Swain County's People and Places


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Name
Bryson, Thaddeus Dillard
(4 Oct 1873 - 28 Aug 1950)


Tracts with ownership interest when acquired for Park 
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Relatives 
Wife:   Bryson, Zulia Ella  (Ketchie)(16 Dec 1892 - 27 Nov 1986)
Daughter:   Franklin, Edith Graham  (Bryson)(11 Oct 1898 - 13 Oct 1971)
Mother:   Bryson, Mary Charlotte  (Greenlee)(29 Apr 1845 - 25 Nov 1887)
Father:   Bryson, Thaddeus Dillard  (13 Feb 1829 - 2 Jan 1890)
Sibling:   Bryson, Anne  (Dunbar)(11 Oct 1875 - 21 Aug 1952)
Sibling:   Bryson, Daniel Rice  (26 Dec 1875 - 22 Dec 1955)
Sibling:   Tipton, Mary Greenlee  (Bryson)(25 Mar 1878 - 30 Mar 1963)
 
 
Notes 
Eldest son of the town of Bryson City's namesake. After completing his law degree at UNC in 1895, he practiced law in Western North Carolina, including service as Solicitor and Superior Court Judge. He was appointed Duke University's first University Counsel in 1927, and served in that capacity as well as teaching law school classes until his retirement in1947, when he returned to Bryson City to live out his final years.          
 
 
 
 
 
Images 
Bryson City from Bennett Hill Bryson City: Big Bear reserve tractDeep Creek: Bryson Place South ViewDeep Creek: Little Dam on Left Fork
Deep Creek: Logging the Bryson TractDeep Creek: Remains of a splash dam