The Memphis Reveille
Memphis, Missouri
Thursday
May 6, 1897--- Yesterday afternoon Thos. F. Bryant and Miss Angelia Patterson, both of near Bible Grove, were united in marriage at Jackson's store in this city, Squire C. F. Sanders pronouncing the words that made them man and wife. Jackson's store has been the scene of a number of weddings the past year.
The Edina Sentinel
Edina, Missouri
Thursday
August 14, 1947Two of the big old time one-cent pieces were shown by Frank Bryant of near Fabius Saturday. Yes, they are pretty old, one a hundred years old and the other 102 years, being dated 1845 and 1847. They are about as large as the inside rim of a half dollar, of which he had one of these of the year 1854, the year of his mother’s birth.
The Edina Sentinel
Edina, Missouri
Thursday
December 28, 1950Frank Bryant of Fabius has bought the late Pearl McKinney place in the northeast part of town.
The Edina Sentinel
Edina, Missouri
Thursday
June 18, 1953Is Building House, Shop ‘Under Hill.’
Frank Bryant is building a house and a rent shop building on South Main Street "under the hill" in the block south of The Sentinel office on the east side of the street. The house will be 28x26 feet with a full basement. The basement construction will be of concrete block and the upper part will be frame. South of the house will be the shop building, to be of concrete block construction and 20x30 feet. Work of digging the basement for the house and leveling the property, not only adjacent to the steep street, but to the east and south was done Friday and Saturday with a bulldozer, which moved hundreds of cubic yards of earth. The property, believed until the bulldozing job not to have had a great value, has taken on the appearance of a valuable piece of real estate.
The Edina Sentinel
Edina, Missouri
Thursday
December 17, 1953Thomas Frank Bryant, Resident of County Many Years, Dies Here
Thomas Frank Bryant, for many years a resident of Knox County, died at 2:45 o’clock Sunday morning, Dec. 13, 1953, at the Gibson Hospital here at the age of 77 years after a long illness.
Funeral services were conducted at the Hudson Funeral Home here at 1:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon and further services at the Greensburg Christian Church at 2:30 o'clock by the Rev. Dayton Grover. Burial was in the church cemetery.
Mr. Bryant is survived by a son, Thomas Arthur Bryant of the home here; a brother, Leo V. Bryant of Keokuk, Iowa; six grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren.
Thomas Frank Bryant was a son of Riley and Pauline E. Thurber Bryant and was born Jan. 29, 1876, in Hancock County, near Carthage, Ill. He moved with his parents at an early age to Scotland County.
He was married to Angelia Patterson at Memphis May 5, 1897. They were the parents of the two sons, the one mentioned as surviving and Francis Claude Bryant, who preceded his father in death. Mr. Bryant was also preceded in death by his wife Dec. 19, 1946, and by his parents, four brothers and a sister.
After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Bryant lived a short time west of Greensburg and then bought a farm northeast of Baring, where Mr. Bryant farmed until retiring and moving to Edina two years ago.
Mr. Bryant became a member of the Pleasant Ridge Church at the age of 20 years.
