Barton County, Missouri Biographies-James S. BRYAN

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri, 1889.  Published by Goodspeed. Page 863

   Judge James S. Bryan, a general merchant, at Kenoma, Barton County, 
Mo., was born in Polk County, Mo., in 1839, and is a son of Weston and 
Jane (Zumwalt) Bryan, who were born in Virginia and Missouri, respectively.
The former came to St Louis County, Mo., after reaching manhood, and, 
after residing there a short time moved to Polk, and from there to Dade 
County, where he died in 1844, at the untimely age of thirty-five years.  
He was a plasterer by trade, and he and wife became the parents of eleven 
children, of whom Judge James S. Bryan is the fifth in order of birth.  
At the age of ten years he left home, and began making his own way in the 
world, and until the war broke out was engaged in carpentering.  He then 
served three years and nine months in the Federal army, and received his 
discharge from the Fourth Missouri Cavalry, and is now receiving a pension 
of twelve dollars per month.  After the close of the war he resided in 
the vicinity of Kansas City for about five years, and then located in Taney
County, Mo., where he was elected probate judge and presiding judge of the 
county court for four years, but resigned before his term was finished, and
went to Dade County, where he purchased land to the amount of 100 acres, 
which he was engaged in tilling for twelve years.  He was then in the 
employ of the Gulf Railroad and the Adams Express Company for a short 
period, and has since been a resident of Kenoma.  In 1858 he was married
to Miss S. J. Harlin, who was born in Kentucky, and by her is the father
of the following children: Jane E., wife of W. T. Cannon; James W., M. S.
(deceased); Amanda J., wife of Mr. Jarrel; Ida B., wife of J. Byrket; 
Mary S., Rebecca T. and Sarah A. (both deceased), Martha E., G. G. 
(deceased), and Dora H.  The mother of these children died in April, 1884,
and in July, 1886, Mr. Bryan married Miss R. J. Wall, who was born in 
North Carolina.  The Judge is a member of the G. A. R., a Republican in 
politics, a member of the I.O.O.F., and belongs to the Missionary Baptist
Church.  He is a licensed preacher, and an advocate of truth.

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