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William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post 1794–1878 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 3 Nov 1794

Birth Location: Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Death Date: 12 Jun 1878

Death Location: Roslyn, Queens, New York, United States

Father: Dr Bryant

Mother: SARAH Snell

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William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post was born in 1794 in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, the child of Dr Peter Bryant And Sarah Sally Snell. William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post passed away in 1878 in Roslyn, Queens, New York, United States.

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Biography

  • William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post was born in 1794 in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, the child of Dr Peter Bryant And Sarah Sally Snell.
  • William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post passed away in 1878 in Roslyn, Queens, New York, United States.

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William Post's Ancestors

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William Post
1794–1878
Birth Place: Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Parents
Dr PETER Bryant
1767–1820
Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
SARAH ("Sally") Snell
1768–1847
North Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Grandparents
Dr. (Philip Bryant) Sr.
1732–1816
North Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Silence Howard
1738–1777
Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Ebenezer Snell
1738–1813
Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Sarah Packard
1737–1813
Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA
Great-Grandparents
Deacon Snell
1704–1768
Abigail Hayward
1702–1796
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Josiah Snell
1674–1753
Anna Alden
1686–1705

William Post's Timeline

2 Records

1794
3 Nov 1794
Birth of William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post in Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States
1878
12 Jun 1878
Age 84
Death of William Cullen Bryant was an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post in Roslyn, Queens, New York, United States
Roslyn, Queens, New York, United States

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 3 Nov 1794
    Event Place: Cummington, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Jun 1878
    Event Place: Roslyn, Queens, New York, United States

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