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Robert Wellington Ryan is a native of Virginia, born in Montgomery county,
April 26, 1851, a son of William Corthen Ryan and Aphelia Frances (Vancestavern) Ryan. His father is an honored
resident in this county; his mother died November 18, 1882. Caroline Miller was born in Boone county, (now)
West Virginia, April 14, 1854, and is a daughter of Daniel and Nancy (Tunley) Miller. In Boone county, March
19, 1873, Robert W. Ryan and Caroline Miller were united in marriage, and the children of their union are two
living, two deceased: Mary Ettie, born January 1, 1876, died May 1878; William E., December 25, 1878, died
February 13, 1879; Dora Alice, born July 24, 1875; Daisie, October 29, 1881. Robert W. Ryan owns 175 acres on
Big Horse creek, and cultivates about 40 acres, having the rest in timber. Coal, black band iron ore and
building stone is found everywhere in the land. He lives on his farm, and has another tract of land in Boone
county, which is in timber and abounds in coal and iron ore. He may be addressed at Gniffithsville, Lincoln
county, West Virginia.
Extracted from West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, a reprint of Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia Lincoln County, WV, Biographies List, 1884.