Ninth Generation

1500. William Jackson (Jack, Bill) Bryan^{16,424,651,653,654,657,658,659,868,869,870,871,872,873}. Birth: 29 January 1922, Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee.^{424,654,658,668,870,874,875}
He was known as Jack in the family and as Bill at work.

Birth Certificate:
1. Name - William Jackson Bryan
2. Date of birth - Jan. 29 - 1922
3. Sex - male
4. Time of Birth - 12:30 a.m.
5. Place of Birth - Morristown Hamblen
6. Facility or Hospital - ---------------
7. Mother's Full Maiden Name - Ruby Priscilla Cox
8. Mother's Age or Date of Birth - 18
9. Mother's State of Birth - Tennessee
10. Mother's Occupation - Housewife
11. Father's Full Name - Emmert Oral Bryan
12. Father's Age or Date of Birth - 23
13. Father's State of Birth - Tennessee
14. Father's Occupation - Mecanic (mechanic)
15. Mailing Address at Birth - Morristown Tennessee
16. Attendant at Birth - P.L. Brock (The attendant P.L. Brock was the family physician Pryor Lee Brock.)
17. Attendant's Address - Morristown Tennessee
18. Date Certificate Filed - 2-9-1922
Other Information - 1st Birth

Census: 1930, Knox County, Tennessee.⁶⁶⁶ Household of his father Emmert Oral Bryan.
William J. 8 son, male, single, white, born TN, father born TN, mother born VA.
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His mother was born in Tennessee rather than in Virginia. The error occurred because the enumerator incorrectly attributed the birthplace of his stepmother to his mother.

Census: 1940, Knox County, Tennessee.⁶⁵⁴ Household of his father Emmert Oral Bryan.
Jack 18 son, male, single, white, 10 years school, born TN, lived 1935 Knox County.

Marriage: 1 September 1943, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, age 21, to Nettie Wilma (Wilma) Tindell.^876,877

Divorce: 17 March 1945, Knox County, Tennessee, age 23, from Nettie Wilma (Wilma) Tindell.⁸⁷⁵

Marriage: 17 January 1946, Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee, age 23, to Florence Marie Brown.^16,424,870

Death: 21 April 2005, age 83, Clinton, Anderson County, Tennessee.⁶⁵⁸

Obituary: Knoxville News-Sentinel, 23 Apr 2005, page B8.
Bryan, William J. (Bill) - born January 29, 1922, passed away April 21, 2005. He was preceded in death by wife, Florence (Brown) Bryan; son, Steve Bryan; father, E.O. Bryan; mother, Ruby (Cox) Bryan; step-mother, Ella Kate Bryan; sister, Lena Truan. He leaves behind his sons and their wives, Joseph and Kathryn Bryan, Jay and Judy Bryan, and Tom and Donna Bryan; grandchildren, Angie Bryan, Duane Bryan, Jill Pitkanen, Whitney Bryan Bartera, Mark and Kayla Bryan; great grandson, Korbin Pitkanen; brother, Robert Bryan; sister, Bonnie Johnson; sisters-in-law Frankie Kramer and Brenda Lee; several nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was a Veteran of WWII and served proudly in the U.S. Navy as a Radar Operator. He was employed by Union Carbide at the X-10 Plant for 33 years until his retirement. He was a Volunteer Dispatcher for the Karns Volunteer Fire Dept. for several years. He was a CB operator for years, his handle was "Salty". He was a member of Solway United Methodist Church and enjoyed singing in the Choir. He enjoyed singing Hymns and one of his favorites was "In the Garden". The family will receive friends 6-8 pm Saturday at Weaver's Chapel with the service to follow at 8 pm. Reverends Henry Lenoir and Gordon Ridenour officiating. Family and friends will meet at 1:45 pm Sunday at Solway Church of God Cemetery for a 2 pm graveside service. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Solway United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 7085, Knoxville, TN 37921 or the Karns Volunteer Fire Dept., 4725 Guinn Rd., Knoxville, TN 37931. Arrangements by Weaver Funeral Home.

Burial: 24 April 2005, Solway Church of God Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee.^658,878
Grave marker: William J. Bryan, Jan. 29, 1922 - Apr 21, 2005, same marker as Florence B. Bryan. Footstone: William J. Bryan, US Navy, World War II, Jan. 29, 1922 - Apr. 24, 2005.

