U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryan, Henry H. (1857-1947) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Pages 452 & 455 Henry H. Ryan, born 1857, son of Michael and Mahala (Poling) Ryan, was married March 25, 1879, to Mary C., daughter of Henson H. and Nancy E. (Boyles) Poling. He is a member of the M. P. Church, of the Junior O. U. A. M., is a Democrat, and is employed on public works. He lives at Tacy, at which place he attended school. He is of Irish and German ancestry. On his mother's side his grandparents were Roger (born 1798, died 1878) and Mary Poling (born 1800, died 1888), who lived near Meadowville. William and Rebecca Ryan were his paternal ancestors, living on Teter's Creek, the former dying in 1851, the latter in 1858. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #13701 FULL-NAME: Henry Hider Ryan BIRTH-DATE: December 3, 1857 BIRTH-PLACE: Barbour County DEATH-DATE: October 8, 1947 DEATH-PLACE: Myers Clinic, Philippi, Barbour County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Margaret Boehm) OCCUPATION: Stationary Engineer, Woolen Mill FATHER: Michel D. Ryan (born in Va.) MOTHER: Mahala Poling (born in Barbour County) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Myocardial failure INFORMANT: Kenneth Ryan of Philippi BURIAL: Masonic Cemetery in Philippi ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------