William Joel Bryan

William Joel Bryan
Born	December 14, 1815 Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri
Died	March 3, 1903
Occupation	Planter
Spouse(s)	Lavinia Perry
Parent(s)	James Bryan Emily Austin Perry
Relatives	Moses Austin Bryan (brother) Guy Morrison Bryan (brother) Stephen Samuel Perry (half-brother) Stephen F. Austin (uncle) Moses Austin (maternal grandfather) Mary Brown Austin (maternal grandmother)

William Joel Bryan (December 14, 1815 – March 3, 1903) was a Texas soldier and planter.

William Joel Bryan was born on December 14, 1815 at Hazel Run in Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri. His father was James Bryan and his mother, Emily Austin Perry. He was the grandson of Moses Austin and Mary Brown Austin. Stephen F. Austin was his uncle. He had two brothers, Moses Austin Bryan and Guy Morrison Bryan, and a half-brother, Stephen Samuel Perry.

He attended school in Potosi, Missouri until 1830. In 1831, his mother (Emily) and stepfather, James Franklin Perry, followed his uncle, Stephen F. Austin, to Texas. They settled in the eastern part of Brazoria County, Texas. In 1832, the family moved to the Peach Point Plantation in Jones Creek, Texas, where Bryan was instructed by a governess and his parents together took care of the plantation, cattle and other such property of Bryan's uncle. (The estate of Stephen F. Austin went in whole to Emily Austin Perry and remained her separate property until she died in 1851.)

Shortly after Texas declared its independence from Mexico in 1835, Bryan took his part in the siege of Bexar at his uncle's side among the Brazoria County Volunteers. He also served with Sam Houston in the retreat of the army across Texas. However, he became ill with the measles shortly before the Battle of San Jacinto.

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