Friday's Photo: Frances L. Bryan - Bienville Parish, LA to Erath County, TX

Frances L. Bryan 1859 to 1894
This appears to be a copy of the tintype seen below. Using Mark Thompson's
Historical Photo Analyzer at ChatGpt, I can surmise that due to her age and
the style of clothing, this photo was likely taken between 1875 and 1880.
As the family left Bienville in about 1876, and they were in Erath County
by 1878, I am unable to identify the location where the photo was taken.

This is likely the original image,
and the hand-colored version was
probably a later copy.

Frances L. Bryan was born in Louisiana on February 13, 1859, to twenty-two-year-
old parents, Terrell Bryan and Harriet Louisa Albritton. Frances was the second of their ten known children—her older brother Joseph had died in infancy two years before her birth. Family stories suggest that Frances may have had an intellectual disability, or possibly epilepsy. 

Frances spent the first part of her childhood in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. In 1861, when she was about two years old, her father joined the Louisiana Infantry. During his time away, Harriet and her children lived with Harriet's mother, Hollon Albritton.  By the war's end, Frances was the eldest of three girls, with at least six more children to be born to Harriet and Terrell by 1884. 

In about 1876, the Bryan family relocated to Eastland County, Texas, looking for new opportunities.  Frances was almost 20 when they moved to Erath County in 1878. Unlike her siblings, who married and started their own families, Frances did not marry or have children. She passed away on December 24, 1894, in Erath County at the age of 35. 

Frances’ cemetery stone at the Old Valley Grove Cemetery near Stephenville in Erath County lists her death as occurring in 1904. However, Terrell and Harriet Bryan's family Bible records her passing in 1894 at the age of 35 years, 10 months, and 11 days. I have not found any other records or reports confirming her death. She does not appear in the 1900 census, which also states that only six of Terrell and Harriet's children were still living at that time. Those six were Terrell L. Bryan Biggs, Hollon S. Bryan Latta, Laura L. Bryan Keith, Alice A. Bryan Hammett, Dorothy (Dollie) E. H. Bryan Wylie, and my grandfather, Redic E. Bryan.

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"Frances L. Bryan," colorized photograph, about 1880; scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of Jane Aebersold, CO, 2013.

"Frances L. Bryan," photograph, ca.1880; scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of D.B. Quinn, 2022.

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28974168/frances_l-bryan: accessed February 1, 2025), memorial page for Frances L. “Fanny” Bryan (13 Feb 1869–24 Dec 1904), Find a Grave Memorial ID 28974168, citing Old Valley Grove Cemetery, Erath County, Texas, USA; Maintained by LookingForFamily (contributor 47127361).

Mark Thompson’s Historical Photo Analyzer (ChatGPT), response to a question by Diana Quinn, February 28, 2025. Available at https://chatgpt.com/g/g-gbEbpBXtc-mark-thompson-s-historical-photo-analyzer. 

Memories written by Terrell Little "Bunch" Biggs, 13 July 1937; digital copy, original copy held by Pat Waas, TX.

Terrell Bryan Family Bible Records, 1836 - 1927, The Illustrated Polyglot Household Bible (Philadelphia: G. Zeigler, McCurdy, & Co., 1870), "Family Record," privately held by Diana Bryan Quinn, Virginia Beach, VA, 2021

Family Notes From The Baylor County Banner, Baylor County, Texas - 1916

Four eldest children of Floyd W. Thompson and Ora Cox
Juanita, Clarence, Ina Lucille, and Andy Bowie
An announcement of the birth of Ina Lucille is found below
in the issue dated 14 September 1916. Ina Lucille Thompson
was born on 8 September 1916. 

The following 1916 excerpts were found in Baylor County Banner issues on a microfilm reel labeled "Baylor County Banner Jan 07, 1915, thru Dec 28, 1916." These excerpts were recorded on my web pages almost twenty years ago. Those web pages have not been updated since about 2012 but can still be found at my Rootsweb Freepages site. However, Ancestry, who now owns Rootsweb, is retiring the pages in 2024, and when returned, they will be static (I will not be able to make changes). In case the pages get lost, I am adding the content to this blog.

