BRYER-James T. - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

James T. BRYER was born in Fountain County, Indiana, August 4, 1828 came with his parents, Robert and Dorcas Bryer to Logansport in 1833, and resided here until his death March 11, 1895. Mr. Bryer was married to Sarah E. Hensley of Logansport May 15, 1852. To this union were born 7 girls and two boys. Mr. Bryer was a soldier in the Mexican War, deputy postmaster under Wm. Wilson during the Civil War, and held various county, state and government appointive offices. From 1861 until his death he was editor or contributor to the Logansport Journal and there was no more able writer in northern Indiana. He was a versatile writer on all subjects of public interest and contributed to the columns of outside papers and magazines. He wrote a number of pamphlets on local history. "Fifty Years" with a list of pioneers of Cass County published b Longwell and Cummings in 1892; History of Logansport 1889. The first is in the Historical Society collection the latter may be found in Biddle Miscellany, Vol. 97.