Bio of Bryant, Curtis (b.1833) Wabasha Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Barbara Timm and Carol Judge ========================================================================= This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884. Check out Barbara's site for more great information on this book: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnwabbio/wab1.htm There are also some pictures and information from descendents for some of the bios on her pages. Bryant, Curtis, (not listed in index), farmer, of Elgin, son of John and Lavinia Bryant, is one of the original four who first settled on that part of Greenwood Prairie, now constituting the town of Elgin, in the month of April, 1855. Mr. Bryant was born in the town of Middlesex, Washington county, Vermont, September 6, 1833. He worked on his father's farm in Vermont, attending school in the winter; also went to the academy at Barre, Vermont, and taught school one term. In the early spring of 1855, Mr. Bryant struck out, in company with a brother, for what was then the Far West, arriving at Winona, April 5th. Thence they walked the next day to St. Charles, and about the 15th of the same month arrived on the site of Elgin township. They proceeded to put up the first log house, of which mention is made elsewhere in this work. On April 21, 1855, Curtis Bryant filed his claim to the north-east quarter of section twenty-eight, which he still owns and dwells on. Beside this, he owns three quarter- sections at Andover, Dakota. For about four years our subject was engaged in mercantile business at Elgin in partnership with his brother George and Mr. A. K. Johnson, under the firm name of Bryant Bros. & Johnson. The firm also operated a grain warehouse, of which Mr. Bryant still owns a third. August 1, 1861, witnessed the nuptials of Curtis Bryant and Miss Mary C. Colby, of Orange county, Vermont. As the offspring of this union, three children have joined the family circle and been christened respectively M., Charles L., and Lute E. Our subject is a charter member of Elgin Lodge No. 115, A.F. and A.M., and belonged to the Congregational society while it existed here. In politics he is a Republican and has served as constable, justice of the peace and town supervisor. He has always been an active contributor to active Christianity and charity. In October, 1873, Mr. Bryant was made the victim of a serious railway accident while on the way to Chicago to dispose of some cattle. When near the state line between Wisconsin and Illinois, on the C.& N.W. Railway, a broken rail threw the caboose car in which he was sitting from the track and down a fifteen-foot embankment. The car took fire and was consumed, and Mr. Bryant narrowly escaped with his life. He received a cut on the head and his spine was so injured that he did not leave his bed for a year. In the great tornado of July, 1883, he was a heavy financial sufferer, losing property to the extent of five thousand dollars. John Bryant, born about Feb 1790, died June 17, 1869. He married Lovina Bryant, born about May 1802, died Dec 28th, 1871. Their children were: Matilda Bryant, born about Jan 1827, died May 27th, 1856. Lucius E. Bryant, born Oct 1st 1839, died, July 1st, 1869. Mary A.Bryant, born June 1829, died, March 2nd,1908. George Bryant, born about Sept 1824, died Jan 6th, 1899. Emeline Bryant, born about Jan 1832? died May 24th,1888. Curtis Bryant, born Sept 6th, 1833 in Middlesex, Vermont. He married Mary Cornelia Colby on Friday August 1st, 1891 [2nd wife??] She was born Monday May 2nd, 1842 East Orange, Vermont, and died March 9th, 1907. Curtis and Mary had the following 3 Children: Nellie Melinda Bryant, born Sept. 9th, 1864 in Elgin, Wabasha Co., Minnesota. Charles Lester Bryant, born Dec 26th, 1866 Elgin, Wabasha Co., Minnesota and died Nov 23rd, 1897. Lucien ‘Lute’ Edgar Bryant, born May 11th, 1871, Elgin, Wabasha Co., Minnesota. Clarkston, WA, City Treasurer 1907-1950. Died Monday May 12th 1952. He first married: Greta ??? who had one daughter. He later married: Mable Richardson? Born in MN. She had one sister still living in MN. They had one child: Robert Curtis Bryant, born Dec. 18th 1901, died Oct 1971. He married: Florence Bullis, born about 1913 - died in 1962. They had two children: Roberta Jean Bryant 1935, mother of my wife Deborah Charles Paul Bryant ========================================================================= This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1920. Check out Barbara's site for more great information on this book: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnwabbio/wab3.htm There are also some pictures and information from descendents for some of the bios on her pages. Sorry this biography has not been transcribed yet. If the biography you want is not yet done, please e-mail me at BarbaraTimm@aol.com