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Submitted: 7/12/20 • Approved: 7/13/20 • Last Updated: 7/16/20 • R333255-G0-S3
Confederate States Army
Civil War Confederate
September 10, 1821 - August 15, 1904
BRYANT, JESSE
Lockney, Tex. Aug. 16
Uncle Jesse Bryant- Died at his home in the town of Lockney, Tex, at 12 o'clock on the night of Aug. 15, 1904, at the age of 82 years 11 months and 5 days.
Uncle Jesse, or "papa" as many called him, was one of the very few who had lived in Texas under three distinct forms of government; first under Old Mexico, secondly under Texas as a Republic and lastly in Texas as a part of the United States.
He was the son of Capt. Bryant, after whom the town of Bryant Station was named.
(Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex, Aug. 21, 1904)
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