Bryan and Stevenson. The ancestry of William Jennings Bryan
The piece traces William Jennings Bryan's lineage from his father Silas L. Bryan born in Culpeper County Virginia through his rise in Illinois politics, detailing family roots near Salem and Egypt, schooling, public service, and the elder Bryan's habits, character, and influence on his son.
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Culpepper County
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Egypt
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Lincoln
McKendree Enllrge
State Senate
Illinois
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Mariah Jennings
Marion County
Todd
Judie Bryan
William Jennys Bryan
Broadway
Bryan's Farm Life Among Political Highlights
The piece profiles William Jennings Bryan, noting his hobbies such as aristocratic chickens, and recounts his post college career in law and journalism. It describes his widespread political influence, the 1896 Democratic presidential nomination surge, and details about his Lincoln farm including crops, orchard, and land use.
Bright Youngster Bryan Childhood Sketch Reveals Promise
A fragment recounts Bryan family youth on a farm with Billy Bryan showing early aptitude. It notes he left home around age five to live on a farm, the Bryan children receiving generous education, and William continuing studies at home until age ten before entering the old school.
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Billy
Mr. Bryng
Mr. Bryan
W. Jones
Concord School
Mary E. Baird
Female Academy
Baird
Lyman ‘Trumbull
Chicago
Jacksonville
Subdle
Lincoln
Neblis
Nebraska
A. St. ‘Talbot
Liz
William
Bryan Political Rise in Nebraska for Leader and Prominence
From the start of his Nebraska career Mr. Bryan engaged in politics. In 1500 he was elected to Congress from Nebraska's First district defeating W. J. Connell of Omaha.
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Agriculture
Omaha
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Washington
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Ways and Means
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Allen W. Vield
Judge Field
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Edouards
Lincoln
Mr. Bryan
United States
Nebraska
Maj. McKinley
John M. Thurston
Oumba Colifseum
Uryan
Senate
Chicago
Becime
Stevenson
Second Presbyterian Church of
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First Church of
McNulta
Bigoudington
Steveeson
Chigage
Cleveland
Muareh
Supreme Court of
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Bucee
Home Life of the Bryans Ideal in Lincoln
Mrs. Bryan, a former law student admitted to the Illinois bar, helped Col. Bryan in Nebraska and organized Lincoln's Sorosis women. The Bryans reside in a handsome Lincoln home with children Ruth 14, William J. 10, and Grage 8, surrounded by campaign memorabilia and portraits of presidents and statesmen.
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Lincoln
Ruth
William J., Jr
Grage
Col
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Washington
Webster
Clay
Jefferson
Kenton
Jackson
Douglas
Gladstone
Mrs
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Adlai E Stevenson for Vice President Recalled
Adlai E Stevenson, born in Kentucky and raised in Illinois, rose from lawyer to chancery district attorney to presidential elector and congressman. He moved in politics, serving as assistant postmaster general and vice president candidate in 1892, and remains closely tied to Illinois affairs and Presbyterian faith.
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Illinois
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Ilinois
Adiui Sk. Stevenson
Christian County
Bloomington
Center College
Danville
McKeen
Robert TE. Willams
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J. G. Ewing
Revered Bloomington Family: Stevensons in Public Life
Bloomington resident Letitia Green Stevenson leads a prominent family long tied to the capital and Bloomington. The article recalls Stevenson's Illinois roots, political rise, civil service roles, and the family’s steady presence in Bloomington society across generations.
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Wet Cleveland
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