I only abstracted issues from September 7 to December 28 for2016. You can view most issues from January through December at the free The Portal for Texas History. 

Many times, when adding information, I only gave the names of those who died, were married, etc. There is often much more to be found in the actual paper, so please check The Portal to Texas History to find complete articles. An * at the end of an extract indicates that I copied all that was mentioned about that person. 

September 7, 1916

Mary's Creek - Born to Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Crabb, a fine girl. All doing well.*

Bomarton - Born to Mr. and Mrs. E. W. McGlothlin, a ten pound boy, last Sunday.*

Truman - Buchanan wedding in Midlothian

Levelview - L. E. Cox of Richland was down in our community on Monday. Mrs. Burnett spend a week with Mrs. T. A. Cox. *

Levelview - Mrs. Ura Cox will attend school at Seymour this fall and winter.

Caldwell - Phillips wedding

W. H. Reynolds and Wilma Gibbs married in Stamford

 

September 14, 1916

Laundry Improves - Morrow and Gilbert, proprietors of the Seymour Steam Laundry are keeping it up in a class with big city establishments. They have recently added a big tumbler, at a cost of $500.00 which is used for washing underwear, pillow slips, etc. Steam is forced through the cloth and drying is by means of a fan on the inside, blowing hot air. Another machine is a hydraulic press for handling towels, etc. , leaving them fluffy instead of flat.*

Mr. and Mrs. Olsen are the proud parents of a fine boy, born a week ago Saturday.  He is getting to be quite a youngster by this time.*

Mary Townsen weds in Oklahoma.

Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Blanks went to Denton Wednesday to see the former's mother who has been sick for some time.*

Bohac and Pastusek wedding in Megargel

Westover - Born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dormier, last week, a son, also to Mr. and Mrs. Webb, a daughter. All are doing well.*

Westover - J. F. Hawkins and family of Loving visited Mrs. Hawkins parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Webb, and incidentally the new girl at Georgie's.*

Westover - J. P. Elam is very low at this writing.  He is not expected to live.*

Westover - Ira White has lumber on the ground for a 20 foot extension to his storehouse.*

Levelview - The stork has visited our community lately presenting Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Meuse with a girl babe. Also, Mr. and Mrs. Earlee Samsill with a new girl.*

Levelview - Mrs. Bertie Hammett came in from Haskell to visit her parents, Mrs. and Mrs. T. A. Cox.*

Levelview - Floyd Thompson of Plainview visited kinfolks here Wednesday.*

Mrs. Frances is dead (Ruth Durham, wife of W. H. Frances) - very long obituary

A fine girl arrived last week to make her home with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Thompson. Everybody is getting along splendidly.*

Friday's Photo: The Hammett Family in Erath County

John Regan Hammett, Alice Amanda Bryan, and three of their children - Lucy Mae (the baby) and twins, Monte Rose "Mont" and Susie. Lucy was born in 1902, and the twins in 1901, all in Erath County. It appears that the Hammetts were in Erath County, Texas in 1890 or soon after. By April 1907, the family was living in Baylor County, Texas. 

John and Alice Amanda can be seen many years later in Friday's Photo: An Unknown Man With John Regan Hammett, his wife, Alice Amanda Bryan

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Diana Bryan Quinn "Family notes from the Baylor County Banner, Baylor County, Texas - 1907," blog entry, 28 July 2017, Moments in Time: A Genealogy Blog (https://momentsintimeagenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2023/06/family-notes-from-baylor-county-banner.html: accessed 9 October 2023).

Hammett family, photograph, n.d., scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of the J. McAlister, TX, 2001.

Friday's Photo: An Unknown Man With John Regan Hammett, his wife, Alice Amanda Bryan

My father's cousin shared this photo with me. In her album, the man in the middle was identified as John Regan Hammett, and his wife, Alice Amanda Bryan, was named on the right. The unknown man on the left was identified as Buster. It was assumed that Buster was my father's brother, but this man was much too old. Dad's brother, Hairston Albritton "Buster" Bryan, was born in 1906. 

John R. Hammett died in 1935, so the photo had to have been taken prior to that time, and Buster would have been no older than 29 years old. I don't know the location. Below is a comparison of the unknown man and a photo of Buster, taken about the time Buster married in 1935. 

