Background
A transfer of Missouri land to Bryan from his father-in-law, mining entrepreneur Moses Austin, eventually became the subject of the 1885 United States Supreme Court case Bryan v.
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Career
Bryan was a mining executive of his time. Bryan operated "Bryan"s Mines" on Hazel Run, north of Big River, in Southwest 1/4 of Secretary 33, T. 37N. 5E. in 1806.
This location is also known as "Hazel Run Lead Digging."
Bryan owned significant land in Missouri, including a plantation, and donated land in Missouri to the public for the construction of public buildings there.
Kennett, which has been called the Court"s ratification of the Louisiana Purchase. Bryan was also a significant land owner in Arkansas, and was recognized in a book published by the Arkansas History Commission.
The city of Bryan, Texas is named for him. Paternally, James Bryan began a family which had a unique and dramatic impact on the early Anglo development of Texas. and Guy Morrison Bryan.
The Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas deems James Bryan historically significant in that they maintain writings as well as communications that pertain to him under the heading "Bryan, James" such as: "Austin Papers, 1676, 1765-1889" and *Bryan (James) Papers, 1799-1822".
Moses Austin sent Bryan a memorandum at or about 1819 and this is found in the collection at the University of Texas. James was born October 18, 1789 in Haycock Township, Buckinghamshire County, Pennsylvania. He died on July 16, 1822 in Hazel Run, Missouri.
The two lived with Emily’s parents at their home called Durham Hall, in Missouri, from 1813 to 1814.
In 1815, they moved to Hazel Run, Missouri, and also later to Herculaneum, Missouri. Emily and James Bryan had five children:
Stephen Austin Bryan was born on July 17, 1814 in Durham Hall, Missouri.
He died on August 12, 1814 in Durham Hall, Missouri. William Joel Bryan was born on December 14, 1815 in Hazel Run, Saint Genevieve, Missouri.
He died on March 13, 1903.
Moses Austin Bryan was born on September 25, 1817 in Herculaneum, Jefferson County, Missouri. He died on March 16, 1895 in Brenham, Texas. Guy Morrison Bryan was born on January 12, 1821 in Herculaneum, Jefferson County, Missouri.
He died on June 4, 1901 in Austin, Travis County, Texas.
Mary Elizabeth Bryan was born on July 5, 1822 in Herculaneum, Jefferson County, Missouri. She died on August 4, 1833.
Moses Austin died at Bryan"s home in 1821. James Bryan is buried in Hazel Run, Missouri.
Accordingly the Bryan name association with Texas begins with James Bryan.
