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Bryan, Henry H – Bryant, John Howard

Bryan, Henry H

congressman, was born in Martin county, N. C. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1819 to 1823. He died May, 1835, in Montgomery county, Tenn.

Bryan, John A

public official, was born in Massachusetts. After holding a clerkship in the general postoffice, he was, in 1842, appointed second assistant postmaster general, holding the position about one year. A son of his was subsequently connected with the postal service of the empire of Japan.

Bryan, John H

lawyer, congressman, was born in 1798 in Newbern county, N. C. He served a number of years in the state legislature; and was a member of congress from North Carolina from 1825 to 1827.

Bryan, Joseph

congressman, was elected a representative in congress from Georgia from 1803 to 1806.

Bryan, Joseph H

congressman.

He was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1815 to 1819.

BRYAN, MRS. MARY EDWARDS, journalist, author, was born in 1846, in Jefferson county, Fla. She is a journalist and has written the novels Manch; Wild Work, a story of the reconstruction period in Louisiana; The Bayou Bride; and Kildee.

Bryan, Nathan

congressman, was born in 1791, in Jones county, N. C. In 1791 he represented Jones county in the house of commons; and was a member of congress from North Carolina from 1795 to 1798. He died June 4, 1798, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Bryan, Thomas Barbour

commissioner, lawyer, was born Dec. 22, 1828, in Alexandria, Va. He entered the practice of law in Chicago, Ill., and in 1893 was first vice-president of the World's Columbian exposition.

Bryan, Thomas Jefferson

art collector, was born about 1800 in Philadelphia, Pa. He formed a valuable collection of paintings, which he bequeathed to the New York historical society. His favorite work was a beautiful face and figure by Greuze. He died at sea May 15, 1870.

Bryant, George E

farmer, lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born Feb. 11, 1832, in Templeton, Mass. He received his education in the Norwich university, Vt. For eight years he was postmaster of Madison, Wis.; and six years quartermaster general of Wisconsin. In 1880 he was a delegate to the republican national convention, and was one of the 306 who voted for U. S. Grant. He has filled the high offices of judge, state senator, and secretary of the board of agriculture.

Bryant, Gridley

engineer, was born in 1789 in Scituate, Mass. In 1823 he invented the portable derrick. He obtained the contract for building the United States bank in Boston, and other public buildings, and was master builder and contractor to supply stone for Bunker Hill monument. He died Jan. 13, 1867, in Scituate, Mass.

Bryant, Joel

physician, author, was born Nov. 10, 1813, in Suffolk county, N. Y. He moved to Brooklyn in 1850, and became quite prominent as a practitioner. He was the author of several treatises on homeopathy, the best of which was The Pocket Manual, or Repertory of Homeopathic Practice. He died Nov. 20, 1868, in Brooklyn, N. Y.

Bryant, John Howard

farmer, poet, was born July 22, 1807, in Cummington, Mass. He is the author of Poems; and Poems Written from Youth to Old Age.