Can anyone tell me something of the Thomas Bryant family living in Paulski County in 1870, then Baxter County 1880, 1900. I would like to be able to contact a descendant of the Thomas Bryant the head of the family. I believe he had two marriages and perhaps three. By the first marriage he had son George, daughters Elizabeth and Malinda and Stacy and Arkansas that I do not know the sex of. Then by the second marriage he had a daughter Ellen and the second wife was Jane E. Unknown maiden name. The third wife, if there was one was Elizzi E. The only reason I believe there was a third wife is that the birth state is definitely not the same for both women, even though the middle initial for both was an "E". The daughter Malinda B. Bryant born in 1854 and married to Jesse N. Morris in 1875 then died in Jan of 1876 and is buried at the Big Flat Cemetery. I do not know the names of his parents. I believe this famly is connected to the Methany family as I think the second wife of Thomas Bryant was Jane E. Matheny at one time. She is the mother of Jeremiah F. Methany but that is all I know of her. George Bryant and his family are living in the Big Flat area for the 1900 census. If there were any descendants of Thomas Bryant who could help answer questions about the Jane E. Bryant, second wife of Thomas Bryant, I would appreciate the contact. dbton@yahoo.com