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Edgar E. Bryant, also a member of the above mentioned firm [the law firm of Winchester & Bryant], was born in Paris, Miss., December 9, 1861, and is the son of A. A. and Margaret (Stein) Bryant. A. A. Bryant was a native of Virginia, is a physician, and immigrated to Mississippi with his father when a boy. He there married Miss Margaret Stein, and seven children were the result of the union, of whom Edgar E. is the eldest. The paternal grandfather was a native of Virginia, and the paternal great-grandfather was a Scotchman. The maternal grandmother was a Pope. The Pope family located in Westmoreland County, Va., and Pope’s Creek was named after them. A. A. Bryant is still alive, and is now a planter in Mississippi. Margaret Bryant died on Christmas of 1885. Edgar E. Bryant attained his growth in Mississippi, and in 1880 graduated with the degree of A. B., from the University of Mississippi, with the honors of his class. He afterward graduated in law from Vanderbilt University, at Nashville, Tenn., and also graduated in law from the Columbia University, of Washington City, in 1883. In August of the same year he came to Fort Smith, and September 7 became a member of the present firm, having practiced at this place since. He is president of the Young Men’s Democratic Club at Fort Smith, Ark., and is a member of the order of K. of P.