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- [S106] Family Info for John Ira Ryan.
- [S115] OBIT unknown paper, RYAN, Mrs. Mary Ann Ryan (nee Otis); n.d.; n.p; copy provided by Geneva (Ryan) Watts (granddaughter of John Ira Ryan) to Norma Grace (Ryan) Weeks (great-grandniece of John Ira Ryan) to Beverly Dozier Johnson (in 1970s).
RYAN, Mrs. Mary Ann Ryan (nee Otis); n.d.; n.p; copy provided by Geneva (Ryan) Watts (granddaughter of John Ira Ryan) to Norma Grace (Ryan) Weeks (great-grandniece of John Ira Ryan) to Beverly Dozier Johnson (in 1970s).
RYAN - Mrs. Mary Ann Ryan (nee Otis) was born in Amite County, Mississippi, July 24, 1827. She joined the M. E. Church, South, at Old Ebenezer Church in Copiah County, Mississippi, at the age of 15; was married to John I. Ryan October 12, 1848, in Copiah County, Mississippi. To this union were born the children. She and her husband same [sic] to Texas in June, 1861, and settled in Angelina County and helped to build the first M. E. Church in the county (Ryan's Chapel), of which she w was a member since 1874 until her death, which occurred December 27, 1907. Her husband died September 24, 1887; also three of her children have preceded her to the home above. She entertained in her home the Texas pioneer preacher, Milton Jones, She has eighty-two grandchildren and twenty-four great-grandchildren, most of whom are in the Church and following her beautiful example. She bore her four weeks of sickness with great patience, and after expressing her desire to go to her heavenly home she passed away in great peace. We laid her body to rest in the old home cemetery. Be true, dear ones, and we shall meet grandma by and by. W. A. POUNDS
This is a photocopy of a newspaper article, but no indication of which paper it was printed in. This is probably from a Diboll or Lufkin, Texas, newspaper, but the newspapers known to exist from those places only date back to 1923; microfilm copies available in the Kurth Memorial Library, Lufkin.
- [S95] CNS 1830 MS Copiah ALL, p. 469 (penned), p. 123 (stamped), Charles Otis; 70.
Charles Otis, one male under 5, one male 30-40; two females under 5, one female 20-30
No slaves
male 30-40 = Charles Otis
female 20-30 = Jeannett (Vick) Otis
female under 5 = Mary Ann (born 1827)
female under 5 = Nancy Andrewmedia (born 1829)
male under 5 = unknown as Charles Jr. was not born until 1832 ?
- [S93] CNS 1850 MS Copiah ALL, p. 282B (stamped), p. 46 (penned), dw./fam. 1110, John J. E. Rians; 8173; digital images; 2 December 2006.
Rians, John J E – M 25 MS
Rians, Mary A – F 24 MS
Charles A M – 10/12 mos. MS
- [S113] CNS 1860 MS Copiah ALL, p. 781B (stamped), p. 99 (penned), dw. 679, fam. 682, Jno. Ryan; 580; digital images; 2 December 2006.
Ryan, Jno – M 34 MS
Ryan, Mary A – F 33 LA
Ryan, Charles A – M 10 MS
Ryan, Jno W – M 9 MS
Ryan, Isaac M – M 6 MS
Ryan, Wm F – M 2 MS
Ryan, Cornelia G – F 1 MS
- [S94] CNS 1870 TX Angelina ALL, Pennington PO; p. 126A (stamped), p. 11 (penned), dw./fam. 63, John Rya; 1573; digital images; 2 December 2006.
Ryan, John – M 47 MS
Ryan, Mrs. Marie – F 43 MS
Ryan, Albert – M 20 MS
Ryan, John – M 19 MS
Ryan, Milton – M 18 MS
Ryan, Franklin – M 13 MS
Ryan, Cornelia – F 11 MS
Ryan, Marie – F 9 MS
Ryan, Thomas – M 8 MS
Ryan, Ann – F 5 TX
Ryan, Emmie – F 1 TX
- [S114] CNS 1880 TX Angelina ALL, ED 8; p. 219A (stamped), p. 13 (penned), dw. [blank], fam. 117, John Ryon; 1289; digital images; 2 December 2006.
Ryon, John – M 55 MS
Ryon, Mary – F wife 52 MS
Ryon, Cornelia – F dau 21 MS
Ryon, Mary – F dau 19 MS
Ryon, Thomas – M son 18 MS
Ryon, Ann – F dau 15 TX
Ryon, Emma – F dau 11 TX
- [S115] OBIT unknown paper, RYAN, Mrs. Mary Ann Ryan (nee Otis); n.d.; n.p; copy provided by Geneva (Ryan) Watts (granddaughter of John Ira Ryan) to Norma Grace (Ryan) Weeks (great-grandniece of John Ira Ryan) to Beverly Dozier Johnson (in 1970s).
RYAN - Mrs. Mary Ann Ryan (nee Otis) was born in Amite County, Mississippi, July 24, 1827. She joined the M. E. Church, South, at Old Ebenezer Church in Copiah County, Mississippi, at the age of 15; was married to John I. Ryan October 12, 1848, in Copiah County, Mississippi. To this union were born the children. She and her husband same [sic] to Texas in June, 1861, and settled in Angelina County and helped to build the first M. E. Church in the county (Ryan's Chapel), of which she w was a member since 1874 until her death, which occurred December 27, 1907. Her husband died September 24, 1887; also three of her children have preceded her to the home above. She entertained in her home the Texas pioneer preacher, Milton Jones, She has eighty-two grandchildren and twenty-four great-grandchildren, most of whom are in the Church and following her beautiful example. She bore her four weeks of sickness with great patience, and after expressing her desire to go to her heavenly home she passed away in great peace. We laid her body to rest in the old home cemetery. Be true, dear ones, and we shall meet grandma by and by. W. A. POUNDS
This is a photocopy of a newspaper article, but no indication of which paper it was printed in. This is probably from a Diboll or Lufkin, Texas, newspaper, but the newspapers known to exist from those places only date back to 1923; microfilm copies available in the Kurth Memorial Library, Lufkin.
Mary Ann (Otis) Ryan died after 1903, but no death record has been found for her. Databases searched for a death record include “Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” FamilySearch.org (http://familysearch.org/: accessed 23 October 2005); “Texas Death indexex, 1903-2000,” FamilySearch.org (http://familysearch.org/: accessed 12 December 2012); and “Texas Deaths and Burials, 1903-1976,” FamilySearch.org (http://familysearch.org/: accessed 12 December 2012). Also searched with negative findings: (a) Index to Death Records, Texas, 1903–1940,Vol. 37, Mosley through Vol. 45, Sanders, microfilm reel #5; and (b) Angelina County,Texas, Probate Minutes Index, 1857–1934, TSLAC microfilm reel 1035035.
- [S111] MS Copiah Marriages MDAH 8172, John Ryan to Mary Ann Otis; 12 October 1848; E:345.
Isaac Ryan signed the $200 bond with John Ryan (both signed with a mark). The ceremony was performed by Thos. Jones JP.
Thomas Jones was married to John Ryan's Aunt Ann Ryan.
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Early Texans DNA Project
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