Bryant, Thomas G. (1863-1917)

BRYANT

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Date: 9/16/2019 at 12:09:00

Thomas Grant Bryant
Nov 3, 1863 - Mar 14, 1917

(From the 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, p.554)
T. G. BRYANT, Mayor of Carson, Justice of the Peace, agent for the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railroads and also express agent, was born in Parke County, Indiana, November 3, 1863, son of S. B. J. and Martha (STROTHER) BRYANT. The father is now in Atlantic, Iowa, and general agent for an insurance business and is a respected citizen of the town. T. G. BRYANT was reared in Champaign County, Illinois, receiving his education there and in Indianapolis, and when sixteen years of age, they came to Iowa.

In 1882, he was made operator at Neola, Iowa, and later at Anita, Iowa. In 1883 he was stationed at Exira, Iowa, where he remained for about three years, and was then promoted to the agency of this town, filling his position well and gaining the good will of the railroad officials. Politically Mr. BRYANT is a Republican and was elected Mayor of Carson in 1890 and is serving to the best advantage of himself and party. He is interested in educational matters and served on the School Board for two or three years. He is a member of the I.O.O.F. Lodge No. 444 and is Secretary of the same, and is also Secretary of the Modern Woodmen, Botna Lodge, No. 172.

Mr. BRYANT was married November 4, 1886, in Exira, Iowa, to Miss Mary HOUSTON, the daughter of A. B. HOUSTON, a well-known and prominent citizen of that town. They have had two children: Clarence Jackson, who died July 22, 1890, and Hazel. Mr. And Mrs. Bryant are members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. BRYANT, although a young man, had gained a position, socially, politically and financially, among the best citizens of Carson.