The Bismarck tribune., 1922-03-18
|: j E ! R WE'D VI !.
FIFTY YEARS,
ARE H0N0R.E:D
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Bryant, !,
of Napoleon, Celebrated 5Oth
Wedding Anniversary
HAD FAITH IN NO. DAKOTA

Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Bryant, of
Napoleon, founders of the Napoleon
Homestead, are receiving congratu-
lations on the celebration of their
Golden Wedding Anniversary. A rare
tribute to their pioneer life in west
ern North Dakota and sterling char
acter is paid by 0. F. Bryant in
special articles in the Napoleon
Homestead for this week.
Mr.. Bryant was born on April l3,
1850, in Bartholomew county, In
diana. In 1860 his parents moved to
Bethany, Mo-, and in 1864 he began his
apprenticeship as a printer on the
North Missouri Tribune at Bethany,
where he worked until 1868 when he
took charge of the Grant County CMo.)
Star and published it during the
Grant and Colfax presidential Cam
paigns. After other newspaper ex-
periences he moved to Creston, Iowa,
in 1874 and published the Union
County Independent He sold his
plant in 1876 and went to Nebraska
but returned to Mt Moriah, Mo-, in
1876, when his father died, and took
charge Of his fathers farm News
paper work called him, however, and
he successfully published the Craig
Weekly Gazette and the Waterloo
Weekly Gazette.
Turns Toward Dakota
In 1866 Mr.. Bryan turned his eyes
northward to the little settled land OF
Dakota Territory. He moved his
printing plant to Napoleon, Dakota
Territory, and established the Ma
poleon Homestead, the first issue of
which appeared on June II of that
year. He continued publication Of the
paper until December l, 1894, when
he sold the plant and building for the
grand total sum of $475 to James A.
Weed, Emmett j. Crouch and Otis F.
Bryant. Mr.. Bryant returned to Wa
terloo but again removed to Dakota
in May, 1898, retiring to his home
stead near NAPOLEON where he and his
family still reside and enjoy good
health
Phoebe Elizabeth Peacock was born
March 81, 1853, near Canton, Ohio. In
1870 her family, after having followed
the pioneer trail west through In
diana to Kansas, located at Mt.
Moriah, Mp. It was there she met
George a. Bryant, and on Feb. rs,
1872, they were married, Through all
the years and 2adversities Of pioneer
life Mr., and Mrs, Bryant ,pioneered
together. They reared three chill
dron Otto ESronk Drvapt Mrc W;l1;o ~,
H. Jacobson, Waterloo, Neb., and
Roy Henry Bryant All, Of the chill
dren were present, aatt the Golden
Wedding anniversary dinner held at
Napoleon on March Z. being postponed
from Feb. % because Of the illness Of
o. T, Bryant. The children pre-
[sented their parents with handsome
gifts on the occasion. ~
Az Held Many Offices
George A. Bryant has held many
positions of trust in Dakota. He was
register Of deeds of Logan county
from 1897 to 1894; county Judge from
1902 to 1916; U. s. commissioner since
1900; and Is also Justice of the peace.
Mr.. Bryant's leading occupation for
the last twenty years has been that
Of abstractor of titles
.Mr. Bryant always has maintained
faith in North Dakota and has been
a consistent booster Of the state.
If there is one trait In his charac-
ter that predomihates another" says
the History Of North Dakota, lit is his
unshakable belief that North Dakota
ia the best place on earth for man
to gain his living by his own individ-
ual labor and, as he pithily >puts it,
the more labor the better living"