Chas. S. Bryant
A picturesque figure of St. Peter’s early years was Charles S. Bryant, remembered chiefly for his work as a historian. Already a prominent attorney in his native city, Cincinnati, O., Mr. Bryant came to Minnesota in 1858 and settled at St. Peter. His training and qualities led him almost immediately in local activities and he was especially interested in educational matters. He was elected county attorney in 1862 and served at a time when Horace Austin, later governor, was judge of the district court and Mr. Bryant’s son-in-law, Andrew R. McGill, who also became a governor of Minnesota, was clerk of the court.
Mr. Bryant removed to St. Paul in the 80’s and was for a time secretary of the state high school board. His name is intimately linked to the history of the state through his remarkable work, “Bryant’s History of the Sioux Massacre,” ranked as the standard text on this phase of the state’s pioneer life.
The historian exhibited a warm interest in St. Peter throughout his life, and although h is term of life did not permit him to witness the city’s later development, he was privileged to see the settlement with which he had cast his lot in the year Minnesota became a state well launched on its career as one of the leaders of the state’s smaller cities.
Kate, a daughter of Mr. Bryant, became the wife of Edwin Treasure, one of St. Peter’s early shoe merchants. A son, Julian Clarence Bryant, for many years was connected with the schools of St. Paul, at one time being principal of the Central high school of that city. Another son, Rev. J. Frank Bryant, who served over a long period in the ministry of the Baptist church in the middle west, and is now resting from his labors with his wife an daughter, Miss Bessie, at Brookings, S.D. Dr. Chas. E. Bryant, also a son of the historian, practiced medicine in the west a number of years. Mr. Bryant’s daughter, Eliza E., who married Governor McGill, taught school in St. Peter at the time the future governor was superintendent of the town schools. (Old newspaper article of unknown origin.)
"CHARLES S. BRYANT, Esq., was born August 19th, 1808, in the town of Lyons, Ontario County, N.Y. His father, James Byrant, was a resident of New Jersey until his marrigage with a Miss Stout, a descendant of Penelope Stout, (the woman known in the history of New Jersey as having been scalped by the Indians), when he removed to Lyons and remained until 1822, at which time he came West and settled in Ohio with his family. After a residence of two years in Ohio, he removed to Indiana, and it was there Mr. Bryant prosecuted his studies under the care of an elder brother, studying Latin and Greek, and becoming proficient in both languages. At the age of nineteen, he removed to Lebanon, Ohio, and entered as a student at law in the office of the Dunlevys, of that place, finally perfecting his studies at Dayton. He was admitted to the bar in 1838, and opened a law office in Dayton and became a successful practitioner. He married, in 1840, Miss Catherine Brewer of Cincinnati, to which place he removed the same year. Here he became deeply interested in the common school enterprise, and labored assiduously to promote the cause . . . .
In 1856, he made his first visit to Minnesota, and in the fall of 1859 he removed with his family to Wabasha, where he spent the winter, and in the spring of 1860 removed to St. Peter, where he now resides.
. . . . He does not wish it understood that he writes poetry, but occasionally writes in verse for simple pastime, yet seldom publishes anything so written. As a lawyer, Mr. Bryant has been very successful."
