John Henry Bryant

1825–1903) was a medical doctor in 19th century Los Angeles, California, a mining entrepreneur, and a member of that city's governing body, the Common Council, in 1888–89.

[1][2] In 1895 Bryant's eye was removed in Los Angeles after it was injured in an accident in Yakima Bay, Oregon, when "a small twig that had been bent and flew back" to strike him.

[3] He died April 5, 1903, in Los Angeles from an attack of cerebro embolus and was survived by four sons, Henry L., E.A., W.E.

The company had fourteen copper claims and two mill sites on Dog Creek, about twenty-nine miles northeast of Fresno.

"[11] Bryant, a Democrat,[12] was elected to the Los Angeles Common Council from the city's 3rd Ward on December 3, 1888, and served until February 21, 1889.