Thomas Johnson Bryan (1831-1897) and Anis Brown (1836-1897)
Website for both: http://www.bauer.uh.edu/parks/genealogy/tjbryan.htm

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Thomas Johnson Bryan (1831 Gwinnett County GA - 1897 Pickens County GA)
Thomas was the son of Hetto Bryan (1801 GA - died after 1870) and Sarah ?. He was the grandson of Revolutionary War soldier John Bryan (bc 1760 - died after 1825 Franklin GA) and Nancy ?.
Thomas was a private in Company I of the Cherokee Legion of the Georgia Sate Line. As the tax collector of Pickens County, the Govenor relieved him from service to remain in Pickens County. According to family tales he hid the county tax receipts under the boards of his home during the Union activity in North Georgia. Both his younger brothers Nicholas Lumpkin Bryan (1833 GA - 1906 GA) and James Nelson Bryan (1843 GA - 1922 GA) served in the 9th Georgia Artillery Battalion.
Thomas owned a grocery store in Talking Rock Georgia (Pickens County) from before the Civil War began in 1861 until his death in 1897.
Anis Brown (1836 Fulton County GA - 1897 Pickens County GA)
Anis was the daughter of Meredith G. Brown (1808 GA - died before 1870) and Sarah R. Crow (1808 GA - 1880 Fulton GA). She was the grandaughter of blacksmith and Indian spy during the War if 1812 Peter Brown (1768 Edgefield SC - 1840 DeKalb GA) and Sarah Scales (1776 Kershaw SC - 1839 DeKalb GA). Anis' known great grandparents were: Captain John Brown (bc 1740 Ireland - 1822 Franklin GA) who served under Francis Marion in the SC Militia and was wounded at the Battle of Quinby's Bridge in 1781; Soldier of the War of 1812 Joshua Crow (1779 Chatham NC - 1843 DeKalb GA) and Anis Browning (1785 Henry GA - 1835 DeKalb GA). Joshua's father was Stephen Crow (1749 NC - 1830 Clarke GA) -- a Revolutionary War soldier (in Isaiah Hogan's Chatham NC Militia) who was married to Margaret Stroud (1757 Suffolk VA - 1830 Clarke GA). Margaret's father John Stroud (1731 Hunterdon NJ - 1806 Clarke GA) served in both the French and Indian War in the colonial army of Pennsylvania and later in the North Carolina Continental Line during the American Revolution.
Thomas and Anis had 9 Children:
1. James Milton Bryan (1856-1947) m. Hannah Malinda Goble (1856-1940)
2. Robert Rankin Bryan (1858- ) (grocer) m. Anne E. Jackson (1859-1920)
3. Sarah Bryan (Sis) (1860-1953) m. Edward Marian Tatum (1852-1903)
4. Amanda Bryan (Mandy) (1863- ) m1 James William Eaton ( -1892) m2 James William Cochran (1856-1926)
5. Mary Missouri Bryan (Zoo) (1865-1955 Whitfield GA) m John A.Farmer (1867-1916)
6. Thomas Willard Bryan (1867-1903) m Rachel Lula Kelly
7. Cicero Stephens Bryan (1870-1936) m Evelyn Jane Nolan (1871 Murray GA- ? Wayne MI)
8. Ida Leila Bryan (1873-1955) m 1902 Dr. Walker Bell Parks (1879 GA- 1951 GA)
9. Minnie Lou Anis Bryan (1875 - 1938) m Charles Mathias Scott (1868 Cherokee GA- )
Both Thomas and Anis died in 1897 and are buried at Antioch Baptist Church in Talking Rock, (Pickens County) GA.
Michael S. Parks, Houston TX, 2012
John Wesley Parks (1847-1937) and Mary Ann Hayes (1851-1923)
Website for Parks: http://www.bauer.uh.edu/parks/genealogy/Parks_lineage_Key_Z_EV_LQ_TZ.htm
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Website for Hayes: http://www.bauer.uh.edu/parks/genealogy/majjohn.htm
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Rev. John Wesley Parks (1848 Bradley County TN - 1939 Dawson County GA)
"He lived what he preached and done the best he could" (tombstone Dawsonville GA)
