Lineal descent means that anyone directly descended from original tribal enrollees could be eligible for tribal enrollment, regardless of how much native blood they have. A collateral descendant is a legal term for a relative descended from a brother or sister of an ancestor, and thus a niece, nephew, or cousin.
All poems of William Cullen Bryant Â». an American romantic poet, journalist, and long-time editor of the New York Evening Post. Bryant was born on November 3, 1794, in a log cabin near Cummington, Massachusetts; the home of his birth is today marked with a plaque. He was the second son of Peter Bryant, a doctor and later a state legislator, and Sarah Snell.
notable works. William Cullen Bryant, (born Nov. 3, 1794, Cummington, Mass., U.S.âdied June 12, 1878, New York City), poet of nature, best remembered for âThanatopsis,â and editor for 50 years of the New York Evening Post. 1  A descendant of early Puritan immigrants, Bryant at 16 entered the sophomore class of Williams College.