War of 1812. His service was mostly at Mobile, Alabama, and at Fort Hawkins, Georgia. He served from 21 Nov 1814 until 6 May 1815. He later served in Captain Samuel Faris' company of Georgia Mounted Volunteers and was "in the removal of the Creek Indians beyond the Mississippi River." This service was for three months, beginning in August of 1836. Thomas Bryan lived in Habersham County until 1832, when he moved to Walker County. In her application for a pension, Thomasine Grogan Bryan describes Thomas Bryan as being 6'1", with dark hair, blue eyes, and a dark complexion. An unidentified source states that Thomas's middle name was Richard.

Buried:
Directions to Bryan Cemetery from the town of Lafayette:
1. Starting in front of the Cherokee Regional Library on Duke Street North 912 feet
2. to Right on E Villanow Street 1.09 Miles
3. to Right on Corinth Road 2.57 Miles
4. to Left on Corinth Road 1.82 Miles
5. to Right on Hwy GA 151 992 feet
6. to Arrive at Bryan Cemetery

Thomas married Thomasine Grogan on 8 Aug 1847 in Elbert County, Georgia, USA. Thomasine (daughter of Thomas Grogan and Elizabeth Blackwell) was born on 23 Mar 1824 in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, USA; died on 16 Sep 1910 in LaFayette, Walker County, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 21 Jul 1870, Subdivision 145, Walker County, Georgia, USA

Notes:

Thomasine Grogan Bryan was living at Cain Creek, Walker County, Georgia, at the time of the 1880 census.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: shoemaker

Notes:

The Henry Webb Talley family was living at LaFayette, Walker County, Georgia, at the time of the 1860 census. They were living at Cedar Grove, Walker County, Georgia, at the time of the 1880 census.

Henry + Elizabeth Jane Meredith. Elizabeth (daughter of Noah Meredith and Margaret M. Shaw) was born on 29 Oct 1835 in probably Walker County, Georgia, USA; died on 16 Mar 1926 in Flintstone, Walker County, Georgia, USA; was buried in Chattanooga Valley Baptist Church Cemetery, Flintstone, Walker County, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Carpenter and wagon-maker

Joseph + Frances Gentry. Frances was born on 12 Nov 1810 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA; died on 22 Aug 1875 in Floyd County, Georgia, USA; was buried in Blue Pond Baptist Church, Rome, Floyd County, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Bogue Chitto, Dallas County, Alabama, USA
• Occupation: 1850; gin maker
• Census: 1860, Orrville, Dallas County, Alabama, USA
• Census: 1870, Cahaba, Dallas County, Alabama, USA
• Occupation: 1870; cotton gin repairer
• Census: 1880, Calera, Shelby County, Alabama, USA

Notes:

