My Genealogy Hound

JOHN H. BRYANT, foreman-machinist, Pittsburgh, is a son of William and Eliza Bryant, and was born in Allegheny City, Pa., in 1851. His grandfather came from Ireland about 1799, and settled in Washington county, Pa., where his son, William, was born in 1804. He married, in Monongahela City, Ann E. Beebe, of that city, and their children were James, William (deceased), Annette (wife of William Seifert), Sarah (wife of H. D. Rhine), John, Charles (deceased) and Edwin. William Bryant, though a democrat during the civil war, held the position of wagon-inspector under Lincoln’s administration. He died in May, 1879, a member of the Masonic fraternity; his widow survived him only six weeks. Mrs. William Bryant’s father carried on boat-building in Monongahela City for many years. John H. began to learn the trade of machinist when seventeen years old, has followed it ever since, and is foreman-machinist in the firm of Singer, Nimick & Co., Pittsburgh, where he learned his trade. He married, in 1872, Emma F., daughter of Richard and Mary J. Cuddy, and their children were Nellie, George A., Emma F., Mary J. (deceased), Grace A. and William E. Mr. Bryant is a member of the Jr. O. U. A. M.