Dodge County GaArchives Biographies.....Ryals, William A. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 December 29, 2004, 5:46 pm Author: MRS. WILTON PHILIP COBB The Ryals Family. William A. Ryals was a Revolutionary soldier from North Carolina. His wife was a Miss McDonald, and they were the parents of: Joe, who married a Miss Connor; Jack, who married Maria Connor; Maria, who married a Connor and was the mother of J. J. Connor, former Commissioner of Agriculture of Georgia; Tom, who married a Miss Burch, sister to R. F. Burch, Sr.; David; Jim, who married Beckie Yarbrough. Jim, son of William A., who married a Beckie Yarbrough, was the father of Annie, who married Capt. John McCranie; Beckie Ann, who married Peter Bowen; Ellen, who married Richard Dowdy; Edie, who married John Barron; Jim, Jr., who married a Miss Gladden; Add, who married a Miss Barron. Tom, son of William A., and his wife, a Miss Burch, were the parents of: Nathan, who married a Miss Gladden; Orrian, who married a Miss Dunn; one daughter who married John Buchannan; another daughter who married a Clements; and a son, Hamilton. Jack, son of William A,, married Maria Connor, and they were the parents of: William; Wilson; John J.; Dr. James; Joe; Bryant; Dr. Henry; Lawrence A.; Edith, who married Billie Daniel; Maria, who married Dan Curry; Mary, who married John W. Me Arthur; Lizzie, who married a Morrison; one daughter married a Gray; and one married another McArthur. David, son of William A., was a Baptist preacher. He settled near Hopewell church, not far from the Ocmulgee River. His children were: John, who married Katie McIntyre; William, who married Martha Noweling; and a daughter who married Barney Barron. John, son of David, married Katie Mclntyre, and they were the parents of: Jack, who was a Confederate soldier and died soon after the war; William and Thomas, who were also Confederate soldiers; Baldy, who married a Miss Sapp; Jim, who married Mollie Campbell; Mary, who married a Hunter; George, who married, first, a Miss Swymer, and second, a Miss Martin, and third, a Miss McDuffie; William Thomas, who married Nettie McLeod; Emma, who married, first, a Hamilton, second, a Phillips, and third, a Cooper; Daniel, who married Celia Reaves. William, son of David, who was a son of William A., married Martha Noweling, and they were the parents of: David, who married Gallic Studstill; and Mary Jane, who married J. B. Studstill. William Thomas, son of John, who was son of David, married Nettie McLeod, and their children were: Kathleen, who married Emmett Carr; George, who married Essie Yancey; John B.; Carrie Mae, who married Willie Studstill; Omie; Tom. James, son of John, who was son of David, married Mollie Campbell, and they were the parents of: W. C.; Archie; Alice, who married a Walker; John, who married a Finlayson. Baldy, son of John, who was son of David, married a Miss Sapp, and they were the parents of: John, who married Beckie Reaves; Sallie, who married Dick Bowen; Gordon, who married a Bohannon; Mattie, who married a Ford; Emma, who married a Campbell; Tiney. Mary, daughter of John, who was son of David, married a Hunter, and they were the parents of: Joe; Mollie; Emma. John J., who was the son of Jack Ryals and his wife Maria Connor, married Sallie Willcox, and they were the parents of: Maria, who married Andrew Jackson McCranie; Mollie, who married Dr. John K. Maloy; John Edith, who married Calvin Brown. Mollie, daughter of John J. Ryals, married Dr. John K. Maloy, and they were the parents of: John C., who married Leila Williams; Mae, who married T. A. McMillan; Dr. D. W. F. ("Tuck"), who married, first, Carrie Taylor, and second, Clara Bullington; Sallie, who married Walter Royal; Grace, who married Dr. T. J. McMillan. Additional Comments: From: HISTORY OF DODGE COUNTY COPYRIGHT 1932 By MRS. WILTON PHILIP COBB Printed by FOOTE & DAVIES CO., ATLANTA. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/dodge/bios/gbs659ryals.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/gafiles/ File size: 4.4 Kb