Charles Bryant was born in Alton, California on April 1st, 1864.
His father was Calvin Charles Bryant, and his mother was Harriett Clayton.
A history of his father Calvin Charles Bryant:
The name of Bryant is a familiar one in Humboldt County, having been associated with many of its important happenings in its early history. The first to arrive there was Calvin Charles Bryant, a native of Richmond Vermont. In 1852, with his younger brother, Rolla, he started west, sailing from New York on May 2, 1852, and landing at Aspinwall on May 14. Traveling by train, flat-boat and on foot, they reached Panama, where they remained three days, leaving there on a steamship which brought them to San Francisco on June 16, where they followed mining in Yuba County. Later, they settled in Humboldt County, where Calvin took part in several indian campaigns as a volunteer. He married Harriet Clayton, who was born in Iowa, and they located on a ranch at Sandy Prairie, between Fortuna and Alton, where Calvin successfully farmed for many years. He was a musician of marked ability and had the honor of organizing one of the first orchestras in the county, of which he was the leader. His services were in great demand at Masonic dances and it was not uncommon for him to receive one hundred dollars for his services for a single evening's performance, while the other three members of the orchestra received seventy-five dollars each. He also taught the first dancing school in the county as well.
Calvin Bryant lived to the advanced age of eighty-three years, dying in Alton, on February 3rd, 1899.
Charles Bryant, who was the only son of his parents, was married to Evalena Strong in 1884, and to them were born eleven children: Calvin, Clarence ("Dutch"), Theodore, Ruby, Lula May, Annie, Ethel, Edna, Leland, Erla and Loris.
In conducting his farming enterprises in Humboldt county, Charles Bryant encountered the average number of drawbacks, and it is to his credit that he profited by his failures and built a solid foundation for the future. He first rented, then later purchased, a large ranch of three hundred acres near Carlotta, and with his son Clarence, was engaged in stock-raising and dairying. While the care of so great an acreage, together with a dairy of about forty cows, necessitated constant labor and untiring energy, the returns justified the procedure and at the same time added further proof concerning stock-raising and dairy possibilities of the county. The locality in which he lived had for Charles an enduring claim upon his youthful remembrances and latter-day accomplishments, for he was born at Alton, on the old Dinsmore ranch, and had passed his entire life within the confines of Humboldt county. He was a talented musician, as was his father before him, and had been a leader in musical circles for over thirty years. He was the director of the Bryant orchestra at Carlotta, which consisted of five pieces. His special qualifications for this position brought the orchestra into wide prominence, and its services were in great demand throughout the county. The entire family of Mr. Bryant possesed a high degree of musical ability, and his daughter Ruby Bryant was an accomplished pianist and a great credit to her profession.
Calvin Bryant was a member of Alton Parlor, Native Sons of the Golden West, and was a Republican. He died in Alton in 1931, and was buried on January 7th, at "The Old Cemetery", in Hydesville, CA
Information obtained from ... http://brettandjodie.com/family/charlesbryant.html
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