Person:John Bryan (58)

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John Neely Bryan
b.24 Dec 1810 Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee
d.8 Sep 1877 Texas State Lunatic Asylum, Austin, Travis County, Texas
Parents and Siblings
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m. 8 May 1798
  1. John Neely Bryan1810 - 1877
Spouse and Children
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m. 26 Feb 1843
  1. Holland Coffee Bryan1844 - 1845
  2. John Neely Bryan, Jr.1846 - 1926
  3. Elizabeth Frances Bryan1847 - 1925
  4. Edward Tarrant Bryan1849 - 1879
  5. Alexander Luther Bryan1854 - 1933
  6. Thomas Pinkney Bryan1861 - 1862
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2] John Neely Bryan
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 24 Dec 1810 Fayetteville, Lincoln County, Tennessee
Education[1] Abt 1830 Lincoln County, TennesseeAttended Fayetteville Military Academy and after reading law was admitted to the Tennessee bar.
Residence[1] Abt 1833 Crawford County, ArkansasMoved to Arkansas and worked as a trader. He and his business partner laid out the town of Van Buren.
Emigration[1] 1839 Dallas Conty, TexasMade his first visit to future site of Dallas.
Residence[1] Nov 1841 Dallas, Dallas County, TexasAfrter settling his affairs back in Arkansas, he settled permanently on the Trinity River near present-day downtown Dallas, on a hugh bluff near a shallow ford, where he established a trading post. (There is still much argument over his choice of the name "Dallas.")
Residence[1] Apr 1842 Dallas, Dallas County, TexasPersuaded several families at Bird's Fort to join him on the Trinity. He served as postmaster and operated a ferry where Commerce St. now crosses the river.
Marriage 26 Feb 1843 Fannin County, Texasto Margaret Beeman
Residence[1] 1844 Dallas, Dallas County, TexasHad the site of Dallas surveyed & plated by J. C. Dumas.
Residence[1] 1846 Dallas, Dallas County, TexasInstrumental in the organizing of Dallas County in 1846 and in the choosing the town of Dallas as its county seat in August 1850. Bryan donated 98 city lots for the courthouse and other public buildings.
Occupation[1] 1849 CaliforniaJoined the Gold Rush in California but reterned to Dallas in less than a year.
Census[3] 1850 Dallas County, Texas
Occupation[1] Jan 1853 TexasDelegate to the state Democratic convention.
Residence[1] 1855 Shot a man who had insulted his wife and fled to the Creek Nation in Indian Territory. Though the man recovered, Bryan apparently traveled to Colorado and California and did not return to Dallas for about five years.
Census[4] 1860 Dallas County, Texas
Military[1] Abt Feb 1861 TexasEnlisted as a private in the 18th Texas Cavalry. Served until late 1862, then was discharged for age and poor health.
Census[5] 1870 Dallas County, Texas
Occupation[1] From 1871 to 1872 Dallas, Dallas County, TexasOne of the directors of the Dallas Bridge Company, which built the first iron bridge across the Trinity.
Death[1][2] 8 Sep 1877 Texas State Lunatic Asylum, Austin, Travis County, TexasAdmitted in February of that year because of mental impairment.
Burial[2] Austin State Hospital Cemetey, Austin, Travis County, Texas

Dallas County, Texas, 1850 census:[3]

Bryan, John N. 39 yrs Lawyer (real estate = $10,000) b. Tennessee
      Margaret 25 yrs b. Illinois
      John 5 yrs b. Texas
      Frances C. 3 yrs b. Texas
      Edward T. 1 yr b. Texas
Haught, Adam C. 34 yrs Ferryman (real estate = $600) b. Tennessee
      Lydia 5 yrs b. Texas
McCoy, John C. 30 yrs Lawyer (real estate = $500) b. Indiana
Brooks, Hemistice [m] 18 yrs Printer b. Illinois
Spain, Mansel D. 15 yrs Printer b. Illinois
Beeman, Mary D. 10 yrs b. Illinois
      Emily 8 yrs b. Texas
      Francis M. 5 yrs b. Texas
      Amis 3 yrs b. Texas

Dallas County, Texas, 1860 census:[4]

Bryan, J. N. 49 yrs Lawyer (real estate = $5,000; personal estate = $1,000) b. Tennessee
      Margaret 35 yrs b. Illinois
      Jno. 14 yrs b. Texas
      Edwd. T. 10 yrs b. Texas
      Elizabeth F. 12 yrs b. Texas
      Alexr. 5 yrs b. Texas

Dallas County, Texas, 1870 census:[5]

Bryan, John N. 59 yrs Farmer (real estate = $600; personal estate = $480) b. Tennessee
      Margaret 44 yrs Keeps House b. Illinois
      Elizabeth F. 22 yrs b. Texas
      Alexander 16 yrs b. Texas
References
  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Handbook of Texas Online.

    Bryan, John Neely

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Find A Grave.

    John Neely Bryan

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Dallas, Texas, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 101A, dwelling/family 410/425.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Dallas, Texas, United States. 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 311, dwelling/family 1295/1300.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Dallas, Texas, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule
    p. 451A, dwelling/family 1760/1753.
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