Distant cousin of William Jennings Bryan (three-time Democratic nominee for President (1896, 1900, 1908) and one of America's greatest leaders/orators as the nation came of age at the turn of the 20th century). Family ties to Daniel Boone, who had married Rebecca Bryan. Met the actually Colonel Sanders of KFC fame, and had picture taken with him for a newspaper in Morris, Illinois. A mix of Irish, Scottish, German, English and Cherokee.
