Biographical Sketch of Robert C. Bryan, Washington County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Robert C. Bryan is the son of William and Mahala D. (Benning) Bryan.
The father was born in Virginia in 1802, and is a descendant of William
and Margaret Bryan, who came from Ireland in 1718, and settled on Roan-
oke River, Va.  The mother was born in Kentucky.  When young they came
to Missouri, Washington County, where they were married, and where they
spent the remainder of their lives, the father engaged in farming and
milling.  He was a Whig in politics, and both he and wife were members
of the Presbyterian Church.  He lived to be about fifty one years old,
and she about sixty-seven.  The father and his brother built the Old
Bryan Mill, first a buhr with a little shed over it, but now one of the
best mills for flour and meal in this county.  The great grandfather,
James Bryan, and two brothers, served under Gen. Green in the Revolu-
tionary War.  The Bryan family furnished seven soldiers for the Union
Army, and several for the War of 1812.  Robert C. was the youngest but
one of a family of ten, and was born in this county in 1844, educated
in the old log schoolhouse, and when eighteen years of age volunteered
in Company K of the Thirty-third Missouri Infantry, United States army,
and served nearly three years.  He participated in the battles of 
Helena, Arkansas, Nashville, Fort Spanish and Fort Blakely.  At Fort
Spanish he injured himself while lifting, in the construction of breas-
tworks, and of course he receives a pension.  In 1867 he married Miss
Fannie Bryan, a distant relative, and a native of Washington County.
Three children were born to this union: George R., Mollie and Zoe. Mrs.
Bryan is a member of the Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Bryan is a Mason,
a member of the G. A. R., and is a Republican in politics. He inherited
the old homestead consisting of 185 acres, has made this county his
home all his life, and is accounted a good citizen.

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