Brief Life History of John E "Trigger"
When John E "Trigger" Bryant was born in 1840, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Joseph Bryant, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth Rutter Isgrigg, was 35. He married Mariah Louisa Glenn on 16 May 1865, in Perry, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Tobin Township, Perry, Indiana, United States in 1880 and Billingsville, Union Township, Union, Indiana, United States in 1880. He died on 23 May 1883, in Derby, Union Township, Perry, Indiana, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Conner Cemetery, Derby, Union Township, Perry, Indiana, United States.
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- Jno Bryant, "United States Census, 1870"
- John Bryant, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- John Bryant, "Find A Grave Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1856 · The Town of Santa Claus
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Celtic personal name Brian (from brigo- ‘high’ + the suffix -ant-), with excrescent -t. Breton bearers of this name were among the Normans who invaded England in 1066. They went on to settle in Ireland in the 12th century, where the name mingled with the native Irish form Briain (see O'Brien ). The latter had also been borrowed, as Brján, by the Vikings, who introduced it independently into northwestern England before the Norman Conquest.
Breton: very rare variant of Briant (see Briand ) and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.
History: The American poet William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878) came of a New England family, being descended from Stephen Bryant, who had settled in Plymouth Colony in 1632.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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