Friday's Photo: Is this Tillman C. Bryan II of Bienville Parish?

This photo was passed on to me years ago by a descendant of Tillman Bryan and his wife, Mildred of Bienville Parish, Louisiana.  Julia, my distant cousin, said it might be Tillman and Mildred's son, Tillman C. Bryan II, and this young girl might be his wife or a sister. [1]  She looks so young! Mary Elizabeth McDowell was 20 years old when she married Tillman C. Bryan, age 22, in 1886. [2]

To Tillman Bryan's descendants reading this blog, what do you think? Is this Tillman and his wife? His sister? OR, Is this young man one of Tillman II's siblings?

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    1.Tintype, not dated, scanned image, from the privately-held collection of Julia Brittain, Texas, 1999. 

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

Friday's Photo: A Bryan - Cook Gathering in Bienville Parish

 

Unknown to my father, four of the young people in this photo were his second cousins - grandchildren of Tilman Capers Bryan, brother to his grandfather, Terrell Bryan. 

This is another photo from the collection of Marguerite Cook Clark and it is assumed to have been taken in or near Bienville Parish, Louisiana.  It was labeled by Marguerite's mother, Maggie Cook. It is thought to have been labeled long after the photo was taken. The maiden names of all of the young women were included, but it is not known if they were married when the photo was taken.  The clothing styles, especially the hats, lead me to believe the photo was taken around 1910. No later than 1915.

Marguerite Cook Clark called all of these young people family. The Bryans were cousins - all descendants of Reddick Bryan and Elizabeth S. Regan family. The Cook girls were sisters to her father, Edward Clifton Cook.

Della Bryan Pate and Lois Bryan Norman were daughters of Tilman C. Bryan II and 
Mary E. McDowell.

Willie Bryan Tomme and Robert Lee Bryan were the children of John W. Bryan and 

Lizzie Sheffield.

Ina Cook Bryan and Bert Cook were the daughters of N. B. and Pauline Porter Cook.  Ina married Albert Brown Bryan.





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Sources

Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006. Original data: Family trees submitted by Ancestry members.

Family photographs and documents from the collection of Marguerite Cook Clark. Accessed April 28, 2014, September 14, 2014, and November 9 to 11, 2016. Used with permission.

Taylor, M. A. (2011). Bonnets and hats, 1840-1900. Westwood, MA: Picture Perfect Press

From the Files of Marguerite Cook Clark: A Bryan Family Photo

I almost didn't copy this photo when perusing Marguerite Cook Clark's files. The picture wasn't labeled, but photo looked familiar. Almost two years to the date that I scanned it, I found the family in my Bryan files - a Xerox copy of the photo from cousin Julia and labeled with names! 

According to Julia, the photo dates at about 1903 to 1904. This is the family of Tilman Capers Bryan II and Mary Elizabeth McDowell Bryan of Bienville Parish, Louisiana. 

Back Row - Willie Marie Bryan, John C. Bryan, Della Bryan, Lois Bryan

Front Row - Eunice Bryan, Tilman Capers Bryan II, Mary Elizabeth McDowell Bryan, Eddy Bryan

Tilman is the son of Tilman Capers Bryan and his wife, Mildred Manning.  He is the grandson of my ancestors, Reddick and Elizabeth Regan Bryan. 

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Source

Brittain, Julia and McMichael Frances. "Descendants of Reddick Bryan." Houston, Texas.
Sent 2 February 1999.

Family photographs and documents from the collection of Marguerite Cook Clark. Accessed April 28, 2014 and September 14, 2014. Used with permission.

Friday's Photo: Clifford and Paul Cook

This photo labeled, Clifford and Paul Cook, was found in the Frye Family Collection. 

Elizabeth Clifford Cook and her brother Paul were two of the five children of Dr. Edward Clifton Cook and Mary Marguerite "Maggie" Martin. Other siblings were Marguerite, Charles, and Virginia.

Elizabeth Clifford was born on September 4, 1906 and married Dowling D. Shelby. Paul Cook was born on November 19, 1907 in Bienville Parish and married Carmen Sylvia McDowell. They are buried in Bienville Parish along with other family at Providence Cemetery in Ringgold.  

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Sources

Family photographs and documents from the Frye Family collection. Accessed June 6, 2916. Used with permission.

Hollingsworth, Alverne J. "Dr Paul M. Cook (1907 - 2003) - Find A Grave Memorial." Find a Grave. 30 Jan. 2008. Web. 15 Jul. 2016. <http://forums.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=24279624>.