He organized several churches in southern Alabama and western Florida.His primary church was the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Bluff Springs,FL, which has been continuously active since 1856. The Pleasant HillCemetery is also known as the Crary Cemetery and is adjacent to thePleasant Hill Baptist Church.
He was elected Escambia County Surveyor and also a member of theEscambia County School Board in 1885.
The "Escambia County Heritage Book" documents more of his life andincludes his photograph.
The following excerpt is from an article Daniel Marc Ward contributed tothe Escambia County Gen-Web project:
"At one time Bryars and his family would walk four and a half miles tothe small railroad community of William’s Station, which would later berenamed Atmore, and go into the sawmill shop room belonging to JohnRoberts. His daughters would quickly sweep the floors of all the sawdustwhile their father carried in sawed-off pine blocks and laid boardsacross them for benches. After the Sunday services he and his familywould walk the four and a half miles back to their home near Davisville,Florida."
For Ward''s complete article, seehttp://www.rootsweb.com/~flescamb/pinebarren.htm
He was elected Escambia County Surveyor and also a member of theEscambia County School Board in 1885.
The "Escambia County Heritage Book" documents more of his life andincludes his photograph.
The following excerpt is from an article Daniel Marc Ward contributed tothe Escambia County Gen-Web project:
"At one time Bryars and his family would walk four and a half miles tothe small railroad community of William’s Station, which would later berenamed Atmore, and go into the sawmill shop room belonging to JohnRoberts. His daughters would quickly sweep the floors of all the sawdustwhile their father carried in sawed-off pine blocks and laid boardsacross them for benches. After the Sunday services he and his familywould walk the four and a half miles back to their home near Davisville,Florida."
For Ward''s complete article, seehttp://www.rootsweb.com/~flescamb/pinebarren.htm
- 7 DEC 1832 - Birth - ; Stockton, Baldwin, Alabama
- NOV 1908 - Burial - ; Crary Memorial Cemetery, Bluff Springs, Escambia, Florida
- 1850 - Census - U.S. ; Escambia, Florida
- 1860 - Census - U.S. ; Baldwin, Alabama
- 1870 - Census - U.S. ; Pensacola, Escambia, Florida
- 1880 - Census - U.S. ; Escambia, Florida
- 1885 - Census - Florida State Census ; Escambia, Florida
- 13 NOV 1908 - Death - ; Bluff Springs, Escambia, Florida
- 26 JUL 1843 - Guardianship - ; Baldwin, Alabama
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PARENT (M) Charles Edward Bryars | |||
Birth | 1801 | South Carolina | |
Death | 1843 | Stockton, Baldwin, Alabama | |
Marriage | 29 NOV 1827 | to Catherine Margaret Hubbard at Baldwin, Alabama | |
