| Home Surname List Name Index Sources | Sixth Generation312. William Spencer (Spencer) Bryan3,44,119,137,147,315,316. Birth: 1 July 1857, Mossy Creek, Jefferson County, Tennessee.44 Census: 1880, Jefferson County, Tennessee. Spencer 23 son, male, single, white, work on farm, born TN, father and mother born TN. Death: 1954, age 97, Claremont, Oklahoma. Spencer 23 was living at home in 1880. William lived in Claremont, Oklahoma and a was prominent educator. He had 2 daughters Gertrude b. 1885 and Nellie b. 1887. He was the son of Professor R. R. Bryan and Rebecca A. Langford Bryan of Sevier County, Tennessee. W. Spenser Bryan was educated at Strawberry Plains Academy. He was reputed to be the best English scholar in East Tennessee. He was the first professor in charge of English at what later became Carson College, a forerunner of Carson-Newman College. This family went to Oklahoma. W.S. Bryan lived in Claremont, Okla; Was connected with Okla. Military Academy, and was a prominent educator. He was the oldest living alumnus of Carson-Newman College in the 1930's. (Elizabeth Cate Manly and Burl Underwood) William Spencer (Spencer) Bryan and Margaret Malinda (Maggie) Cate Marriage: 15 January 1882, Sevier County, Tennessee.44,158 The marriage date is given as 4 Jan 1882, based on the Sevier County marriage book. The family bible lists the marriage date as 15 Jan 1882. (RGB). Margaret Malinda (Maggie) Cate1,3,44,119,137,147,315, daughter of Madison Cate and Martha A. Underwood,. Birth: 31 March 1861, Sevier County, Tennessee. Census: 1870, Sevier County, Tennessee, Margaret M. 8 f w TN. Death: 17 December 1907, age 46, Oklahoma. William Spencer (Spencer) Bryan-684 and Margaret Malinda (Maggie) Cate-685 had the following children:
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