Re: Elijah & Sarah J. Ryan - Iowa
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In reply to:
Elijah & Sarah J. Ryan - Iowa
11/23/99
Elijah's father was Elisha Ryan (be abt 1820 in KY - d abt 1854) who married Rachel Wilcut on 27 November 1844 in Mahaska County, Iowa. She was born abt 1826 in Indiana and died in Mills County, Iowa, in 1893. Her parents were Elijah Wilcut (b 1796 in KY) and Sarah (b 1799 PA). They lived in Knoxville, Marion County, Iowa during the 1850s.
Sarah's father was James R. Way, who was living next door to them in Hillsdale in the 1885 state census (online at the USGenweb site for Mills County). His wife was Margaret Howard.