Southampton-Caroline County-Petersburg City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Bryant, N. Bynum, 1925 

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NAPOLEON BYNUM BRYANT 

         N. B. BRYANT. 

  N.B. Bryant, well-known lumberman of Petersburg, died at his country home 
in Doswell this morning at. 9 o'clock, according to word received here by 
relatives.  Funeral services and burial will be at Franklin tomorrow.  Full 
arrangements have not yet been completed. 

  Mr. Bryant was in his 67th year, and was a native of Southampton county.  He 
had been in the lumber and manufacturing business, in North and South Carolina 
before coming to Petersburg several years ago to continue in that trade.  He 
had wide business interests. 

  He was a brother of R.M. Bryant, of Richmond, and also leaves two sisters, 
[Mrs.] J.A. Jackson and Miss A.M. Bryant, both of Franklin. 

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        N. BYNUM BRYANT 

  Suffolk, Jan. 7. - Funeral services for the late N. Bynum Bryant, 68, who 
died at his winter home in Dolgeville, near Richmond, were held this afternoon 
at 2:30 o'clock at the home of his sister, Mrs. J.A. Jackson, of Franklin, 
conducted by the Rev. J.B. McAllister, assisted by the Rev. R.D. Stevenson 
[sic; Stephenson]. 

  Active pallbearers were J.F. Bryant, W.O. Bristow, B.L. Holt, J.B. Gay, E.R. 
Camp, J.L. Camp, Jr., B.M. Carter and Mr. Williamson.  Honorary pallbearers 
were W.H. Jenkins, R.H.B. Cobb, Jesse Lankford, W.G. Williams, Z.H. Powell, 
A.L. Gardner, E.H. Mann, of Petersburg; L.L. Manry, R.E.L. Watkins, W.T. Pace 
and L. Ashby Gay. 

  Mr. Bryant was connected with the Bryant Bros. and Bryant & Ewell lumber 
interests and was an active member of the Lumber Dealers' Association of the 
Eastern part of the State. 

  He is survived by one brother, R.M. Bryant, of Richmond; two sisters, Mrs. 
J.A. Jackson and Miss Nettie Bryant, of Franklin, and a number of nieces and 
nephews.  He was a brother of the late Dr. J.F. Bryant, of Franklin. 

  Burial was made in Poplar Spring Cemetery, Franklin. 

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   DEATH OF BYNUM BRYANT 

  N.B. Bryant, a well-known former resident of Franklin, died at his country 
home near Doswell, Va., January 6, in his sixty-eighth year.  He had been in 
poor health for about three years and death was caused by complications 
resulting from a fall sustained about ten days ago. 

  Bynum Bryant, as he was familiarly known, was a son of the late Captain J.D. 
Bryant and Mrs. Elizabeth Sugars Bryant, and was born in this county on the 
old "Bloomfield" farm near Courtland.  He was a brother of the late Dr. J.F. 
Bryant and the late Mrs. Littleton A. Gay, both of this town, and a 
half-brother of R.M. Bryant of Richmond, Mrs. J.A. Jackson and Miss Nettie M. 
Bryant of Franklin. 

  Mr. Bryant was an energetic and active business man and had accumulated 
substantial property holdings during his life.  For many years he was 
associated with the Camp Manufacturing Company of this place, conducting 
logging operations for them at several of their mills, particularly in 
Brunswick and Dinwiddie counties.  He had never married. 

  The body was brought to Franklin for burial Wednesday, accompanied by R.M. 
Bryant and family of Richmond, and services were conducted from the Jackson 
residence in North High Street Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Dr. J.D. 
McAlister, assisted by Rev. R.D. Stephenson.  Interment was made in the family 
plot in Poplar Spring Cemetery and the active pall bearers were: J.F. Bryant, 
Jr., W.O. Bristow, B.L. Holt, J.B. Gay, P.R. Camp, Jas. L. Camp, Jr., R.M. 
Bryant, Jr., and Mr. Williamson of Richmond.  The honorary pall bearers were 
J.L. Camp, W.H. Jenkins, R.H.B. Cobb, W.G. Williams, R.E.L. Watkins, W.T. 
Pace, A.L. Gardner, L. Ashby Gay, Jesse Lankford, L.L. Manry of Courtland, 
Z.H. Powell of Norfolk and R.H. Mann of Petersburg. 


Napoleon Bynum BRYANT, farmer, former lumberman, 
b. 6 Mar 1857*, Nottoway P'sh, Southampton Co., d. 6 Jan 1925, Caroline Co., 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 67/68*), Franklin, 
   7 Jan 1925, 
"News Leader" (Richmond, VA), No. 8,583, Tues., Jan. 6, 1925, p. 6; 
"Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 99, No. 8, Thurs., Jan. 8, 1925, 
   p. 11; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 20, No. 13, Fri., Jan. 9, 1925, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

A photo of his grave - added by Robin Eason - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #210090299. 

His father, Capt. James Deberry BRYANT (1805 - 1886), & step-mother 
   are buried in Section 1, Plot 54: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

D.Cert. 478 (Reedy Church #1) gives single; b. 20 Mar 1857, Franklin. 

Southampton Co. B.Reg. p. 27 #7 gives b. 6 Mar 1857. 

He m. Virginia Mittie GRIFFIN (b. Sep 1853 NC) 19 Feb 1878 in 
   Northampton Co., NC. 

Doswell actually lies in Hanover Co.; "Dolgeville" seems a corruption. 


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