Biography of Ausphera W. Bryant

Memorial record of Alabama

Ausphera W. Bryant, born in 1827, was a successful planter and Confederate veteran from Baldwin County, Alabama. Starting as a general merchandise clerk, he eventually owned 1,900 acres of agricultural and timber lands. He married Virginia Steadham in 1858 and fathered eleven children. His father, William P. Bryant, was a merchant originally from North Carolina. After the death of Ausphera’s mother, Margaret Weekley, his father’s second wife was Edward Robinson, his initial employer. The Bryants are a significant example of Alabama’s early pioneer families.