History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana From the
Earliest Time to the Present; Together with Interesting Biographical
Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc.  Chicago, Goodspeed Bros., & Co.,
Publishers, 1884. Weston A. Goodspeed, Leroy C. Goodspeed, Charles L.
Goodspeed. Unknown County.

DR. SAMUEL RYAN is a native of Floyd County, Ind., and was born May 3,
1829, a son of Wilson and Rebecca (Taylor) Ryan.  His father was a native
of Kentucky, and was born in 1807, and while a young man, moved to
Corydon, Ind. He was a local preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
Later in life he moved to Missouri, where his death occurred in 1846. 
Miss Rebecca Taylor was born in Floyd County, in 1811, and when about
sixteen was married to Wilson Ryan.  Of their three children, only one,
Dr. Ryan, is now living.  Wilson Ryan was three times married and the
father of seven children.  Dr. Samuel Ryan was raised in Greenville, Ind.,
by his father, and in 1846 he went to the Mexican war and remained
fourteen months.  Being too young to enlist as a soldier, he went as a
teamster.  On his return from the war he lived in Missouri for a time with
his parents, and it was then he began the study of medicine.  This he
continued for six months, then moved to Harrison County, Ind., and for
about four years did a mercantile trade.  He continued the study of
medicine after this with Dr. John S. Ducate at Fredericksburg, Ind., and
attended lectures in the Ecletcic Medical College at Cincinnati, and in
the Central College of Physicians and Surgeons at Indianapolis.  He has
practiced his profession for twenty-six years, most of the time at French
Lick Springs, Orange County, Indiana, where he has an extensive and
lucrative practice.  Miss Amelia D. Hancock, of Harrison County, Ind.,
became his wife in October, 1850.  Of their four children, only William E.
and Anne are now living.  The former is a graduate of medicine, and
associated with his father, in the practice at the Springs.  Dr. Ryan is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and belongs to the Masonic
fraternity.

Ryan Taylor Ducate Hancock
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Floyd-IN MO Harrison-IN OH French_Lick_Springs-Orange-IN

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