Champaign County IL Archives Biographies.....Bryan, A H 
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Biography of A H BRYAN, Champaign County, Illinois
From:  "History of Champaign County, Illinois with Illustrations," 1878


A. H. BRYAN - The subject of the following sketch, was born in Indianapolis
on the 8th day of Aug., 1845.  In 1832 his father, Joseph M. BRYAN, who is
of Danish descent, moved from Lexington, Ky., and settled in Indiana.  In
1834 he married Martha A. RUSSELL, by whom he had four children.  The
subject of our sketch is the eldest.  In 1860 his parents moved to Xenia,
Clay county, Ill., and engaged in farming and milling business.  They will
are residents of the later named place.  A. H., the subject of our sketch,
at the age of twenty years, entered Wilbraham Academy, Mass., where he
remained for three years, taking a classical course, preparatory to
entering Yale College.  He however changed his mind and went to Ann Arbor,
Michigan, where he completed a course in the law department of the
University, located at that place.  After graduating, he traveled for some
time, principally in Colorado, where for a while he was engaged in stock
raising, mining, etc., until 1873.  In May, 1874, he located in Champaign,
and commenced the practice of law, and has continued in it up to the
present time.  In 1877 he was elected city Attorney, and in 1878 was
re-elected.  In the practice Mr. Bryan has given the subject of real estate
titles his attention, and in this branch of the law he is very thorough and
his knowledge extensive.  He is a Republican in politics.  He is also a
member of the Baptist church.  Mr. Bryan is yet a young man, and we predict
for him long years of usefulness in his profession.


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