Mrs A J BRYANT

I know how you guys like a challenge and the COLLINGRIDGEs are nothing
if not a challenge!!

Can anyone find Mrs A J BRYANT and her husband, whose name is unknown?

Mrs A J BRYANT appears on a land deed relating to 160 acres that Mary
E COLLINGRIDGE purchased in 1891. Mary E died in 1893, 10 days before
her mother, Mary A, and it would seem the Mary E willed the land to
her brother, Edwin; sister, Sophia MERCER, (late WATSON, nee
COLLINGRIDGE), and Mrs A J BRYANT.

I've now realised that Mrs BRYANT is Mary E's sister (I think).

On the 1850 census there is a Josephine WATSON, b 1849 in Kentucky,
and apparently the dau of Sophia WATSON and her husband, John.

On the 1860, Josephine has disappeared and Abba J COLLINGRIDGE has
appeared, b 1849, Kentucky, and apparently the dau of Joseph and Mary
A COLLINGRIDGE

On the 1870 Abba J has become Abby J, still shown as b 1849,
Kentucky.

The next mention of her is in the deed relating to Mary E's land in
1901 and in connection with the estates of the two Marys

The closest I can find is this entry in the 1880:

Frederick BRYANT Self M Male W 37 MA Deputy
Sheriff MA MA
Agnes BRYANT Wife M Female W 30 KY Keeping House
ENG ENG
BRYANT Other S Female W 1M CA MA KY

Source Information:
Census Place Alameda, Alameda, California
Family History Library Film 1254062
NA Film Number T9-0062
Page Number 640B

Age is right, parents' birth place is right, census location is right
but if this is Abby she's had a name change again!! Given that
Joseph, Abby's father, was a Justice of the Peace for a time, it
wouldn't be too surprising to find Abby married to a Deputy Sheriff.

Can anyone pinpoint Abby and her husband, or do you think Agnes is
Abby??