Career
Then he removed to Columbus, Ohio, and was Ohio State Auditor from 1833 to 1839. In 1840, Bryan settled at, and co-founded, what would become the city of Bryan, Ohio. He was United States. Chargé d"Affaires to Peru in 1845.
Later he lived in Milwaukee and Menasha, Wisconsin.
He served as editor of The Daily Milwaukee News. He was buried in Neenah, Wisconsin.