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Nathan P. Bryan

    There are few men in Florida who possess a stronger personality, who have a
better standing in their profession, who are recognized as progressive and
influential in their community, and who have as large a personal following as
Nathan P. Bryan.

    Born and reared in Florida, Mr. Bryan is proud of his native State, and has
exerted every effort in his power to make a reputation that would be a credit to
Florida. The fact that he is now considered one of the leading lawyers in
Jacksonville and the State is sufficient evidence of the success he has attained.

    Nathan P. Bryan was born April 23rd, 1872, at Fort Mason, Orange County,
Florida. His father, John M. Bryan, was also a native of Florida, and at that
time was a farmer in Orange County. His grandfather, on his father's side, came
to Florida from Georgia and settled in Hamilton County about 1812. His mother
was Louisa M. Norton, and her people have lived in Florida for several
generations, his grandfather having been a native of Nassau County, and his
grandmother of Duval County.

    Beginning life on a farm, Mr. Bryan received his early education in the
public schools of Kissimee, Florida. Following this he attended Emory College at
Oxford Georgia, graduating from that well known institution in 1893 with high
honors and receiving the degree of A. B. From Emory College he advanced to
Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Virginia, from which he graduated in
1895 with the degree of B. L.

    Equipped with the education and knowledge gained in these two institutions
Mr. Bryan came to Jacksonville, at once beginning the practice of law. Success
came to him quickly, and after a period of thirteen years he has a clientage
that would be a credit to a much older man in a much larger field.

    While Mr. Bryan has never taken any active interest in politics, he has
always been a Democrat, and prominent in every movement for the public good, and
he has been honored with the appointment as member of the Educational Board of
Control, having in charge the University of Florida, the Florida Female College,
the Institute for the Deaf and Dumb, and the Colored Normal School.

    His brother, the late lamented W. J. Bryan, U. S. Senator, had the
distinction of being the youngest member of that august body in the history of
the United States, with one exception.

    Mr. Bryan was married in October, 1898, to Miss Julia Smith, a daughter of
Mumford and Annie (Cecil) Smith.

    Mr. Bryan has many warm personal friends not only in Jacksonville, but all
over the South, and his standing in the community is that of a fine gentlemen, a
generous friend, and a pleasant neighbor.


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FLORIDA EDITION
MAKERS OF AMERICA
AN HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL WORK BY AN ABLE CORPS OF WRITERS
VOL. II.
Published under the patronage of
The Florida Historical Society, Jacksonville, Florida

ADVISORY BOARD:
HON. W. D. BLOXHAM          COL. FRANK HARRIS
HON. R. W. DAVIS            SEN. H. H. MCCREARY
HON. F. P. FLEMING          W. F. STOVALL
      C. A. CHOATE, SECRETARY
1909
A. B. CALDWELL
ATLANTA, GA.


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