Father | Lazarus John Bryars | ||
Mother | Sizemore | ||
PARENT (F) Catherine Margaret Hubbard | |||
Birth | 10 OCT 1810 | Beaufort, Beaufort, South Carolina | |
Death | 3 FEB 1892 | Escambia, Florida | |
Marriage | 29 NOV 1827 | to Charles Edward Bryars at Baldwin, Alabama | |
Father | Joseph Hubbard | ||
Mother | Unknown | ||
CHILDREN | |||
M | James Lazarus Bryars | ||
Birth | 7 DEC 1832 | Stockton, Baldwin, Alabama | |
Death | 13 NOV 1908 | Bluff Springs, Escambia, Florida | |
Marriage | 1 MAR 1857 | to Erin Elizabeth Miles at Escambia, Florida | |
Marriage | ABT 1869 | to Malinda Caroline Daily at Escambia, Alabama | |
F | Elizabeth Ann Bryars | ||
Birth | |||
Death | |||
Marriage | 7 JAN 1848 | to George W. Moye at Baldwin, Alabama | |
F | Isabella Bryars | ||
Birth | ABT 1838 | Baldwin, Alabama | |
Death | 1884 | ||
Marriage | 27 JAN 1859 | to Thomas Joseph Hadley at Escambia, Alabama | |
F | Mary Catherine Bryars | ||
Birth | FEB 1834 | Baldwin, Alabama | |
Death | |||
Marriage | to ? | ||
F | Mildred Lucivy Bryars | ||
Birth | APR 1841 | Alabama | |
Death | |||
M | Benjamin Henry Bryars | ||
Birth | 6 NOV 1836 | Baldwin, Alabama | |
Death | 28 FEB 1920 | Escambia, Florida | |
Marriage | 20 MAR 1859 | to Lucretia Ellen Miles at Escambia, Alabama | |
F | Sara Frances Bryars | ||
Birth | ABT 1842 | ||
Death | 5 OCT 1924 | Baldwin, Alabama | |
Marriage | to Charles McTrout | ||
Marriage | 8 JUN 1868 | to Benjamin Franklin at Baldwin, Alabama |
PARENT (M) James Lazarus Bryars | |||
Birth | 7 DEC 1832 | Stockton, Baldwin, Alabama | |
Death | 13 NOV 1908 | Bluff Springs, Escambia, Florida | |
Marriage | 1 MAR 1857 | to Erin Elizabeth Miles at Escambia, Florida | |
Marriage | ABT 1869 | to Malinda Caroline Daily at Escambia, Alabama | |
Father | Charles Edward Bryars | ||
Mother | Catherine Margaret Hubbard | ||
PARENT (F) Erin Elizabeth Miles | |||
Birth | 1836 | Wawbeek, Escambia, Alabama | |
Death | 20 AUG 1868 | Wawbeek, Escambia, Alabama | |
Marriage | 1 MAR 1857 | to James Lazarus Bryars at Escambia, Florida | |
Father | James Miles | ||
Mother | Lucretia Ellen Franklin | ||
CHILDREN | |||
F | Margaret Catherine Bryars | ||
Birth | 3 MAR 1864 | Williams Station, Escambia, Alabama | |
Death | 9 MAR 1947 | Jacksonville, Duval, Florida | |
Marriage | 8 JUL 1888 | to John Parker at Escambia, Florida | |
M | James Zebedee Bryars | ||
Birth | 18 OCT 1857 | Bluff Springs, Escambia, Florida | |
Death | 21 DEC 1921 | Plateau, Mobile, Alabama | |
Marriage | 11 FEB 1886 | to Leila Crawford Dick at Bluff Springs, Escambia, Florida | |
F | Ellen Lucretia Bryars | ||
Birth | 2 AUG 1859 | Atmore, Escambia, Alabama | |
Death | 1 JAN 1945 | Atmore, Escambia, Alabama | |
Marriage | 12 MAY 1876 | to Robert Warren Brooks at Atmore, Escambia, Alabama | |
