Pleasant Twp, Fairfield County, Ohio, 26 Aug 1870 p.303a, dwelling number 375, family number 380 Bryant Cornelius 49 m w blacksmith $1000/$400 OH Lavina 36 f w keeps house OH Henry 9 m w at school OH Ella 7 f w at school OH Hattie 5 f w at home OH William 2 m w at home OH |
Cornelius Bryan was the son of Enoch George Bryan Sr. and Rebecca Moyer. It is not yet proven, but I believe that Enoch was the great grandson of my seventh great grandfather Cornelius O'Bryan. Which is to say, I believe that Enoch was the son of Cornelius Bryan Sr. and the grandson of John Andrew Bryan. I am descended from John Andrew Bryan's brother Thomas Bryan Sr. Lavinia Geiger was the daughter of Daniel Geiger and Jane Cloud. |
Walnut Twp, Fairfield County, Ohio, 3 Jun 1870
p.387b, dwelling number 56, family number 52
Hashbarger Abram 69 m w $17400/$1300 VA cannot W
Elizabeth 71 f w keeping house MD cannot W
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An Abraham Harshberger (numerous spelling variations) married Hannah Jane Bryan on 18 Dec 1873 in Fairfield County, Ohio. By a process of elimination, I believe that this Abram Hashbarger must have been the man who married Hannah Jane Bryan. Hannah herself was 45 years old at the time of her marriage. It was her first marriage, and I suspect it was likely some sort of marriage of convenience. Abraham's wife Elizabeth probably died and then he married Hannah. This was Abraham Harshberger Jr. His father Abraham Harshberger Sr. was enumerated in the 1810 census in Shenendoah County, Virginia and in the 1820 census in Fairfield County, Ohio. So Abraham Jr. was likely born in Shenendoah County several years before the family moved to Ohio. Hannah Jane Bryan was the daughter of Enoch George Bryan Sr. and Rebecca Moyer. I believe that Enoch George Bryan Sr. was the son of Cornelius Bryan Sr. Cornelius was the son of John Andrew Bryan and the grandson of my seventh great grandfather Cornelius O'Bryan. So Enoch's father Cornelius Bryan was probably the first cousin of my fifth great grandfather Peter Bryan. |
Walnut Twp, Fairfield County, Ohio, 3 Jun 1870 p.393a, dwelling number 67, family number 62 Bryan George 71 m w farmer /$300 VA Jane 45 f w keeping house OH Briles Rebecca 34 f w asssists in home OH Linden 9 m w OH attended school Clemment 7 m w OH attended school |
I believe that Enoch George Bryan Sr. was the son of Cornelius Bryan Sr. Cornelius was the son of John Andrew Bryan and the grandson of my seventh great grandfather Cornelius O'Bryan. So Enoch's father Cornelius Bryan was probably the first cousin of my fifth great grandfather Peter Bryan. Enoch's daughter Hannah Jane Bryan age 45 married for the first time after the 1870 census. Rebecca Bryan age 34 married James Broyles. A James Broyles from Ohio served in the Civil War. Rebecca appears to be a widow, so I wonder if James may have died in the Civil War. |
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