Mercer County PA Archives Obituaries.....Ryan, John, native of Mercer Co, September 23, 1932
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  Preston Times, Sep. 29, 1932
  Preston Times, September 29, 1932
  
  John Ryan
  
  John Ryan, 74, died at 3:15 p.m., Sunday in the home of his son, Morris Ryan, 
  641 Sixth Avenue South, Clinton, [IA] having succumbed to hardening of the 
  arteries. Funeral services were held Friday in the home and burial in the 
  Preston Cemetery.
  
  Mr. Ryan was born in New Wilmington, Mercer County, Pennsylvania, October 15, 
  1857, the son of Patrick and Mary Delaney Ryan. There were thirteen children 
  in the family. He was married to Ellen Cain in 1891. To them were born three 
  children, Lewis of Green Island, Celia, who died in 1918 and Morris of 
  Clinton. Mrs. Ryan died thirty-six years ago. In 1908 he married Mrs. Mayme 
  Peters. He leaves his widow, his sons, a stepson, Vance Peters of 
  Spragueville, a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith of Seattle and a grandchild, 
  Marion Martin of Dyersville.
  
  When three years of age he came in a covered wagon to Jackson County, his 
  parents taking six weeks to cross the plains from Pennsylvania to Iowa. He 
  lived on the same farm until eight years ago when he moved to Maquoketa. Since 
  March 1 he had made his home with his son, Morris, in Clinton.
  
  
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