Finis E. Bryan, merchant, is a native of this county, and was born in 1842. His father, John T. Bryan, was born in Maryland, and came to West Tennessee in 1821, having lived the previous few years in Middle Tennessee. His occupation was farming, but he kept a land office in Jackson for some time, and was surveyor for many years. The mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Raines, was born in this State, and became the mother of ten children, nine of whom lived to be grown, and eight of whom are yet living. The father died in 1878, and the mother preceded him twelve years. Finis E. was reared to manhood on a farm, and in 1868 engaged in the mercantile business in this village, and has continued thus to the present time. He carries groceries and drugs, and has a profitable trade. In 1862 he entered the Confederate service in the company of Capt. (now Dr.) Murchison, of the Fifty-second Regiment, and served faithfully until the close of the war. He was twice taken prisoner, and was wounded in the left leg, which disabled him for a few weeks. In 1868 he married Miss F. E. Jett, who died in 1882, and the following year he married Miss Jennie Ducker, of this county. He is a Democrat, and a Methodist, and his wife is a Presbyterian.

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