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Grange Hall Cemetery
Photograph by Dana Stubbs - Jul 2007
WILLIAM ABNER BRYANT WAS BORN ON 6/1/1833 IN PALUSKI CO. KENTUCKY. ON MARCH
25TH 1852 HE MARRIED MALLINDA SMITH WHO ACTUALLY RESTS IN GRANGE HALL CEMETERY
IN NAVARRO CO, TEXAS NEXT TO THE CAPTAINS MEMORIAL MARKER.
ON DECEMBER 12 1861, ABNER BRYANT JOINED THE THIRD CAVALRY CO. F OF THE MISSOURI
REGULARS AND OBTAINED THE RANK OF COMPANY COMMANDER. ON THE DATE OF 8/16/62
CAPT. BRYANT PAID THE SUPREME SACRIFICE AS HE FELL AT THE BATTLE OF LONE JACK IN
THE STATE OF MISSOURI. HE WAS WRAPPED IN A SIMPLE BLANKET AND BURIED IN A MASS
GRAVE WITH AN UNKNOWN NUMBER OF HIS COMMAND. THE SENIOR SURVIVING MILITARY
DESCENDANT OF CAPT BRYANT IS KENNETH J. BRYANT AGE 86 WHO IS A VETERAN OF WW2
AND KOREA AND SURVIVED THE NAVAL LAND FORCES WITH THE NAVY SEE BEES IN THE
CAMPAIGN OF OKINAWA. KENNETH BRYANT IS THE GREAT GRANDSON OF CAPTAIN BRYANT AND
RELATES TODAY MANY OF THE FACTS AND STORIES RELATING TO ABNER BRYANT FROM CAPT
BRYANTS GRANDSON MR WILLIAM ROBERT BRYANT WHO ALSO RESTS AT GRANGE HALL.
PERSONALLY SPEAKING, MAY GOD BLESS ALL WHO HAVE ENDEAVORED TO MAKE THIS
RECOGNITION POSSIBLE AND A SPECIAL HEART FELT GRATITUDE FROM GOLD STAR MOTHER
LILLIAN WATKINS AGE 91 OF BLOOMING GROVE TEXAS WHO LOST HER SON GARY WATKINS IN
1968 DURING THE TET OFFENSIVE IN VIET NAM. MRS. WATKINS IS THE SISTER OF MY
FATHER KENNETH BRYANT OF WAXAHACHIE.
THANK YOU AGAIN....JEFF BRYANT
Note: At the Memorial and Dedication service for WA Bryant, Mr. Jeff Bryant gave
this history.
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