The Bryant Birth, Marriage, Military, Obit and other events page.

                                                                                                                 

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Marriage:

1914

Daniel Bryant-Greta Robichaud

A very happy event occurred Sunday evening, August 23^rd, at the home of Mrs. D. Robichaud, when her daughter, Greta, was united in marriage to Daniel Bryant by the Rev. D. H. Jones of Mexico.  The bride was prettily attired in white embroidered crepe and carried a bouquet of pink carnations.  She was attended by her sister, Mrs. Everett Griffin, while Mr. E. Griffin was best man.  The happy couple left Monday morning on a wedding trip to Prince Edward Island.  They will be gone a month.

1946

Bryant-Crooker

Frye-Miss Beverly Ruth Crooker, daughter of Mrs. Florence Reed Crooker and the late John R. Crooker, and Harry T. Bryant, son of Mrs. Greta Robichaud Bryant and the late Daniel C. Bryant, Rumford, were married Sunday, June 30, at 2 o’clock in a pretty lawn wedding at the home of the bride’s mother in Frye.

The single ring service was conducted by the Rev. Kenneth S. hatch, pastor of the Mexico Baptist church.

The bride was given in marriage by her uncle, George Crooker.

Music was furnished my Mrs. Charles Taylor, who played the wedding march and Miss Margaret Louise Burgess sang “Always.”

Attending the couple were Mrs. John E. Jamison, matron of honor, and John E. Jamison, best man.

The bride wore a street length dress of aqua blue flowered silk with matching shoulder length veil caught with rose buds for head dress, and carried a bouquet of white peonies and mock orange blossoms.  She also wore a diamond pendant belonging to the groom’s mother.  The matron of honor was gowned in a street length dress of yellow trimmed with green, with white accessories and carried an arm bouquet of rose peonies.

Flower girls were Beth Crooker, cousin of the bride, and Audrey Rogers, cousin of the groom.  They carried bouquets of red and white peonies.

The lawn and porch were decorated with baskets and vases of cut flowers.

For traveling ensemble the bride was gowned in daffodil yellow dotted Swiss with white accessories and wore a corsage of white roses.

The bride’s mother wore a gown of flowered jersey with a corsage of red roses.  The groom’s mother wore black silk with a corsage of blush roses.

The bride’s gift to her matron of honor was a bracelet and groom’s gift to the best man was a cigarette case.

Following the ceremony a reception was held on the lawn.  A three-tier brides cake make by the bride’s grandmother, Mrs. Nellie Reed was cut by the bride and groom.  The wedding cake cut by the bride was made by the groom’s mother, Mrs. Bryant.

Those in charge of refreshments were Mrs. Albert Dodge, an aunt of the bride, and Mrs. Reed.  Serving were Beverly Boothby and Beth Crooker, cousins of the bride; Reta and Sally Denney, Elsie Taylor and Margaret Louise Brugess.

Greta Ann Bryant, sister of the groom, had charge of the guest book.

The couple will reside in Rumford on their return from a two-week’s honeymoon. 

The bride is a graduate of Stephens High School, class of 1939 and until recently was employed by theJ.J. Newberry Co., Rumford.

The groom, of Rumford, is also a graduate of Stephens high School in 1934.  He is a veteran of World War II and has employment with the Oxford Paper Company.

Guests present at the wedding and reception were Mrs. Algie Crooker, Mrs. Clayton Boothby, daughters, Jean and Beverly, Mrs. Hattie Adams, son Gordon, Auburn; Mr. and Mrs. George Crooker and daughter Beth, Norway; Mrs. Albert Dodge, Athol, Mass.; Mrs. Daniel C. Bryant, daughter Greta Ann; Mr. and Mrs. Everett M. Griffin, Mr. and Mrs. R. Everett Griffin, Douglas Griffin, Mrs. George S. Cross, Stanley Cross, John Anastasio, all of Rumford; Rev. Kenneth Hatch, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Bryant, Mrs. Leonard Rogers and daughter Audrey Rogers; Sally and Reta Kenney, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bryant, Mr. and Mrs. John E. Jamison, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Worthley, all of Mexico’ Mr. And Mrs. Ronald C. Bryant, son Clayton, and daughter, Azerlea, Bryon; Miss E. Elsie Taylor, R.N., Portland; Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Pettengill, Mrs. Charles F. Taylor, Mrs. Nellie Reed and Mrs. Florence Crooker.

