Guy Bryan, proprietor of the "Made Well" Bakery at
Portland, was born in that city and has been a resident of the same for the
better part of his life. He was born on May 6, 1886, son of George W. and
Maria L. (Stevens) Bryan, both of whom were born in Mad River Township
Champaign County, Ohio, and who became residents of Portland fifty years
ago. George W. Bryan left Ohio in 1862 and came over into Indiana, locating
in Adams County, where he remained until 1872, when he moved with his family
to Portland and established a grocery store on the site now occupied by the
Jay County Lumber Company, and was for years one of the well-known merchants
of Portland. He and his wife were the parents of fifteen children, eleven of
whom are still living, those besides the subject of this sketch being Albert
S., Aaron C., Olive N., Edith, David U., George W. Jr., Artho, Pearl,
William S. and Sarah.
Reared at Portland, Guy Bryan
received his schooling in the schools of that city and early became
attracted to the bakers trade as a vocation. He went to Valparaiso, Ind.,
where he served an apprenticeship in a bake shop and remained for about
eight years, at the end of which time he started out as a journeyman baker
and was for twelve years or more thus engaged, working in various cities
throughout the country. In 1916 Mr. Bryan returned to Portland and entered
upon the study of law under the preceptorship of Frank B. Jaqua, and in
November, 1918, was admitted to the bar of the Jay Circuit Court. For a year
thereafter he was actively engaged in the practice of his profession and
then, following the serious accidental injury of his brother, Albert S.
Bryan, took charge of the latter's bakery, and for about a year operated the
same in his brother's behalf, continuing thus engaged until on November 4,
1919, when he established his now well-known and successful "Made Well"
Bakery on North Meridian Street and has since been engaged in operating the
same. This bakery has ovens with a capacity of 252 loaves of bread and its
products are in popular demand hereabout.
On September
14, 1918, Guy Bryan was united in marriage to Gertrude A. Doty, who was born
in this county, daughter of Jerome and Harriet E. (Foglesong) Doty.
Mr. Bryan is a Democrat and is a member of the local lodges of the Knights
of Pythias, the Loyal Order of Moose and the Modern Woodmen.
Biographical & Historical Record of Jay County, Indiana
Lewis
Publishing Company, 1887
Transcribed by Jim Cox