| Home Surname List Name Index Sources | Fifth Generation151. Thomas Barbour Bryan59,185. Birth: 22 December 1828, Alexandria, Virginia.186 Missing from census: 1850,. He was from Virginia, and he was married in Campbell County, Kentucky two months after the census was enumerated in Campbell County. His wife was enumerated in Campbell County in 1850. He may have been in transit from Virginia to Kentucky at the time of the census. Census: 1860, DuPage County, Illinios, York, DuPage County, Illinois, 29 Jul 1860, Cottage Hills PO; p.283, dwelling number 2123, family number 2171; Bryan Thos. 31 m w Atty & Com at Large $300,000/$25,000 VA; Jennie 31 f w VA; Chas. 5 m w IL; Jennie 3 f w IL; Eller John 22 m w lab. Hannover; Dedmon Peter 45 m w lab. Hannover; Mashburn John 25 m w lab. OH; Marshall Isabell 21 f w domestic NH; Portchan Mary 17 f w domestic Hannover. Census: 1870, DuPage County, Illinios, Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois, 14 Jul 1870, Elmhurst PO; p.580a, dwelling number 9, family number 10; Bryan Thos. B. 41 m w lawyer $400,000/$50,000 VA; Jennie B. 40 f w keeping house VA; Jennie B. 14 f w at home IL; Chas. P. 14 m w at home IL; Burchet Mary 25 f w home servant England parents of foreign birth; Lolligard Michael 45 m w gardner Denmark parents of foreign birth. Census: 1880, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Census: 1900, DuPage County, Illinios. York Twp, Enumeration District 39, DuPage County, Illinois, 27 Jun 1900; page 339a, dwelling number 452, family number 482; Bryan Thomas B. 72 head male w w Dec 1827 lawyer VA VA VA; Jennie Byrd 42 daughter, female, single, white, May 1858 IL VA VA; Burchett Mary E. 58 servant female single white, Jan 1842 housework England England England. Death: 25 January 1905, age 76, Washington, D.C..186 Thomas Barbour Bryan - Article & Obit- SOURCE: Ancestry Historical Newspapers Washington Post (Washington D.C) Friday, January 26, 1906, Pg. 5 Thomas B. Bryan Dead Thomas Barbour Bryan, of Chicago, died suddenly of heart disease at mid-night at the home of his niece Mrs. Whitehead, 1601 I Street Northwest. Mr. Bryan was one of the Commissioners of the District of Columbia from 1875 until 1878, and was prominent for several years in Washington affairs. He was born in Alexandria, Virginia, December 22, 1828; graduated at Harvard and practiced law in Cincinnati until 1852, when he removed to Chicago, where he lived until his death, with the exception of his term of service in Washington. He was President of the Chicago Sanitary Fair, which netted more than $300,000 for the Union soldiers during the war. He was a member of the Union Defence Commission, and was President of the Chicago Soldier’s Home from 1865 to the time of his death. He was the founder and owner of Graceland Cemetery, Bryan Hall and the Fidelity Safe Depository, in which millions were save in the Chicago fire in 1871. He was one of the most active promoters and Vice President of the Columbian Exposition. Mr. Bryan came to Washington on November 7 last, and has been visiting at the home of his niece. He was ill only a few days. He is survived by a son Charles Page Bryan; United States Minister to Portugal, and one daughter Miss Bryan, who was with him at the time of his death. Plans for the funeral have not been perfected, but it has been decided the interment will be in Washington.
Thomas Barbour Bryan and Jane Byrd (Jennie) Page Marriage: 27 November 1850, Campbell County, Kentucky.187 Jane Byrd (Jennie) Page59,185,188, daughter of Charles Henry Page and Gabriella Crawford,. Birth: about 1832, Virginia. Census: 1850, Campbell County, Kentucky, Jane 18 f w VA. Census: 1860, DuPage County, Illinios, Jennie 31 f w VA. Census: 1870, DuPage County, Illinios, Jennie B. 40 f w keeping house VA. Census: 1880, Clear Creek County, Colorado. Death: between 1881 and 1899, age 49,. Thomas Barbour Bryan-48571 and Jane Byrd (Jennie) Page-48572 had the following children:
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