 

 

Military

Name:  Harry T. Bryant

Serial Number:  67175

Birth place:  Prince Edward Island, Canada      

Age: 27 years

Residence:  Rumford

Comment:  Enl:  NG Rumford, Arp. 6/17.  Reported for Federal serv: Apr. 13/17. Private.  Org: CoB 2^nd Me Inf;

Co B 103 Inf to July 27/18.  Eng: Champagne-Marne; Aisne-Marne; Defensive Sector. Overseas: Sept. 27/17 to July 27/18.  Died of wounds: July 27, 1918.

Bryant Liberated From Nazi Prison

  A letter received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bryant, South Rumford, stated that S/Sgt Harry Bryant has been liberated from a German prison camp.

  He is well and expects to be home soon.

  Sgt Bryant went overseas with the 8^th Air Force in February 1944, and was shot down over Munster, in March 1944 after but five missions.

  He was in camp at East Prussia and latter moved to Pomerania, Poland.

  A brother Warrant Officer Ronald is at Pearl Harbor.

  A brother, Pvt Daniel C Bryant, who was captured by Nazis in February 1943, died April 4, 1944 in Germany following appendicitis.

  S/Sgt Bryant graduated from Stephens high school, enlisted in the Air Corps in January 1941, trained at Maxwell Field, Ala., studied aviation mechanics at Sunrise Air Field, Philadelphia, for six months, and transferring from the ground crew went to gunner school at Wendover, Utah.  He went overseas in February 1944.

SUN, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST5, 1943

 

MEXICO MAN, REPORTED MISSING IN FEBRUARY, IS WAR PRISONER

 

Mexico-Pvt. Daniel Bryant Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bryant of South Rumford, who was reported missing in action in North Africa During February, is alive and well according to word received by his wife, Mrs. Alice Fournier Bryant of Mexico.  The message received by his wife was in the handwriting of Pvt. Bryant and was written from a transit camp where he had stopped while on his way to a prison camp somewhere in Germany. The letter was sent via Switzerland.  His message was: "Alice Dear, how are things going at home?  How is our baby?  Are you feeling well?  I am felling well.  I guess that the war will be over before I get home now. That makes it a long wait.  All my love until I get home, Daniel." People from Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New York report having heard the following message broadcast over the German short-wave on a recent Broadcast:  "Dear wife:  I am a prisoner of war in Germany.  I haven't been wounded.  How is my baby?  Do not worry about me.  I am getting along.  Love, Dan."

June 8, 1944

 

ONE SON DIES IN GERMANY; OTHER PRISONER

 

The last few days have brought to the family of Daniel C. Bryant, South Rumford, both sad news and good - the one that a son, Daniel Collingwood Jr., had died in a German prison camp - the other that his brother, Sgt. Harry Bryant, missing in action since March 23, is still alive and in turn is now a prisoner in a Nazi camp.  News the Sgt. Harry Bryant is now a prisoner in German was received by the Bryant’s on Monday.  Pvt. Daniel Collingwood Bryant Jr., of South Rumford, died in a German prison camp at Salig, Germany, April 4, after having been in the hands of the Nazis since February 1943, taken prisoner presumably at the battle of the Kasserine Pass in Tunisia.  Word of the death of the 24 year old soldier was received from the German government through the International Red Cross, and was conveyed to the parents of the young man by the War Department in a telegram received Thursday.  First reported missing in action last year, in May he was declared a prisoner of war of the Germans.  His family received cards at intervals beginning last June. The last two, received in February and March of this year, contained no hint of illness, in fact declared him well and healthy.  He had not been wounded.  Daniel Collingwood Bryant Jr. was born in Rumford on March 17, 1920, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Collingwood Bryant, South Rumford. He attended the South Rumford School and graduated from Stephens high school in 1938.  In 1941 he was married to Miss Alice Fournier of Mexico, and in 1942 a son Daniel Collingwood Bryant, 3rd, was born to them.  Pvt. Bryant entered the service in May 1942, and received his training at Fort Knox, Ky., going overseas in December 1942.  He was taken prisoner in February 1943.    Besides his wife and son and his parents, he leaves three brothers, Ronald Collingwood Bryant, a radio engineer the Navel Reserve:  Sgt. Harry Talbot Bryant, a gunner was reported missing in action over the European area since March 23.  He enlisted in January 1941 in the Air Corps.  Trained at Maxwell Field, Ala., studied aviation mechanics at Sunrise Air Field, Philadelphia for six months, and transferring from the ground crew in June 1943 went to gunnery school at Wendover, Utah.  Last Christmas he was home of furlough, went overseas to England in February.  Like his brothers he graduated from Stephens High School.

