About John Emory Bryant
Lived 1836 – 1900. John Emory Bryant was an American politician and editor.
John Emory Bryant (October 13, 1836 – February 27, 1900) served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and the Freedmen's Bureau in Georgia during the Reconstruction Era. He also worked as a newspaper editor, Republican Party organizer, member of the Georgia House of Representatives and a candidate for U.S. Congress. Duke University has a collection of papers related to Bryant. He corresponded with William Anderson Pledger and Henry McNeal Turner. He was a member of the Methodist Church and involved in the temperance movement. He graduated in 1859 from Maine Wesleyan Seminary.
Bryant married Emma Frances Spaulding and they had one child, Emma Alice Bryant (1871–1946).
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American soldier and politician
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John Emory Bryant was born in 1836.
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John Emory Bryant died in 1900.
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John Emory Bryant was a politician and editor.
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