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ied Robinson ; Prudence, died un-
married.
Job Bryant, son of Ichabod and Ruth
(Staples) Bryant, was born in Bridgewater
or in the neighbor town of Raynham,
Massachusetts, about 1742. He was
(Turner) Bryant, was bom about 1785
at Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He was
a blacksmith virtually all his life. He enlisted
for service in the War of 1812, and
his widow received a pension in the form
of a grant of one hundred and sixty acres
of land. He died in 1837. He married in
1805, at Athol, Massachusetts, Rachel
Wheeler, daughter of Zaccheus Wheeler.
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Their children : Royal ; Mercy ; George
Quincy Adams, of whom further ; Mary
Ann ; Richard ; Silence Jonathan ;
; Calvin
Turner, of whom further; and Rachel.
George Q. Adams Bryant, son of Clement
and Rachel (Wheeler) Bryant, born
January 9, 1819, at North Orange, Massachusetts.
He removed to Athol, and
later to Winchendon, Massachusetts,
where he engaged in house-painting in
partnership with his brother Calvin
Turner. In i860 they entered the grocery
business and remained together in that
line with great success until the death
of the brother Calvin, July 14, 1906,
since which time George Q. Adams con-
ducted the business. George served in the
Civil War, entering as a private and re-
turning as third sergeant. He married
Louise A. Roby, daughter of Moody
Roby, Peru, Vermont. She died June 20,
1894. They had no own children. They
a blacksmith and a farmer. He was also adopted Finette Miller, daughter of Mary
a soldier of the Revolution. He married Ann (Bryant) Miller, sister of Mr. Bry-
Mary Turner. Their children : Anna, marant. Children of Thomas and Mary Ann
ried Abiel Phillips of Easton ; Nathan, mar- (Bryant) Miller: Joseph of Athol; Albert
ried Sarah Jordan ; Calvin, married Re- of Athol ; Finette, married John W.
becca Morse ; Job Staples, married Lovice Barnes, of Westminster, Massachusetts.
Pratt ; Thirza, married Mannasseh Dick- Calvin Turner Bryant, eighth child of
erman ; Oliver, married Nabby, daughter Clement and Rachel (Wheeler) Bryant,
of Timothy Ames ; Clement, see forward of Athol, Massachusetts, and father of
David ; Samuel ; Asa, married (first) Me- Waldo Calvin Bryant, of this review, was
hitable Snow, married (second) Betsy born June 11, 1830, at Athol. His time
Snow, sister of his first wife ; Harriet, outside school was spent in his uncle's
married David Dunbar, Jr.
chair factory. After a year of work in a
Clement Bryant, son of Job and Mary restaurant in Worcester, Massachusetts,
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he was employed by the successor of the
first owner, and subsequently bought the
restaurant. He sold out that business
and started another restaurant. After a
year had passed he abandoned that business
and entered a pistol factory. Taking
part in the gold rush to California, he
remained there from 185 1 to 1855, and
"made his pile." He again went West in
1856, and returned in the fall of that year
to Winchendon, where he engaged in
house-painting. In 1859 he journeyed
to Pike's Peak in quest of gold, but was
unsuccessful. He went on by ox-team
to California and remained there a
year, when he returned to Winchendon
and his house-painting, which business
he conducted until i860, when he and
George Q. Adams engaged in the gro-
cery business, which Calvin Turner followed
until his death, July 14, 1906, the
partnership having been in existence for
forty-six years. Calvin Bryant was a
member of the First Baptist Church of
Winchendon. He was an active member