JUNE 16, 1944

DEATH EXPLAINED

PVT. Daniel C. Bryant Jr., of South Rumford, who died recently in Germany.  His death was explained in a War Department communication received by his parents this week.  His death occurred in a hospital at Dramberg, Germany, and was said to be the result of infectious appendicitis and general blood poisoning.

 

 

 

Obits

Beverly R. Bryant:

Beverly Ruth Bryant, 75, of Louisa, Va. Died on Sept. 10 at the University of Virginia Hospital.

Born in Vermont, she attended Stephens High School in Rumford, Maine.  She married Harry Talbot Bryant in 1946 and resided in Middleburg for 30 years.  In 1986, she and Dr. Bryant retired to Louisa, where she lived for nearly 11 years

Mrs. Bryant led an active volunteer life.  She was a caregiver to her husband for 51 years, and she also volunteered with the Warrenton Kennel Club, the Middleburg Kennel Club, and together with her husband, was instrumental in the establishment of the Piedmont Bullmastiff Club.

Dr. and Mrs. Bryant owned Favo d’Mel Kennels.  She bred approximately 60 champions and handled many Bullmastiffs to their championships.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Bryant is survived by a son, Harry Ross Bryant; daughter Brenda Diane Hackett; son-in-law Paul J. Hackett, and grandchildren Steven, Zachary and Tarah Hackett.

A memorial service to celebrate her life will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20 at Orlean United Methodist Church.

Harry T. Bryant

Harry Talbot Bryant of Marshall, a former resident of Louisa, died Wednesday, December 29, 1999 at his daughter’s home.

Memorial services will be held at 2 pm. Saturday, January 15 at Orlean Methodist Church, Orlean.

He is survived by his daughter, Brenda D. Hackett and her husband, Paul of Marshall; a son, H. Ross Bryant of Louisa; three grandchildren, Steven, Zachary and Tarah Hachett of Marshall; a sister, Greta Weston of Mexico, Maine; two brothers, Ronald C. Bryant of Mashpea, Massachusetts and Kenneth A. Bryant of Linden, Alabama.

Mr. Bryant was preceded in death by his wife, Beverly R. Bryant; and a brother, Daniel C. Bryant who was killed during World War II in a concentration camp in Germany.

After graduation in 1939 from Stephens High School, Rumford, Maine, he worked for Oxford Paper Co., Rumford, Maine until 1941.  On January 16, 1941 he enlisted in the U.S. Air Corps. and received his education as an airplane and engine mechanic.  He received basic training at Maxwell Field, Alabama and attended aircraft mechanics coursed at Sunrise Aircraft School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

In 1943 he transferred from ground crew and attended gunnery school at Wendover, Utah.  In February 1944 he was transferred to England where he was a flight maintenance gunner in supervision of 5 EM  on B-17 combat aircraft.  He was shot down on the fourth mission over Munster, Germany in March of 1944.  He was in prison camps in East Prussia and Poland until liberated in May of 1945.

His military qualifications included sharpshooter-pistol, Aviation Badge.  He received the Good conduct Medal, the American Defense Service Medal, EAME Theater Service Medal with one Bronze Star, the World War II Victory Medal and the American Defense Medal at A&AFRS in Rumford, Maine on September 25, 1947.  He also received the Purple Heart in 1945.

He was a member of the Caterpillar Club, a Mason with the Cohron Lodge #271, The Plains, and a member of the American Legion Post #0295, Middleburg.

Mr. Bryant received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Maine and earned his Ph. D from the University of Wisconsin in 1955

After graduation he worked as superintendent of the Middleburg Agricultural Research and Extension Center for 32 years.  He retired in 1987 and moved to Louisa with his wife.  In October of 1999, he moved in with his daughter, Brenda, in Marshall.

Royston funeral Home, Inc., Marshall, is handling the arrangements.

