BRYAN, ROBERT THOMAS, M. D., Physician and Surgeon, was born February 21, 1823, in Paris, Kentucky. His grandfather came from North Carolina, and married Miss Spencer, in the fort at Boonesborough; and his marriage is said to have been the first celebrated in the State. His father, William S. Bryan, married Judith Field, of Bourbon County. Their youngest son, Robert T. Bryan, received his early education in Paris, Kentucky, and graduated at Bethany College, Virginia, in 1844. He began the study of medicine, and graduated in the medical department of the University of New York, in 1848, under the direction of Professors Patterson, Mott, Bedford, Payne, and Draper, and at once entered upon the practice of his profession, in Bourbon County; in 1849, was married; lost his wife; in 1851, received an appointment as resident physician in Bellevue Hospital, New York; in 1853, returned to Kentucky, and settled in Fayette County; but, for the last twelve years, has resided at Georgetown; has performed quite a number of important surgical operations, established a large and valuable medical practice, and taken a high rank in his profession in his part of the State. He is an active member of the Christian or Disciples' Church. Dr. Bryan was again married, in 1853, to Mary E. Offutt, of Fayette County, Kentucky. From his first marriage, he has one living son; and by his present marriage, has two sons and one daughter.
