William McKinley Bryant

1916 - 1958  (42 years)

• Name	William McKinley Bryant  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	30 Mar 1916	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1940	Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA   [4]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Hired Hand for Lela Mae Smith
  Military Draft Registration	1940	Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA   [1]
  	Draft Registration - WWII; Married to Edith
  Census	1950	Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, USA   [5]
  	Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Mary
  Death	7 Oct 1958	Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA   [2, 3]
  Burial	Riverview Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  		Riverview Cemetery (originally known as the City Cemetery) Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee Find a Grave: #17796
  Person ID	I1619	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	William R Smith,   b. Abt 1845, West Virginia, USA
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Florence L Bryant,   b. 19 Jul 1894, Tennessee, USA d. 3 Jul 1952, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F4154	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary L Reason,   b. 10 May 1925, Trigg County, Kentucky, USA d. 5 May 2008 (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	1943  [2]
  Family ID	F440	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Edith Winchester
  Marriage	Abt 1940  [1]
  Family ID	F441	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 Mar 1916 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA Census - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Hired Hand for Lela Mae Smith - 1940 - Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA Military Draft Registration - Draft Registration - WWII; Married to Edith - 1940 - Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA Census - Relation to Head: Head; Marital Status: Married to Mary - 1950 - Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, USA Death - 7 Oct 1958 - Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Burial - - Riverview Cemetery, Clarksville, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S9506] Ancestry.com, U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), National Archives at St Louis; St Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Tennessee, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 37. U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Draft Registration Cards for Tennessee, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947; Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, 147; Box: 37 [S4627] Newspapers.com: Obituary of William Bryant • Clarksville Leaf-Chronicle - 10 Oct 1958, William McKinley Bryant -- The Leaf-Chronicle; Publication Date: 10 Oct 1958; Publication Place: Clarksville, Tennessee. https://www.newspapers.com/image/353431189/?article=f2f9d0ff-390a-46fe-acd0-0f0d5f38fd0b&focus=0.0138414465,0.6710878,0.1281355,0.85514694&xid=3355 [S9651] Find a Grave: BRYANT William M. [S9528] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03923; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 63-5. 1940 United States Federal Census Year: 1940; Census Place: Montgomery, Tennessee; Roll: m-t0627-03923; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 63-5 [S11596] Ancestry.com, 1950 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2022;), United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Jackson, Jackson, Mi. 1950 United States Federal Census United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Jackson, Jackson, Mi