Background
Mary (Baird) Bryan was born June 17, 1861, in Perry, Illinois.
Mary (Baird) Bryan was born June 17, 1861, in Perry, Illinois.
Student Monticello Seminary, Godfrey, Illinois, 1878-1879. Graduate Presbyterian Academy for Young Women, Jacksonville, Illinois, 1881 (valedictorian). Special work Illinois College and University of Nebraska.
Studied law after marriage, in order to enter more fully into husband’s work, and admitted to practice in District Court and Supreme Court, Nebraska, but never practiced.
Married William Jennings Bryan, Nebraska, October 1, 1884 (died July 26, 1925). Children: Ruth (Bryan) Owen, William Jennings Jr., Grace (Bryan) Hargreaves.