M | Benjamin Francis Bryars | ||
Birth | 30 NOV 1861 | Atmore, Escambia, Alabama | |
Death | 3 OCT 1922 | Bluff Springs, Escambia, Florida | |
Marriage | 15 AUG 1888 | to Eula Lee Franklin | |
M | Charles Daniel Bryars | ||
Birth | 27 JUN 1866 | Bluff Springs, Escambia, Florida | |
Death | 7 JAN 1883 | ||
F | Lucy Elizabeth Bryars | ||
Birth | 2 AUG 1868 | Bluff Springs, Escambia, Florida | |
Death | JUL 1906 | Bluff Springs, Escambia, Florida | |
Marriage | to William Timothy Dick |
PARENT (M) James Lazarus Bryars | |||
Birth | 7 DEC 1832 | Stockton, Baldwin, Alabama | |
Death | 13 NOV 1908 | Bluff Springs, Escambia, Florida | |
Marriage | 1 MAR 1857 | to Erin Elizabeth Miles at Escambia, Florida | |
Marriage | ABT 1869 | to Malinda Caroline Daily at Escambia, Alabama | |
Father | Charles Edward Bryars | ||
Mother | Catherine Margaret Hubbard | ||
PARENT (F) Malinda Caroline Daily | |||
Birth | 29 AUG 1834 | Monroe, Alabama | |
Death | 15 OCT 1917 | Bluff Springs, Escambia, Florida | |
Marriage | ABT 1869 | to James Lazarus Bryars at Escambia, Alabama | |
Father | ? | ||
Mother | ? | ||
CHILDREN | |||
M | John Lazarus Bryars | ||
Birth | 22 OCT 1870 | ||
Death | 2 MAR 1875 | ||
M | Judson Rudolph Bryars | ||
Birth | 6 MAR 1873 | Bluff Springs, Escambia, Florida | |
Death | 11 SEP 1938 | Bluff Springs, Escambia, Florida | |
Marriage | 1895 | to Ella Johnson | |
Marriage | 9 JUL 1902 | to Gertrude Evans at Bluff Springs, Escambia, Florida |
1 James Lazarus Bryars b: 7 DEC 1832 d: 13 NOV 1908
+ Erin Elizabeth Miles b: 1836 d: 20 AUG 1868
2 Margaret Catherine Bryars b: 3 MAR 1864 d: 9 MAR 1947
+ John Parker b: 28 SEP 1859 d: 27 MAY 1924
3 Merdella Parker b: 29 MAY 1889 d: 12 NOV 1915
+ William Robert Champion b: 6 APR 1886 d: 31 AUG 1958
4 Margaret Merdella Champion b: 14 JUN 1915 d: 13 DEC 1965
+ Robert James Reed b: 6 FEB 1904 d: 24 DEC 1977
5 Robert James Reed b: 18 JUL 1941 d: 28 NOV 1985
+ Private
5 Merdella Margaret Reed b: 27 APR 1950 d: 7 MAR 2012
+ Gene Charles Huckleberry b: 20 JUL 1950 d: 2018
5 John Champion Reed b: 12 JUN 1944 d: 24 FEB 2012
+ Private
3 Maggie Lou Parker b: 5 JAN 1897 d: 26 NOV 1974
+ Robert Lacy Huntley b: 3 JAN 1883 d: 9 JAN 1949
4 James Earl Huntley b: 17 MAY 1917 d: 23 JAN 1994
+ Private
4 Edmund Parker Huntley b: 1 JUL 1915 d: 9 APR 1980
+ Mary Irene Doyle b: 19 DEC 1914 d: 16 DEC 1989
4 Robert Benjamin Huntley b: 21 NOV 1921 d: 8 OCT 1992
+ Minnie E. Ashley b: 15 JAN 1927 d: 25 MAY 2000
4 John W. Huntley b: 15 SEP 1924 d: 25 OCT 2003
+ Private
4 Mary Flax Huntley b: 5 DEC 1919 d: 11 JUL 1994
3 James Earl Parker b: 6 SEP 1894 d: 11 AUG 1972
+ Lucille Cochran b: 9 AUG 1897 d: 14 JUL 1977
3 Gladys Johnnie Parker b: 17 OCT 1903 d: 16 MAY 1991
+ William Tillman Yearty b: 23 JUN 1903 d: 15 MAR 1973
4 William Tillman Yearty b: 9 OCT 1924 d: 16 OCT 1924
