When Arthur Bryant was born on 22 December 1883, in Duplin, North Carolina, United States, his father, Thomas Bryant, was 35 and his mother, Nancy Jane Futrell, was 35. He married Salllie Lula Lucas on 24 December 1907, in Duplin, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Pink Hill, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States in 1930. He died on 20 July 1953, in Duplin, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 69.