Hally Bryan Perry collection, 1835-1946.

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Hally Bryan Perry collection, 1835-1946.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49964818

Photographs and illustrations, printed materials, a scrapbook and newspaper clippings, and correspondence comprise the bulk of the collected materials related to the Austin-Bryan-Perry family. Of particular interest are 38 photographs and illustrations (1888-1936) that document Austin and Bryan family history, including images of Austin family gravesites, members of the Austin and Bryan families, Stephen F. Austin, and places associated with Austin and Bryan families. The collection contains three case photographs: Guy M. Bryan and Guy Case; Mr. and Mrs. Guy M. Bryan (Laura Harrison Jack); and President and Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes (Lucy). A collection of calling cards includes cards from Alexander H. Stephens, J.P. Benjamin, Jefferson Davis, and Stephen A. Douglas. Seven cachets document the centennial celebration of Texas statehood (1945-1946). Stephen F. Austin's 1835 memorandum book is also included in the collection. Family correspondence includes transcriptions of letters from Moses Austin Bryan.

1 box (.2 linear ft.)

San Jacinto Museum of History

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SNAC Resource ID: 7616864

San Jacinto Museum of History

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Hayes, Lucy Webb, 1831-1889

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Lucy Ware Webb Hayes served as First Lady of the United States as the wife of the 19th President, Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881). Nicknamed affectionately both “Mother Lucy” and “Lemonade Lucy”, she was well known for caring for wounded infantrymen in her husband’s command during the Civil War and for her staunch support of the temperance movement, respectively. She came to the White House well loved by many. Born in Chillicothe, Ohio, daughter of Maria Cook and Dr. James Webb, she lost her ...

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Bryan, Moses Austin, 1817-1895

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Moses Austin Bryan, 1817-1895, became Stephen F. Austin's secretary in 1832. Bryan enlisted in the Texas army in 1836 and served at the Battle of San Jacinto. He was a member of the Somervell Expedition in 1842, and enlisted in the Third Texas Regiment during the Civil War. In 1873, Bryan helped organize the Texas Veterans Association and served as its secretary until 1886. From the description of Moses Austin Bryan papers, 1814-1930, (bulk 1836-1889). (San Jacinto Museum of History)...

Austin, Stephen F. (Stephen Fuller), 1793-1836

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Bryan, Guy M. (Guy Morrison), 1821-1901

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Guy Morrison Bryan, a nephew of Stephen F. Austin, was a Confederate officer and legislator. He was born in 1821 in Heraculaneum, Missouri, to James Bryan and Emily Bryan, daughter of Moses Austin and sister of Stephen F. Austin. After her husband’s death, Emily Bryan married her father’s business partner, Stephen Perry, and the family moved to Texas in 1831. Guy Morrison Bryan couriered the William B. Travis Alamo letter to Brazoria in 1836. Following the battle of San Jacinto, Bry...

Perry, Hally Ballinger Bryan, 1868-1955

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Born in Galveston on January 19, 1868, Hally Ballinger Bryan Perry was the third child of Guy Morrison Bryan, nephew of Stephen F. Austin, and Laura Harrison (Jack) Bryan. In 1891 Hally Bryan founded the Daughters of the Republic of Texas with her cousin, Betty Ballinger. Hally Ballinger Bryan served as secretary for an early executive committee in the DRT, but thereafter chose not to hold an office. She married Emmett Lee Perry in 1909. After her father's death in 1901, Perry and her cousin Bea...

Bryan family.

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Hayes, Rutherford Birchard, 1822-1893

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Rutherford B. Hayes was born in Delaware, Ohio, in 1822 and earned degrees from Kenyon College and Harvard Law School before starting a career as a lawyer in Cincinnati. Hayes served as a major general in the Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War and was elected to the U.S. Congress in 1864. Hayes then was elected Governor of Ohio and later served one term as President of the United States (1877-1881) before retiring to his home in Fremont, Ohio, where he died in 1893.President of the Uni...