Could this unknown man be my grandfather, the father of Buster and Dad? Alice Amanda was my grandfather's sister. Below are two photos of my grandfather next to the unknown man. The first photo of my grandfather, Redic Eli Bryan, was taken in 1900, and the the one on the right was taken about 1910. 

My grandfather died in 1929, and I don't have any photos taken closer to that time. However, I was told that my grandfather was very tall. My father was 6'2", and he said his Dad was taller. The unknown man looks much shorter than John Hammett, whose sons were taller than 6'2." The photo of the man holding the paper in the photo on the left is my grandfather. He appears to be a tall person. What do you think? 

John Regan Hammett and Alice Amanda Bryan

John Regan Hammett, born in Louisana, was the son of Robert E. Hammett and Dorothy Elizabeth Bryan.  Dorothy was the sister to my great-grandfather, Terrell Bryan. Alice Amanda Bryan was the daughter of Terrell Bryan and Harriet L. Albritton. 

The location of this photo is unknown. John and Alice Amanda lived in Texas - Erath County, Red Springs in Baylor County, and Post in Garza County. When he died, John was living in Portales in Clovis County, New Mexico. 

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Redic and Buster Bryan, photographs, n.d.; scanned images, original photographs from the privately-held collection of Diana Bryan Quinn, Virginia Beach, VA, 2022. 

An Unknown Man With John Regan Hammett, his wife, Alice Amanda Bryan, photograph, n.d., scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of the J. McAlister, TX, 2001.

The History of Mackey Lodge #122, Ringgold, Bienville Parish, Louisiana : 1854 to 1862

James Bryan 1815-1884 (left)
Joseph B. Bryan 1824-1907 (right)

On 14 October 1853, as recommended by a number of members of the Sparta Lodge, No. 108, a Dispensation for the formation of the lodge in Ringgold, Bienville Parish, Louisiana, was granted. This lodge was called Mackey Lodge. My great-grandfather's brothers, James and Joseph Bryan, were charter members of the lodge, along with their brother-in-law, James C. Watts. 

Prior to the formation of the lodge in Ringgold, some of the charter members were members of the Minden, Mt. Lebanon, and Coushatta Lodges. 

Family found on this 1852 Coushatta Lodge roll: James Bryan,
Joseph B. Bryan, John Regan (half-brother to Joseph and step-brother to James),
Robert E. Hammett (brother-in-law) and James C. Watts (brother-in-law)

The following typed notes were found in the files of Marguerite Cook Clark. This post is the first of several where you will see notes and other items of interest she saved regarding the Mackey Lodge. 

County Galway, Bienville Parish, New York, and Looking Ahead

My blog was a little smaller this year. You would think that retirement would mean that I could spend much more time with my genealogy, but that didn't happen in 2021. However, I am proud to say that one of the reasons there were fewer posts in 2021 was that I earned a Genealogical Research Certificate in Boston University's Genealogical Research program.[1] I spent 15 weeks practicing advanced research skills - allowing no time to research or post about my ancestors. A month after completing this rigorous program, my grandchildren came to spend the entire summer with me.  Again, no time to research or post about my ancestors. 

Most Read Posts of 2021

Bridget Quinn, wife of Patrick Murray, was from County Galway was my most-read blog post. Bridget was the wife of my husband's grandmother's brother and this short post documents her family.[2] 

The next two most-read posts were about Tillman Bryan and his daughter, Sallie Bryan Hammett, who lived in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.  Friday's Photo: Tillman C. Bryan and his Pension Record is my second most-read post and one of three posts about Tillman C. Bryan.[3] My third most-read post, A Letter from Sallie Bryan Hammett of Bienville Parish, Louisiana to Lizzie Ragan in Terrell County, Georgia Written in Spring 1915, tells much about Sallie Bryan Hammett's family and others who descend from Reddick Bryan and Elizabeth Regan who settled in Louisiana in 1838.[4] 

Photos of Tillman C. Bryan were taken sometime between the late 1850s and
before his death in 1899.

