BRYCE
James Fulton Bryce
Jan. 18, 1806 - Feb. 23, 1880
Born: January 18, 1806, Union County, South Carolina
Death: February 23, 1880, Carroll County, Georgia
Married: Eleanor Ray Sharp Bryce
Military Service: Corp / Co. E 9 GA CAV State Guards CSA
Listed in Marriages--Georgia to 1850
James Bryce to Eleanor Ray Sharp on May 14, 1829 in Carroll Co., GA
James and Eleanor had 13 children.
In his book, Carroll County and Her People (1907), Joe Cobb lists James Bryce as among the 'good and true men' that settled Carroll County long before the Civil War. Cobb notes Bryce as a minister of the Gospel and a successful farmer.
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James Bryce was a charter member of Concord Methodist Church and is listed as one of the ministers the church sent from Concord to Brazil.
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Bryce conducted the funeral service for Fannie Floyd Conner, who is also buried at this cemetery.
HeadstoneS:
James Bryce has two stones:
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Style:
#1 is a government style flat marker from the SCV
#2 is a double roof top obelisk, companion monument, sitting on a double base. He shares the obelisk with his wife, Eleanor Ray Bryce.
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Symbols:
Iron Cross on the SCV marker
Square & compass: Freemasonry symbol
Acorns: denoting power, authority or victory.
Often seen on military graves.
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Condition/Status:
Cleaned - October 2019
Structure - Leveling needed for obelisk SOON
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March 2019
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James and Eleanor's plots. October 2019
March 2019
October 2019
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Gently scrubbed with
Orvus Paste and -
Sprayed and left on undiluted D2 Biological Solution
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Nov. 25, 1812 - Feb. 17, 1879
Eleanor Ray "Nellie" [Sharp] Bryce
Born: November 25, 1812 in Warren County, Georgia
Death: February 17, 1879 in Carroll County, Georgia
Married: James Fulton Bryce, (1806-1880)
Nellie was the daughter of Hiram Jackson Sharp (1789–1875) and
Sarah Ann Owens Sharp (1787–1870).
Nellie and James had thirteen children.
Nellie's father, brothers and husband, are listed by Joe Cobb in his book, Carroll County and Her People (1907), as "early white settlers in Carroll Hiram Sharp, Sr., and his two sons, Hiram and George, John T. Chambers (known as “Honest John”), and James Bryce", respectfully.
Headstones:
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Style:
Nellie's name appears on the west side of a double roof top obelisk, companion monument, sitting on a double base.
To the right of the obelisk is a sunken plot, outlined with bricks. This is most likely Eleanor's plot.
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Symbols:
Above her name are leaves and acorns. Acorns on a headstone symbolizes the power of spiritual growth from a kernel of truth and also potential strength as it has the ability to grow into a mighty oak.
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Condition/Status:
Cleaned - October 2019
Structure - Leveling needed for obelisk SOON
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Eleanor's side of the obelisk as it was being cleaned - October 2019.
Mrs. Eleanor R. Bryce
BORN
Nov. 25, 1812
DIED
Feb. 17, 1879
A tender mother and
A faithful friend
Epitaph for Eleanor on the obelisk