Bio of BRYANT, Emery L. (b.1884), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical
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E. L. BRYANT (Emery L. Bryant) - Vol II, pg 551-552
E. L. Bryant has been identified with the business circles of Minneapolis for
some time and he is now president of the Jefferson Highway Transportation
Company, Incorporated. He was born on the 7th of August, 1884, at Delano,
Minnesota, a son of Jacob and Amanda (Droddy) Bryant. The father was a native of
North Carolina, and came to Minnesota in 1858, being among the pioneer settlers
here. Mrs. Bryant was born in Mississippi and came to this state in 1860. Mr.
Bryant is enjoying the best of health at the age of seventy-two years, while
Mrs. Bryant is sixty-seven years of age.
In the acquirement of his education E. L. Bryant attended the public schools of
Delano, Minnesota, and in due time was graduated from high school. At the age of
fifteen years he made his initial step into the business world, accepting a
position with a drug concern, and later became assistant druggist. He devoted
part of his spare time to postgraduate work to fit himself to become a
pharmacist. For two years he traveled for a drug house and then entered his
present line of business. In 1916 he established the Motor Bus Transportation
Line and was successful from the begin ning. He started with one bus and
subsequently was operating four. In August, 1918, the Minneapolis Street Railway
Company bought out all the bus lines in this city and Mr. Bryant went to
northern Minnesota and established a pulp and cordwood mill at Big Falls. He
operated that mill successfully during the winter of 1918-19 and then returned
to Minneapolis. For a time he turned his attention to the automobile business,
being salesman for a representative concern, but at the end of six months again
turned his attention to the transportation problem. He formed a partnership with
I. D. Ansell, a man of much experience along that line, and they founded what,
is now known as the Jefferson Highway Transportation Company. They operated the
line as a copartnership from September, 1919, to April, 1920, when the business
was incorporated with a capital of fifty thousand dollars. Mr. Bryant became
president of the enterprise, which important position he has continued to hold.
There is no phase of the business with which he is not thoroughly familiar and
he employs only the highest principles in its conduct.
On the 29th of September, 1909, in Minneapolis, was celebrated the marriage of
Mr. Bryant and Miss Pearl Lord, a daughter of Charles Lord of Little Falls, this
state. He engaged in agricultural pursuits here for some years and his demise
occurred in 1921. Mr. and Mrs. Bryant have one child, Wells, who is twelve years
of age.
Since attaining his majority Mr. Bryant has given his political endorsement to
the republican party and the principles for which it stands, but has never
sought nor desired political preferment. He is essentially public-spirited and
as a member of the Minneapolis Civic & Commerce Association takes a prominent
part in the furtherance of any movement for the benefit of the city. His
religious faith is that of the Baptist church, to the support of which he is a
generous contributor. Although Mr. Bryant finds enjoyment in all kinds of
outdoor sports, his business is his hobby.