Merced-Mariposa-San Francisco County CA Archives Biographies.....Ryan, James (Jr.) 1878 - 
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Author: John Outcalt (1925)

JAMES RYAN, JR.

   The list of public-spirited and highly respected business men of Merced is
not complete without the name of James Ryan, a member of a large family of
pioneers and a man who took an active part in local affairs. Being a stanch
Republican, he made his influence felt in every movement to promote the welfare
of Merced City and County. He was born on his father's farm in Mariposa County,
on August 8, 1878, a son of James and Louisa (Pate) Ryan. The father came from
New York State in 1859, while yet a boy, and mined for nine years, and then
bought the ranch now known as the Cornett ranch, and farmed to grain. He sold
this ranch and took up what is now known as the Ryan ranch, but moved from it
two years before his death. His sons farmed the ranch up to the time of his
death, in 1921, and it was later sold by the family to Frank Crane. There were
thirteen children in the family, of whom two died young; the others grew to
maturity and eight are now living.

   James Ryan, Jr., attended the Cunningham school, four miles from his home,
and afterwards took a course in the Santa Cruz Business College, at the age of
eighteen. From working on a ranch he went to San Francisco and was employed in a
wholesale store for three years; his next engagement was in a store in Le Grand
for a while. Then until 1918 he was engaged in farming, and afterwards in
prospecting for oil in Fresno and Merced Counties on the West Side. In 1924 Mr.
Ryan became owner of a third-interest in the Lost Pose Eaton gold quartz mine in
Tuolumne County, and at the present time they have struck a ledge assaying from
$100 to $2000 per ton. James Ryan married Miss Eva Holloway of Illinois, but
reared in California, and they have three children, namely: Leonore (Mrs. Phil
Clark), Evelyn, and James. Fraternally Mr. Ryan is an Odd Fellow, and served as
Grand Master of California in 1922; and he is also a member of the Knights of
Pythias, the Native Sons of the Golden West, and Merced Lodge No. 1240, B. P. O.
E. He belongs to the Lions' Club and the Chamber of Commerce in Merced. He is
fond of outdoor life and in his younger days was a baseball player.


Additional Comments:
From:

HISTORY OF
MERCED COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
WITH A
Biographical Review
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been
Identified with Its Growth and Development
from the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
JOHN OUTCALT

ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
1925


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