Fourth Generation

58. Allen C. Bryan^1,10. Birth: 1801, Edom, Rockingham County, Virginia.

Missing from census: 1840, Rockingham County, Virginia. He may have been missed in the 1840 census, or he may have been listed as a male age 40-49 household of Elisha Bryan.

Census: 1850, Rockingham County, Virginia, Dist. 56, Rockingham County, Virginia, 17 Dec 1850; page 172b, dwelling number 2417, family number 2422; Bryan Allen C. 49 m w lawyer $29500 VA; Louisa 31 f w VA; Pendleton 6 m w VA; Allice 6/12 f w VA; Mary 2 f w VA; Jones Israel 30 m w laborer VA.

Census: 1860, Rockingham County, Virginia, Dist. 1, Rockingham County, Virginia, 8 Oct 1860, Harrisonburg PO; p.860, dwelling number 3712, family number 3534; Bryan Allen C. 59 m w lawyer & farmer $68000/$25000 VA; Louisa 41 f w VA; Pendleton 16 m w student VA attended school; Minnie 12 f w VA attended school; Daniel 5 m w VA attended school; Lind D. 2 f w VA.

Allen was a lawyer at Harrisonburg and was the father of Pendleton Bryan, who also practiced law at that place. Allen originally was called O'Bryan but being an attorney and living in an English community where there were very few Irish besides his own family, he thought it to his advantage to change his name to Bryan, although the commission to his son, Pendleton, as an officer in the Confederate Army is in the name of Lieutenant Pendleton O'Bryan.

from a Statement by Allan C. Bryan dated June 4, 1928. The original commision is in the possession of Mrs. Louisa Bryan Lapin of Harrisonburg, and she verifies the spelling of the name as "O'Bryan".

Allen C. Bryan and Louise Pennypacker Marriage: about 1842,.

Louise Pennypacker¹⁰, daughter of Pennypacker and wife of Pennypacker,. Birth: about 1819, Virginia.

Missing from census: 1840,. Her parents have not been identified, and she has not been identified in the 1840 census.

Census: 1850, Rockingham County, Virginia, Louisa 31 f w VA.

Census: 1860, Rockingham County, Virginia, Louisa 41 f w VA.

Louise was a sister of Isaac S. Pennypacker of Harrisonburg, afterwards United States Senator from Virginia.

Allen C. Bryan-2979 and Louise Pennypacker-6889 had the following children:

+157	i.	Pendleton Bryan-6893.
158	ii.	Mary Bryan. Birth: about 1848, Rockingham County, Virginia. Census: 1850, Rockingham County, Virginia, Mary 2 f w VA. Census: 1860, Rockingham County, Virginia, Minnie 12 f w VA attended school.
159	iii.	Alice Bryan⁶². Birth: about June 1850, Rockingham County, Virginia.⁶² If her age is based on the 1850 census, she appears to have been born about Jun 1850. If her age is based on her death record, she appears to have been born about Oct 1850. (RGB) Census: 1850, Rockingham County, Virginia, Allice 6/12 f w VA. Death: April 1854, age 3, Rockingham County, Virginia.⁶² Name: Alice Bryan; Race: W; Sex: F; Death Date: Apr 1854; Cause of Death: not given; Age: Years: 3; Months: 6; Days:; Father's name: Allen; Mother's name: L.; Birthplace: Rockingham.
160	iv.	Daniel Bryan⁶³. Birth: 15 March 1855, Rockingham County, Virginia.⁶³ Rockingham County, Virginia Births, 1853-56: Last Name: Bryan; First Name: Daniel; Month: Mar; Day: 15; Year: 1855; Race: W; Sex: M; Father's name: Allen; Mother's name: Louisa; Page #: 24-A. Census: 1860, Rockingham County, Virginia, Daniel 5 m w VA attended school.
161	v.	Lind D. Bryan. Birth: about 1858, Virginia. Census: 1860, Rockingham County, Virginia, Lind D. 2 f w VA.