ALGERNON PORTER "GERNIE" RYLAND 7, (JAMES ROBERT RYLAND 6, PRISCILLA COURTNEY BAGBY 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born April 03, 1879 in Walkerton, King & Queen County, Virginia and died March 10, 1959 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas. He married TOMMIE BREWER, the daughter of NICHOLAS ADAM BREWER and DELILAH ALABAMA WILSON. She was born July 1900 in Lonoke County, Arkansas and died March 1969 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas.

Notes for ALGERNON PORTER "GERNIE" RYLAND:

From Obituary, Pine Bluff Commercial, 11 Mar 1959:

He came to Arkansas in 1900 and was a salesman for a wholesale grocery company. In 1925, he became connected with Fox Brothers Hardware Company as a salesman. He remained with Fox until his retirement in 1946.

Mr. Ryland lived at East Lake near Holly Grove for several years following 1946. He was an enthusiastic fisherman, hunter and sportsman.

Mr. Ryland was married on June 16, 1904, to the former Tommie Brewer. They celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary with an open house for their friends at the Pine Bluff Country Club in 1954.

Mr. Ryland was a member of the First Baptist Church.

During World War I, he was business and assistant secretary of the YMCA at Camp Pike and was cited for outstanding service during the influenza epidemic.

Research submitted by: Major Walter Moncure Ryland, III

More About ALGERNON PORTER "GERNIE" RYLAND: Individual Note: Other sources have shown his nickname as "Journey" — Major Walter Moncure Ryland, III, who knew the man confirmed his nickname was "Gernie".

Children of ALGERNON RYLAND and TOMMIE BREWER are:

1. SAMANTHA "AMY" RYLAND, b. August 13, 1905, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas; d. October 30, 1993, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas.
2. ALGERNON PORTER RYLAND, JR., b. November 12, 1907, Pine Bluff, Arkansas; d. March 12, 1993, Dyersburg, Tennessee.
3. GEORGE BENTLEY RYLAND, b. July 6, 1910, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas; d. October 6, 1989, Pine Bluff, Arkansas; m. MARVIN CARNAHAN, b. March 27, 1911, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky; d. November 24, 2003, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas.
4. THOMAS BAGBY RYLAND, b. November 25, 1912, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas; d. April 5, 1970, Lincoln, Nebraska.
5. SAMUEL PEACHEY RYLAND, b. April 15, 1914, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas; d. About 2002, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.
6. JAMES EDWARD RYLAND, b. June 3, 1917, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas; d. About 2005, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.

 

JAMES "ROBERT" RYLAND, JR. 7, (JAMES ROBERT RYLAND 6, PRISCILLA COURTNEY BAGBY 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born August 03, 1880 in King & Queen County, Virginia and died August 16, 1967 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas. He married VIRGINIA HUDSON. She was born September 13, 1884 in Star City, Lincoln County, Arkansas and died February 25, 1970 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas.

Notes for JAMES "ROBERT" RYLAND, JR.:

RECOLLECTIONS OF MOTHER AND DADDY, by their children.

Daddy was born August 3, 1880, in Walkerton, Virginia, and went to school at Mr. Watson Walker's, about a mile or mile and a half from town, there being no school at Walkerton at that time. His father, James Robert Ryland, died at age 43 in 1891, leaving seven children, four boys and three girls, the youngest, Hugh, seven months old. Daddy was 11, named for his father, and called Robert.

He went to work at 13 at a sawmill owned by Mr. Walker and his brother. Then he and Gordon Walker got a contract to hack barrel staves, trucking them out on a large wheelbarrow. According to him, the only time in his life he ever slighted a job was when they put him to taking the hot staves, just steamed, from the chopper, and he'd find numerous excuses to go for water, or whatever; so they moved him to another spot.

In 1896 he stayed with cousin Willie Gwathmey at 'Canterbury' and made the corn crop, tended stock, and so forth. When he decided to come to Arkansas in 1897, she kissed him goodbye with tears in her eyes, saying "You're going to that swamp country and I'll never see you again."