[W.J. Arnold (ed.), The Poets and Poetry of Minnesota 299-311, at 299-301 (Chicago: S.P. Rounds, Books and Job Printers, 1864)][online text]
Poetry
Charles S. Bryant, The Majesty of Morning: A Poem (Saint Paul, Minnesota: T.H. Steenstra, printer, 1879)
Writings
Charles S. Bryant, A History of the Great Massacre by the Sioux Indians, in Minnesota: including the personal narratives of many who escaped (Cincinnati: Rickey & Carroll, 1864)(Cincinnati: R.W. Carroll, 1868)(with Abel B. Murch)(Saint Peter, Minnesota: E. Wainwright, 1872)(with Abel B. Murch)(Millwood, New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1973)
Edward D. Neil & Charles S. Bryant, History of the Upper Mississippi Valley (Minneapolis: Minnesota Historical Co., 1881)
History of the Minnesota Valley including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota (Minneapolis: North Star Pub. Co., 1882)(Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, 1975)
Lectures
Charles S. Bryant, A Lecture on Man. His Origin and Movements as indicated by Mythology, Language and History, delivered before the St. Paul Academy of Science, Feb. 21, 1879 (St. Paul: T.H. Steenstra, printer, 1879)
Bryant, Charles S., lawyer, b. in Ontario county, N. Y., Aug. 14, 1808; d. in St. Paul, May 1, 1885. He was graduated from the college at Granville, Ohio; was admitted to the bar in 1829; came to Minnesota in 1859, and resided in Wabasha, St. Peter, and St. Paul; author of "History of the Great Massacre by the Sioux Indians in Minnesota" (1862), published in 1872. -68; 165; 177 (June, 1885); 237 (1).] Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society, Vol. XIV, Minnesota Biographies, page 87
The children of James and Cathrine Bryant were:
Daniel Bryant
Juliann Bryant Babcox Kirkpatrick (1798-1848)
Rachel Bryant
Elihu Granger Bryant
Randall Hunt Bryant
Charles Stephen Bryant
Zephaniah Stout Bryant
A picturesque figure of St. Peter’s early years was Charles S. Bryant, remembered chiefly for his work as a historian. Already a prominent attorney in his native city, Cincinnati, O., Mr. Bryant came to Minnesota in 1858 and settled at St. Peter. His training and qualities led him almost immediately in local activities and he was especially interested in educational matters. He was elected county attorney in 1862 and served at a time when Horace Austin, later governor, was judge of the district court and Mr. Bryant’s son-in-law, Andrew R. McGill, who also became a governor of Minnesota, was clerk of the court.
Mr. Bryant removed to St. Paul in the 80’s and was for a time secretary of the state high school board. His name is intimately linked to the history of the state through his remarkable work, “Bryant’s History of the Sioux Massacre,” ranked as the standard text on this phase of the state’s pioneer life.
The historian exhibited a warm interest in St. Peter throughout his life, and although h is term of life did not permit him to witness the city’s later development, he was privileged to see the settlement with which he had cast his lot in the year Minnesota became a state well launched on its career as one of the leaders of the state’s smaller cities.
Kate, a daughter of Mr. Bryant, became the wife of Edwin Treasure, one of St. Peter’s early shoe merchants. A son, Julian Clarence Bryant, for many years was connected with the schools of St. Paul, at one time being principal of the Central high school of that city. Another son, Rev. J. Frank Bryant, who served over a long period in the ministry of the Baptist church in the middle west, and is now resting from his labors with his wife an daughter, Miss Bessie, at Brookings, S.D. Dr. Chas. E. Bryant, also a son of the historian, practiced medicine in the west a number of years. Mr. Bryant’s daughter, Eliza E., who married Governor McGill, taught school in St. Peter at the time the future governor was superintendent of the town schools. (Old newspaper article of unknown origin.)
"CHARLES S. BRYANT, Esq., was born August 19th, 1808, in the town of Lyons, Ontario County, N.Y. His father, James Byrant, was a resident of New Jersey until his marrigage with a Miss Stout, a descendant of Penelope Stout, (the woman known in the history of New Jersey as having been scalped by the Indians), when he removed to Lyons and remained until 1822, at which time he came West and settled in Ohio with his family. After a residence of two years in Ohio, he removed to Indiana, and it was there Mr. Bryant prosecuted his studies under the care of an elder brother, studying Latin and Greek, and becoming proficient in both languages. At the age of nineteen, he removed to Lebanon, Ohio, and entered as a student at law in the office of the Dunlevys, of that place, finally perfecting his studies at Dayton. He was admitted to the bar in 1838, and opened a law office in Dayton and became a successful practitioner. He married, in 1840, Miss Catherine Brewer of Cincinnati, to which place he removed the same year. Here he became deeply interested in the common school enterprise, and labored assiduously to promote the cause . . . .
In 1856, he made his first visit to Minnesota, and in the fall of 1859 he removed with his family to Wabasha, where he spent the winter, and in the spring of 1860 removed to St. Peter, where he now resides.
. . . . He does not wish it understood that he writes poetry, but occasionally writes in verse for simple pastime, yet seldom publishes anything so written. As a lawyer, Mr. Bryant has been very successful."
