Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bryant, George T., 1900 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ GEORGE THOMAS BRYANT Mr. George Thomas Bryant, a well-known citizen of this county, while in our town last Monday was taken suddenly ill and fell on the sidewalk. His friends rushed to his assistance and cared for him until about 7 o’clock that evening, when he was removed to his home and his family physician summoned, who remained with his all night, but yesterday, about 6 o’clock a.m., his soul left this world and entered into the great beyond. A good man is gone. Peace to his memory. ****************************************************************************** SUDDEN DEATH. Mr. George T. Bryant, one day this week, fell on the sidewalk in Franklin as a result of illness and never recovered. Friends picked Mr. Bryant up and carried him home, where he died the next day. George Thomas BRYANT, farmer, Southampton Co. native, d. 1 Oct 1900, at home*, interred in Riverside Cemetery (Episcopal Section, Plot 5**), Courtland, "The Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Oct. 2, 1900, p. 2; "The Virginian-Pilot" (Norfolk, VA), Oct. 6, 1900, p. 8 **Southampton County Historical Society, Cemetery Project, Riverside list: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/riverside.txt Additional information: *It is curious that the SNH text suggests George was a Nansemond Co. citizen. He appears in the (16 Jun) 1900 Census in Courtland (e.d. 45, sheet 12B), his farm (#114) owned free of mortgage. George T. Bryant, 22, single, b. & res. Southampton, sn/o George & Martha A. Bryant, Farmer Mary M. Cotton, 27, single, b. Isle of Wight, res. Southampton, dt/o James & Martha A. Eley m.lic. 3 Feb 1879 by clerk L.R. Edwards m. 6 Feb 1879, Southampton Co., by J.T. Kitchen (Southampton Co. MB3:429) His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 28, 1916) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/b653m3ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/b653g1ob.txt