a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Mercer County, Kentucky, September 23, 1813. He joined the Church in 1833, was licensed to exhort in 1835, to preach in 1837, and in 1866 entered the Kentucky Conference. In 1869, on the. formation of the Lexington Conference, he became a member of it, and in its active ranks labored with great success. He died September 14, 1870. Mr. Bryant was a man of considerable ability, an impressive speaker, and a genial, generous Christian. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1871, page 16.