David
Thomas
(Thomas)
Ryan
Born in Campbell, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Drewry Ryan
and Sena Ann (Walker) Ryan
Brother of
Marcus Ryan, John C. Ryan, Martha Jane (Ryan) Hays, Elizabeth (Ryan) Hays, Joseph Ryan, William Milton Ryan, Larkin Ryan, Dorcas Ryan, Drewry Ryan, Sena Ann (Ryan) Eyler, Calvin Ryan, Rachel Ryan, Sally Ann Ryan and Alice Melinda Ryan
Husband of
Emily K. (Stephens) Ryan
— married
12 Apr 1857 in Whitley, Kentucky, United States
Husband of
Mary (Randall) Ryan
— married
1879 in Wright, Missouri, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Samuel Ryan, Elizabeth Jane (Ryan) Adamson, Senah A. Ryan, William Thomas Ryan, Mary Ryan, Rachel Etta (Ryan) Benton, Drewry Ryan, Calvin Ryan, Allie Malinda Ryan, Lucinda Ryan and James Ryan
Died
at age 51
in Wright, Missouri, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 27 Apr 2014
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Biography
David Thomas Ryan was born on September 29, 1836, in Campbell, Tennessee, to Drewry Ryan and Sena Anne Walker.
Thomas Ryan married Emily K. Stephens on April 12, 1857.
The family can be found on the 1860 U.S. Census for Marsh Creek, Whitley, Kentucky. Thos. Ryon is listed as a 23-year-old white male, born in Tennessee in about 1837. His wife, Emily C. Ryon, is listed as a 20-year-old female born in Tennessee. Two children are listed: Samuel Ryon, male, 2 yrs, born in Kentucky, and Betty J. Ryon, an infant, born in Kentucky. (Spelling from the census translation has been left intact for this paragraph).
The 1880 U.S. Census for Gasconade, Wright, Missouri, records a large family in the Ryan household. Thomas Ryan, the 43-year-old head of household is listed as white, married, and a self-employed blacksmith who was born in Tennessee. It further states that his father was born in Tennessee while his mother was born in Kentucky. His first wife, Emily Stephens, died in 1876. Mary Ryan is listed as his wife; she is 41 yrs, born in Tennessee. His children with Emily are listed: Samuel Ryan, son, 21 yrs; born Tennessee; Elizabeth Ryan (nicknamed Betty), daughter, 19 yrs, born Kentucky; Senah A. Ryan, daughter, 18, born Kentucky; William Ryan, 15 yrs, born Kentucky; Mary Ryan, daughter, 13 yrs, born Kentucky; Rachel Ryan, daughter, 11 yrs, born Kentucky; Dnora Ryan (Drewry, probably a mistranslation), son, 9 yrs; born Missouri; Calvin, son, 8 yrs, born Missouri; and Alla M. Ryan, daughter, 4 yrs, born Missouri. Mary Ryan's daughter is listed next: Lucinda Ryan, 1 yr, born Missouri. Several step-children are listed next: William Shelton, step-son, 19 yrs; Martha Ghan, step-daughter, 15 yrs; Dorcas Ghan, step-daughter, 13 yrs; Sarah A. Ghan, step-daughter, 12 yrs; John Ghan, step-son, 10 yrs; Ada Ghan, step-daughter, 8 yrs; all born in Missouri.
David Thomas Ryan died on September 4, 1888, in Wright County, Missouri. He is buried in Wolf Creek Primitive Baptist Cemetery in Wright County, Missouri.
Sources
- United States Census, 1860, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBK-BT4 : 30 December 2015), Thos Ryon, 1860.
- United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6NV-G4X : 14 July 2016), Thomas Ryan, Gasconade, Wright, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 142, sheet 535A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0741; FHL microfilm 1,254,741.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Sharon Cobb 
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch SK8130465 [compare], Ancestry member sharonrosecobb
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~3.12%
Christine (Carkin) Giles :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T387772 [compare], yourDNAportal PAT66594261, FTDNA kit #855018
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~1.56%
Donna (Wilson) Dominguez :
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
Dondra Kelsay :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A208627 [compare], Ancestry member dondrareyes
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch A208627 [compare], FTDNA kit #B335616
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch A208627 [compare]
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Living DNA, GEDmatch A208627 [compare]
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~0.78%
Thomas Johnson :
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HX8783302 [compare], Ancestry member SynergisticShift
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch AN3955204 [compare], FTDNA kit #B904755
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~0.78%
Brenda Goins :
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T. Stewart
Ryan-7077 and Ryan-3376 appear to represent the same person because: Same dates and locattions of birth and death. The father is in the process of being merged.
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