Margaret M. (Maggie) Bryan "Aunt Mag"  (image of death certificate)

Margaret M. (Maggie) Bryan was the daughter of my third great grandparents Peter H. Bryan and Polly Ann Cate. As such, she was the sister of my second great grandfather William Allen Bryan.

She married first Stewart Erastus Trotter, and married second Henry Randolph.  She is buried in the Bryan-Drinnen-Cate Cemetery in a grouping with her parents.  Neither of her husbands are buried in the same cemetery.  I have not found any children from either of her marriages.  I was hoping that her death certificate might shed some light on the middle name of her father, but it does not.

CERTIFICATE OF DEATH
Dept. of Public Health     State of Tennessee      Div. of Vital Statistics
Cooperating with Dept. of Commerce          Bureau of the Census

1. Full name -- Mrs. Margaret Bryan Randolph
2. Date of death -- Dec. 18, 1941
3. Place of death:  A) County -- Jefferson, Civil Dist.: 6  B) City or town --  Rural   C) Name of hospital -- R# 3 New Market
4. Legal residence:  A) State -- Tenn.  B) County -- Jefferson, Civil District 6  C) City or town  R #3 New Market  D) Street No.  E) Citizen of foreign country  --  no
5. Color or race -- white
6. Sex -- Female
7. Single, married, widowed, divorced -- Widowed
8. Age  78 years  7 months  25 days
9. Date of birth --  Month: April  Day:23  Year: 1863
10. Place of Birth --  County: Sevier   State:  Tenn.
11. Husband or wife of -- Henry Randolph
12. If veteran, name of war --           Social Security Number --
13. Usual occupation -- Housework
14. Industry or business --
Father  15.  Full name -- Peter Bryan
                  Birthplace -- County: Sevier, State: Tenn.
Mother 16.  Full name -- Polly Ann Cate
                  Birthplace -- County: Sevier, State: Tenn.
17. Informant --  Elmer Bryan
18. Burial, removal, or cremation -- Burial, Date -- Dec. 19, 1941, Cemetery -- Drinnen, Place -- Jefferson Co.
19. Undertaker -- Atchley Funeral Home, Address -- Sevierville, Date filed -- Mar. 20, 1942
20. I hereby certify that I attended the deceased from Nov 1941 to Dec 1941 and that I last saw her alive on Dec 15 1941 and that death occurred on the date stated at 9:00 A.M.   Immediate cause of death: pulmonary tuberculosis
21. If death was due to external causes, fill in the following;
Signature --  T.R. French
Address --  Dandridge, Date signed -- 3/4/42
 

The informant was Elmer Otto Bryan, son of William Allen Bryan, and nephew of Margaret M. Bryan.  The Drinnen Cemetery is known as the Bryan Cemetery and the Bryan-Drinnen Cemetery in various records.  It is currently known as the Bryan-Drinnen-Cate Cemetery.  It is in Sevier County rather than Jefferson County, although it is close to the county line.  Other records suggest that PollyAnn Cate was born in Jefferson County.
 
 

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