which he has now held for five years. He is a man of energy and determination, and under his able management the Lorain Steel Company has prospered. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and a presiding elder, and of the following organization: Lodge No. 223, Free and Accepted Masons; Allegheny Commandery, No. 35; and Allegheny Chapter, No. 217.
Mr. Weeks married November 4, 1880, Garetta Van Ryn, and they have one child: Alfred B., born October 12, 1881, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1904. He is a mechanical engineer, was employed in the bridge department of the Cambria Steel Company, and is now in the employ of the Fort Pitt Bridge Co., of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Weeks is the daughter of Arie and Mary M. (Mouerer) Van Ryn. Arie Van Ryn was a son of John George and Garetta (Von Ening) Van Ryn, and was one of five children: 1. Arie, just mentioned. 2. Harvey, married Sarah Ewing. 3. John, married Sadie Peirce. 4. Otto, married Mary Kelly. 5. Rino, married Lydia Moore. Arie and Mary M. (Mouerer) Van Ryn had children: 1. Garetta, wife of Samuel C. Weeks. 2. Armenia, married George Phillips. 3. Cora L., unmarried. 4. Clara E., married Edward Hough. 5. Elizabeth G., married John W. Owens. 6. Frank W., married Sadie Shafer.
DAVID R. BRYAN, who bears an enviable reputation for bravery in the Civil war, is a representative in the present generation of a family the members of which have always distinguished themselves in the defense of their country.
Thomas Bryan, grandfather of David R. Bryan, came from Scotland with two of his brothers--James and John--and settled at Jamestown, Virginia. James, the eldest, went to Kentucky; John remained in Virginia; and Thomas came to Maryland, where he settled and had a large plantation. After a few years he sold this and removed to South Carolina, but later returned to Maryland, where he passed the remainder of his days. He married, and had four children: 1. Thomas. 2. John. 3. William L., of whom later. 4. Annie E.
William L. Bryan, third son and child of Thomas Bryan, was born at Charleston, South Carolina, in 1810. He was a teamster by occupation, removed to Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, in 1836, and to Johnstown in 1848. Here he worked on the old Portage road and later drove a six-horse team at Cambria Furnace for a number of years, then removed to Millcreek, lived there for two years, and died at Blacklick Furnace, March 28, 1857. He took an active part in the war with Mexico. He married Nancy Hess, born in 1814, died in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in 1873. She was the daughter of Henry and Eliza (Ray) Hess; the former, born in 1775, was a weaver by occupation, came to this country when young, and died at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in 1863. Mr. and Mrs. Hess had ten children: 1. David R., married Jane Lamison, and had two sons who served in the United States army. 2. Mary A., married William Craig. 3. Nancy, married William L. Bryan, as above stated. 4. John, married Elizabeth Fisher. 5. J. Jacob, married Sarah Slusher, and served in the Union army. 6. Thomas, married Elizabeth Myers; served in the Union army. 7. George, married Caroline Shuman, served in the union army. 8. William, married Mary Koch, served in the Union army. 9. Elizabeth, married Henry Kuntz. 10. Jane, married Jacob Goughnour.
The children of Mr. and Mrs. William L. Bryan were: 1. George W., unmarried, served in the Civil war. 2. Alfred W., married Christina
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