Individual Details

World War I Draft Registration. 5 Jun 1917
Geo. Bryant, age 25, lived in Okla (can't read town, but it was Choctaw Co). born 31 Jul 1891, Center Point, Arkansas. Farmer. Has wife and one child. He was tall and slender with brown eyes, black hair.

1920 Census. Ozark, Polk Co, AR
Bryant, George, age 24, b. AR as were both parents
Ertia, wife, age 26, b. AR, parents born KY
Lamar, son, age 5, b. OK
Hershell, son, age 7/12, b. OK

1930, Oklahoma, Pushmataha Co, Kiamichi Township, Household 70
Geo. W. Bryant, age 39, 18 when married, b. AR, father b. U.S., mother b. AR
Ortie, wife, age 36, 16 when married, b. AR, father b. KY, mother b. TN
All the children listed as born in OK
Lawrence, son age 16, [Lamar in 1920?]
Hershell, son, age 11
Ernest, son, age 8
Mamie, duaghter, age 5
Melvin, son, age 2
Lois, daughter, age 1/12
J. H. Dewees, father-in-law, age 66, widowed, born in KY as were both parents.

Oct 1939 - he apparently applied for his social security number - he was born Centerpoint, AR (Howard County) on 31 Jul 1891. He stated his parents as John Bryant and Cannis Hayes (obviously a bad transcript of her name - Ancestry.com has only an index - not the images.

1940 Census. Kiamichi, Pushmataha, Oklahoma, Hh 78
Sobol Road. Lived in rural Pushmataha Co in 1935
George Bryant, 48, Farmer. Ertie, wife, 46.
Lawrence, son 26. Hershell, son 21. Ernest, son 18. Mamie, dau, 15. Melvin, son, 12. Lois, son, 10, Loyd, son 5. Maxine, dau, age 1. children all born Oklahoma

27 Apr 1942 World War II Draft Registration
George Washington Bryant lived 2 and 1/2 miles SW of Ringold, OK. Although Ringold is in McCurtain Co, he stated his county as "Push." for Pushmataha - perhaps he lived just over the county line. He was age 50, born 31 Jul 1891 in Howard Co, AR. Erite Bryant is wife would always know his address. He was self-employed as a farmer. He was 5'11', 155 lbs with brown eyes and black hair.

1950 Census. Kramichi, Pushmataha Co, OK, Hh 248
George W. Bryant, 58, b. AR, Farming
Ertie L, wife, 56, b. AR
L. Melvin, son, 22, b. OK
M. Maxim, dau, 11, b. OK

Oklahoma Death Certificate 016528
George W. Bryant died at University Hospital in Oklahoma City. His usual residence was Ringold, Pushmataha County. He was married. He died 23 Jul 1951, age 69. (date of birth was typed in as 31 Jul 1951 - an obvious error, since he was born 31 Jul 1891). Born in Arkansas. Father's name was John Bryant; mother's name Cass Hayes. He died of fractured vertebra; cervical cord transection - an accident that happened on his farm in Ringold when he fell off a horse. To be buried in Ringold.

McCurtain Gazette, Idabel, OK, 28 Jul 1951, Saturday, p. 1
Services Set for George W. Bryant
George Washington Bryant, 59, Ringold, died at 8 pm Monday in University Hospital, Oklahoma City, of a spinal injury received when he was thrown by a horse several days earlier.
Born in Johnson County, Ark., Jul 31, 1891, he had resided in Ringold for 30 years, moving from Fort Towson. He had been a farmer for 40 years, and he was a member of the Church of Christ.
He is survived by his widow; three sons, Ernest Bryant, Ringold, and Laerence and Melvin Bryant, both of Dunningan, Calif.; three daughters, Mrs. Ernest McIntosh and Miss Maxine Bryant, both of Ringold, and Mrs. William Tramel, Arvin, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Bob Skiens, Wright City, and Mrs. Tom McKeever, Broken Bow, and eight grandchildren.
Funeral services have been set for 2 pm today at Ringold cemetery with Rev. Henderson Abbott and Rev. Albert Morton officiating.

Birth	31 Jul 1891	Centerpoint, Howard County, Arkansas
Marriage	27 May 1910	Polk County, Arkansas - Ertie Louanne DeWeese
Death	23 Jul 1951	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Burial		Old Ringold Cemetery, McCurtain County, Oklahoma

Spouse	Ertie Louanne DeWeese (1894 - 1979)
Child	Lawrence Virgil Bryant (1914 - 1986)
Child	Hershel Barner Bryant (1918 - 1943)
Child	Ernest Ray Bryant (1922 - 1985)
Child	Mamie Faye Bryant (1924 - 1984)
Child	Living
Child	Lois Marie Bryant (1930 - 2013)
Child	Loyd Leon Bryant (1935 - 1949)
Child	Living

Father	John Bryant ( - 1910)
Mother	Elizabeth Arenas Arkansas HAYS (1853 - )
Sibling	Sarah Frances Bryant (1883 - 1950)
Sibling	Mary Isabel "Belle" Bryant (1885 - 1973)
Sibling	William Isaac Bryant (1887 - 1929)
Sibling	Eliza J. Bryant (1890 - 1910)