BRYAN'S ISLAND CEMETERY, Gloucester Co., VA
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BRYAN'S ISLAND CEMETERY 

Here lies
John Randolph BRYAN
Born on Wilmington Island, GA.
March 23, 1806
Educated under John Randolph 
of Roanoke
Midshipman in U.S.Navy 1823 - 
1831
Married Elizabeth Tucker 
Coalter
January 30th, 1830
Resided here 1831 - 1862
Died at the University of 
Virginia
September 13th, 1887
Strong in body, mind and 
convictions:
Inflexible in Integrity:
A Patriot in Peace and War:
A Friend of the poor.
He early joined the Church at 
Abington,
And was for fifty years
An earnest follower of Christ
And for all His mercies by
Sea and Land
He blessed and praised God
To his life's end.

This Stone
Is Erected in Memory of
ELIZABETH TUCKER BRYAN
Daughter of
John Coalter, Esq
and wife of
John R. Bryan
Who departed this life March 
28, 1856
in the 51st year of her age
Gentleness, goodness and faith
adorned her life
and her end was peace and joy 
in the HOLY GHOST

Near her rest her children
Virginia Mackay
who died an infant Nov 20, 
1839

Thomas Forman
who died Sept 8, 1851 in his 
4th year
and
John Coalter, M.D.
who died greatly lamented 
June 1, 1853 in the 23rd year 
of his age



	The above stones were constructed into the wall.  Those 
listed below are headstones placed at each grave.


John Randolph BRYAN
March 23, 1806
Sept 13, 1887

Elizabeth Tucker BRYAN
June 25, 1805
March 28, 1856


John Coalter BRYAN
March 2, 1831
June 1, 1853

Thomas Forman BRYAN
Jan 10, 1848
Sept 8, 1851

Virginia MacKay BRYAN
June 26, 1839
Nov 20, 1839


In loving memory of
St. George Tucker Coalter BRYAN
The son of
J. B. & E. T. Bryan
Born
Chatham by Fredericksburg
October 23, 1843
Died
In Hanover County near Richmond
April 5th, 1916

Private in 2nd Co. Richmond Howitzers
First Regiment Virginia Artillery 1861-65

A fearless soldier devoted to the South
An ever steadfast upholder of its cause
A Christian sincere, humble, devout;
chivalrous, unselfish, compassionate.
A lover of nature, of beauty, of science;
beloved of many in all conditions of life
industrious, self-denying, generous.
His joy and most prized reward was to help
others and to gladden the hearts of the lowly, 
the poor, the afflicted.  He was a master
in that kindly art.  In his vast world above a world
of broader love
Some grand employment for his son.