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Birth Name: Zachary Lane Bryan
Place of Birth: Okinawa, Japan
Date of Birth: April 2, 1996
Ethnicity: English, Irish, German, Scottish, distant Dutch, Swiss-German, and French Huguenot
Zach Bryan is an American country singer and songwriter, and rock musician. He is known for his songs “Something in the Orange,” “Dawns,” “I Remember Everything,” “East Side of Sorrow,” “Hey Driver,” “Tourniquet,” “Spotless,” and “Pink Skies.”
He was born in Okinawa, Japan, the son of American parents, Annette and Dewayne Bryan, while his father was in the U.S. Navy. Zach was raised partly in Oologah, Oklahoma. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy, where he was an active duty member, at the age of seventeen. Zach is married to Samantha Leighton Leonard.
Zach’s paternal grandfather was Allan Eugene Bryan (the son of Walter Eugene “Jack” Bryan and Rosebud Joy “Rose” Teague). Allan was born in Sedan, Kansas. Walter was the son of Richard Alexander Bryan and Eva Mae Bays. Rosebud was the daughter of John Henry Teague and Hazel Claudie Carrell.
Zach’s paternal grandmother is the daughter of Benjamin Roy Spencer and Marguerite Julia Parsley, who were born in Missouri. Benjamin was the son of Icam/Isham Benjamin Spencer and Annie Susan Allison. Marguerite was the daughter of William McKinley Parsley and Laura/Lura Belle Willhite/Wilhite.
Zach’s maternal grandfather was Proctor Mullen, Jr. (the son of Proctor Mullen and Alma Ethel Wertman). Zach’s grandfather Proctor was born in Chandler, Oklahoma. Zach’s great-grandfather Proctor was born in Chandler, the son of Samuel M. Mullen and Eliza Alice Proctor. Alma was born in Union, Oklahoma, the daughter of George Washington Wertman/Werkmam/Wertmar and Naamah Munk, whose father was German.
Zach’s maternal grandmother is Barbara Ann/Anna Sherman (the daughter of Aden D. Sherman and Rebecca Mae Butler). Aden was born in Indiana, the son of Charles L. Sherman and Laura Anna Simons. Rebecca was born in Oklahoma, the daughter of John Clark Butler and Anna Francis Brown.
Sources: Genealogies of Zach’s paternal grandfather, Allan Eugene Bryan – https://www.findagrave.com https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogies of Zach’s paternal great-grandparents, Benjamin Roy Spencer and Marguerite Julia Parsley – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogy of Zach’s maternal grandfather, Proctor Mullen, Jr. – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogies of Zach’s maternal great-grandfather, Proctor Mullen – https://www.findagrave.com https://www.houseofproctor.org
Zach’s maternal great-grandmother, Alma Ethel Wertman, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Genealogies of Zach’s maternal great-grandparents, Aden D. Sherman and Rebecca Mae (Butler) Sherman – https://www.findagrave.com https://www.familysearch.org