Note: Narrative: The Nichols Book by Wyatt Nichols. Jack, the oldest child of Emmert and Ruby Cox Bryan, is a great fellow and I could write much about him. I will put this incident in. His grandmother, my Aunt Loretta Nichols Cox, came to visit me in Cleveland, Ohio, about 1939. Jack slipped away from home and hitch-hiked to Cleveland from Tennessee, about three weeks after his grandmother came to visit us. He found employment here in Cleveland, Ohio, and worked until the beginning of World War II. He immediately enlisted in the United States Navy and spent five years serving his country with a fine record. I personally am very proud of Jack. He married a girl by the name of Florence Brown. They have four children, namely, Joseph W., James, Phillip T., and Jackie S.

William Jackson (Jack, Bill) Bryan and Nettie Wilma (Wilma) Tindell Marriage: 1 September 1943, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.^876,877
Marriage Application, No. 3558, State of Tennessee, Knox County. Date Sept 1, 1943. To J. W. Dance, Clerk, Knox County, Tenn: We hereby make application for a Marriage License for William Jackson Bryan, age 21, Address - Route 12 Knoxville Tn, Wilma Tindell, age 23, Address - R-12 Ft. City Tn., Parents - Mr. & Mrs. Frank Tindell, Ft. City Tenn. I solemnly swear that the foregoing application are true. (signed) William Jackson Bryan, Wilma Tindell. Know all men by these presents that we are held and firmly bound unto the State of Tennessee in the sum of Twelve Hundred and Fifty Dollars, to be void on condition that there be no lawful cause to prevent a marriage from being solemnized in the County of Knox, between William Jackson Bryan and Wilma Tindell. Witness our hand and seals, the 1 day of Sept 1943. (signed) William Jackson Bryan, Wilma Tindell. Date of Marriage - Sept 1 1943 by A. N. Dailey, M.G. Marriage License, State of Tennessee, County of Knox. To any Minister of the Gospel, Priest or Jewish Rabbi, having the care of Souls, or Judge, or Justice of the Peace for said County - Greeting: I, J.W.(Jack) Dance, Clerk of the County Court of Knox County aforesaid, by the power vested in me by law, do license you or either of you, to celebrate the Rites of Matrimony between William Jackson Bryan of Knoxville Tenn. and Wilma Tindell of Ft. City Tenn. Given in office in Knoxville the 1st day of Sept 1943 and of American Independence, 167. J. W. Dance Clerk. By R. T. Mynatt Deputy Clerk. Marriage license No 3558. William Jackson Bryan to Wilma Tindell, 1943. J. W. (Jack) Dance, Clerk. I solemnized the Rites of Matrimony between the above parties on the 1 day of Sept 1943. (signed) A. N. Dailey, minister.
Divorce: 17 March 1945 Knox County, Tennessee.⁸⁷⁵

Nettie Wilma (Wilma) Tindell^876,879,880, daughter of Samuel Franklin (Frank) Tindell and Nettie J. Jackson,. Birth: 2 December 1919, Tennessee.^879,880

Census: 1920, Knox County, Tennessee. Nettie W. 1/12 niece born TN, father born TN, mother born NC, enumerated Household of her father's brother-in-law Mell P. Lovelace.

Census: 1930, Knox County, Tennessee. Wilma 10 daughter, female, single, white, born TN, father born TN, mother born NC.

Census: 1940, Knox County, Tennessee.⁸⁷⁹ Dist. 13, Enumeration District 47-33, Knox County, Tennessee, 12 Apr 1940; p.623b, Sheet 3b, dwelling number 53, Hyatt Road; Tindell Wilma 20 servant female single white, 4 years high school, born TN, lived 1935 Knox County, enumerated household of Christian M. Beasley.

Marriage: 1 September 1943, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee, age 23, to William Jackson (Jack, Bill) Bryan.^876,877

Divorce: 17 March 1945, Knox County, Tennessee, age 25, from William Jackson (Jack, Bill) Bryan.⁸⁷⁵

Marriage: 2 May 1953, Knox County, Tennessee, age 33, to Elvis Patterson (Pat) Evans Sr.^880,881

Death: 14 May 1996, age 76, her residence, 2100 block of Battery Park Road, Chesapeake, Virginia.⁸⁸¹

Obituary: The (Norfolk VA) Virginian-Pilot, 16 May 1996,page B4.
Wilma Tindell Evans, 76, of the 2100 block of Battery Park Road, died May 14, 1996, in her residence. Mrs. Evans, a native of Knox County, Tenn., was the widow of Elvis P. Evans Sr. She retired from Maryview Hospital as a registered nurse after 20 years. She was a member of Deep Creek United Methodist Church, Chesapeake, and American Nurses Association. Survivors include a daughter, Judith Anne Evans of Virginia Beach; a son, Elvis P. Evans Jr. of Chesapeake; two sisters, Frances Mackay of Ontario, Canada, Ada Mattax of Clifton Forge, Va.; and two grandchildren, Ericka Bailey and Alexander Evans. The funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. Friday by the Rev. Bradford L. Phillips at Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home today from 7 to 8 p.m.

