Father: John Herritage Bryan
Mother: Mary Williams Shepard
1849 - A.B. degree, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
08/15/1850 - Student of medicine, Raleigh, Wake Co., NC (living with parents and sibs - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as James P. Bryan)
1852 - M.D. degree, University of Pennsylvania, Medical Department, Philadelphia, PA (from: NC; thesis: "Remittent Fever")
08/03/1860 - Practiced medicine, Kinston, Lenoir Co., NC (living with a family with the surname "Holland" - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as James P. Bryan)
10/03/1860 - Married, Mary Simpson Biddle (1839-1892), ?Craven Co., NC
04/28/1862 - Sold 100 lbs. of bacon to the Confederate States for $21.20, Kinston, NC
05/05/1862 - As Asst. Surgeon, Hospital, Raleigh, NC, received 25 plates, 25 cups, 25 knives, and 25 forks "for the use of the Hospital"
06/20/1862 - Asst. Surgeon, North Carolina Troops
06/23/1862 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States
08/18/1862 - Surgeon, 4th NC Infantry
06/13/1863 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 08/08/1862
01/30/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon from NC by the Confederate States Senate
05/19/1870 - Father, John, died
07/05/1870 - Practiced medicine, Kinston, Lenoir Co., NC (living with wife, Mary, and two females - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as "James A. Bryan")
1874 - Practiced medicine, Kinston, Lenoir Co., NC
06/03/1880 - Practiced medicine, Kinston, Lenoir Co., NC (living with wife, Mary, and two daughters - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as James P. Bryan)
07/13/1881 - Mother, Mary, died in Raleigh, Wake Co., NC
1886 - Practiced medicine, Kinston, Lenoir Co., NC
08/14/1887 - Died, Kinston, Lenoir Co., NC
02/17/1892 - Wife, Mary, died in New Bern, Craven Co., NC (buried: Cedar Grove Cemetery, New Bern, Craven Co., NC)

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
03/30/2016. Unpublished database.