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Daniel Bryan (Virginia politician)

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399: 315:. (Daniel Boone had a nephew named Daniel Bryan, but there is evidence to indicate that this is a different person from the subject of this article. It is likely, however, that the politician/poet Daniel Bryan was more distantly related to Boone.) If he was Boone's nephew, then Bryan's father would have been William Bryan, one of the founders of 499:
using only his initials, and also began publishing them in short books. The 1820s yielded the most poetry from him of any decade of his life. Notable works included the 1826 works
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Shortly after his service in the Senate of Virginia ended, he began publishing his poetry in periodicals, often
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at the start of the new 1821 legislative session, the Senate declared his seat vacant, thus ending his tenure.
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On April 8, 1818, Bryan married Mary Thomas Barbour, who became Mary Thomas Bryan. Marrying into the esteemed
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He married Rebecca Davenport on October 15, 1815, but she died the following year,
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The Frustrated Muse: The Life and Works of Daniel Bryan, c. 1790-1866
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In 1853, Bryan resigned as postmaster in order to take a job in the
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Bryan practiced as a lawyer. Bryan also worked as a teacher.
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In the 1820s, he also garnered a reputation as a talented
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in 1843 (with whom she had several children, including
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Sources disagree whether Bryan's maternal uncle was
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United States Senate. 1887. p. 66 642: 539:United States Department of the Treasury 397: 1185: 274:from 1818 to 1820 and as postmaster of 167: 1815; died 1816) 1343: 1211: 1155: 883: 855:"Daniel Boone: His Valley Connections" 825:"Daniel Boone: His Valley Connections" 802:. Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore 421:On April 8, 1821, Bryan was appointed 349:In 1813, he published his first book, 1361:Politicians from Alexandria, Virginia 1073: 790: 788: 786: 784: 782: 590:Mariana Bryan (b. 1820), who married 530:. He sometimes delivered speeches in 410:issued by Bryan during his tenure as 1188:"The Alexandria Collection Archives" 1108:. Smithsonian National Postal Museum 973: 484:With Bryan not being present at the 1074:Wolfe, Brendan (26 December 2012). 1034:. 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Index

Daniel Bryan (disambiguation)
Postmaster
Alexandria
Virginia
Virginia State Senator
Rockingham County
Washington, D.C.
Oak Hill Cemetery
Thomas Barbour Bryan
James Barbour
Philip P. Barbour
Thomas Barbour
Charles Page Bryan
Barbour Lathrop
Bryan Lathrop
Florence Lathrop Field Page
Jennie Byrd Bryan Payne
abolitionist
postmaster
Senate of Virginia
Alexandria
Virginia
Barbour family
rural
Rockingham County
Virginia
Daniel Boone
Bryan Station
Daniel Boone
Washington and Lee University

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