Hugh Blair Bryan
Hugh Blair Bryan was born on March 18, 1822, in North Carolina. He married Mary P. Jenkins on September 4, 1848, and they had at least three children: William, born around 1851; Ida, born around 1852; and Mary, born around 1855. He worked as a farmer in Tarboro, North Carolina, and by 1860, he owned $8,000 of real estate and $92,800 of personal property. He enslaved at least 26 people. By 1870, he was serving as town constable. He later operated a boarding house. He developed pneumonia in the early 1890s, and his health never fully recovered. He died in Tarboro on January 19, 1896.
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(4241)Bryan, Hugh Blair1822-03-181896-01-19
  • Conflict Side: Confederacy
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Male
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 2

  • (11759) [writer] ~ Hugh B. Bryan to Neill R. McDonald, 21 April 1862
  • (11760) [writer] ~ Hugh B. Bryan to Neill R. McDonald, 23 April 1862

Places - Records: 2

  • (299) [birth] ~ North Carolina
  • (2679) [death, residence in 1860, residence in 1870] ~ Tarboro, Edgecombe County, North Carolina

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; North Carolina Marriage Records, 1741-2011, available from Ancestry.com; The Wilmington (NC) Morning Star, 25 January 1896