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140 H. and Ann Frances (Brown) Cooley; ed. Old Univ. of Chicago, A.B. '83; Univ. of Chicago, '96; student Univ. of Leipzig, 1891-92; m. 1894, James Dowden Bruner; children: James Willis, Arthur Cutting, Lee Moulton (deceased). Teacher in high school, Chicago; lady principal, Moulton Ladies' Coll., Toronto; ass't prof, of German Univ. of Ill.; lady principal of Chowan Coll., Murfreesboro, N.C., and teacher of English and German. Interested in religious and educational work in N.C. Baptist. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa (Univ. of Chicago).

BRYAN, Ella Howard, Dillon, Dade Co., Ga.

Author; dau. Major Henry and Janett (Howard) Bryan; ed. at home. Author: The Veil; novelettes, short stories and verse of hers has been published in nearly every leading magazine from the Century to the Youth's Companion; those printing her verse rarely took her prose, and vice versa; completed novel in Lippincott (Feb. 1912). Episcopalian. Recreations: Riding horseback, hunting, walking, etc.

BRYAN, Frances Wickham, Kinloch, P.O. St. Louis Co., Mo.

Born St. Louis, April 7, 1890; dau. Francis T. and Fanny (Wickham) Bryan; grad. Mary Inst., 1908. Interested in religious, social and philanthropic activities. Episcopalian. Recreations: Riding, tennis, dancing.

BRYAN, Mary Baird (Mrs. William Jennings Bryan), Fairview, Lincoln, Neb.

Born Perry, Ill., June 17, 1861; dau. John and Lovina (Dexter) Baird; grad. Presbyterian School for Young Ladies, Jacksonville, Ill., with first honor, class of '81; special work in Illinois College and later in the University of Nebraska; m. Perry, Ill., October 1, 1884, William Jennings Bryan; children: Ruth Baird, William Jennings Jr., Grace Dexter. Studied law and was admitted to practice in District and Supreme courts, 1887, in order to be more companionable to Mr. Bryan, then engaged in practice of law, but shortly after he entered politics and she did not pursue the subject further. Interested in religious and charitable work; contributes to City Mission, Salvation Army, Volunteers of America, Y.W.C.A., etc.; family are educating eight children in different countries of the Orient. Makes three or four addresses each year in the small churches which need help. In early days contributed to magazines, but became too busy to continue the work. Presbyterian. Democrat. Recreations: Reading, fine plays and the opera. Mem. Sorosis Club of Lincoln (which she founded in 1890), Fortnightly and Woman's Clubs of Lincoln. Father's family (Scotch-Irish) settled in Pa., 1628; mother of English descent. Family founded in America by Sir Gregory Dexter, who was sent to England to secure a charter for Colony of Rhode Island.

BRYAN, Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. Jesse Averitt Bryan), 1619 La Branch St., Houston, Tex.

Journalist; b. Bowling Green, Tenn., 1846; dau. William and Susan A. (Bartee) Phillips; ed. Clarksville (Tenn.) Female Acad.; m. June 12, 1866, Jesse Averitt Bryan (son of Henry Hunter and Mary F. Tyler Bryan); children: Jesse Averitt Jr., William Phillips, Henry Hunter, John Duke Tyler. Special correspondent of big daily newspapers of Texas from Colorado, New Mexico, California and various other States and in the Republic of Mexico. Dep't editor of Galveston Daily News, the Houston Daily Post and the Houston Daily Chronicle. Treas. Ladies' Parish Ass'n of Christ Church (Houston); served three years as recording sec. of Texas Woman's Press Ass'n. Pres. Houston Pen Women's Club; honorary mem. Current Literature Club, Ladies' Reading Club, Woman's Club; served two years as vice-pres. City Fed. of Women's Clubs and mem. Exec. Board; vice-pres. Faith Home Ass'n, a benevolent work for children; mem. Directory Board of Social Service Fed. Pres. Robert E. Lee Chapter United Daughters of Confederacy; served two years as vice-pres. of Gen. Ass'n of United Daughters of Confederacy; mem. State Historical Soc. Favors woman suffrage. Author of biographical work and special feature articles for leading newspapers of the State. Episcopalian. Democrat. Recreations: Music, travel. Mem. Houston Civic Club (charter mem.), Woman's Protective Ass'n.

