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Ryland, John Edwin – Ryon, John W

Ryland, John Edwin

lawyer, jurist, was born July 8, 1830, in Fayette, Mo. During 1862-65 he was circuit attorney of the sixth judicial circuit of Missouri, and subsequently he became judge of the criminal court of the fifteenth judicial district of Missouri.

Ryland, William Semple

clergyman, college president, was born June 4, 1836, in Richmond, Va. This eminent clergyman and educator has held chairs in the Female institute of Mississippi; and Lexington Female college of Kentucky, of which he became president. He is professor of natural science in Bethel college of Russellville, Ky., and has been its president since 1889.

Ryon, James

lawyer, legislator, jurist, was born Nov. 13, 1831, in Elkland, Pa. He was admitted to the bar in 1856, and in 1861 was elected to the Pennsylvania state legislature. He was elected president judge of Schuylkill county, and displayed high judicial management in the affairs of the bench.

Ryon, John W

lawyer, congressman, was born March 4, 1825, in Tioga county, Pa. He was district attorney of his native county from 1850 to 1856; and was elected a representative from Pennsylvania to the forty-sixth congress as a democrat.