Friday's Photo: Augustus Reddick Bryan of Bienville Parish, Louisiana

The photos and clippings from today's post were all found in the files of Marguerite Cook Clark. Marguerite's mother wrote "Uncle Reddick "Bud" Bryan" above the photo.[1] Augustus Reddick Bryan, the son of Joseph Bryan and Sarah Margaret Wimberly was born on 1851 July 23 in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.  He was the grandson of Reddick Bryan and Elizabeth Regan and it is assumed he was given the middle name Reddick to honor his grandfather.[2] 

Reddick's siblings were Laura Frances, William Walter, Lucy Elizabeth, James Anderson, John Terrell, Alice Martha, and Joseph "Josie" Sarah Catherine.[3]

Augustus Reddick Bryan and Erie Ontario Nix

Augustus Reddick Bryan married Erie Ontario Nix on 14 May 1874. They had three daughters; Tulette, Alma, and Alice. Reddick's brother, James Anderson Bryan, and Erie's sister, Sarah Frances Nix, were married. The couple died of influenza within days of each other and left a young son. Reddick and Erie raised the young child, Albert Brown Bryan.[4] 

Reddick died on 28 November 1917. Erie died on 2 May 1934. Both are buried in Wimberly Cemetery.[5]

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Diana

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    1. Augustus Reddick Bryan photos and clippings, n.d.; digital images, from the privately held photo collection of Marguerite Cook Clark (1913-1989), Waynesville, North Carolina, 2021. Photos were accessed and scanned at the home of Marguerite Cook Clark's daughter in Alpine, Texas on April 28, 2014, September 14, 2014, and November 9 to 11, 2016. Used with permission. 

    2. Vera Meeks Wimberly, Wimberly Family History, Ancestors, Relatives, and Descendants of William Wimberly, Pioneer from Georgia to Louisiana 1837 (Houston Texas: D. Anderson, 1979), 305-331.

    3. Ibid.

    4. Ibid.

    5. Ibid.