At age 17 he came to Pine Bluff to work for Fox Brothers Hardware, started about 1882 by Hugh Fox, a cousin from Virginia. Hugh later persuaded his brother Fred, then two other brothers, J. William and Lee, to join him.

In 1902 he went into business for himself with Fred Fox, J. E. Boyce, and Will Fox, calling it Ryland Queensware, handling all kinds of china, pottery, cut glass, toys, etc., but it did not prove profitable. So he went back to Fox Brothers as a salesman, travelling over on the prairie for many years when we were growing up. He later became Vice President, and reluctantly retired at age 77. Many good friends around the territory often kept him overnight and took him hunting or fishing.

In June 1988, at the wedding reception for Elizabeth and Page Walt, Bill Place of the Altzheimer area told Marion that he remembered Daddy's taking him to ball games and one time bringing him a football, when he was a small boy. He was the handicapped son of Ralph Place, a good friend who later took Daddy to University of Arkansas football games in Little Rock when he no longer drove his car.

He was the second child of J. Robert and Nannie Porter Ryland. When circumstances permitted in Pine Bluff, he sent for his mother, her mother, and the other children.

Grandma Porter was the widow of Algernon Chastain Porter, wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, who died three days later in 1863. She gave him her wedding ring, a plain gold band said to have been made from a $50 gold piece, and with it he married Virginia Hudson. In the ring the inscriptions can still be read: "Gernie to Sallie 4-20-54" and "Robert to Virginia 4-6-10." Pictures taken as they left on the train for their honeymoon in Chicago show them to be a handsome couple.

Mother was born in 1884 (one Bible says 1885) in Star City, Arkansas, her mother's home. About 1888 Granddaddy Hudson's father, James Asbury Hudson, asked him to take over the Locust Cottage place to he could move to Florida and retire. So Mother grew up at Locust Cottage. Many tales have been told of the good times had there, the many visitors; how she never liked swimming, from her younger days of being "ducked" in the pond by her brothers and their friends; how she stayed in Pine Bluff with Aunt Mattie and Uncle Crawford while attending Miss Callie Jones's school (as did ten other nieces and nephews); how Crawford had polio as a child but still played football in high school, with the nickname "Crip" on the back of his uniform; and about Bessie's sad death at thirteen, probably of a ruptured appendix.

Daddy loved to hunt, and there were always bird dogs around when we were small. I remember a beautiful Irish setter named Major who loved to ride in the car so much he'd almost run over anyone starting in that direction.

When in the house he could recognized the sound of Daddy's car coming around the corner of 18th and Main and his tail would start wagging. "Too much pet," Daddy said, "No good for hunting."

Once I remember his bringing home a beautifully colored wild turkey -- another time, his leading a small billy goat for Robert down the back hall from the back door, and the look on Mother's face! Later he got a little wagon for the goat to pull, with Robert in the driver's seat. The goat did not remain with us long, as he was a bit hard on clothes on the line, and everything else within reach. Mother and Daddy both liked to garden.

He always had a vegetable garden, and she, flowers of all kinds. Sharing these with friends and neighbors was one of their chief pleasures; well I remember the delicious tomatoes, corn on the cob, okra, beans, lettuce, etc., he brought us after we moved back to Pine Bluff in 1946.

Robert recalls it being his job to change oil in the car, probably an A-model Ford touring car, one Saturday and grease it the next, and how patiently Daddy put up with him, teaching him to do a good job; also, a story of Daddy's travelling on the train early in his salesman days, riding in the engine and carrying a .22 rifle to shoot bullfrogs. When he hit one, the engineer would slow down enough for him to get off, pick it up, and get back on the last car.

Martha remembers how she sometimes went with Mother to Sadler's Grocery at 17th and Main, and now and then was sent there for a loaf of bread or something, always charging it. So one time she bought a toy without permission, and was terribly embarrassed when Mother sent her back to return it.

