Freestone County, Texas Biographies Biography of William Jackson Bryant (Dec. 18, 1870-June 28, 1948, buried in Mexia City Cemetery) Herringshaw's American Statesman and Public Official Yearbook by Thomas William Herringshaw - 1907 [Page 127] BRYANT, WILLIAM J., state representative of Texas, was born Dec. 18, 1870, in Fairfield, Freestone County, Tex. He received a thorough education; and graduated from the state university of Texas. He is a successful attorney-at- law of Mexia, Tex.; and identified with the business and public affairs of his community. Since 1903 he has been a representative in the Texas state legislature; and resides in Mexia, Tex.