Warren Bryant (banker)

Bryant was born on March 24, 1811, in Woburn, Massachusetts into a family that had lived in New England since the middle of the 16th century. He was a son of Warren Bryant and Esther ( Wright) Bryant. ==Career==

In 1827, he first visited Buffalo on his way to see Niagara Falls, returning to Buffalo to reside permanently in 1832. He went into business as an importer of toys and fancy goods and was joined by his brother George H. Bryant in a store on Main Street near Exchange Street (which he bought in 1847). ==Personal life==

In 1840, Bryant was married to Amelia E. Stebbins (1819–1890) of Oneida County, New York. Together they, were the parents of ten children, including: • Joseph S. Bryant (1854–1924), a banker with Columbia National Bank (which was absorbed by the Marine Trust Company); he married Alice Taft of Whitinsville, Massachusetts. • Mary Steele Bryant (1855–1907), His wife died in North Conway, New Hampshire while visiting there in September 1890. Bryant died at his home, 161 Delaware Avenue in Buffalo, on August 5, 1893. After a funeral at his home led by the Rev. E. E. Chivers of the Prospect Avenue Baptist Church, he was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo. He left an estate worth $80,000 (). To his daughter Mary, he left 179 Main Street; to his son Warren, he left 25 shares of the Bank of Buffalo and 20 shares of Third National Bank of Buffalo; to his son Joseph, he left 60 shares of M&T Bank. ==References==