John Emory Bryant (October 13, 1836 – February 27, 1900) served in the Union Army during the American Civil War and the Freedmens Bureau in Georgia during the Reconstruction Era. He also worked as a newspaper editor, Republican Party organizer, member of the Georgia House of Representatives and a candidate for U.S. Congress. Duke University has a collection of papers related to Bryant. He corresponded with William Anderson Pledger and Henry McNeal Turner. He was a member of the Methodist Church and involved in the temperance movement.
He served in the 8th Maine Volunteers during the Civil War.
Bryant was born in Wayne, Maine to Benjamin Franklin Bryant, a Methodist minister and Lucy Ford French. He graduated in 1859 from Maine Wesleyan Seminary.
Bryant married Emma Frances Spaulding and they had one child, Emma Alice Bryant (1871–1946).
Further reading
- Carpetbagger of Conscience: A Biography of John Emory Bryant by Ruth Currie ISBN 978-0823219384
References
- McLeod, Jonathan W. (22 March 1989). "Carpetbagger of Conscience: A Biography of John Emory Bryant (review)". Civil War History. 35 (1): 90–92. doi:10.1353/cwh.1989.0015. S2CID 143371174. Retrieved 22 March 2018 – via Project MUSE.
- ^ "Preliminary Guide to the John Emory Bryant Papers, 1851-1955 and undated". David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ Currie-Mcdaniel, Ruth (2000). "Bryant, John Emory (1836-1900), editor and politician". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0401189. ISBN 978-0-19-860669-7. Retrieved 22 March 2018.