Kentucky:  A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 3rd ed.,
1886.  Barren County.

JAMES L. BRYAN, son of Albert and Eliza J. (Settle) Bryan, was born in
Barren County, Ky., July 15, 1849.  Albert Bryan is of Scotch-Irish
descent, and was born in Virginia in 1815.  At the age of nine years he
came with his parents to Barren County, Ky.  Here he grew to manhood,
was educated and married, and is still engaged in agricultural pursuits;
he resides on the old homestead six miles east of Glasgow.  He and his
wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.  His father, James
Bryan, was a native of Virginia.  Mrs. Eliza J. Bryan is also of Scotch-
Irish descent, and was born in Barren County in 1829.  James L. Bryan was
educated at the common schools and academies of his native county, and
at the age of twenty-one engaged as a salesman in the dry goods store of
his uncle, James Bryan of Glasgow; after two years he embarked in the
dry goods business at the same place, in partnership with Clarence Wood,
under the firm name of Bryan & Wood.  In August, 1876, this firm was
consolidated with that of Cheek & Williams, and the business continued
under the style of Bryan, Cheek & Co.  In 1877, Mr. Williams retired,
followed in 1880 by Mr. Wood, and the business is now conducted by the
firm of Bryan & Cheek. They carry a large and well-selected stock of dry
goods, clothing, boots, shoes, hats and furnishing goods and do a large
and flourishing trade, their annual sales amounting to over $60,000.
February 3, 1876, Mr. Bryan married Rosa R. Barrick, also a native of
Barren County; she is a daughter of Hon. J. R. and Louann B. (Moss)
Barrick, and was born August 4, 1854.  Mr. and Mrs. Bryan are members of
the Missionary Baptist Church, and are the parents of two sons - Albert
B. and Louis R.  Mr. Bryan is also a member of the Masonic fraternity.
(See sketch of Hon. J. R. Barrick).

Bryan Barrick Moss Cheek Settle Williams Wood
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