Peyton Campbell may have been born in North Carolina, according to the 1850 Dallas County, Alabama, census. Listed on the same page is A.F.G. Campbell, presumed to be his brother. A letter of transfer from his church at Catfish, Marion District, South Carolina, to Fulton, Dallas County, Alabama, was dated 13 November 1852. His name was given as LaFayette Campbell. At the time of the 1860 census, the family was living in Orrville District, Dallas County, Alabama. Peyton's occupation was listed as gin maker, and his age was given as 36, born in North Carolina. In 1870, Peyton Campbell was living in Cahaba, Alabama. He was a cotton gin maker. According to family tradition, the Campbells may have been from Hoboken, New Jersey. Also mentioned are Hudson or Bergen County, New Jersey, and the maiden name of Peyton's mother is given as Peyton (Paton, Patton, etc.). His name may have been Peter rather than Peyton, and the 1932 soldier's headstone application filed by a supposed descendant uses the name Patrick Lafayette Campbell. He was listed as Peyton in 1880 census of Calera, Shelby County, Alabama. On 5 April 1881, Peyton L. Campbell made an application for relief for maimed Confederate soldiers in Shelby County, Alabama. The application states that he was shot in both legs at the Battle of Gettysburg while a member of Company F, 5th Alabama Infantry. In the book, "Company F, 5th Alabama Regiment, Dallas County, Alabama, 'Cahaba Rifles,' " P.L. Campbell's Civil War record is given as follows: P.L. Campbell, Pvt., enlisted 10 March 1862. Cahaba, AL, wounded and captured 1 Jul 1863 Gettysburg PA." There are no dates on his tombstone, which gives his name as P.L. Campbell and mentions his Civil War service. His grandson, Robert Clifton Campbell, is buried in the same cemetery. There is also a monument for P.L. Campbell at Summer Hill Baptist Church Cemetery on Highway 25 in Shelby County, Alabama. In January 1864, Mary Campbell petitioned the Supreme Court of Alabama on an appeal of a lower court order in Dallas County, in which she attempted to have her husband, Peter, declared a "lunatic." A letter in possession of the Bryan family from Edward M. Jackson, Catfish, Marion District, South Carolina, to W L. Barton and LaFayette Campbell, Fulton, Dallas County, Alabama, restores Campbell to the church. It also serves as a letter of dismissal and transfer to another church from the Baptist Church of Christ at Catfish. The 5th Alabama Infantry Regiment was organized at Montgomery, Alabama, on May 5, 1861, and fought through the war until it was surrendered at Appomattox Court House in April of 1865. It mustered a total of 1,719 men during the Civil War, of whom 300 were killed in action and 240 died of disease. At Gettysburg, where P.L. Campbell was wounded and taken prisoner, the regiment was at Oak Ridge on July 1 and at Culp’s Hill on July 2 and 3. On July 4, the regiment moved to Seminary Ridge.

Litha Kilgore, in a letter to Lucy Lanham Bryan dated May 28, 1970, stated that Peyton Campbell's mother was a Patton.

Died:
On her application for a government-provided headstone for P.L. Campbell, Mrs. D.L. Fulton stated that he died in February 1881.

Buried:
Leach Cemetery, sometimes called Bristow Cemetery, is located 3.5 miles east of Calera off Highway 25 (Columbiana Road). Turn right at Leach Cemetery Road, cross the railroad tracks, proceed .5 mile, turn right into cemetery at top of the hill.

Peyton married Mary Ann Elizabeth Bethea on 25 May 1846 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA. Mary (daughter of Phillip Bethea and unknown) was born on 10 Jun 1826 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA; died on 10 Jun 1908 in Calera, Shelby County, Alabama, USA; was buried in Shelby Springs, Shelby County, Alabama, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas Bryan was apparently a Revolutionary War soldier. He participated in the Georgia land lotteries in the early 1800s. According to the book "Information on Some Georgia Pensioners," his wife may have been a Bennett. Thomas Bryan appears in the following records:
1790 - Elbert County, Georgia, tax digest
1790 - Elbert County, Georgia, census, Captain William Black's district
9 February 1791 - Name on a petition to the Governor from residents of Elbert County seeking a stay of execution for James Meredith who has a wife and four children who are in distress
1792 - Franklin County, Georgia, grantee
1792 - Elbert County, Georgia, land court sessions - mentions "self and four in family"
1797 - Elbert County, Georgia, land grant
1797 - John Baker Bennett of Richmond County, Georgia, sold land to "Thomas Bryan, father and first friend of Bennett Bryan"
1811 - witness in estate record of James Chandler of Franklin County, Georgia
1820 - Elbert County, Georgia, census (also in the county were Moses and John Bryan)
1822 - witnessed deed in Franklin County, Georgia
1825 - witnessed deed in Franklin County, Georgia
1835 - received land in lottery
1835 - purchased land from James Mann in Walker County, Georgia - Lot 256, District 12, Section 3

Thomas + unknown. unknown was born in cir 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Thomas and Elizabeth Blackwell Grogan were members of the Wolf's Creek Baptist Church in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Being a minister, Thomas was often called to be the pastor of the church. Thomas and Elizabeth applied for letters of dismissal on 17 December 1836, probably in anticipation of their move to Georgia. They were in Walker County, Georgia, at the time of the 1850 census. In 1866, Thomas Grogan was living in Clay County, Alabama. According to the 1880 census record of Thomasine Grogan Bryan, Thomas Grogan was born in Virginia and Elizabeth Blackwell was born in North Carolina. This is probably the Thomas Grogan, Esquire, listed in the 1830 Spartanburg District, South Carolina, census. In the household were two males under age 5, two females age 5-10, one female age 10-15, two males age 10-15, one male age 15-20, one male age 20-30, one male age 40-50, and one female age 40-50.

