Bryan Family

Cabell County · U. S. 60 at Ona · location approximate

Graves of John Bryan and wife, grandparents, and other members of the family of William J. Bryan, the Great Commoner. One mile north, the Bryans lived, 1826-1828, then moved to Gallipolis Ferry before going farther west.

1937 text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native and Black people, and tells frontier history from the settler's side.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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Marker data: State Road Commission of West Virginia, West Virginia Historic and Scenic Highway Markers (1937), text by Ross B. Johnston

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