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Ryals, Garland Mitchell

farmer, legislator, was born May 27, 1839, in.

Cumberland county, Va. During the civil war he was color bearer of his company; became second sergeant, and was finally promoted to captain and major of cavalry, and served on the staffs of Lee, Stuart and Hampton. After the war he engaged in merchandising, railroading and farming; and in 1869 moved to Savannah, Ga. In 1875 he was connected with a cotton farm, and since 1880 has pursued truck farming.

In 1890 he served with distinction as a member of the Georgia state legislature.

He is vice-president of the Farmers' National congress, and has filled various other public offices of trust.

RYAN, ABRAM JOSEPH-Father Ryan -clergyman, poet, was born Aug. 15, 1839, in Norfolk, Va. He was a Roman catholic priest and verse-writer of the south whose verse has been much over-praised in some quarters. He was the author of Poems, Patriotic, Religious, and Miscellaneous; The Conquered Banner, and Other Poems; and A Crown for Our Queen. died April 22, 1886, in Louisville, Ky.

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