[W.J. Arnold (ed.), The Poets and Poetry of Minnesota 299-311, at 299-301 (Chicago: S.P. Rounds, Books and Job Printers, 1864)][online text]
Poetry
Charles S. Bryant, The Majesty of Morning: A Poem (Saint Paul, Minnesota: T.H. Steenstra, printer, 1879)
Writings
Charles S. Bryant, A History of the Great Massacre by the Sioux Indians, in Minnesota: including the personal narratives of many who escaped (Cincinnati: Rickey & Carroll, 1864)(Cincinnati: R.W. Carroll, 1868)(with Abel B. Murch)(Saint Peter, Minnesota: E. Wainwright, 1872)(with Abel B. Murch)(Millwood, New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1973)
Edward D. Neil & Charles S. Bryant, History of the Upper Mississippi Valley (Minneapolis: Minnesota Historical Co., 1881)
History of the Minnesota Valley including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota (Minneapolis: North Star Pub. Co., 1882)(Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, 1975)
Lectures
Charles S. Bryant, A Lecture on Man. His Origin and Movements as indicated by Mythology, Language and History, delivered before the St. Paul Academy of Science, Feb. 21, 1879 (St. Paul: T.H. Steenstra, printer, 1879)
Bryant, Charles S., lawyer, b. in Ontario county, N. Y., Aug. 14, 1808; d. in St. Paul, May 1, 1885. He was graduated from the college at Granville, Ohio; was admitted to the bar in 1829; came to Minnesota in 1859, and resided in Wabasha, St. Peter, and St. Paul; author of "History of the Great Massacre by the Sioux Indians in Minnesota" (1862), published in 1872. -68; 165; 177 (June, 1885); 237 (1).] Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society, Vol. XIV, Minnesota Biographies, page 87
The children of James and Cathrine Bryant were:
Daniel Bryant
Juliann Bryant Babcox Kirkpatrick (1798-1848)
Rachel Bryant
Elihu Granger Bryant
Randall Hunt Bryant
Charles Stephen Bryant
Zephaniah Stout Bryant
Chas. S. Bryant
A picturesque figure of St. Peter’s early years was Charles S. Bryant, remembered chiefly for his work as a historian. Already a prominent attorney in his native city, Cincinnati, O., Mr. Bryant came to Minnesota in 1858 and settled at St. Peter. His training and qualities led him almost immediately in local activities and he was especially interested in educational matters. He was elected county attorney in 1862 and served at a time when Horace Austin, later governor, was judge of the district court and Mr. Bryant’s son-in-law, Andrew R. McGill, who also became a governor of Minnesota, was clerk of the court.
Mr. Bryant removed to St. Paul in the 80’s and was for a time secretary of the state high school board. His name is intimately linked to the history of the state through his remarkable work, “Bryant’s History of the Sioux Massacre,” ranked as the standard text on this phase of the state’s pioneer life.
The historian exhibited a warm interest in St. Peter throughout his life, and although h is term of life did not permit him to witness the city’s later development, he was privileged to see the settlement with which he had cast his lot in the year Minnesota became a state well launched on its career as one of the leaders of the state’s smaller cities.
Kate, a daughter of Mr. Bryant, became the wife of Edwin Treasure, one of St. Peter’s early shoe merchants. A son, Julian Clarence Bryant, for many years was connected with the schools of St. Paul, at one time being principal of the Central high school of that city. Another son, Rev. J. Frank Bryant, who served over a long period in the ministry of the Baptist church in the middle west, and is now resting from his labors with his wife an daughter, Miss Bessie, at Brookings, S.D. Dr. Chas. E. Bryant, also a son of the historian, practiced medicine in the west a number of years. Mr. Bryant’s daughter, Eliza E., who married Governor McGill, taught school in St. Peter at the time the future governor was superintendent of the town schools. (Old newspaper article of unknown origin.)
