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Unnle Of The Convention Biographical Sketches
Biographical sketches trace William Jennings Bryan and family roots from Culpeper VA to Marion and Salem areas. The piece covers Bryan’s ancestry, early life on the Virginia border and a brick farm near Salem, his education, marriages, and rise in Nebraska politics including congressional service, senate nomination bid, and national prominence at the 1896 Democratic convention. It notes the Bryan home in Lincoln, family members Ruth, William Jr, and Grace, and lists portraits of notable figures in the Bryan household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Jennings Bryan
Silas L. Bryan
Culpenper County
Virginia
Ring Ridge
Minots
Salem
Egypt
Wien Sésninge Frynn
Silas Bryan
Morish E Jeynings
Marion County
Sunde
Bryan
Marian Coun
Mas
W. J
Billy" Bryan
Dring Qiestion
Weivon Young
Bryan Grey
Arou
Spandine
Martin
Bryan Watt
Jacksonville
William Springer
Chicago
Cours
Union Caljere of
Lyman Trumbull
Webder
Juclponville
Lincoln
Law School
Nebraska
Congress
W. J. Connell
Omaha
Brran
Washington
Epinker Criep
United States
Delecates
Mole Titaninos
Thurston
Cchicago
Dr. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Inston South
Bryans
Ruth
William J. Jr
Grace
Brean