John was the son of blacksmith Andrew J. Parks (1817 Roane TN-1870 Bradley TN) and Martha Minerva Price (1827 McMinn TN-after 1909 Bradley TN). He was the grandson of: William Parks (1777 PA - 1852 Bradley TN) and Mary McCollum (1777 MD - 1856 Bradley TN); and Methodist Rev. Henry Price (1785 - 1860 Bradley TN) and Susan Stultz (1795 Greene TN - after 1840 Bradley TN). His great grandparents were: Joseph Parks (bc 1750 MD-1816 Blount TN) and Ruth ?; Pennsylvania Revolutionary War Soldier Thomas McCollum (1750 - 1806 Greene Tennessee) and Mary Van Eman (1752 - 1847 Greene TN); British Soldier in the American Revolution Charles Price (1757 Kildare Ireland - 1860 Bradley TN) and Nancy Black (1769 Augusta VA - 1829 Greene TN).
John and his two brothers wagonmaker and sheriff Henry J Parks (1842 Bradley TN - 1906 Bradley TN) and blacksmith Robert L. Parks (1846 Bradley TN - 1885 Bradley TN) all served together as privates in the 4th Tennessee Union Cavalry during the Civil War.
Mary Ann Hayes (1850 Bradley County TN - 1923 Dawson County GA)
"Gone but not forgotten" (tombstone Dawsonville GA)
Mary Ann was the daughter of William Sidney Hayes (bc 1824 Burke NC - 1870 Bradley TN) and Ellen Hockenhull (1835 Stockport England - 1917 Montezuma GA). She was the granddaughter of: John F. Hayes (1795 SC - 1872 Bradley TN) and Mary Ann Loving (1799 Burke NC - 1875 Bradley TN); and CSA Major, gold miner, wheelright and politician John Hockenhull (1811 Chester England - 1880 Dawson GA) and Mary Anne Sutton (1815 Chester - 1841 Forsyth GA). Her known great grandparents are: John Hockenhull (? - 1832 Cheshire England) and Ellen Newton (1770 Cheshire England - ?).
John and Mary had 9 children:
1. Orlena Parks (1868 Cleveland TN - 1902 Dawson GA) m William A. "Bud" Etris 1868 -
2. Susan E. Elizabeth (Lizzie) (1870-1938 Dawson GA) m. Andrew Jackson Anderson (Jack) 1868-1952
3. Melvin Parks (1872-1939 Atlanta GA) m. Mary McKee Burt. No children.
4. Robert Henry Parks(1875-1960) m. Caroline Malinda Burt (Callie) 1875-1947
5. Dr. Walker Belle Parks (1878 - 1951 Starke FL) m. Leila Bryan (1902-1955) daughter of Thomas Johnson Bryan (1831-1897) and Annis Brown (1836-1897) of Pickens GA.
6. Watson Parks (1881-1958) m1 Lila Castleberry 1904 - 1978 m2 Ann Eugenia Hulsey 1885 - 1979
7. Mary Ophelia (Mamie) Parks (1883-1966 Dawson GA) m. Calvin Lowinslo Burt (1879 Dawson GA-1935 Dawson GA)GA).
8. Ida Parks (1885 Lumpkin GA- ) died at age 2
9. Clara Parks (1890-1990) m. Thad Pirkle
Both John and Mary are buried at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in Dawsonville Georgia where John was a clergyman. Their double tombstone has a Masonic square and compass emblem on John's side and on Mary's is her Eastern Star inverted star emblem.
Michael S. Parks, Houston TX, 2012
Framing the Image
The images above were framed in an oval frame which is about 24" wide and 18" tall on the outside, with an inside opening 18 7/8" wide by 12 7/8" tall.
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The original image was 20.67 inches by 16.07 inches (or about 20" wide by 16" tall dependening on where you measure the ragged edges).
Therefore, in terms of reproducing the image (i.e., printing it), the 3,964 pixel wide image should be printed at about 20 inches wide and 16 inches tall. This implies that the image was captured at about 200 pixels/inch (or 200 DPI i.e., "dots per inch"). So print it at 200 DPI.
Most any large printing or office supply store can print the image in color so that it is about 20" wide and 16" tall for just a few dollars. Just save it on a memory stick or burn it onto a DVD or CD and take it to them.
The oval frame is almost perfect for hidding the jagged edges of the original cardboard stock and most of the bad waterstains.
Here is the original photograph that was used to by the artist to create the large image above. I have placed the two image (photo on top and artist rendering underneath:

The photographic image is 887 pixels wide and 469 tall. Note that the artist: pushed the images of the people closer together; lost John's Masonic lapel pin; but otherwise a not bad rendering.

Contact me at: parks@uh.edu