The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 472

EDWARD J. BRYANT.

Edward J. Bryant, active in the real estate field in Yakima, where he has
conducted business since 1906, was born in Newton, Iowa, December 17, 1879, a
son of David and Ann (Edwards) Bryant. The family removed to Roslyn, Washington,
and later, in 1890, the father took up a homestead at Grandview, this state. In
1905 he established his home at Ellensburg, where he remained until 1912, living
with his daughter, Mrs. E. J. Mathews, and after that date he resided upon a
farm at Grandview with the same daughter to the time of his death, which
occurred October 27, 1916. He had long survived his wife, who died in 1895. They
were the parents of a large family of twelve children, six of whom are yet
living.

Edward J. Bryant is the youngest of his family. He was but a young lad when his
parents came to Washington and his education was acquired in the public schools
of Roslyn and of Ellensburg. He afterward took up the profession of teaching,
which he followed for two years, after which he became accountant for the
Northwest Improvement Company of Roslyn. In 1906 he removed to Yakima, where he
entered the real estate business on his own account and has since been active in
this field, gaining a large clientage as the years have passed. He has
negotiated many important property transfers and his sales have been
satisfactory to his clients and at the same time have brought to him a
substantial reward for his labors. He handles all kinds of property, 

Mr. Bryant was married in 1901 to Miss Leona Latimer, of including city real
estate and ranch lands, and there is no one more thoroughly familiar with realty
values in this section. Ellensburg, and to them has been born a son, Richard
Milton, who was five years of age on the 21st of August, 1918. Mr. Bryant
belongs to Roslyn Lodge, No. 52, F. & A. M., and also to the Elks lodge of
Yakima. In politics he is a republican and a warm admirer and supporter of
Roosevelt. His position upon any vital question is never an equivocal one. He
stands loyally for what he believes to be for the best interests of the
individual and the community at large and he has cooperated with many movements
which have been of the greatest value to the district in which he now makes his
home.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.