J. L. RYAN
                Lake Charles, Calcasieu Par., LA



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Source: Southwest Louisiana Historical and Biographical by William Henry Perrin
published in 1891; page 184.
Typed by Margaret Rentrop Moore


J. L. RYAN, Lake Charles.-J. L. Ryan, a prosperous planter of the third ward, is
a native of Calcasieu parish, born December 24, 1842. He is the son of Jacob and
Rebecca (Bilbo) Ryan, of whom a sketch appears in this work.
Our subject is one of a family of twelve children, eight of whom are now living.
He was reared and educated in Calcasieu parish, and at the beginning of the war
enlisted in Company K, Tenth Louisiana Regiment, serving during
its whole duration. He participated in the Seven Days' Fight around Richmond,
Malvern Hill, Cedar Mountain, and second Manassas; at the last named place he
was wounded, and returned home on a furlough. Returning, in 1863, to Shreveport,
he enlisted in the Second Louisiana Cavalry, in which command he was at the
close of the war. After the war he engaged in saw-milling and followed it for
fourteen years, since which time he has been a farmer. He has a good farm, and
it is well improved, beside owning considerable timber lands. Mr. Ryan is a
member of the Farmers' Alliance. He served for a term succeeding 1874 as a
police juror from his ward.  Mr. Ryan was married, in 1870, to Miss Mary L.
Sallier, a native of Louisiana. They are the parents of nine children, one son
and eight daughters, viz: Josette, Rosalee, wife of Martin Leblue ; J L.,
Catherine, Laura, Maud, Mabel, Estella, Ann.