J. Scott Bryant

  J. Scott Bryant of Mexico died on Saturday, September 29, in Spotswood: N. J.  A resident of Roxbury Road, Mexico, he was the husband of Mrs. Mary Clark Bryant.

 Bryant was born in Prince Edward Island, Canada, in April 1884, the son of Michael and Elizabeth Bryant.  He had retired from employment at the Oxford mill three years ago.

  Mr. Bryant belonged to the Rumford Falls Aerie #1248, Fraternal Order of Eagles and was a past president.

  Survivors include, besides his wife, a sister, Mrs. Ada Hayes of Andover, Conn; two daughters, Mrs. Ellen Eames, Bridgeport, Conn. And Mrs. Dorothy Mowatt, Pittsburgh, Pa: eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

  Visitations were on Sunday, October 2 by the Rumford Falls Aerie Auxiliary, Fraternal Order of Eagles

  Services for J Scott Bryant were held last Monday, October 3 from the Meader and Son Funeral Home.  Burial was at the Farrington-Morton cemetery, Mexico, with the Rev Clayton Richard officiating.

  Bearers were from the Rumford Falls Aerie No. 1248, Fraternal Order of Eagles as Follows:  Hoyt E Day, Clifford O Small, John Phillips, Leo Goodwin, Fidel Martin and Ovila Fournier.

  Others in the delegation from the Rumford Falls Arerie were Harold R Finethy, Carmelo Puiia and Robert Watson Jr.

  A delegation from the Oxford Paper company repair department included Stuart Allen, Irving Watson, Raymond Pelletier and Arthur Cormier.

  Services were conducted at 7: 30 pm Sunday, October 2, by the Rumford Falls Aerie and Auxiliary No 1246, Fraternal Order of Eagles.

  Out-of-town people attending Sundays Services included Mr. and Mrs. Chester Cxerkas, Spotswood, N.J.: Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hadley, Jamesburg, N.J.; Mrs. Ada Hayes, Hazardville, Conn; Mrs. Ellen Eames, Bridgeport, Conn; Eldon Hayes, Hazardville, Conn; Mr. And Mrs. Robert Hayes, Springfield, Mass.

  Mrs. Dorothy Mowatt, the Misses Patricia and Bernice Mowatt, Terrance and Kirk Mowatt, all of Pittsburgh, Pa; Miss Thelma Steckelum, Hyde park, Mass, and T/1^st Class James Mowatt, Brunswick Naval Air Station.

Mrs. Greta R. Bryant

RUMFORD-Mrs. Greta R. Bryant, 67, died Thursday at Rumford Community Hospital where she had been a patient fro two days.  She had been a resident of South Rumford for the past 50 years.

  She was born Nov. 29, 1892 at St. John, N.B. the daughter of David and Ann McInnes Robichaud.  She was the widow of Daniel C. Bryant.  She was a noble grand of Purity Rebekah Lodge.

  She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Chester Weston, this town; three sons, Ronald C., this town, Harry T. of Middleburg, Va., and Kenneth A. of Linden, Ala.; two sisters, Mrs. Everett Griffin this town, and Mrs. Eliza Cross, this town; two brothers, Daniel Robichaud, Texas, and Leonard Rogers, Mexico; seven grandchildren.

Services at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Meader & Son Funeral Home, Rev. John Johnston officiating.  Burial in Farrington-Morton Cemetery, Mexico.  Friends invited to call at the Meader & Son funeral Home after 2 p.m. Friday.

Daniel C. Bryant

RUMFORD-Daniel C. Bryant, 58, died Saturday night at his residence at South Rumford.

Mr. Bryant was born in Prince Edward Island, March 14, 1887 the son of Michael and Elizabeth Enman Bryant.

Survivors are his widow, Margaret Robichaud Bryant; three sons, CWO Ronald on Midway, M. Sgt., Harry, on his way home from a German prison camp, and Kenneth, Rumford; a daughter, Greta Ann of Rumford; as sister, Mrs. Clayton Hayes, Boston, Mass., Mrs. Jessie Fulton, Nova Scotia; a brother Scott, Mexico; three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services at 2 o’clock Tuesday at the Franklin Street Methodist church.  Reverend A.A. Callahan will officiate.  Burial at Farrington Cemetery in Ridionville.  Friends may call at Meader & Son Funeral Home.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 1949

BODY OF PVT. BRYANT BEING BROUGHT HOME FOR RE BURIAL.