Daddy taught her to drive out in Graceland Cemetery, and for practice, let her drive him on his rounds one day making calls in the country. After school once she walked in on Nancy trying on an evening coat Mother was making for her Christmas present. That was no secret anymore, so Daddy, knowing how much she wanted a radio of her own, surprised her with one on the big day.

When Martha's son Jim Jarvis was 12, the family came to Pine Bluff for Christmas, being told there would not likely be snow. But a Major Beery seeded the clouds to bring a white Christmas to "all the boys and girls," so Pine Bluff was snowy while Logan, Utah, was not. Martha's husband, Jimmie Jarvis, remembers Mother as "such a lady," and how beautifully Daddy carved the meat or fowl at meals.

Most summers Mother and Daddy drove to Logan to visit the Jarvis', at different times bringing with them Virginia Love and once Martha Williamson.

In 1956 Mother had flown out for the expected arrival of Ben Jarvis, and Daddy brought Nancy and daughters Anne and Martha out, by way of the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone Park, the Painted Desert, and other sights. Mother always liked the Bing cherries and would laughingly say she had thrown their seeds from the car window all the way from Utah to Pine Bluff.

They were there when the big earthquake occurred. Electricity went off, so the Coleman was found and Daddy figured out how to work it so they could make coffee. During the next week of aftershocks, Mother would read about it in the paper and say, "Mr. Ryland, Mr. Ryland, we'd better go home."

When Mother would catch Daddy snoring while resting and listening to a baseball game on the radio, she would turn it off, and he would rouse and insist that he was listening. Sure enough, he could tell you about it, inning by inning.

At home, Mother was often out before breakfast in an old suede jacket and one of Daddy's hats, feeding the birds her Magic Mix -- or in summertime, nightie tucked up, cutting flowers and putting them in water in the aluminum quart measure on the back steps "before it got hot." She always had pretty arrangements in the house.

When the Jarvis' had just moved into the house they built in Logan, with no grass or flowers yet, on her regular walks Mother would chat with Miss Caldwell acorss the street and admire her beautiful garden. Mother could not understand not being offered some of the flowers. She used whatever was available to fix pretty bowls for the house, sometimes the chicory that grew in the field behind their house.

Another family story: When hearing that Robert did not want to go to a party at the big house across from Virginia Johnson's, whom he dated, because he feared being out of place, Mother pepped up his sense of pride and family heritage by telling him he was just as good as anyone who would be there, and probably had a better family background than most.

All remember how Mother could always stretch a meal if unexpected family or friends dropped in, insisting they stay. She could always go to her pantry and fix a beautiful fruit plate to take to someone, or for feeding the extras. And so many told us, "You girls are getting better looking as you grow up, but you'll never be as pretty as your mother."

How thankful we children are to have grown up in such a wonderful, loving, Christian home. From the time he came to Pine Bluff, Daddy was an active member, later a long-time deacon, of First Baptist Church, where his uncle Edwin Ryland (Uncle Ned, as we all knew him) was already a member. His grandfather, Josiah Ryland, had been one of the founding members and a 46-year deacon in Bruington Baptist Church of Walkerton, Virgina. Mother was an interested and active member of First Presbyterian Church and took us children to Sunday School and membership there. We owe much to the nurture of our parents and the Christian home they made for us.

Marion Ryland Love
Nancy Ryland Williamson
J. Robert Ryland, Jr.
Martha Ryland Jarvis

Source: Nancy Ryland Williamson [Ryland Rootsweb Post]

More About JAMES "ROBERT" RYLAND, JR.: Individual Note: The Jr. has been added to differentiate him from his father. He was a Jr., but he never needed to be know as Jr. because his father died when he was very young.

Notes for VIRGINIA HUDSON: Obituary:

Virginia Hudson Ryland, 1884-1970

Mrs. Virginia Hudson Ryland, 84, of 118 West 18th Avenue, died today at Jefferson Hospital. She was the widow of James Robert Ryland.

A native of Star City, she was a daughter of the late Marion A. and Elizabeth Arkinson Hudson. She had lived at Locust Cottage in Jefferson County and attended Miss Callie Jones's Private School and the University of Denver in Colorado.