Another Letter from Sallie Bryan Hammett of Bienville Parish, Louisiana to Lizzie Ragan in Terrell County, Georgia - 28 April 1915

Clifford Cook Shelby, sister to Marguerite Cook Clark
Eleanor Mae Hammett Driscoll, youngest daughter of Sallie Bryan Hammett[1]

This is the second of two letters, written by Sallie Bryan Hammett to Lizzie Ragan. Lizzie was looking for genealogical information. At the time Sallie wrote this letter, she was living in Ringgold, Bienville Parish, Louisiana.[2] The first letter can be seen by clicking on this link. 

This letter was not transcribed exactly. Some punctuation and spacing were added to make it easier to read. 

_________________________

April the 28, 1915

Dear cousin Lizzie

Ada E. Hammett [3]

I will try and answer your dear letter which was received several days ago

I should have written sooner but I have been kept so busy I have not had time to write. Ada is down at her Aunt Ida’s [illegible word] this week and everything is mine to do. I washed today and am awful tired

We have been having some rainy weather this week

We were needing rain too but it has cleared off now and looks so pretty

We have a nice garden and I was afraid the fruit was all killed but I see we have plenty of peaches

I am so glad we have for we didn’t have any last year

I will can a plenty if nothing happens to prevent us

Everyone is getting ready for our school commencement. We have a fine school here at this place. Have three teachers. Our little Eleanor Mae will be in the exercises. She is just seven years old but we think she is awful smart for her age. She loves to go to school. We are might proud of her. She will be in several pieces. Wish you could be here. The school closes the 12 of May.

Cousin Lizzie I don’t have Uncle Terrells address but Ada writes to one of his Grand Daughters so she wrote for Uncle Terrells address and as soon as we hear from her we will write you and tell you what it is. He was at Austin Texas at the old soldiers home the last time we heard of him but I don’t know if he is still there or not. Trixie will tell Ada where he is. She told Trixie why she wanted to know his address and I know she will let us hear from her right away and we will write you right away. 

Oh know I do wish we could see each other. I sure would like to see cousin Joes sons we all thought so much of cousin Joe when he was out here. 

I sure did like Uncle John Regan. He was such a good man. Papa loved him as much as he did his own brothers and Uncle Span too your papa. I have heard my papa speak of him so much. 

I waited on Dear Uncle John when he died he had Brights Desease and was sick a long time and suffered so much. I can remember just as well as if it had been a few days ago my dear Papa and mama I do get so anxious to see them sometime in the sweet bye and bye. Never to part any more. Wont that be a grand time when we all meet to part no more. Oh cousin Lizzie if we never meet in this world I believe we will know each other in heaven. We know our parents are gone there and we will all meet there. We can’t afford to not meet them there. Pray for me and mine that we may hold out faithful to the end. 

Well will close with a heart full of love thinking of you.

Write soon to your loving cousin

Sallie Hammett

P. S. I do love to get your letters. 

_________________________

People mentioned in this letter are named below. Click on the links to see more photos and more information about these family members.

Cousin Lizzie was Elizabeth Leurany Ragan and the daughter of Julius Leurany Speight and Dr. Span Regan (later changed to Ragan). Span Regan was the half-brother of Sallie's father, Tillman C. Bryan. [4]

Allie Belle Trott Frye with her
cousin James "Jim" Smylie Hammett [7]

Sallie Manning Bryan Hammett was the daughter of Tilman C. Bryan and Mildred Manning Prothro.  She married Wesley Tilman Hammett, her first cousin, and son of Robert E. Hammett and Dorothy "Dollie" Bryan Hammett. Sallie and Wesley had children Irene, Ada, James Smylie, and Eleanor Mae.[5]

Aunt Ida may have been Sallie's sister who was married to John Henry Sheffield.[6] 

Uncle Terrell was Terrell Bryan, my great-grandfather, who left Louisiana and was in Texas by 1877.  Terrell was a son of Reddick Bryan and Elizabeth S. Bryan, brother to Sallie's father, Tillman, and brother to Wesley's mother, Dorothy. He was half-brother to Lizzie's father, Span.[8]

Terrell Bryan and his wife, Harriet Albritton [9]

Sallie wrote that she last knew of Terrell being in "Austin Texas at the old soldiers home." A copy of a letter Terrell wrote from the Texas Confederate Home can be seen by clicking on this link. At the time of Sallie's letter, Terrell was living in Stephenville, Texas.[10]