"CHARLES S. BRYANT, Esq., was born August 19th, 1808, in the town of Lyons, Ontario County, N.Y. His father, James Byrant, was a resident of New Jersey until his marrigage with a Miss Stout, a descendant of Penelope Stout, (the woman known in the history of New Jersey as having been scalped by the Indians), when he removed to Lyons and remained until 1822, at which time he came West and settled in Ohio with his family. After a residence of two years in Ohio, he removed to Indiana, and it was there Mr. Bryant prosecuted his studies under the care of an elder brother, studying Latin and Greek, and becoming proficient in both languages. At the age of nineteen, he removed to Lebanon, Ohio, and entered as a student at law in the office of the Dunlevys, of that place, finally perfecting his studies at Dayton. He was admitted to the bar in 1838, and opened a law office in Dayton and became a successful practitioner. He married, in 1840, Miss Catherine Brewer of Cincinnati, to which place he removed the same year. Here he became deeply interested in the common school enterprise, and labored assiduously to promote the cause . . . .
In 1856, he made his first visit to Minnesota, and in the fall of 1859 he removed with his family to Wabasha, where he spent the winter, and in the spring of 1860 removed to St. Peter, where he now resides.
. . . . He does not wish it understood that he writes poetry, but occasionally writes in verse for simple pastime, yet seldom publishes anything so written. As a lawyer, Mr. Bryant has been very successful."
[W.J. Arnold (ed.), The Poets and Poetry of Minnesota 299-311, at 299-301 (Chicago: S.P. Rounds, Books and Job Printers, 1864)][online text]
Poetry
Charles S. Bryant, The Majesty of Morning: A Poem (Saint Paul, Minnesota: T.H. Steenstra, printer, 1879)
Writings
Charles S. Bryant, A History of the Great Massacre by the Sioux Indians, in Minnesota: including the personal narratives of many who escaped (Cincinnati: Rickey & Carroll, 1864)(Cincinnati: R.W. Carroll, 1868)(with Abel B. Murch)(Saint Peter, Minnesota: E. Wainwright, 1872)(with Abel B. Murch)(Millwood, New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1973)
Edward D. Neil & Charles S. Bryant, History of the Upper Mississippi Valley (Minneapolis: Minnesota Historical Co., 1881)
History of the Minnesota Valley including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota (Minneapolis: North Star Pub. Co., 1882)(Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, 1975)
Lectures
Charles S. Bryant, A Lecture on Man. His Origin and Movements as indicated by Mythology, Language and History, delivered before the St. Paul Academy of Science, Feb. 21, 1879 (St. Paul: T.H. Steenstra, printer, 1879)
Bryant, Charles S., lawyer, b. in Ontario county, N. Y., Aug. 14, 1808; d. in St. Paul, May 1, 1885. He was graduated from the college at Granville, Ohio; was admitted to the bar in 1829; came to Minnesota in 1859, and resided in Wabasha, St. Peter, and St. Paul; author of "History of the Great Massacre by the Sioux Indians in Minnesota" (1862), published in 1872. -68; 165; 177 (June, 1885); 237 (1).] Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society, Vol. XIV, Minnesota Biographies, page 87
The children of James and Cathrine Bryant were:
Daniel Bryant
Juliann Bryant Babcox Kirkpatrick (1798-1848)
Rachel Bryant
Elihu Granger Bryant
Randall Hunt Bryant
Charles Stephen Bryant
Zephaniah Stout Bryant
A picturesque figure of St. Peter’s early years was Charles S. Bryant, remembered chiefly for his work as a historian. Already a prominent attorney in his native city, Cincinnati, O., Mr. Bryant came to Minnesota in 1858 and settled at St. Peter. His training and qualities led him almost immediately in local activities and he was especially interested in educational matters. He was elected county attorney in 1862 and served at a time when Horace Austin, later governor, was judge of the district court and Mr. Bryant’s son-in-law, Andrew R. McGill, who also became a governor of Minnesota, was clerk of the court.
Mr. Bryant removed to St. Paul in the 80’s and was for a time secretary of the state high school board. His name is intimately linked to the history of the state through his remarkable work, “Bryant’s History of the Sioux Massacre,” ranked as the standard text on this phase of the state’s pioneer life.
The historian exhibited a warm interest in St. Peter throughout his life, and although h is term of life did not permit him to witness the city’s later development, he was privileged to see the settlement with which he had cast his lot in the year Minnesota became a state well launched on its career as one of the leaders of the state’s smaller cities.
