Brief Life History of John Calvin
When John Calvin Ryals was born on 26 October 1854, in Montgomery, Georgia, United States, his father, William Ryals, was 55 and his mother, Charlotte Clark, was 44. He married Roxie Ann Rebbeca Coleman on 22 August 1875, in Dodge, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in District 349, Dodge, Georgia, United States in 1880 and District 1130, Coffee, Georgia, United States in 1900. He died on 3 September 1912, in Georgia, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Douglas, Coffee, Georgia, United States.
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- John Ryalls, "United States Census, 1880"
- John Ryalls, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- John Calvin Ryals, "Find A Grave Index"
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1855
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Coffee, Georgia, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): variant of Ryles . Compare Royals , with which it may have been confused. This surname is now rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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