Trixie Hammett [13]

Trixie Hammett was the daughter of Alice Amanda Bryan and John Regan Hammett. Alice Amanda was the daughter of Terrell Bryan and John was the brother of Sallie's husband, Wesley Tilman Hammett.[11] Trixie must have sent Terrell's address as I have a copy of a letter Terrell wrote to Lizzie that same year.[12]

Cousin Joe was Joseph Thomas Ragan, son of Span and brother to Lizzie. You can see a photo of him and learn more at Randy's Cousin Web Page.[14] 

Uncle John was John Regan, the son of Elizabeth Regan and her first husband, Joseph Regan, and brother to Span.  John and Span were very young when their mother was widowed and married Reddick Bryan. [15]

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Diana

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Sources 

    1. Clifford Cook Shelby and Eleanor Mae Hammett Driscoll, 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.

    2.  Letter from Sallie Hammett, (Bienville Parish, Louisiana) to Lizzie Ragan (Bronwood, GA), 28 April 1915; digital copy held in 2021 by D. Quinn (Virginia Beach, VA). Current location of the original letter is unknown. 

    3. "Ada E. Hammett [obituary]," newspaper clipping, 1974, unidentified newspaper, from the privately-held collection of Marguerite Cook Clark (1913-1989), Waynesville, North Carolina, 2021. Obituaries 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.

    4. Letter from E. Ragan Pruitt, (Georgia) to Cousin Diana (Diana B. Quinn), 14 April 2003; This letter containing Regan/Ragan family information is held by D. Quinn (Virginia Beach, VA) in 2021.

    5. Julia Brittain, "Ahnentafel Chart for Reddick Bryan," 1793 - 1991; supplied by J. Brittain, Cypress, Texas, 1999.

    6. Ibid.

    7. Allie Belle Trott Frye and James Smylie Hammett, photograph, n.d.; scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of the Frye Family, San Francisco, 2019.

    8. Terrell Bryan Family Bible Records, 1836 - 1927, The Illustrated Polyglot Household Bible (Philadelphia: G. Zeigler, McCurdy, & Co., 1870), "Family Record," privately held by Diana Bryan Quinn, Virginia Beach, VA, 2021. Also, Diana Quinn, "Ahnentafel Chart for Reddick Bryan and Elizabeth Regan," 1793 - 1991; created by D. Quinn, Virginia Beach, VA, 2004.

    9. Terrell Bryan and Harriet Albritton, photograph, n.d.; scanned image, from the privately held photo collection of J. McAlister, TX, 2001.

    10. Diana Bryan Quinn "Friday's Photo: Terrell Bryan's Twilight Years," blog entry, 28 July 2017, Moments in Time: A Genealogy Blog (https://momentsintimeagenealogyblog.blogspot.com/2016/07/letter-to-lizzie-ragan-from-bryant.html : accessed 9 October 2021).

    11. Ellington, "Hammett/James Family," public tree, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/account/profile/03132af8-0000-0000-0000-000000000000?compareToTestId=68D2EDDB-2A54-4305-9626-096A711BCFA6 : accessed 21 October 2021). 

    12. Letter from Bryan, Terrell  (Stephenville, Erath County, TX) to Miss Lizzie Ragan (Terrell County, GA), 17 October 1915; copy held and sent to Diana B. Quinn in 2003 by E. Ragan Pruitt. 

    13. Trixie Hammett, photograph, n.d.; scanned image, original from the privately held photo collection of R. Warner, TX, 2001

    14. Letter from E. Ragan Pruitt, (Georgia) to Cousin Diana (Diana B. Quinn), 14 April 2003; This letter containing Regan/Ragan family information is held by D. Quinn (Virginia Beach, VA) in 2021. 

    15. Ibid.

A Letter from Sallie Bryan Hammett of Bienville Parish, Louisiana to Lizzie Ragan in Terrell County, Georgia Written in Spring 1915

I scanned this photo at the home of a cousin in Post, Texas, several years ago.
This is Wesley Hammett and Sallie Bryan and their children, Jim,
Eleanor, and Ada. [1] 

This letter and one other were sent to me by a cousin in Georgia.  They were originally copied and sent to him by E. Ragan Pruitt. [2] I love how these posts came together with photos shared by so many different families. 

