Children of Nancy Whitlock (1778 – 1863) and Husband Abner Bryson: Nancy H. Bryson

William Bryan Sutton and Nancy H. Bryson, photo uploaded by bwflvnvcam to her Ancestry tree, “Carleene Joyce West

Or. Subtitled: “In 1860, the highest numbers of non-Missouri-born residents were born in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia”

Nancy H. Bryson, the seventh child of Abner Bryson and Nancy Whitlock, was born 23 August 1823 in Cumberland County, Kentucky, and died 17 October 1880 at Fair Play in Polk County, Missouri. These dates are recorded on a tombstone shared with her husband William B. Sutton in Lindley Prairie cemetery at Bearcreek in Cedar County, Missouri.[1] The tombstone shows that William B. Sutton was born 16 January 1819 (in Christian County, Kentucky), and died 13 June 1883 (at Fair Play, Missouri).

Children of Nancy Whitlock (1778 – 1863) and Husband Abner Bryson: Hilpa, Elizabeth, and James Bryson

Abner Bryson Mackey, photo uploaded by Roger McCumber to Find a Grave memorial page of A.B. Mackey, Juntura cemetery, Juntura, Malheur County, Oregon, created by Tami K

Or, Subtitled: Hilpa and Zilpah and Biblical (and Pseudo-Biblical) Naming Patterns in 19th-Century America

This posting is a continuation of the discussion of the children of Nancy Whitlock and her husband Abner Bryson. The previous posting discussed Nancy and Abner’s first two children, Thomas Whitlock Bryson and Catharine Bryson Williams.