↑ Affidavits of Columbus Ryan, Lydia M. Fergus, and Belle M. Newhouse included with Application for Delayed Certificate of Birth of Nellie Virginia Conaway, signed originals in possession of Jeffrey L. Haines. Ryan was Nellie’s (half) brother, and the two women identified themselves as first cousins of Nellie (both were daughters of Nellie's aunt, Frances Vandyne Marsh).
↑ West Virginia State Department of Health, death certificate no. 14142 (1933), Sarah Jane Ryan, 24 November 1933; digital image, West Virginia Archives and History (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1435484&Type=Death : accessed February 2015). Also, Marshall County, West Virginia, Death Register 3: 225, FHL microfilm no. 0853801.
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Feb,1865 md. to Robert Long 25 Mar,1888 Wetzel Co,WV. You are showing she md. a Mr. RYAN ??
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