***Henry Drayton Bryan***
(b. Abt 1860)
South Carolina. Mulatto.
Occupation: teacher
Father's occupation: servant
Mother's occupation: dressmaker
Henry Bryan was born in South Carolina to Anna and William Bryan. His parents lived in Charleston, where his father worked as a servant and his mother as a dressmaker.
Henry appears in university records in the 1876 University of South Carolina catalogue. He is a freshman from Charleston following the modern studies track. The university closed before he finished his degree.
After the closure of the university, he returned to Charleston. After working as a waiter for about a year, Henry worked as a school teacher. He was still teaching in in Charleston in 1890.
Sources
1). Charleston, South Carolina, City Directory, 1877, 1890
2). 1880; Census Place: Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina; Roll: 1222; Page: 176B
Posted 6/26/21