The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1903-08-13
Early Pioneer Settler OF the County
Passed Away Suddenly At Her
Home in Pleasant Prairie.
sIxTY-sEvEN YEARS A KENOsRAN
Mrs. James Bryant, another of the Pioneer
women of the County Expires at Her
Home In the village of Bristol.

Death again entered the ranks Of the
early pioneer residents Of Kenosha
county Sunday evening when Mrs.
Nancy Stevens French, widow Of the
late Alvin @. French and one Of the
very earliest settlers of the town of
Pleasant Prairie, passed suddenly to
the great beyond.
The death Of Mrs. French came as
great shock to her many friends and
relatives. The we'll known lady had
been feeble for many months, but dur.
ing the past few weeks she had shown
such marked improvement that her
relatives had hoped that she would be
spared for some time. Death resulted
from heart failure and the end came
so suddenly that. it was impossible for
the children to be called to the bedside.
The death of Mes. French marks the
passing of one Of the best and most
dearly beloved women. Of Kenosha
county.
The deceased was a native of Yer
mont and was born at Bloomfield,
October p, 1910. She was daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Stevens and a
niece of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Stevens,
early pioneers of this county, and a
cousin of ]. Levant Stevens, who is
now the Oldest survivor of the early
settlers OF Southport.
Mrs. Trench came to Kenosha with
her uncle and aunt, landing in this
city on February %, 1886. On May 81
Of the following year she was mar
ried to Alvin G.. French, and the
couple set up their home in one Of the
first log cabins erected in the county.
The old cabin in which Mr.. and Mrs.
French spent that honeymoon years
ago was on the same farm as the pres
ent French home The French family
was closely connected with the early
development of Kenosha county, and
the home IN Pleasant Prairie was one
of the social meeting places of the
pioneers Of the county.
Mr.. French died in 1885 and after
that time Mr.. French took upon her
self the management of the farm and
always insisted in residing at the old
homestead.
Few people in Kenosha county were
more universally beloved than Mrs.
French and in many homes the an
nouncement of her death will come as
a personal sorrow.
rNLnn fo.,~
children; three daughters, Mrs. Ar
villa r. Knox, Mrs. Charles w. Allen
of Kenosha, Miss Lorette III. French,
who lived with her mother at the home
stead, and one son, Walter L. French,
who is now residing at East Jordan,
Mich.
The funeral was held from the
old homelwest of the city on Wednes-
day afternoon at 2:30, and the remains
we're laid to rest in the French fam
lily lot in the Kenosha City Cemetery.
Death of Mary Elizabeth Bryant.
Mary Elizabeth Bryant, widow of
the late James Bryant and one of the
early pioneer settlers Of the town of
Bristol died at the Bryant homestead
in that townson last Saturday evening
after long illness. For several years
Mrs, Bryant had been suffering from
cancer and for the last few weeks her
friends had appreciated that the end
was not far distant.
She had been very feeble for the
past week and death came peacefully
Saturday.
The deceased was one of the best
known women in the county. She had
attained the age of seventy four years
and nearly all her life had been spent
in the town of Bristol.
Mrs. Bryant was born in New York
on October Z, 1929. She came to Bris-
tol in 1855 and had resided there ever
since.
She had always taken a great inter
est ia the affairs Of the town of Bristol
and her death leaves a vacancy that
can never be filled.
The funeral was held from the
Bryant home on Tuesday afternoon
and the remains we're inferred in the
Hosmer cemetery.