William Butler Bryan - Old City Cemetery - Tallahassee, FL
N 30° 26.575 W 084° 17.149
16R E 760654 N 3370995
William Butler Bryan, one of the Woodmen of the World, is buried in Old City Cemetery in Tallahassee, Florida.
Waymark Code: WMXCPE
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 12/27/2017
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His headstone inscription reads:
William Butler Bryan
Apr. 23, 1848 -- Nov. 6, 1909
Sustained and soothed by an unfaltering trust
Approach thy grave like one who wraps
The drapery of his couch about him
And lies down to pleasant dreams.
His epitaph comes from the poem Thanatopsis written by William Cullen Bryant.
The following information about William Butler Bryan is available online (visit link):
"OCCUPATION: Plantation Owner
RELIGION: Baptist
BIRTH: 23 Apr 1848, GA, USA
DEATH: AFT 1894, Tallahassee, Leon, FL, USA
Family 1 : Amanda Jane McArthur
MARRIAGE: 19 Nov 1885, Nashville, Davidson, TN, USA
Owned three plantations (one was possibly near Sylvania) and 1600
slaves in GA. Plantations were destroyed during Sherman's march to the
sea.
Founded Baptist church in Sneads, FL."