Bryant, Napoleon B. (1825-1902)

Name:

Bryant, Napoleon B. (1825-1902)

Title:

Active in New Hampshire politics:
County Commissioner, Grafton Co., NH, c. 1850-c.1853
County Attorney, Grafton Co., NH, c. 1854
State Legislator, for Concord, NH, 1857-1859/60
Delegate, National Republican Convention, Chicago 1860, which nominated Abraham Lincoln.
In general, did not continue local political involvement after move to Boston.
Delegate to National Convention, Baltimore, 1864.

Other Names:

Bryant, Naploeon Bonaparte

Born:

02/25/1825

Birthplace:

Andover, NH

Died:

01/28/1902

Death Location:

Andover, NH

Residence:

Andover, NH 1825, 1900
Bristol, NH 1848-1853.
Plymouth, NH 1853-1855.
Concord, NH 1855, 1860, 1870.
Boston, MA 1860; listed in Boston directory as a councillor, 1865; 1880 Boston census.

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Lawyer 1848-1887

Father:

Bryant, Jeremy Young (1800-1860)

Mother:

Blake, Mercy Purmoit (1798-1867)

Relations:

Close friend of Daniel Webster; received Webster's silver ladle (1969.42) in 1873 as a memorial.
Siblings:
Bryant, Drusilla B. (1823-1909; b. Andover, NH; m. Gershon Clark Durgin; 7 children; res., d. Andover, NH)
Bryant, Mary Ellen (1832-1854; b. Andover, NH; m. Hiram Emery; 1 dau; res., d. Andover, NH)
Bryant, John Jeremy (1835-1898; b. Andover, NH; m. Susan Perry of VT; 3 children; locomotive engineer)
Grandparents: Sally Young (c.1778-) & John Bryant (1770-1811; b.Newmarket, NH; d. Tamworth, NH), married 1796, Newmarket, NH.
Great-grandparents: Mary Sachel & Jeremiah Bryant
Great-great-grandparents: Elizabeth Folsom & Walter Bryant

Spouse:

1) Susan M. Brown (1822-74), 1849
2) Louisa Waldridge, 1877

Children:

children of Susan M. Brown & Napoleon Bryant:
Bryant, Napoleon Bonaparte Jr. (1850-; b. Bristol NH)
Bryant, Charles Phillips (1850-; b. Bristol N.H.; m. Margaret Gormly of Wisconsin; res Milwaukee; 4 children)
Bryant, Harry (c.1852-; b. Bristol N.H.; attorney in Boston by 1880)
Bryant, Mary Ellen (c.1856-; b. N.H.; m1 _ Oliver; m2 Edward Chaffee)
Bryant, Susan M. (c.1858-; b. Concord N.H.)
Bryant, George (c.1864-; b. Boston, Mass.; res. Maine by 1880)

Notes:

Sketches of Successful New Hampshire Men. Illustrated with Steel Portraits. (Manchester, NH: John B. Clarke, 1882), 187-190.

One Thousand Representative Men Resident in the Commonweath of Massachusetts A.D. 1888-'89 (1890), 86-87.