Lander County
M. E. Ryan
Biography
(Transcribed by Andaleen Whitney)
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Nevada Genealogy Trails Lander County M. E. Ryan Biography (Transcribed by Andaleen Whitney) |
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M. E. RYAN, deputy sheriff of Lander county, with residence in Austin, has been a resident of the Silver state since 1864, when he came direct to Austin. He is a native of Utica, New York, where he was born on the 16th of August, 1852, and is of Irish ancestry. His father, Bartholomew W. Ryan, was born in county Cork, Ireland, but in 1829 emigrated to the United States and took up his abode in New York, where he was engaged in vamious employments until 1864. In that year he crossed the plains to Nevada locating at Austin, which he made his permanent home. Securing a ranch in Reese river valley, he added to his possessions until he became the owner of six hundred and forty acres, which he improved, and there engaged in the stock business. His death occurred in 1897, at the ripe old age of ninety-two years. He had married Miss Mary Manning, also a native of the Emerald Isle, her birth occurring in Tipperary county, and their union was blessed with three sons and a daughter. The son James resides on the old homestead, which he owns in partnership with our subject. The daughter, Mary Jane, married John Cozzens and resides in Weiser, Idaho. John E. died recently in Oregon. The mother of this family was summoned into eternal rest in 1893, and both she and her husband were devout members of the Roman Catholic church. They are buried at Austin. M. E. Ryan received his education in the schools of Oakland, California, and for some years, in addition to assisting with the work on his father's ranch, was engaged in prospecting on his own account. He was the locater of the New Pass mining district in 1886. He developed this property and remained its owner for about six years, when he sold it for twenty thousand dollars. He also went to Tonopah and made several locations there, and is still the owner of a number of gold and silver mining properties which will later be placed upon the market. Mr. Ryan is now devoting a portion of his time to the stock business, and in addition to the old Ryan ranch the brothers own an extensive run for their cattle. In his political affiliations Mr. Ryan has been a life-long Democrat, but during the silver movement worked in favor of the remonetization of silver. For a time he served as the deputy under Sheriff George Watt, and is now deputy sheriff under M. J. Murphy, both of whom are giving the utmost attention to the duties of the office, and since their administration the county has been comparatively free from the criminal element. Mr. Ryan adheres to the faith of his parents, the Catholic, and is not only a good citizen but a very prompt and energetic public official.
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