Husband of: Valry Iness PARISH

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Thomas F. BRYANT
is grandfather to Arthur Allen MOORE III
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Father: Charles Pening BRYANT
Bron: 7 AUG 1847 in Likely - Decatur County,Tennessee

Mother: Sarah Jane "Sally" PURVIS
Born: JUN 1843 Henry County, Tennessee

Thomas Franklin Bryant married Valrey Iness PARISH ( b. 11 APR 1887 in Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana) on 27 OCT 1912 in Rector, Clay County, Arkansas.

To this union were born:
1. Ethel Pauline BRYANT JACKSON b. 30 JAN 1915 in Paragould, Greene County, Arkansas

2. Helen Maude BRYANT FLINT b. 13 AUG 1917 in Paragould, Greene County, Arkansas

3. Constance "Connie" Aline BRYANT MOORE b. 6 APR 1921 in Paragould, Greene County, Arkansas

4. Parish Eugene BRYANT b. BET 1922 AND 1924 in Arkansas (Died as Infant)

5. Doris Rosaline (twin) BRYANT MOREY b. 3 JAN 1925 in Rector, Clay County, Arkansas

6. Mary Etheline (twin) BRYANT b. 3 JAN 1925 in Rector, Arkansas (died at birth)

7. Paul Franklin BRYANT b. 3 OCT 1929 in Bakersfield, Kern County, California
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Thomas Franklin BRYANT claimed that his family was of "Scotch, Irish, Dutch" descent. He worked for the railroad in Arkansas. When the railroad went on strike, his sister, Katie BERRYMAN, suggested he move the family to where she lived in Taft, California. Thomas Franklin BRYANT and his brother, Earnest, moved from Arkansas to Taft, California, with his wife, Valrey Iness PARISH BRYANT, and the 4 girls in August of 1929. Valrey Iness was pregnant with Paul Franklin BRYANT who was born in Bakersfield, California, 3 October 1929.
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World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 Record

Name: Thomas Franklin Bryant
Age: 36
Address: Rte 3 Paragould, Greene County, Arkansas
City: Paragould
County: Greene
State: Arkansas
Birth Date: 29 May 1882
Race: White
Occupation: Car Repairer / Missouri Pacific RR / Paragould, Ark
Nearest Relative: Valrey Bryant / Wife
Roll: 1530410
Fileld: 9/12/1918