Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Ries, Myron 1842 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

MYRON RIES. One of the most successful farmers of this locality is he whose name
appears above. He devotes himself to general farming, paying special attention
to stock-raising. His place is on sections 21 and 22, Atlas Township, Genesee
County, of which he is also a native, having been born here July 31, 1842. He is
a son of Andrew and Mary (Liscomb) Ries. His parents were natives of New York
State. Our subject's father came with his family to this State and locality in
1836, settling first south of Goodrich in the woods that were an almost
impenetrable wilderness. Their first home was a log cabin, and there the family
lived for a number of years. He was the father of seven children, four of whom
are living at the present time. They are Perry, Henry, Myron and Drew. The head
of the family was a Republican in politics. His decease occurred June 9, 1890.
He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, and a public-spirited and
enterprising settler of that early day. His wife and our subject's mother was
called away several years before him. In their death the township lost one of
its earliest pioneer settlers.

  Myron Ries, our subject, has been reared to manhood amid scenes of typical
pioneer life. It was not an unusual thing for him to plow up the new ground with
two, three and even four yoke of cattle, and the work of hewing and burning out
stumps occupied all spare days that could possibly be made. He received his
education in the district schools of Atlas Township, but has supplemented his
limited early advantages by much independent effort in study and reading.

  Our subject was first married December 20, 1868, to Miss Lucinda F. Parker, a
native of Michigan. This lady bore him three children, two of whom are
living—Carrie L. and Ray M. His wife died April 4, 1876. He married his present
wife September 2, 1879. She was Miss Mary M. Ward, a native of Jefferson County,
N. Y., and was born December 25, 1852. She is a daughter of William and
Elizabeth A. Ward, the former of whom is deceased; the latter makes her
residence with her daughter and our subject.

  Mrs. Ries' father was a native of England and the mother of Canada. The father
emigrated to America when twenty-three years of age, and lived in Canada for a
number of years. He subsequently removed to Jefferson County, N. Y., and finally
settled in Tuscola County, Mich., during the late Civil War, and there died July
18, 1882. Mrs. Ries' parents had eight children, four of whom survive. They are
John who lives in Tuscola County; the wife of our subject, and William R., also
a resident of Tuscola County, and James E. By their union Mr. and Mrs. Ries have
become the parents of two sons—Drew W. and Ward H.

  Our subject remained at home until twenty-six years of age when he struck out
for himself and purchased a farm upon which he is at present located. Here he
owns one hundred and sixty acres of land, which has been put in shape by
himself. In their church relations Mrs. Ries is a member of the Free Will
Baptist Church, and botli are active and elevating members of society. He is a
Republican in politics and a man who has a great desire to see a purer state of
Government and society. He is a member of the Board of Review of Atlas Township.
Socially he is identified with the Knights of the Maccabees, as is also his wife.


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Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892

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