This letter and others belonged to Lizzie Ragan and their location is not known at this time.  Lizzie was looking for genealogical information. Sallie Hammett wrote this letter sometime in the Spring of 1915 prior to a second letter dated April 28, 1915.

Mildred Rebecca Manning Prothro Bryan AND a Question About My Last Post

Mildred Manning Prothro Bryan   

A family photo at home.
This is said to be the home where Mildred and Tillman raised their family. 

When Julia Brittain sent me a copy of this photo in the 1990s, the caption below named each person as well as their ages. 
Mildred Manning Prothro is seated next to her daughter-in-law, Mary Elizabeth
McDowell Bryan, wife of Tillman II. Mildred's children Jewell and Willie, are
standing. Erie Prothro is the daughter of Mildred's son, Edward Prothro. Marie
and Della are the daughters of Tillman II and Mary Elizabeth. 

On Friday, I finished the last of three posts about Tillman Bryan and Mildred R. Manning Prothro Bryan. As I began putting away all of my records regarding Tillman and his wife, Mildred, I saw two dates on Mildred's pension request that didn't match what I had written previously regarding her death. 

According to the cemetery stone in the Bryan Cemetery, Mildred died on December 8, 1912.  Looking at the pension request, I see that Tillman's service records could not be found in April 1912. And, I see further documents completed in 1913. On June 5, 1913, H. V. Tooke and J. Frank Tooke stated they had personal knowledge that Tillman served as a corporal in Company E of the 5th Louisiana Calvery. 

Why would they need to testify about this matter if Mildred died in 1912? 

Of course, I needed to know more . . . 

Mildred Rebecca Manning was the daughter of Simon Manning and Mary Brown. She was born in 1839 in Louisiana, where her family was described as living near Ringgold. Mildred married her first husband, Hartwell M. Prothro, on March 23, 1854. He died in a steamboat explosion in March 1856. Their only child, Edward Hartwell Prothro, was only a little more than six months old. 

Mildred married Tillman on April 15, 1857. Mildred and Tillman had a large family. You can see more about their children at Friday's Photo: Tillman C. Bryan.

Tillman's death was documented on his cemetery stone and in James Bryan's family bible as June 16, 1899. No record of Mildred's death can be found except the date on her cemetery stone - December 8, 1912. The stone is a more contemporary cemetery stone and is shared with her husband, Tillman. Tillman's old stone was described as leaning against the fence by my father in 1981. Was Mildred's old stone destroyed or worn? Who replaced the stone, and where did they get the death date? There is no death certificate.

And then I found it . . . 

In an undated family letter, Mildred's daughter, Sallie Bryan Hammett, wrote, "dear Mama died December the 18, 1914." 

That letter, and one other written by Sallie Bryan Hammett, will be a part of my next Bryan post. 

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Diana

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Sources 

Bryan Family Photograph. 1903. Photocopy (original held by Brittain family) held by D. B. Quinn [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Virginia Beach, Virginia. 

Bryan, Tillman C.and Manning, Mildred R. Prothro Cemetery Stone Photograph. 1981. Photograph held by D. B. Quinn [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Hammett, Sally Bryan. Sally to cousin Lizzie Regan, no date. Photocopy held by D. B. Quinn [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Virginia Beach, Virginia.  

"Louisiana Confederate Pensions, 1898-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939F-VZSD-5S?cc=1838535&wc=M61M-PNB%3A164934001 : 20 May 2014), Brown, John B - Evans, C H > image 991 of 1406; Louisiana State Archives, Baton Rouge.

Louisiana, Bienville Parish. 1850 U. S. Census, population schedule. Database with images. Ancestry. https://www.ancestry.com : 2020. 

Manning, Mildred R. Prothro Bryan Photograph. No date. Photocopy (original held by Brittain family) held by D. B. Quinn [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE,] Virginia Beach, Virginia. 

Sherrod, Ricky L. "Strong Southern Women: Female Leadership on the Northwest Louisiana Frontier." Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association 52, no. 1 (2011): 5-34. Accessed January 16, 2021.