Burial: Feb 19, 1916
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Bryant was born in 1848 in Big Foot Prairie, IL, and worked as a dentist. He and Fanny do not, according to the Federal Census records, appear to have had children, and the 1914 Rockford City Directory lists his dental offices at 403-404 Masonic Temple, with he and his wife Fanny living at 209 N. Church Street.
Tragically, Bryant committed suicide in 1916 after a burst blood vessel in his eye was affecting his vision. Though he kept it quiet from his family, Bryant had suffered the burst blood vessel in December of the previous year and progressively noticed that it was a detriment to his dental practice. He shot himself in his dental office after writing notes to his wife, his fellow dentist Dr. J.E. Allaben, directing him to all keys and combinations in the dental office, and a third message left on the mirror that read "Don't take me home, Call for Burpee", referring to Harry B. Burpee, who ran Burpee undertaking parlors at 108-110 West State Street (Daily Register Gazette, 2/18/1916 & Rockford Republic, 12/11/1916).
The above is an excerpt from the Midway Village Museum Collections in Rockford, Illinois. The article is dated May 1, 2015 and is entitled "Three gold frames".
See: https://midwayvillagemuseumcollections.wordpress.com/tag/huke
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Bryant was born in 1848 in Big Foot Prairie, IL, and worked as a dentist. He and Fanny do not, according to the Federal Census records, appear to have had children, and the 1914 Rockford City Directory lists his dental offices at 403-404 Masonic Temple, with he and his wife Fanny living at 209 N. Church Street.
Tragically, Bryant committed suicide in 1916 after a burst blood vessel in his eye was affecting his vision. Though he kept it quiet from his family, Bryant had suffered the burst blood vessel in December of the previous year and progressively noticed that it was a detriment to his dental practice. He shot himself in his dental office after writing notes to his wife, his fellow dentist Dr. J.E. Allaben, directing him to all keys and combinations in the dental office, and a third message left on the mirror that read "Don't take me home, Call for Burpee", referring to Harry B. Burpee, who ran Burpee undertaking parlors at 108-110 West State Street (Daily Register Gazette, 2/18/1916 & Rockford Republic, 12/11/1916).
The above is an excerpt from the Midway Village Museum Collections in Rockford, Illinois. The article is dated May 1, 2015 and is entitled "Three gold frames".
See: https://midwayvillagemuseumcollections.wordpress.com/tag/huke
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Burial: Feb 19, 1916
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Bryant was born in 1848 in Big Foot Prairie, IL, and worked as a dentist. He and Fanny do not, according to the Federal Census records, appear to have had children, and the 1914 Rockford City Directory lists his dental offices at 403-404 Masonic Temple, with he and his wife Fanny living at 209 N. Church Street.
Tragically, Bryant committed suicide in 1916 after a burst blood vessel in his eye was affecting his vision. Though he kept it quiet from his family, Bryant had suffered the burst blood vessel in December of the previous year and progressively noticed that it was a detriment to his dental practice. He shot himself in his dental office after writing notes to his wife, his fellow dentist Dr. J.E. Allaben, directing him to all keys and combinations in the dental office, and a third message left on the mirror that read "Don't take me home, Call for Burpee", referring to Harry B. Burpee, who ran Burpee undertaking parlors at 108-110 West State Street (Daily Register Gazette, 2/18/1916 & Rockford Republic, 12/11/1916).
The above is an excerpt from the Midway Village Museum Collections in Rockford, Illinois. The article is dated May 1, 2015 and is entitled "Three gold frames".
See: https://midwayvillagemuseumcollections.wordpress.com/tag/huke
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Bryant was born in 1848 in Big Foot Prairie, IL, and worked as a dentist. He and Fanny do not, according to the Federal Census records, appear to have had children, and the 1914 Rockford City Directory lists his dental offices at 403-404 Masonic Temple, with he and his wife Fanny living at 209 N. Church Street.
Tragically, Bryant committed suicide in 1916 after a burst blood vessel in his eye was affecting his vision. Though he kept it quiet from his family, Bryant had suffered the burst blood vessel in December of the previous year and progressively noticed that it was a detriment to his dental practice. He shot himself in his dental office after writing notes to his wife, his fellow dentist Dr. J.E. Allaben, directing him to all keys and combinations in the dental office, and a third message left on the mirror that read "Don't take me home, Call for Burpee", referring to Harry B. Burpee, who ran Burpee undertaking parlors at 108-110 West State Street (Daily Register Gazette, 2/18/1916 & Rockford Republic, 12/11/1916).
The above is an excerpt from the Midway Village Museum Collections in Rockford, Illinois. The article is dated May 1, 2015 and is entitled "Three gold frames".
See: https://midwayvillagemuseumcollections.wordpress.com/tag/huke
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