Thomas + Elizabeth Blackwell. Elizabeth (daughter of John Blackwell and Susannah Glenn) was born in cir 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: shoemaker

Notes:

Henry Talley participated in the 1827 Georgia Land Lottery, at which time he was living in Troup County. At the time of the 1850 census, he was living in Murray County, Georgia. He was living in DeKalb County, Alabama, in 1856, and in Jackson County, Alabama, by the time of the 1860 census. The cemetery where he is buried is about 10 miles southeast of Scottsboro, Alabama.

Henry married Mary Lacy Webb on 14 Dec 1820 in York County, South Carolina, USA. Mary was born on 15 Sep 1801 in South Carolina, USA; died on 19 Jan 1855 in Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: tanner

Notes:

Noah Meredith participated in the Georgia Cherokee Land Lottery. He received land in Cherokee, now Walker, County, the 3rd section of the 27th district, previous to 1838, probably moving there in 1837. At the time of the lottery, he was living in Walton County, Georgia, but according to his obituary, he moved to Walker County in 1837. Noah was the Walker County Tax Collector in 1844, and he was the first mail carrier from Cedar Grove to Chattanooga. The family was living in Walker County, Georgia, at the time of the 1850 census, and at Cedar Grove, Walker County, Georgia, at the time of the 1880 census. In 1893, he was living at McLemore Cove, Walker County, Georgia. He was a Mason of the A.I. Leet Lodge No. 266, F. & A.M.

Buried:
High Point Cemetery is opposite Lookout Baptist Church on Georgia Route 193 (Chattanooga Valley Road). Also known as Lookout Cemetery.

Noah married Margaret M. Shaw on 11 Jan 1835 in Walton County, Georgia, USA. Margaret (daughter of George Washington Shaw and Jane G. Patterson) was born on 7 Sep 1817 in Morgan County, Georgia, USA; died on 4 Jan 1897; was buried in High Point Baptist Church Cemetery, Chickamauga, Walker County, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

According to her obituary, "old Mrs. Noah Meredith" died at the home of her son-in-law, Webb Talley, in High Point.

Buried:
Her place of burial is reported in her obituary. This may be another name for High Point Cemetery.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: wagon maker

Notes:

Family tradition holds that three Lanham brothers moved from Maryland to Edgefield District, South Carolina. There names are remembered as Walter, Josiah, and Rezen. Joseph Lanham is listed in a number of land transactions in Spartanburg County, South carolina. On 29 September 1828, Hutson (probably Hudson) Lanham was named administrator of the estate of Joseph Lanham in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.

Joseph + Sarah Elder. Sarah was born before 1775 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA; died after Nov 1828 in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

? + Mary Peyton. Mary was born in cir 1795. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The descendants of Peyton LaFayette Campbell have a letter from an A.S. Campbell to A.F.G. Campbell, dated 1855. In the letter, A.S. mentions "mother, Eliza, and Charlotte." The 1850 Census of Chesterfield County, South Carolina, contains an entry for a Mary Campbell (age 55, born New Jersey) and the following people, presumed to be her children: Eliza A. (age 37, born New York), Mary C. (age 20, born South Carolina), Charlotte H. (age 16, born South Carolina), and Adrian S. (age 12, born South Carolina). Also living there was a Rebecca L. Henshaw (?), age 5. In the 1880 Alabama census, the place of birth of both of Peyton Lafayette Campbell's parents is given as New York. According to family tradition, Mary Campbell was of Dutch descent. Mary's last name is in question. According to Litha Kilgore, her last name was Patton.

