Census of 1900 - Chester H. Bryan, Houston, Harris County, age 20, born January 1880 in Texas, son of Louis and Bettie Bryan, brother of Lula F. Bryan.
Census of 1920 - Chester H. Bryan, Houston, Harris County, age 38, attorney, living with brother Louis Bryan and sister-in-law Nellie H. Bryan and sister Lula D. Rauband.
Census of 1930 - Chester H. Bryan, Houston, Harris County, age 50, bank president, brother of Lula B. Rambaud.
Census of 1940 - Chester H. Bryan, Houston, Harris County, age 60, brother of Lula Rambaud.
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Chester Hilyard Bryan, birth date 1/13/1880 in Houston; death date 1/23/1946 in Houston, Harris County; retired attorney (judge).
FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Chester H. Bryan, burial in Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, with mother Bettie Hillyard Bryan and father Louis A. Bryan, Bryan family plot. Photo, Chester Hilyard Bryan.
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Biographical sketch and photo, Chester Hillyard Bryan, pp. 61, 81. Lawyer, Member of the Legislature, and County Judge of Harris County, born in Houston 1/13/1880. "He was elected Member of the 29th Legislature, but since 1916 has held office as County Judge of Harris County." Rice Digital Scholarship Archive.
Houston and South Texas: A Newspaper Reference Work 1921.
Obituary and photo, "Judge Bryan, City, County Leader, Dies," 1/24/1946, section A, pp. 1, 3. Courtesy Houston Public Library.
Houston Chronicle .
Death notice, "Houston Leader Is Claimed by Death," 1/25/1946, p. 13. Ex-County Judge Chester Bryan "instituted the first county circulating library in Texas."
Lubbock Morning Avalanche .