Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Wellington RYAN III 589,65,590
Birth Date12 Nov 1803591,590
Birth PlaceNelson, York County, Virginia
MemoU.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Death Date8 May 1871 Age: 67
Death PlaceVernon County, Missouri
MemoU.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Burial PlaceDederick, Vernon County, Missouri
MemoU.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
OccupationFarmer
FatherWilliam Wellington RYAN II , 176 (1774-1860)
MotherElizabeth Damron , 177 (1775-1840)
Spouses
Birth Date11 Mar 1811
Birth PlaceTennessee
Death Date7 Oct 1902 Age: 91
Death PlaceVernon County, Missouri
Family ID2535
Marr Date24 Dec 1827590
Marr PlaceJefferson County, Tennessee
Marr MemoTennessee, U.S., Marriage Records, 1780-2002
ChildrenAlfred (1831-1917)
 Jacob A. (1831-1917)
 Thomas (1835-1862)
 Margaret Eunice (1837-1916)
 Henry (ca1840-ca1865)
 Elizabeth “Betsey” Jane (ca1842-ca1864)
 Parthina Elisa (ca1844-ca1871)
 Barbary (ca1846-ca1855)
 Richard (ca1848-)
 Mary R. (ca1855-)
Notes for William Wellington RYAN III
RYAN: Irish: simplified form of Mulryan. Irish: reduced form of O’Ryan, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Riagháin (modern Irish Ó Riain) ‘descendant of Rian’; Ó Maoilriain ‘descendant of Maoilriaghain’, or Ó Ruaidhín ‘descendant of the little red one’. Ryan is one of the commonest surnames in Ireland; there has been considerable confusion with Regan. KaM Americanized spelling of German Rein. EG Source: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press

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lived in Morristown, TN and then later came to Vernon Co, MO60

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appears in 1850 census, 13th dist. “RIANS” Jefferson Co, TN65

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appears in 1860 census, Montevallo Twp, Vernon Co, MO65

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appears in 1870 census591

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appears in 1880 census (Elizabeth as a widow), Virgil Twp, Vernon Co, MO65

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J.B. buried next to William591

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Notes for Elizabeth (Spouse 1)
in later life lived in Vernon Co, MO591

Morgans’ Indian War File links William’s wife Elizabeth as an aunt by marriage to Morgan. This is the main link I have between William and Henry.60

Elizabeth was living 6 miles from Morristown, Jefferson Co, TN when Morgan Ryan came to her home and her husband gave him a horse and Elizabeth made him two sets of clothes. This is when he went into the Indian War.65
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