Soldier Information
Name: Edmond Bryant
Alias: Edmund
Place of Birth: Nelson KY Year of Birth: 1827
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Dark Hair: Dark Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 4
View Ledger
Enlistment Information
Enlistment Date: November 11, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
Compiled Military Service Record
Document: View
Congressional District: 4
Company: E Regiment(s): 123rd USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, Kentucky
Mustered Out Date: October 16, 1865
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
The soldier worked as a cook. During the war the location of the soldier’s unit per the CMSR was Louisville Ky and Jefferson In.
Soldier Death Information
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
Military Death Location:
Military Cause of Death:
Death Date: January 25, 1894
Cause of Death: Pleurisy
Death Certificate
Soldier Pension Information
No pension card found
Widow Pension Information
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date:
Application No.: 593.218 Certificate No.: 419.892
No other family pension card found
Pension File Information
Pension File:
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Pensioner County: Pensioner State: (Choose One)
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Pension Notes:
Located the Veterans Administration widow pension payment card by searching the FamilySearch.org database (Pension Payment cards 1907-1933 ) MANUALLY searched and located card for Emily Bryant cert # 419.892 widow of Edmund Bryant Pt E 123rd USC Vol Inf. The pension index card did not include the widow’s pension application date; however, the Veterans Administration payment card noted 4 April 1894 as the commencement date of the pension.
Freedman’s Bank/Freedmen’s Bureau Information
No Freedman’s Bank information found
No Freedmen’s Bureau Documents found
Family Information
Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: Father Last Name:
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Wife #1 First Name: Emily Maiden Name:
Wife #2 First Name: Maiden Name:
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: Susan Mary West 1856
Isaac F Bryant 1858
Family Notes:
Soldier died from pleurisy (lung inflammation)Soldier’s son Isaac ( 1858-?) did not marry or have children. daughter Susan (1856-?)married Chas West (1850-1879 consumption) and had one known child Emma. Soldier’s grandaughter Emma (1880-1911bronchitis/malarialfever) married Samuel Johnson and had 5 children. 3 survived: Theodore (1905-1961), Mary A (1907-1925tuberculosis) and Bettie (1909-?). TB may have been the real cause of many of the soldier’s family members death. Many died a premature death of communicable disease, likely the result of crowded living conditions, poor nutrition, & hard work.
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1870 Census
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Farm Hand
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1870 Real Estate Value: 0 1870 Personal Estate Value: 0
1870 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
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1880 Census
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Laborer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
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1890 Census
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: Widow Emma was a Laundress. Son Issac day laborer
1900 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1900 Own/Rent: Rent 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1900 Farm/House: House
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1910 Census
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1910 Profession: Widow Emily none, son Issac Porter Railroad depot
1910 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1910 Own/Rent: Rent 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1910 Farm/House: House
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1920 Census
1920 Census Link: View
1920 Profession: widow deceased. Son Isaac is a Porter at a station
1920 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1920 Own/Rent: Rent 1920 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1920 Farm/House: House
1920 Census Notes:
Soldier occupation Laborer & Florist per the census and Louisville city directory.1910 census shows 3 families living at 715 Logan Street. Soldier’s son Issac HOH with mother/soldier’s widow, Emily. Samuel Johnson HOH with soldier’s grandaughter Emma. The other family may be related to Samuel Johnson.
Enslaver Information
Name: Edward Bryant Location:
Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
Per the military ledger the Soldier’s enslaver was Edward Bryant. A search was conducted for Edward Bryant with name variations sounds alike, exact, similar in 1850/1860/1870 US Census or Slave Schedule of Nelson County and a person of this name was not found. However, there was a Bryant Family in Nelson CO, Ky that owned slaves.
1850 Enslaver Census
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1860 Enslaver Census
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1870 Enslaver Census
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1880 Enslaver Census
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Information
Compensation Applied? No Compensation Received? No