Guy Morrison Bryan
Born: January 12, 1821
Birthplace: Herculaneum, Jefferson County, Missouri
Father: James Bryan 1788 – 1822
(Buried: Hazel Run, Missouri)
Mother: Emily Austin 1795 – 1851
(Buried: Gulf Prairie Cemetery, Jones Creek, Texas)
Wife: Laura Harrison Jack Bryan 1839 – 1872
(Buried: Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas)
Children:
Laura H. Bryan Park 1864 – 1935
(Buried: Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas)
Hally Ballinger Bryan Perry 1868 – 1955
(Buried: Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas)
Guy Morrison Bryan Jr. 1872 – 1935
(Buried: Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, Texas)
Education:
1842: Graduated from Kenyon College in Ohio
Occupation before War:
Rancher in Brazoria County, Texas
Served in the Texas Revolution
Served in the Mexican War
1847 – 1853: Texas State Representative
1853 – 1857: Texas State Senator
1856: Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention
1857 – 1859: United States Congressman from Texas
1857 - 1859: Missed 188 of 548 Roll Call Votes in U.S. Congress
1857 - 1859: Member of House Agriculture Committee
1857 - 1859: Member of House Indian Affairs Committee
1857 - 1859: Member of House Revisal and Unfinished Business Committee
1860: Chairman of Democratic Party Convention in Baltimore, Maryland
Civil War Career:
1861: Delegate to Texas State Secession Convention
1861: Major in the Confederate Army
1861: Volunteer Aide to General Hebert
1863: Assistant Adjutant to General Edmund Kirby Smith
Helped organize the Texas Cotton Bureau
1864 – 1865: Colonel and Military Court Judge in Confederate Army
Occupation after War:
1865 – 1890: Lived in Galveston, Texas
1873: Texas State Representative
1879: Texas State Representative
1887 – 1891: Texas State Representative
1890 – 1898: Lived in Quintana, Texas
1892 – 1901: President of Texas Veterans Association
1898 – 1901: Lived in Austin, Texas
Died: June 4, 1901
Place of Death: Austin, Texas
Age at time of Death: 80 years old
Burial Place: Texas State Cemetery, Austin, Texas
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