BRYAN, R. Marion, Ashley Av., Charleston, S.C.

Born Charleston, S.C.; dau. Judge George P. and R. (Dwight) Bryan. Has done literary work for magazines, newspapers, etc. Wrote darkey sketch, entitled: Aunt Caline with White Woman's Burden. Episcopalian. Mem. King's Daughters; active in Sunday-school work, settlement work, etc. Mem. Century Club of Charleston, a literary and social club. Strongly against woman suffrage.

'''BRYANT. Anna Groff,''' 523 Fine Arts Building, Chicago, Ill.

Vocal teacher; b. Milwaukee, Wis.; dau. Michael and Anna (Kirch) Groff; ed. Downer Coll., Milwaukee, Wis; grad. Northwestern Univ. Acad., Evanston, Ill., '88; m. Aurora, Ill., 1897, Chauncy Earle Bryant. Founder the Anna Groff Bryant Inst. of the New Am. School of Vocal Art, Chicago, 1903. Publisher and editor of magazine known as The Institute, devoted to advancement and uplift of vocal art, science, education and research work, and contributor to Musical America, Musical Leader, Music News. High School Life, Fine Arts Journal and other educational magazines. Independent. Active mem. of Ill. Woman's Press Club and Chicago Amateur Musical Club; permanent asso. mem. Mendelssohn Club.

BRYANT, Anna M. Dorr (Mrs. W. H. H. Bryant), 425 Lebanon St., Melrose, Mass.

Physician; b. Hassa Damstadt, Germany; dau. Valentine and Elizabeth (Lutz) Dorr; ed. public schools, N.Y. State, and private teachers; Women's Med. Coll. of N.Y.; Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons, Boston, '83; Tufts Coll. Med. School, '95 (mem. Alpha Delta); m. Jackson, N.H., Aug. 4, 1887, W. H. H. Bryant; one daughter: Frances Dorr Bryant, b. Mar. 8, 1894. Pres. New England Helping Hand Soc.; State Sup't of Purity, Mass. W.C.T.U. Mem. Board of Managers Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Soc; mem. Anti-Imperial League of Mass. Am. Peace Societies. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Mass. Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Methodist.

BRYANT, Dorothy Wilberforce Lyon (Mrs. Emmons Bryant), Castleton-on-the-Hudson, N.Y.

Born Erie, Pa., Oct., 1868; dau. William Wilberforce and Marie Louise (Derickson) Lyon; grad Wells Coll., A.B. '87; Bryn Mawr, Ph.D. '96; m. Elizabeth, N.J., June 21, 1900, Emmons Bryant; children: Katherine Lyon, Emmons Jr. Active in guild work in Episcopal Church, Woman's Exchange Work and Library Club. Recreations: Out-door sports, reading, auction bridge. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

BRYANT, Lorinda Munson (Mrs. L. M. Bryant), 29 Spencer Av., Somerville, Mass.

Born Granville, O., March 21, 1855; dau. Marvin Morgan and Emma S. (Culbertson) Munson; ed. Granville Female Coll., B.S. '74; Chicago Sch. of Phar., Ph.G., '88; course in science at Cornell, 1888-89; m. Granville, O., 1875, Charles Webster Bryant (died 1886); children: Fitch Culbertson, Miriam Joanna (deceased). Head of Science Dep't at Ogontz School, Pa., 1890-99; principal of her own private school, Montrose School, South Orange, N.J., 1899-1905. Lecturer. Active in advocacy of better pictures in the homes and Sunday schools, also interested in Y.W.C.A., Univ. Settlement Work and factory girls. Author: Pictures and Their Painters; What Pictures to See in Europe in One Summer; Famous Pictures of Real Girls and Boys; The Life of the Bible as a Book.

BRYANT, Louise Stevens, College Hall, Room 8 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Paris, France, Sept. 19, 1885; dau. Edwin and Miriam Collins (Nicholson) Stevens; ed. N.Y. public schools; Normal Coll., N.Y. City; Smith Coll., A.B. '08; candidate for Ph.D. in Univ. of Pa., dep't of physiology. Assistant in physiology, Am. Museum of Natural History, 1908-09; special agent child hygiene dep't, Russell Sage Foundation, N.Y. City, 1909-11; in charge social service dep't of Psychological Clinic, Univ. of Pa.,