Burial: 17 May 1996, Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, Chesapeake, Virginia.⁸⁸¹

Note: The grave of Wilma's grandfather at the Gouffon Cemetery was dug by Robert E. Bryan and Emmert O. Bryan.

William Jackson (Jack, Bill) Bryan and Florence Marie Brown Marriage: 17 January 1946, Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee.^16,424,870
Page 363, Marriage Record, Hamblen County, Tennessee. W. J. Bryan and Florence Brown. Application for Marriage License, Jan 17, 1946. To Geo. N. Smith, Clerk of the County Court of Hamblen County, Tennessee. Male: W. J. Bryan, age 23, Knoxville, Tenn. Female: Florence Brown, age 20, Knoxville, Tenn. Female's Parents: Father - James F. Brown, Byington; Mother - Mrs. Jas. F. Brown, Byington. The undersigned W. J. Bryan being duly sworn, makes oath that the statements made in the foregoing application are true, and signs and makes oath hereto as and for an application for (signed) W. J. Bryan, Florence Brown. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 17 day of Jan, 1946. (signed) Geo N. Smith, Deputy Clerk. State of Tennessee, Hamblen County. To any Minister of the Gospel having the Care of Souls, Jewish Rabbi, Justice of the Peach of said County, Judge, the Governor, and the Speaker of the State Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives - Greeting: You, or either of you, are hereby authorized to solemnize the Rite of Matrimony between W. J. Bryan and Florence Brown of your County, agreeably to the direction of the Act of the Assembly in such case made and provided. Provided always, That the Rite of Matrimony be solemnized in this County; otherwise these shall be null and void, and shall not be accounted an license or authority to you, or either of you, for the purpose aforesaid, more than though the same had never been prayed or granted. Etc. Given at the Clerk's Office of said County, this 17 day of Jan, 1946. (signed) Geo. N Smith, County Court Clerk. I solemnized the Rite of Matrimony between the above named parties in the 17 day of Jan, 1946 at Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee. License returned the 18 day of January, 1946. L. C. Sanders, M.G., Morristown. State of Tennessee, Hamblen County, Marriage License, W. J. Bryan and Florence Brown, Issued Jan. 17, 1946, Geo. N. Smith, Clerk. I solemnized the Rite of Matrimony between the within named parties on the 17 day of Jan. 1946, L. C. Sanders, Morristown, Tenn. Returned 18 day of Jan 1946, Geo. N Smith, Clerk. Recorded in Marriage Record Book 23, Page 363.

Florence Marie Brown^{16,424,658,659,868,869,870,882,883,884}, daughter of James F. Brown and Lena Maud Russell,. Birth: 16 April 1925, Tennessee.^{16,273,424,868,870,882,883,884}

Census: 1930, Anderson County, Tennessee.^883,884 Florence 5 boarder female single white, born TN, father and mother born TN, enumerated with her parents and sister, with the whole family listed as boarders household of J. Mack Smith.

Census: 1940, Knox County, Tennessee.⁸⁸² Florence 15 daughter, female, single, white, 8 years school, born TN, lived 1935 same house, enumerated Household of her father James F. Brown.

Marriage: 17 January 1946, Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee, age 20, to William Jackson (Jack, Bill) Bryan.^16,424,870

Death: 5 December 1993, age 68, Knox County, Tennessee.^273,424,868

Obituary: Knoxville News-Sentinel, 7 Dec 1993, p.A-9.
Bryan, Florence B. - age 68, of Karns, passed away Sunday, December 5, 1993, at the family home. Member of Solway United Methodist Church. She was a devoted mother. Survivors: husband, Bill Bryan; sons and daughters-in-law, Wayne and Donna and Tom and Donna Bryan, sons, Jay and Steve Bryan; father, James F. Brown; sister, Frances Kramer and Brenda Lee; brother, Roger Brown; six grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Family and friends will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday for graveside services at Solway Church of God Cemetery, Rev. Bob Hamilton and Rev. Gordon Ridenour officiating. Honorary pallbearers: Gary Williams, Jim Brown, Larry Brown, Duane Bryan, Terry Kramer, Luke Lee, and Brian Lee. Arrangements by Weaver's Cumberland Memorial Chapel.

Burial: 7 December 1993, Solway Church of God Cemetery, Knox County, Tennessee.^868,885
Grave marker: Florence B. Bryan, Apr. 16, 1925 - Dec. 4, 1993, same marker as William J. Bryan.

William Jackson (Jack, Bill) Bryan-22 and Florence Marie Brown-24 had the following children: