John Screven

John Bryan Screven (September 18, 1827 – January 9, 1900) was twice mayor of Savannah, Georgia, between 1869 and 1873.

Early life Screven was born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1827 to Dr. James Proctor Screven and Hannah Georgia Bryan. He was their first child, followed by Sarah (born 1831), Thomas (born 1834) and George (born 1839), and grew up on the Nonchalance estate on Wilmington Island.

Career Screven was a lawyer by education and served as a justice on the Inferior Court.

He served as captain of the Savannah Volunteer Guards, eventually becoming lieutenant-colonel in the defense of Savannah in 1864.

Personal life Screven married twice: firstly, to Mary White Footman (who died in 1863),

Death Screven died in 1900, aged 72. He was interred in Savannah's Laurel Grove Cemetery, alongside both of his wives, the second of whom he had survived by 17 years.