Margaret (Strong) Ryan (1818 - 1879)

Born 13 Feb 1818 in Columbiana, Ohio, United States

Wife of Charles Ryan — married 8 Oct 1835 in Rushville, Schuyler, Illinois, United States

Descendants

Died 15 Dec 1879 at age 61 in Buena Vista Township, Schuyler, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Born 13 FEB 1818. Columbiana County, Ohio. Note: aged under 10 on 1820 census and aged 10-15 on 1830 census; calculated from age at death on tombstone.

Her marriage from the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index: RYAN, CHARLES STRONG, MARGRETT 1835-10-08 001 0037 00000308 SCHUYLER

The Schuyler Co. Jail Museum has a copy of the marriage license for Charles Rian to Miss Magarett Strong for which George Strong, father of said Margaritt gave consent, dated 7 Oct 1835.

Died 15 DEC 1879. Buenavista Twp, Schuyler County, Illinois. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Census

1850 Buena Vista Twp, Schuyler County, Illinois. ^[4]

Charles Ryan M 40 Ohio

Margaret Ryan F 33 Ohio

John Ryan M 14 Illinois

George Ryan M 13 Illinois

Katharine Ryan F 9 Illinois

Louisa Ryan F 7 Illinois

Charles Ryan M 5 Illinois

Thomas Ryan M 4 Illinois

1860 Buena Vista Twp, Schuyler County, Illinois. ^[5]

Charles Ryan M 50 O

Margaret Ryan F 42 O

Louisa Ryan F 18 Ills

Charles Ryan M 17 Ills

Thomas Ryan M 14 Ills

Wm M Ryan M 9 Ills

Margaret E Ryan F 4 Ills

1870 Buena Vista Twp, Schuyler County, Illinois. ^[6]

Charles Ryan M 60 Ohio

Margret Ryan F 53 Ills

William Ryan M 19 Ills

Margret E. Ryan F 15 Ills

Julious Shields M 18 Ills farmhand

1880 Buena Vista Twp, Schuyler County, Illinois. ^[7]

Charles Ryan M 70 Wd hd OH VA VA

Ellen Stodgel F 25 M d IL OH OH

Martha Young F 15 S gd IL Ire IL

Buried Hughes Cemetery Erwin, Schuyler County, Illinois, USA https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171100289/margaret-ryan

Here is a biography of one of their sons from Biographical Review of Cass, Schuyler and Brown Counties, Illinois , Biographical Review Publishing Co., Chicago, 1892, pages 249-250. (Copyright 1999-2006 Judi Gilker; all rights reserved. For personal use only. Commercial use of the information contained in these pages is strictly prohibited without prior permission. If copied, this copyright must appear with the information.) found on the Schuyler County Genweb: THOMAS RYAN, Supervisor of Buena Vista township, resides on section 20, Schuyler county, Illinois. He was born October 20, 1845, and raised in this county. His parents were Charles and Margaret (Strong) Ryan. His father was born in Ohio, but removed with his parents to Frederick, Illinois, where he married, and settled in Buena Vista township in 1833. He was a brickmaker, and burnt the first brick ever made in Rushville. He also worked at the shoemaker's trade. He finally located on land in section 21, where he improved this farm of 120 acres, besides which he owned 320 acres more. He erected good substantial buildings on this place and otherwise improved and cultivated the land. Here he resided until the time of his death, which occurred January 9, 1891. His wife, mother of our subject, died December 16, 1879. They had eight children, five sons and three daughters: John, deceased; George, now residing in Texas (Grapevine); Catharine, wife of Thomas Armstrong; Louisa, wife of Alexander Young; Charles, deceased; Thomas, the subject of our sketch; William; and Margaret E., wife of Thomas Stoughel. The subject of our sketch was reared on the home farm, and received his education at the country schools of that district, residing at home until he was twenty-three years of age. In 1868, he was married to Ellen Shields, daughter of Joshua and Julia (Futler) Shields. She was born in Ohio, June 16, 1847. Her parents were natives of Pennsylvania and New York, who came to Illinois in 1857, locating in Rushville. Mr. Shields served in the late civil war, being a member of the One Hundred and Nineteenth Regiment, and died while in the army. His wife, mother of Mrs. Ryan, is still living, in Canton, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Ryan have had twelve children, eight of whom are living, the latter being Martin, Josie, Homer, Minnie, Herman, Clarence, Lula and Lena, the last two being twins. Mr. Ryan is one of the most successful farmers of the county, owning 160 acres of highly improved andcultivated land, devoted to mixed husbandry. He has a comfortable home and large barns for his grain and stock, besides other modern improvements. Politically, he affiliates with the Democratic party, and has been honored by his constituents by being elected to the office of Supervisor of his township. He is a respected member of the community on account of his many admirable traits of character ,and has the good will of a large circle of acquaintances.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S5 from the Rushville Times of 19 Dec 1879: Ryan, Mrs. Died on Monday the 15th inst., at the residence of her husband in Buenavista township of dropsy, Mrs. Charles Ryan.
2. ↑ Source: #S9 from the Illinois Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 at familysearch.org: Name: Margeret Ryan Event Type: Death Event Date: Dec 1879 Event Place: Illinois, United States Event Place (Original): Illinois, United States Residence Place: Buena Vista, Schuyler Sex: Female Age: 61 Race: White Birth Year (Estimated): 1819 Birthplace: Ohio from the image: married, father b. Ireland, mother b. Wales, cause = dropsy, lived in this county 46 yrs
3. ↑ Source: #S39 tombstone inscription:

   Margaret

   wife of

   C. Ryan, Sr.

   died

   Dec. 15, 1879

   aged

   61 yrs, 10 mo's

   2 days

4. ↑ Source: #S9 Household ID: 95 , Line Number: 12 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: M432 , Affiliate Film Number: 128 , GS Film Number: 442916 , Digital Folder Number: 004181045 , Image Number: 00182
5. ↑ Source: #S9 p. 134, taken July 12th, Household ID: 901 , GS Film Number: 803228 , Digital Folder Number: 004214995 , Image Number: 00138
6. ↑ Source: #S9 Roll: 276  Page: 77
7. ↑ Source: #S9 Roll: 250  Page: 374

• Source: S5 newspaper
• Source: S39 findagrave.com
• Source: S9 census

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Eowyn Langholf for creating WikiTree profile Strong-1767 through the import of Smith_Schooley.ged on Jun 29, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Eowyn and others.