Notes for: Philip O BRYANT

Aruna S. Bryant son of Philip and Sophia (Shepard) Bryant was born April 21, 1812. Philip Bryant was born in Connecticut Nov. 20, 1780. He removed to Erie, Pa.,where he died at the age of seventy-five. He was a soldier in the war of 1812; was a Democrat in politics, and held the position of deputy sheriff and justice of the peace. Sophia Shepard was born Sept. 3, 1787, and resided in Caldwell's Manor, Canada. She died May 29, 1846.

Aruna S. Bryant's parents settled in Chateaugay, Franklin Co., N. Y., in1804, on what is, or was, known as the "Platt Place." His father was a farmer in good circumstances. His father's family consisted of the following: Cornelia, Caroline, Aruna S., Philip D., Sophia M., David B., Jonathan M., Jennet, Clarinda, and Sarah A.

A History of Clinton and Franklin Counties New York, Chicago, J. W. Lew &Co, 1880.