Leonard E. Bryan was born February 21, 1899 to parents Julian O. Bryan and Isie L Roas.Bryan.  At the age of one according to the 1900 Census the famil was living in Shelby County, Texas.  Leonard graduated from Timpson High School in 1916.  The 1920 Census shows Leonard working as clerk and living in a borading house.   He served in the Navy it appears during WWI as a hospitalman apprentice.   Leonard lived around the Beaumont  Leonard was married to Jane Reed Bryan.  (1914-1977).  At some point he worked as an auto salesman in the Beaumont area.  Leonard died on February 12, 1964 in Beaumont, Texas and was laid to rest in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Beaumont.