Kate, a daughter of Mr. Bryant, became the wife of Edwin Treasure, one of St. Peter’s early shoe merchants. A son, Julian Clarence Bryant, for many years was connected with the schools of St. Paul, at one time being principal of the Central high school of that city. Another son, Rev. J. Frank Bryant, who served over a long period in the ministry of the Baptist church in the middle west, and is now resting from his labors with his wife an daughter, Miss Bessie, at Brookings, S.D. Dr. Chas. E. Bryant, also a son of the historian, practiced medicine in the west a number of years. Mr. Bryant’s daughter, Eliza E., who married Governor McGill, taught school in St. Peter at the time the future governor was superintendent of the town schools. (Old newspaper article of unknown origin.)
"CHARLES S. BRYANT, Esq., was born August 19th, 1808, in the town of Lyons, Ontario County, N.Y. His father, James Byrant, was a resident of New Jersey until his marrigage with a Miss Stout, a descendant of Penelope Stout, (the woman known in the history of New Jersey as having been scalped by the Indians), when he removed to Lyons and remained until 1822, at which time he came West and settled in Ohio with his family. After a residence of two years in Ohio, he removed to Indiana, and it was there Mr. Bryant prosecuted his studies under the care of an elder brother, studying Latin and Greek, and becoming proficient in both languages. At the age of nineteen, he removed to Lebanon, Ohio, and entered as a student at law in the office of the Dunlevys, of that place, finally perfecting his studies at Dayton. He was admitted to the bar in 1838, and opened a law office in Dayton and became a successful practitioner. He married, in 1840, Miss Catherine Brewer of Cincinnati, to which place he removed the same year. Here he became deeply interested in the common school enterprise, and labored assiduously to promote the cause . . . .
In 1856, he made his first visit to Minnesota, and in the fall of 1859 he removed with his family to Wabasha, where he spent the winter, and in the spring of 1860 removed to St. Peter, where he now resides.
. . . . He does not wish it understood that he writes poetry, but occasionally writes in verse for simple pastime, yet seldom publishes anything so written. As a lawyer, Mr. Bryant has been very successful."
[W.J. Arnold (ed.), The Poets and Poetry of Minnesota 299-311, at 299-301 (Chicago: S.P. Rounds, Books and Job Printers, 1864)][online text]
Poetry
Charles S. Bryant, The Majesty of Morning: A Poem (Saint Paul, Minnesota: T.H. Steenstra, printer, 1879)
Writings
Charles S. Bryant, A History of the Great Massacre by the Sioux Indians, in Minnesota: including the personal narratives of many who escaped (Cincinnati: Rickey & Carroll, 1864)(Cincinnati: R.W. Carroll, 1868)(with Abel B. Murch)(Saint Peter, Minnesota: E. Wainwright, 1872)(with Abel B. Murch)(Millwood, New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1973)
Edward D. Neil & Charles S. Bryant, History of the Upper Mississippi Valley (Minneapolis: Minnesota Historical Co., 1881)
History of the Minnesota Valley including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota (Minneapolis: North Star Pub. Co., 1882)(Evansville, Indiana: Unigraphic, 1975)
Lectures
Charles S. Bryant, A Lecture on Man. His Origin and Movements as indicated by Mythology, Language and History, delivered before the St. Paul Academy of Science, Feb. 21, 1879 (St. Paul: T.H. Steenstra, printer, 1879)
Bryant, Charles S., lawyer, b. in Ontario county, N. Y., Aug. 14, 1808; d. in St. Paul, May 1, 1885. He was graduated from the college at Granville, Ohio; was admitted to the bar in 1829; came to Minnesota in 1859, and resided in Wabasha, St. Peter, and St. Paul; author of "History of the Great Massacre by the Sioux Indians in Minnesota" (1862), published in 1872. -68; 165; 177 (June, 1885); 237 (1).] Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society, Vol. XIV, Minnesota Biographies, page 87
The children of James and Cathrine Bryant were:
Daniel Bryant
Juliann Bryant Babcox Kirkpatrick (1798-1848)
Rachel Bryant
Elihu Granger Bryant
Randall Hunt Bryant
Charles Stephen Bryant
Zephaniah Stout Bryant
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