From: KyArchives [Archives@genrecords.org] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 3:26 PM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Bryan.Eugene.1855.Daviess.BIOS Eugene Bryan July 29 1855 - unknown Daviess County KyArchives Biography Author: History of Posey County Indiana, The Goodspeed Publishing Co., Chicago, 1886 EUGENE BRYAN is a son of Gabriel and Susan M. (Hayden) Bryan, and was born in Daviess County, Ky., July 29, 1855. Both parents were born in Kentucky, and the father died in our subject's native county, February 8, 1873. The mother still makes that place her residence. Eugene was raised in his native county, securing the ordinary common school education; he worked in a tobacco factory in Owensboro, from 1868 to 1873, and then worked on a farm until 1875. He was then employed on the Louisville & Nashville Railroad for four years, and in 1876, removed to Mount Vernon, where, three years later he began tending bar in that place, continuing until November, 1884, when he began keeping his present saloon and restaurant. He has the finest bar and restaurant in the city, and controls the leading trade in his line of business. March 12, 1882, he was married to Nettie Williams, a native of Posey County. They have one child named Eda. Mr. Bryan is a Democrat and Mason, and a member of the A.O.U.W. He is recognized as one of the enterprising young business men of the city. Submitted by: Sandi Gorin http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00002.html#0000404 This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/kyfiles/