Joanna Woodruff, born in 1802 in Green County, Pennsylvania, was the second wife of Samuel D. Bryant, who came with brothers and a sister to Lake County, Indiana, in April 1835 and settled at what became known as Pleasant Grove. The daughter of their own marriage at the time of their coming was Hannah, born January 18, 1831, and Sarah Ann by the first marriage. Jane was born January 26, 1838, and Joanna April 2, 1840. The day that Joanna was born, the mother died.
Joanna and Samuel were married in about 1826 in Washington County, Pennsylvania. In 1829 they with Mary, two years old, and Jacob, one year old, left their farm and moved to Crestline, Ohio. In 1835, again possessed with the spirit of change, they migrated to Lake County, Indiana.
They made claim and settled what later became known as the Jones' place, seven and one half miles south of Crown Point, and completed what was known also as the Bryant settlement.
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