Phillip + unknown. unknown was born in cir 1800. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bartholomew Grogan appears to have gone to Spartanburg County, South Carolina, about 1794, when he purchased land there from John Gowen on March18. He may have been the Bartholomew Grogan who was on the Surry County, North Carolina, tax list in 1771. He is believed to have migrated to Guilford County, North Carolina. In 1783 the state of North Carolina issued a payroll voucher to Bartholomew Grogan for furnishing supplies during the Revolution. The names of only four of his sons are known; he may have had another son and at least two daughters.

Bartholomew + unknown. unknown was born in cir 1745. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John Blackwell was a minister. He established the Green Creek Baptist Church in Polk County, North Carolina, in 1797. He remained as pastor until 1833, when he and some of his family moved to Walker County, Georgia. He and his wife had thirteen children.

John + Susannah Glenn. Susannah was born in cir 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: carpenter

Notes:

Henry Talley served in the army during the Revolutionary War. He first served one month in Captain Elisha White's Company, under Colonel Stark. He then enlisted in the summer of 1780 as a private and served in the companies of Captains Crawford, Morgan, and Thomas Edwards, in the regiments of Colonels William Davis and Richard Campbell, First Virginia Detachment, and saw action at the Battle of Camden. He also served one month in the militia as a substitute for his uncle, Jeremiah Lindsey. He was described in his service record as a carpenter by trade, 5'6" tall, with black hair, hazel eyes, and a fair complexion. He served in General Nathaniel Greene's army. After the war, he lived near Richmond, Virginia, then moved to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and finally to Newton County, Georgia, where he became a large land-owner and planter. He participated in the Georgia Land Lotteries of 1827 and 1832. In 1827, he received land in Troup County, and in 1832, while living in Newton County, he received land in Cherokee County. He may be buried in the cemetery of Old Salem Baptist Church, Rockdale County, Georgia, where his wife Edith was a member. Henry may have been a grandson of John Talley (see ID# 17014).

According to Dr. Jim A. Talley (drtalley@drtalley.com), Henry Talley was married first to Judith (Talley?), by whom he had a son, Henry, born in Loudoun County, Virginia.

Henry married Edith Hubbard on 1 Dec 1795 in York District, South Carolina, USA. Edith was born on 3 Mar 1777 in South Carolina, USA; died on 30 Jun 1861 in Newton County, Georgia, USA; was buried in Salem Baptist Church Cemetery, Conyers, Rockdale County, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Edith Hubbard was baptised at Old Salem Baptist Church, Rockdale County, Georgia. According to some sources, Edith was one-half Cherokee.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Murray County, Georgia, USA

Notes:

Joseph Meredith was living in Murray County, Georgia, at the time of the 1850 census. The 1870 Mortality Schedule of Whitfield County, Georgia, states that he died in May, probably meaning May 1870.

Joseph married Elizabeth Lee on 4 Sep 1806 in New Hanover County (?), North Carolina, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Solomon Lee and Temperance Spearman) was born on 14 Mar 1786 in New Hanover County, North Carolina, USA; died on 17 Apr 1868 in Whitfield County, Georgia, USA; was buried in Meredith Family Cemetery, Dalton, Whitfield County, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

George Shaw served in the War of 1812. He received land on the east side of Pigeon Mountain in the 1838 Cherokee Land Lottery and moved to Walker County, Georgia, that year.

Buried:
Plot: Row 9/3743

George married Jane G. Patterson on 15 Aug 1816 in Morgan County, Georgia, USA. Jane was born on 2 Nov 1792 in Morgan County, Georgia, USA; died on 24 Jan 1873 in Walker County, Georgia, USA; was buried in Shaw Cemetery, Lafayette, Walker County, Georgia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Plot: Row 9/3740-3888-89. The inscription reads "Asleep in Jesus Blessed sleep in whicn none can wake to weep".