Fourth Generation


72. Minerva Case Bryan25,28,76. Birth: 6 August 1824, Sevier County, Tennessee.77

Census: 1830, Sevier County, Tennessee, Age 00-04, enumerated Household of her father Allen S. Bryan Sr.

Census: 1840, Sevier County, Tennessee, Age 15-19, enumerated household of her mother Elizabeth McSpadden Bryan.

Census: 1850, Blount County, Tennessee, Menerva 26 f w TN.

Census: 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee. Manerva C. 55 wife female married white, keeping house TN VA TN.

Death: 19 November 1904, age 80, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Burial: about 21 November 1904, Saffell (Old Bryan) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Manerva Saffell was named in the settlement of her father's estate 1867.

Minerva Case Bryan and Thomas Fletcher Saffell Marriage: 24 August 1841, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Thomas Fletcher Saffell28,76, son of Samuel Saffell and Elizabeth Cox,. Birth: 24 July 1815, Blount County, Tennessee.77

Census: 1850, Blount County, Tennessee, Dist. 10, Blount County, Tennessee, 22 Nov 1850; p.82b, dwelling number 1179, family number 1179; Saffell Thomas 35 f w TN; Menerva 26 f w TN; Elizab. 7 f w TN; Sarah 5 f w TN; Mary 3 f w TN; Allen 1 f w TN.

Census: 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee. Dist. 8, Sevier County, Tennessee, 17 Jun 1880; p.417d, dwelling number 226, family number 226; Saffel Thomas 64 head male married white, farmer, TN VA VA; Manerva C. 55 wife female married white, keeping house TN VA TN; Nancy F. 26 daughter, female, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN; Samuel 22 son male married white, farmer, born TN, father and mother born TN, married within the year; Virginia 21 dauL female married white, born TN, father and mother born TN; Bryan Alice 50 sisL female single white, TN VA TN idiotic, cannot R/W.

Death: 30 May 1893, age 77,.

Burial: about 31 May 1893, Saffell (Old Bryan) Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee.

Minerva Case Bryan-12328 and Thomas Fletcher Saffell-9640 had the following children:

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Elizabeth McSpadden Saffell76. Birth: 21 August 1843, Blount County, Tennessee. Census: 1850, Blount County, Tennessee, Elizab. 7 f w TN.

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Sarah Mariah Saffell76. Birth: 31 July 1845, Blount County, Tennessee. Census: 1850, Blount County, Tennessee, Sarah 5 f w TN.

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Mary Malinda Saffell76. Birth: 13 September 1847, Blount County, Tennessee. Census: 1850, Blount County, Tennessee, Mary 3 f w TN.

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Allen Bryan Saffell76. Birth: 17 August 1849, Blount County, Tennessee. Census: 1850, Blount County, Tennessee, Allen 1 f w TN.

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Nancy Florence (Nan) Saffell76,77,78. Birth: 27 May 1851, Sevier County, Tennessee. Census: 1880, Sevier County, Tennessee. Nancy F. 26 daughter, female, single, white, born TN, father and mother born TN. Death: 15 July 1939, age 88, Sevier County, Tennessee. Burial: after 15 July 1939, at Henry's Cross Roads Cemetery Sevier County, Tennessee. She never married.

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Caroline Minerva Saffell76. Birth: 18 August 1855, Sevier County, Tennessee.

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Samuel Henry Saffell-12334.

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Minnie Frances Saffell76. Birth: 30 September 1867, Sevier County, Tennessee. Death: 8 January 1877, age 9, Sevier County, Tennessee.