Amy Johnson Crow of No Story To Small has started a challenge of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks.
From her blog “The challenge: have one blog post each week devoted to a specific ancestor. It could be a story, a biography, a photograph, an outline of a research problem — anything that focuses on one ancestor. Not only should this get me blogging more, but also to take a deeper look at some of the people in my family tree.”
The focus of my blog post today is Mary Ann Sellers Ryan.
Before this past week very little research had taken place on Mary Sellers. What was known about Mary was documents in a book entitled “Some Descendants of Hardy Sellers of Chesterfield County, SC” on page 8.
Mary Ann Sellers was born on 3 Mar 1818 in Chesterfield County, South Carolina.1 2 3 She was a daughter of Abraham Sellers and Ada Norwood. She died on 3 Nov 1869 at the age of 51 in Pittsboro, Calhoun, Mississippi.4 5
Mary Ann Sellers and Joseph Spencer Ryan were married on 15 Dec 1836 in Wilcox County, Alabama.6
Joseph Spencer Ryan was born on 1 Aug 1808 in South Carolina. He appeared in the 1850-1880 census for Mississippi.7 8 9 Joseph died on 8 Jun 1884 at the age of 75 in Pittsboro, Calhoun, Mississippi.
Joseph Spencer Ryan and Mary Ann Sellers had the following children:
i. Zachariah Jesse Ryan was born in 1838.
ii. Mary Ryan was born in 1839. She died before 1860 at the age of 21.
iii. Sarah Dorothy Ryan, born 1841; married Robert H. Crutherds.
iv. Hosea E. Ryan was born in 1847. He died in 1881 at the age of 34.
v. John Warren Spencer Ryan was born in 1850. He died in 1919 at the age of 69.
vi. Joseph Abraham Ryan was born in 1853. He died in 1919 at the age of 66.
vii. Samuel F. Ryan was born in 1856. He died in 1913 at the age of 57.
viii. Margaret Ryan was born in 1860.
ix. Bettie Ryan, born 16 Nov 1859, Mississippi, United States; married Theophelus Pulliam Gibbs; died 2 Aug 1952, Guadalupe County, Texas, United States.
There’s still a lot of research to be done with this couple and their children and I‘m looking forward to finding out more about my cousins.
Mary Ann Sellers Ryan is my 1st cousin 5 times removed.
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1. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 September 2014); Memorial page for Mart Ann Sellers Ryan; (3 March 1818–3 November 1869); Find a Grave memorial # 26649610, Citing Pittsboro Cemetery; Pittsboro, Calhoun County, Mississippi, USA.
2. 1850, Yalobusha County, Mississippi, population schedule, North of the Yalobusha River, Yalobusha County, Mississippi, Page: 449A(stamped); Line 9, Dwelling 1034, Family 1034, Household of J. S. RYAN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 23 September 2014); citing Roll M432_382.
3. 1860 U. S. Census, Calhoun County, Mississippi, population schedule, Calhoun County, Mississippi, Page: 731/192 (penciled), Line 14, Dwelling 1332, Family 1348, Household of Joseph S. RYAN; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 23 September 2014); citing NARA publication Roll: M653_578.
4. 1870 U. S. Census Mortality Schedule, Calhoun County, Mississippi, mortality schedule, Calhoun County, Mississippi, Mary A. Ryan; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 12 September 2014); citing National Archives Microfilm.
5. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database, "Record, Mart Ann Sellers Ryan (3 March 1818–3 November 1869), Memorial # 26649610.
6. Alabama "Alabama, Select Marriages, 1816-1957," marriage database, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 23 September 2014), Mary Ann Sellers and Joseph S. Ryan, married 15 Dec. 1836.
7. 1850, Yalobusha County, Mississippi, population schedule, North of the Yallobusha River, Yalobusha County, Mississippi, Page: 449A(stamped); Line 9, Dwelling 1034, Family 1034, Household of J. S. RYAN.
8. 1860 U. S. Census, Calhoun County, Mississippi, population schedule, Calhoun County, Mississippi, Page: 731/192 (penciled), Line 14, Dwelling 1332, Family 1348, Household of Joseph S. RYAN.
9. 1880, Calhoun County, Mississippi, population schedule, Calhoun County, Mississippi, enumeration district (ED) 013, Page: 529C(stamped); Line 41, Dwelling NL, Family NL (near bottom of page), Household of Robt. H. CRUTHERDS; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : viewed 23 September 2014); citing NARA publication T9, Roll: 642.
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