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Ira Bascomb Bryce

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Ira Bascomb Bryce

Birth
Carroll County, Georgia, USA
Death
18 Aug 1934 (aged 79)
Grayson County, Texas, USA
Burial
Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma, USA Add to Map
Plot
Rd 5, 3/4 way up on right, 3rd row back
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Ira Bascom Bryce, son of JAMES YOUNG BRYCE and ELEANOR R. SHARP BRYCE, was born in Carroll County, Georgia, April 28, 1855. He married on July 29, 1873 to Miss M. A. MCHAFFEY and to this union, four children were born, three girls and one boy. Mr. Bryce came with his family to Indian Territory about 1884, entered the service of the M.K.&T. RR for which company he worked until he retired on account of age. Mr. Bryce died at the Katy RR hospital in Denison, Texas, Aug. 18,1934, cancer of the stomach. At his bedside at time of death, were his three surviving children, Mrs. W. E. SANFORD of Greenville, Texas, Mrs. C. L. KILGORE of Atoka, and E. B. BRYCE of Alvin, Texas. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. A. B. DAVIDSON, pastor of the Atoka Methodist church of which Mr. Bryce was a member. The deceased was a member of a family of 13 children; six of his brothers, as well as his father, were Methodist ministers. At one time, Mr. Bryce was licensed to exhort. Preceding Mr. Bryce in death were his wife and one daughter who died in infancy. Surviving him are his three children, two sisters, Mrs. F. E. GEER of California and Mrs. J. J. SHELL of Coleman, Alabama; one brother JOHN FULTON BRYCE of Villa Rica, Georgia
Ira Bascom Bryce, son of JAMES YOUNG BRYCE and ELEANOR R. SHARP BRYCE, was born in Carroll County, Georgia, April 28, 1855. He married on July 29, 1873 to Miss M. A. MCHAFFEY and to this union, four children were born, three girls and one boy. Mr. Bryce came with his family to Indian Territory about 1884, entered the service of the M.K.&T. RR for which company he worked until he retired on account of age. Mr. Bryce died at the Katy RR hospital in Denison, Texas, Aug. 18,1934, cancer of the stomach. At his bedside at time of death, were his three surviving children, Mrs. W. E. SANFORD of Greenville, Texas, Mrs. C. L. KILGORE of Atoka, and E. B. BRYCE of Alvin, Texas. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. A. B. DAVIDSON, pastor of the Atoka Methodist church of which Mr. Bryce was a member. The deceased was a member of a family of 13 children; six of his brothers, as well as his father, were Methodist ministers. At one time, Mr. Bryce was licensed to exhort. Preceding Mr. Bryce in death were his wife and one daughter who died in infancy. Surviving him are his three children, two sisters, Mrs. F. E. GEER of California and Mrs. J. J. SHELL of Coleman, Alabama; one brother JOHN FULTON BRYCE of Villa Rica, Georgia


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