 

The body of Pvt. Daniel C. Bryant Jr., who died April 4, 1944, in a hospital in Dramberg, Germany, where he had been taken following his 13-months stay in two German prison camps, will be brought home for re- burial on the morning train to the Farrington cemetery, Mexico, where committal services will be held by the Robert Shand Post, VFW.  Pvt. Bryant was born in Rumford, March 17, 1920, the son of Daniel C. and Greta L. Robichaud Bryant.  He attended Rumford schools, graduating from Stephens High School in 1938.  Prior to entering the service he worked at the Oxford paper mill on the stack line.  He married the former Alice L. Fournier, who survives him, as does a son, Daniel C. Bryant 3rd.  He was a member of the South Rumford Men's Club and the South Rumford Community Club.  Pvt. Bryant entered the U.S. Army in May 1942.  Assigned to a tank unit in the 8th Armored Division, he was sent to Fort Knox, Kentucky, for training before being sent to North Africa, in December 1943.  He was held in two prison camps in Germany, the last Stalag 2B, for 13 months before being hospitalized in Dramberg, where he died April 4, 1944.  Besides his wife and son, Pvt. Bryant is survived by his mother, Mrs. Daniel C. Bryant Sr., South Rumford; three brothers, Donald and Harry, of Rumford, and Kenneth, of Mexico: a sister Greta Ann Bryant, of South Rumford; several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.

DEATH CERTIFICATE FOR MICHAEL OTIS BRYANT

 

Place of Death:  Mexico, Maine

Street:

Name:  Michael Otis Bryant

How long a resident:  2 mos.

Previous Residence:  Rumford, Me.

Sex: M       Color:  W

Deceased was Husband of:  Elizabeth Enman

Date of Birth:  Year: 1843   Month: 12 Day: 7

Age: Years: 89 Months: 2  Days: 26

Occupation:  Ship Caulker

Place of Birth:  P.E.I.

Name of Father:  James Bryant

Birthplace of Father:  Scotland

Occupation of Father:  Farmer

Maiden Name of Mother:  Jennie McCarron

Birthplace of Mother:  Scotland

Name of Informant:  Daniel Bryant

Address:  South Rumford, Me.

Date of Death:  Year:  1933  Month: March  Day: 3

Attended by: J.A. MacDougall M.D.

Place of Burial: Rumford, Me.

Date of Burial: March 7,1933

Name of Cemetery: Sunnyside Vault

Undertaker: Meader and Perry, Rumford, Me.

 

Happy Events

Bryant Family Hold Family Reunion

Observing the tenth of their annual Fourth of July family reunions, the family of Mr. And Mrs. Daniel C. Bryant gathered on the holiday at their South Rumford home.  Twenty-six guests enjoyed an outdoor picnic and Independence Day fireworks.

Present were Leonard Rogers, Velma Rogers, Thais Rogers, Audrey Rogers, Betty MacDougell, Kenneth Bryant, Douglas L. Griffin, Maud R. Griffin, R. Everett Griffin, Eliza W. Cross, Mary C. Wheten, Laura E. Healy and William F. Healy of Swampscott, Mass.; Greta A. Bryant, Maythell W. Bryant, Kenneth A. Bryant Jr., Ruth M. Bryant, Azerlea Bryant, Clayton “Mac” Bryant, Ronald C. Bryant, Clarence Crooker, Beverly Bryant, Isabel F. Mann, Archie M. Mann, Bonnie F. Mann, Donna M. Mann, Norman Rogers, and Harry T. Bryant, a student at Waterville.

Unable to meet with the family this year were Leonard Rogers jr., Mr. And Mrs. Everett M. Griffin and son, Douglas, and a young grandson, Daniel C. Bryant the 3rd, 5, the son of Mrs. Edward Benedict.

Guests of Mr. And Mrs. Bryant for the preceding weekend, Mr. And Mrs. Edward MacInnis and their sons, Jordan and Malcolm, of New Brunswick, were unable to stay for the Fourth of July celebrations.

Mrs. Daniel C. Bryant, daughter Greta Ann, Rumford, Mrs. Florence Crooker and mother, Mrs. Nellie Reed, were supper guests of Mr. And Mrs. Harry Bryant, Worthley Pond, Tuesday night last week.

 

 

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