When William Cullen Bryant was born on 3 October 1880, in Rochelle, Flagg Township, Ogle, Illinois, United States, his father, Barnabus Brundage 'Barney' Bryant, was 24 and his mother, Julia Etta Beers, was 20. He married Fannie Etta Hedge on 23 August 1903, in Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States. He lived in Lone Tree Township, Clay, Nebraska, United States in 1885. He died on 4 August 1969, in Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States, at the age of 88.