2 James Zebedee Bryars b: 18 OCT 1857 d: 21 DEC 1921
+ Leila Crawford Dick b: 1 FEB 1861 d: 28 MAR 1947
3 Lily Mae Bryars b: 17 JAN 1896 d: 29 JUN 1982
+ Samuel Lavergia Berrey b: 24 FEB 1895 d: 19 DEC 1971
3 John L. Bryars b: 7 DEC 1893 d: 13 APR 1971
+ Addie Eugenia Campbell b: 5 JAN 1896 d: 22 AUG 1985
4 James Theron Bryars b: 18 JUN 1923 d: 29 JAN 1978
3 Minnie Bryars b: 25 MAY 1887 d: 4 NOV 1952
+ George C. Brooks b: 1879 d: FEB 1934
3 Annie Ruth Bryars b: 18 JUL 1888 d: 4 DEC 1968
+ Joseph Lowe Byrd b: 15 JAN 1877 d: 24 DEC 1951
4 Joseph Lowe Byrd b: ABT 1908 d: 29 SEP 1918
4 James Donald Byrd b: 17 FEB 1910 d: 11 JAN 1977
+ Gladys Christine Huff b: 17 FEB 1917 d: 30 DEC 1999
4 Johnnie Bryars Byrd b: 9 OCT 1912 d: 3 NOV 1998
+ Thelma Hazel Simmons b: 17 APR 1920 d: 9 DEC 2005
4 Elizabeth Ann Byrd b: 16 MAY 1915 d: 21 NOV 1999
+ Joseph Loyfield Arnold b: 9 SEP 1914 d: 23 MAR 1993
3 Ola Bryars b: 12 NOV 1889 d: 27 MAR 1980
3 Elizabeth Bryars b: 13 FEB 1892 d: 13 JAN 1973
+ Claude H. Capps b: 18 FEB 1890 d: 1927
2 Ellen Lucretia Bryars b: 2 AUG 1859 d: 1 JAN 1945
+ Robert Warren Brooks b: 12 JUL 1852 d: 22 FEB 1942
3 Essie Brooks b: 5 JUL 1883 d: 2 MAY 1973
+ Hugo E. Esneul b: 2 JUN 1875 d: 25 NOV 1947
4 Elizabeth Virginia Esneul b: 24 JUN 1912 d: 30 APR 2004
+ Stewart H. Hoomes b: 3 SEP 1905 d: 25 MAY 1994
4 Hugo Esneul b: 4 DEC 1907 d: 30 OCT 2000
4 Jerome Esneul b: 19 AUG 1910 d: 15 NOV 1995
4 Forbes Esneul b: 31 MAR 1914 d: 20 AUG 1930
2 Benjamin Francis Bryars b: 30 NOV 1861 d: 3 OCT 1922
+ Eula Lee Franklin b: 24 AUG 1870 d: 17 NOV 1951
3 Katie Lee Bryars b: SEP 1891 d: 1938
3 James Everett Bryars b: 31 OCT 1892 d: 4 AUG 1963
+ Lillian M. b: 6 FEB 1896 d: 3 MAY 1989
3 Mamie D. Bryars b: 1 JAN 1894
3 Charles Daniel Bryars b: 23 OCT 1895 d: 22 FEB 1938
2 Charles Daniel Bryars b: 27 JUN 1866 d: 7 JAN 1883
2 Lucy Elizabeth Bryars b: 2 AUG 1868 d: JUL 1906
+ William Timothy Dick b: 11 JAN 1866 d: 1950
3 Ellen Erin Dick b: 26 SEP 1893 d: NOV 1982
+ Lavonia Hearn b: 13 NOV 1893 d: 2 AUG 1963
4 Hugh Fuller Hearn b: 15 DEC 1915 d: 14 JUL 1978
+ Blanche Lenoa Venters b: 6 DEC 1918 d: 13 DEC 1977
4 Richard Bernard Hearn b: 6 JAN 1922 d: 4 JUL 1993
+ Helen Ivy Gnann b: 24 JAN 1919 d: 11 SEP 1992
3 Leone Dick b: ABT 1896
+ Malinda Caroline Daily b: 29 AUG 1834 d: 15 OCT 1917
2 John Lazarus Bryars b: 22 OCT 1870 d: 2 MAR 1875
2 Judson Rudolph Bryars b: 6 MAR 1873 d: 11 SEP 1938
+ Gertrude Evans b: 25 MAY 1879 d: 28 JUL 1934
3 Mark Holden Bryars b: 5 AUG 1905 d: 22 SEP 1976
3 Judson Rudolph Bryars b: 14 DEC 1906 d: BEF 1910
3 Martin Luther Bryars b: 1 NOV 1912 d: 16 JAN 1965
3 Helen Hazel Bryars b: 14 DEC 1906 d: 13 MAY 1911
3 Mary Lee Bryars b: 13 JUN 1922 d: 30 JAN 2007
+ Fletcher Gilmore b: 2 DEC 1917 d: 21 JAN 2000
3 John Bascom Bryars b: 17 MAR 1917 d: 2 MAY 2009