Bureau County IL Archives Biographies.....Bryant, Marcus
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Biography for Marcus Bryant, Bureau County, Illinois

Marcus Bryant, deceased, Princeton, was born March 21, 1842, in 
Princeton, Ill.  He was a son of Cyrus and Julia (Everett) Bryant.  
Cyrus Bryant was a brother of William Cullen Bryant, our American poet.  
The genealogy of the Bryant family appears in this work.  Mrs. Julia 
(Everett) Bryant was a daughter of James and Phebe (Clark) Everett.  Her 
brother, James S. Everett, is yet living in Princeton.  Marcus Bryant 
was educated in the town of his nativity.  His early life was spent on 
his father's farm, and farming was his main occupation in life.  As most 
of the  Bryants, from whom he inherited many noble traits of head and 
heart, he loved the country and was therefore a farmer. While on the 
farm he was fond of the woods and loved to  admire nature in its most 
beautiful temple.  I after life he was engaged as a grain merchant.  He 
was a man whose word was never doubted; his character was a shining 
light and his memory will be cherished by those who knew him.  he died 
at his home in Princeton, February 27, 1867.  He was married December 
19, 1868, in Dixon, Lee Co., Ill., to Miss Kezia McGinnis, who was born 
March 11, 1840, in New York City.  She is a daughter of Stewart 
McGinnis, a native of Ireland, who was supposed to have died in New 
Orleans.  He was a lumber merchant and architect by occupation.  her 
mother was Mary (Law) McGinnis; she was also a native of Ireland and is 
yet living.  She is a daughter of David and Kezia (Hillis) Law, both 
natives of Ireland.  The former was a farmer, and died in Dixon, Lee 
Co., Ill, where the latter, who was born July 2, 1782, yet resides, aged 
over one hundred and one years.  She is the mother of eight children.  
Mary (Law) McGinnis is the mother of four children, viz.: Margaret, 
James, William and Mrs. Kezia Bryant, the widow of the subject of this 
sketch.  She is the mother of two children, viz.: Grace M., born 
November 4, 1869, and Alice M., born December 7, 1871. Mrs. Bryant yet 
resides on the old homestead, which contains over 300 acres, pleasantly 
situated in the southern part of Princeton.

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