BIO: Wallace Steele BRYAN, M. D., Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 474 & 475.
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  WALLACE STEELE BRYAN, M. D., physician and surgeon, at Ramey, Pa., has been a 
resident of this borough for the past three years and has built up a very 
satisfactory practice and is in the enjoyment of the confidence and esteem of 
his fellow citizens.  He was born June 30, 1878, at Indiana, Pa., and is a son 
of John R. and Mary E. (Dumm) Bryan.
  John R. Bryan was also born in Indiana county, a son of John R. Bryan.  The 
Bryan family is an old one in that section, second only to the Dumm family and 
both are of Scotch-Irish extraction.  John R. Bryan, father of Dr. Bryan, is a 
contractor and a well known business man.  He married Mary E. Dumm, a daughter 
of Cyrus M. Dumm, and they had two children:  Minnie, who is the wife of R. M. 
Smith; and Wallace S.
  Wallace S. Bryan enjoyed superior educational advantages and before he started 
upon the study of medicine secured literary degrees indicative of high 
scholarship.  From the public schools of Indiana, Pa., he entered the Normal 
School there and subsequently became a student at the Washington-Jefferson 
College, at Washington, Pa., bearing off his degree of A. B. in 1902, and that 
of A. M. in 1905.  He then entered Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, 
where he was graduated in the class of 1906.  Dr. Bryan spent one year as an 
interne at the McKeesport, Pa., Hospital, after which he practiced there for two 
years and then came to Ramey.  He is identified with various medical bodies and 
keeps thoroughly abreast with the times in his profession.
  Dr. Bryan was married June 10, 1907, to Miss Clara V. Howell, the only 
daughter of Josiah and Flora (Mains) Howell, who were natives of Allegheny 
county, Pa.  Mr. and Mrs. Howell had one son, William Howell.  Dr. and Mrs. 
Bryan have one daughter, Mary E.  They are members of the United Presbyterian 
church.  He is not very active politically but casts his vote with the 
Republican party.