She was a teacher in Pine Bluff schools for several years.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and was active in the Women of the Church. She was also a member of the Sesame Club and the Pine Bluff chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Survivors include a son, J. Robert Ryland of Birmingham; three daughters, Mrs. W. E. Love of Morrilton, Mrs. C. Frank Williamson of Pine Bluff and Mrs. James A. Jarvis of Logan, Utah; a brother, James A. Hudson of Helena; a sister, Mrs. Ralph Dunning of Dallas; 12 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be Friday. The time will be announced by Ralph Robinson & Son Mortuary.

The family is at the C. Frank Williamson home at 607 West 36th Avenue. The family requests that memorials take the form of contributions to the First Presbyterian Church or any favorite charity.

From the Pine Bluff, Arkansas Commercial, Feb. 26, 1970. Reprinted by permission.

Children of JAMES RYLAND and VIRGINIA HUDSON are:

1. MARION RYLAND, b. December 19, 1910; d. August 17, 1999.
2. NANCY BESS RYLAND, b. July 5, 1916, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas; d. September 14, 2013, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas.
3. JAMES ROBERT RYLAND, III, b. June 12, 1919.
4. MARTHA VIRGINIA RYLAND, b. May 16, 1924, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas.

 

MARY "SUSAN" RYLAND 7, (JAMES ROBERT RYLAND 6, PRISCILLA COURTNEY BAGBY 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born November 19, 1884 in Walkerton, Virginia, King & Queen County and died July 15, 1966 in Bossier City, Louisiana. She married HUNTER CLAY HARLOW June 05, 1909. He was born April 15, 1872 and died December 07, 1936 in Bearden, Quachita County, Arkansas.

Children of MARY RYLAND and HUNTER HARLOW are:

1. JOHN RYLAND [M.D.] HARLOW, b. October 25, 1910, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas; d. February 07, 1948, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.
2. MARY PAGE HARLOW, b. November 2, 1915, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas; d. August 1978, Bossier City, Louisiana.

 

WALTER MONCURE RYLAND, SR. 6, (JAMES ROBERT 5, PRISCILLA COURTNEY BAGBY 4, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 3, RICHARD 2, JOHN 1) was born October 12, 1886 in Walkerton, King & Queen County, Virginia and died February 28, 1976 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas. He married ADA LORINE HART June 28, 1911 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas. She was born February 02, 1890 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas and died August 17, 1970 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas.

Children of WALTER RYLAND and ADA HART are:

1. WALTER MONCURE RYLAND, JR., b. March 29, 1912, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas; d. January 21, 1977, Nacagdoches, Texas.
2. DOROTHY JEAN RYLAND, b. May 19, 1921, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas; d. August 15, 1923, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas. More About DOROTHY JEAN RYLAND: Died of burns as a toddler from playing with matches.
3. ADA LORINE RYLAND, b. November 09, 1924, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas; d. June 15, 1974, Wilmington, Deleware. More About ADA LORINE RYLAND: Degree: PhD from Louisiana State University. Individual Note: Worked on the Manhattan Project, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Longtime research chemist for the DuPont Research Station, Wilmington, Deleware. Published scientific papers in the field of mass spectrometry.

 

LOUISE ALLEN RYLAND 7, (JAMES ROBERT RYLAND 6, PRISCILLA COURTNEY BAGBY 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born October 14, 1888 in Walkerton, King & Queen County, Virginia and died February 14, 1973 in Crossett, Ashley County, Arkansas. She married NOEL CLEVELAND McCAIN, SR. September 14, 1909 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas. He was born July 26, 1887 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas and died October 18, 1955 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas.

More About LOUISE ALLEN RYLAND: Religion: Member of First Baptist Church, Crossett, Arkansas.

