Friday's Photo: Winfrey Albert Bryan of Bienville Parish, Louisiana

This is another wonderful photo from the Frye family's collection.[1] Winfrey Albert Bryan was found in the 1900 United States census as Winfrey A. Bryant, the son of William B. Bryant, and Mary O. Bryant of Bienville Parish, Louisiana.[2] In 1942, Winfrey Albert Bryan was living in Bryceland in Bienville and gave his date of birth as 8 January 1881 on his WWII Draft Registration Card.[3] 

Winfrey Albert Bryan is not a descendant of my Reddick Bryan family but of James Monroe Bryan, who is buried in the Mt. Olive Cemetery in Bienville Parish.[4] I have never found a relationship between the two Bryan families, but I am always looking. 

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Diana

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    1. Winfrey Albert Bryan, photograph, no date; scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of the Frye Family, San Francisco, 2019. Used with permission. 

    2. 1900 U.S. Census, Bienville Parish, Louisiana, population schedule, Ringgold, ward 2,  enumeration district 5, page 13, dwelling 203, family 206, William B. Bryant household; digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/5894940:7602: accessed 28 September 2022); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 558.

    3. "U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/11120235:1002? : accessed 28 September 2022), Winfrey Albert Bryan; citing The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; World War II Draft Cards (4th Registration) For the State of Louisiana; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147.

    4. Public Member Trees, database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/18587955/person/292195959846/facts : accessed 28 September 2022).