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BRYAN FAMILY HISTORY 8-249In 1850, Thomas and Mary Lakin were living in Greene County, Illinois. OnOctober 3, 1867, Sarah Lakin married John S. Baker in White Hall, Illinois.John and Sarah Baker had four children: - Eva Baker, - George Baker, -Mary Baker, - Lucy Baker. Sarah (Lakin) Baker died on March 28, 1929 andwas buried in the White Hall Cemtery. Eva Baker married J. F. Culbertson.George Baker lived in Rockford, Illinois. Mary Baker married Dr. J. C.Murdock. Lucy Baker married Ernest Price.On October 1, 1882, Serepta Lakin married William Blair. William and SereptaBlair had one daughter: - Gertrude Blair. William Blair died on January 18,1911 and Serepta (Lakin) Blair died on February 27, 1926 in White Hall,Illinois. Gertrude Blair married John Newland and they had one daughter: -Mary Ann Newland, b. 1915. Gertrude (Blair) Newland died prior to February27, 1926 (death of her mother). The third daughter of Thomas and Mary Lakinmarried J. W. Trunnels.References: 1) 1850 Census, Greene County, Illinois; 2) Email, Myrna Madigan toRobert Casey, December, 1999SARAH ELIZABETH ORTON (2.10.9) is the daughter of Joseph Orton andMary (Bryan) Orton. Sarah was born in 1828 in Williamson County, Tennessee.On September 11, 1845, Sarah Orton married Willis Dudley Brannan in GreeneCounty, Illinois. Willis was born in 1822 in Kentucky and is the son of DudleyBrannan and Mary “Polly” Brannan. Willis Brannan’s brother, ThomasBrannan, married Sarah Orton’s sister, Nancy Orton. Willis and Sarah Brannanwere the parents of at least two children:. . . Joseph M. Brannan, b. 1847, Illinois. . . Mary Ann Brannan, b. 1849, IllinoisIn 1850, Willis and Sarah Brannan were living in Greene County, Illinois.References: 1) 1850 Census, Greene County, Illinois; 2) Email, Myrna Madigan toRobert Casey, December, 1999NANCY BRYAN (2.12) is the daughter of Samuel Bryan and Margaret(Morrow) Bryan. Nancy was born on December 28, 1802 in North Carolina.Nancy Bryan is not listed in the will of her father, Samuel Bryan and was notmentioned in the 1909 letter written by Washington C. Bryan. The 1851 estatepapers of Henry M. Bryan clearly state Nancy Pickard was the sister of HenryM. Bryan, that Nancy had one minor daughter (Nancy Pickard) and that NancyPickard died prior to 1851. In 1838, Joseph Orton was appointed guardian ofthe children of his brother-in-law, George M. Pickard: Nancy Bryan Pickard,Mary Jane Pickard, Joseph Henderson Pickard and Alexander Ewing Pickard.This establishes that Nancy Bryan married George M. Pickard. On December18, 1830, Nancy Bryan married her cousin, George M. Pickard (51.6.7), inDavidson County, Tennessee. George was born on September 22, 1807 inOrange County, North Carolina and is the son of Alexander Pickard and Jane(Morrow) Pickard. The ceremony was performed by Levin Edney. Alsomarried that day by Levin Edney was Nancy Bryan’s brother, John M. Bryan