Children of LOUISE RYLAND and NOEL McCAIN are:

1 JOSEPH ALLEN McCAIN, b. September 12, 1912, Pine Bluff, Arkansas; d. September 04, 1916, Pine Bluff, Arkansas. More About JOSEPH ALLEN McCAIN: Died from injuries sustained from being struck by a car while crossing the road.
2. LOIS OLIVIA McCAIN, b. December 08, 1914, Arkansas City, Arkansas, Desha County; d. September 05, 1976, Crossett, Arkansas, Ashley County.
3. JOHN MELBOURNE McCAIN, b. August 26, 1918, Pine Bluff, Arkansas; d. November 14, 1960, Greenville, Washington County, Mississippi.
4. OTIS EVATT McCAIN, b. December 24, 1923, Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
5. NOEL CLEVELAND McCAIN, JR., b. May 22, 1929, Pine Bluff, Arkansas; d. June 1979, Norfolk, Virginia. More About NOEL CLEVELAND MCCAIN, JR.: Unmarried. Burial: Arlington National Cemetery. Military service: ET Chief Petty Officer.

 

HUGH FOX RYLAND 7, (JAMES ROBERT RYLAND 6, PRISCILLA COURTNEY BAGBY 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born August 25, 1890 in Walkerton, King & Queen County and died May 17, 1962 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He married ANNA JOYCE ROYSTON June 3, 1912 in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, Arkansas. She was born July 10, 1888 in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas and died September 12, 1963.

Children of HUGH RYLAND and ANNA ROYSTON are:

1. HUGH FOX RYLAND, JR., b. March 2, 1913, Pine Bluff, Arkansas; d. November 16, 1970, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.
2. WILLIAM ROYSTON RYLAND, b. December 22, 1915, Pine Bluff, Arkansas; d. November 16, 1970; m. BETTY CLARA BOUDREAUX, November 1945; b. January 27, 1925, Houma, Louisianna; d. February 05, 1993, Houston, Texas. More About WILLIAM ROYSTON RYLAND: No children. More About BETTY CLARA BOUDREAUX: Individual Note: Other sources list her as Betty Kleinknecht. This is either an error or she was previously married.

 

PRISCILLA ROSS "PRE" RYLAND 7, (JOSEPH RYLAND 6, PRISCILLA COURTNEY BAGBY 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born December 18, 1880 and died November 23, 1962. She married ERNEST JOHN TREVETT September 5, 1917. He was born December 25, 1865 and died May 27, 1934.

Child of PRISCILLA RYLAND and ERNEST TREVETT is:

1. JOSEPHINE RYLAND TREVETT, b. June 05, 1918.

 

ELIZABETH LATANE "LIZZIE" RYLAND 7, (JOSEPH RYLAND 6, PRISCILLA COURTNEY BAGBY 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born February 16, 1883 in King & Queen County, Virginia and died January 03, 1965. She married ELAM COOKSEY TOONE. He was born September 06, 1892 and died September 25, 1956.

More About ELIZABETH LATANE "LIZZIE" RYLAND: Burial: Riverview Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

More About ELAM COOKSEY TOONE: Burial: Riverview Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia.

Children of ELIZABETH RYLAND and ELAM TOONE are:

1. ELAM COOKSEY [M.D.] TOONE, JR., b. November 04, 1908, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia; d. March 10, 1993.
2. THOMAS LATANE TOONE, b. November 14, 1912; m. EVA FLOOD MEARS; b. Unknown. More About THOMAS LATANE TOONE: No children.
3. ROBERT RYLAND TOONE, b. July 19, 1924; d. August 20, 1997, Ashland, Virginia.

 

LUCY CATESBY RYLAND 7, (JOSEPH RYLAND 6, PRISCILLA COURTNEY BAGBY 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born March 26, 1887 and died June 29, 1974. She married WILLIAM ASHTON WINFREE between September 1912 – 1914. He was born September 28, 1888 and died November 10, 1958.

Children of LUCY RYLAND and WILLIAM WINFREE are:

1. MERRILL CATESBY WINFREE, b. Unknown.
2. WILLIAM ASHTON WINFREE, JR., b. About 1913.
3. THOMAS LATANE WINFREE, b. About 1915.
4. SUSAN ELIZABETH WINFREE, b. About 1922.

 

 

 

 

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