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Descendants of Charles Ryals

39. JESSE TILDEN⁴ RYALS (WILLIAM JACKSON³, JOSEPH JEPSIE², CHARLES¹) was born 01 Nov 1876 in MS, and died 10 Oct 1954 in Attala Co, MS. He married (1) JULIA V. REYNOLDS 01 Jun 1897 in Winston Co, MS. She was born Apr 1876 in MS, and died Aft. 11 Feb 1902 in Attala Co, MS. He married (2) MARTHA ELIZABETH BREAZEALE 12 Nov 1902 in Attala Co, MS. She was born 19 Sep 1872, and died 21 May 1956 in MS.

Notes for JESSE TILDEN RYALS:
DEATH/BURIAL: Buried Plattsburg, Winston Co, MS (Jesse lived in Neshoba Co, near the county line and went to church in Winston Co -- Mary Ann McAdory)
CENSUS: 1910 Neshoba Co MS, Fusky Voting Precinct, Beat 5
SOURCE: WWI Draft Registration records, Neshoba Co, MS
SOURCE: David Alan Ryals; 17613 S. Rockwell; Homewood, IL 60430 - letter received 21 Jun 1997 - "From age 4 to 14 I lived with my grandfather, Jessie Tilden Ryals on his farm in north Neshoba County about 3/4 miles from the Winston County line. Grandpa never did volunteer any information about his family, but I was always following him around asking questions and he would always answer my questions. I remember very clearly asking him one time at the barn, who his father was: He answered, William Jackson Ryals, giving the full name. Then I asked who his grandpa was and he replied, Joseph Jepsie Ryals."
SOURCE: Mary Ann McAdory; 10021 Road 585; Philadelphia, MS 39350 - letter received 18 Jul 1997 -- "My Grandpa Ryals, Jessie Tilden, ran away from his home in Louisiana at a very early age (less than 14 years old) and headed to Mississippi where he had originally come from. He paid a black man (one source says he gave him his shoes, another his overcoat, possibly both) to bring him across the Mississippi River in a rowboat. (from stories handed down by cousins, brothers & grandpa) He then became a 'hobo' and caught a freight train for the rest of the journey." (As told to her by Jessie Tilden Ryals)
> "A neighbor once said that during the Depression, Grandpa (Jessie Tilden Ryals) saved his family by giving them a milk cow to get through the winter." (As told to her by Bonnie Rachel Ryals)
> "To say that my grandpa was made of 'tough stuff' was at the very least putting it mildly. He once cut his foot open with an axe, and calmly hunted up a needle and thread and sewed it up himself."
> Story told to Mary Ann by Gene Ryals -- "When we were old enough to plow the fields with Granny Lou and Granny Sue (family mules? BBR), Grandpa gave Bill (Wilburn D. Lee, son of Mary Ryals Lee), James (brother of Gene - both sons of Marvin), and myself an acre of cotton in return for working in the fields through the summer. These were the top three acres in the eight-acre field. Billy's acre was the one nearest the barn. Cotton plants near that area would grow as high as you could reach -- unusual for Neshoba County. But the cotton plants in that area put so much nutrients and energy into growing those big stalks that they didn't bear extra cotton. Our respective areas would be picked and ginned separately, so that we each had a bale of cotton to sell at harvest time. It was better than having a job in town. That left Grandpa with about five acres to buy fertilizer, pay other expenses and run the farm for a year. I questioned Grandpa about this once, but he refused to let me help pay the expenses."
MILITARY: WWI Draft Registration - name, Ryals, Jessie Tildon; born, 1 Nov 1876; race, W; no birthplace given; registered, Neshoba MS

Notes for JULIA V. REYNOLDS:
DEATH/BURIAL: Died shortly after birth of son, Jesse Clyde. Buried Providence Cemetery, Attala Co MS (grave unmarked)

BIRTH: Name at birth "Wabington/Warbleton/Warbington". Adopted by Taylor & Annie REYNOLDS; sister of Lula M. REYNOLDS who was the 1st wife of James Samuel RYALS

Notes for MARTHA ELIZABETH BREAZEALE:
DEATH/BURIAL: Buried Plattsburg Cemetery, Winston Co MS
SOURCE: David Alan Ryals; 17613 S. Rockwell; Homewood, IL 60430 - letter received 21 Jun 1997 - stated that Martha Elizabeth Breazeale was called "Mattie".
PERSONAL: From Mary Ann McAdory, letter dated 24 Aug 1998 - My sister Bonnie recently shared a story about my grandmother with me. She said that the first time Grandma ever saw car lights at night she was out on her front porch and yelled out, "Jesse, come here quick. Jim's mill is running away!" (Jim being Jesse's brother, James Samuel - BBR)

Children of JESSE RYALS and JULIA REYNOLDS are:

DELBERT DECATUR⁵ RYALS, b. 11 Apr 1896, MS; d. 05 Dec 1920.

Notes for DELBERT DECATUR RYALS:
DEATH/BURIAL: Info from Homer Ryals Jr. Mary Ann McAdory note: Delbert went off to WWI and came home sick with TB.
MARRIAGE: AAI CD #5; applied for license to marry Lessie F. Gilbert in Neshoba Co 27 Aug 1917, but no return. (just about the same time he registered for the draft in WWI - BBR) Mary Ann McAdory (dau of Marvin Ryals) note: she was always told that Delbert never married. Her brother told her that once he and his father were at the cemetery, when he noticed a flower on Delbert's grave. Marvin told him that someone put one there each year and maybe he had a girlfriend. Mary Ann speculates that Delbert might have been persuaded to wait on marriage until after he came home from the war and then was too sick.
PERSONAL: Delbert was apparently a very soft spoken, tender hearted person. Those who remembered him years later couldn't say his name without a tear in their eye. (Mary Ann McAdory)
MILITARY: WWI Draft Registration -- Ryals, Delbert Dexter born 11 Apr 1896; race W; birthplace Plattsburg MS; registered Neshoba MS

ii.

ALBERT CLAY RYALS, b. 11 Feb 1898, Neshoba Co, MS; d. 09 Nov 1969; m. (1) LURA VOWELL, 16 Jan 1916, Neshoba Co, MS; m. (2) MARY ERMA LEE, 01 Aug 1920, Neshoba Co, MS.

Notes for ALBERT CLAY RYALS:
DEATH/BURIAL: Death date from Homer Ryals Jr. Buried Sandhill Cemetery, Neshoba Co MS - info from Mary Ann McAdory.
MARRIAGE: AAI CD #5.
CHILDREN: Albert & Erma raised a niece of Erma's named Joyce Manning.
PERSONAL: My Uncle Albert was always getting into something he shouldn't. The Baptist Church strictly didn't condone dancing in any form. Uncle Albert loved to dance or go to dances and meet all the pretty girls in the county. If you were caught at a dance or even suspected of dancing, you were given three opportunities to come before the church and ask for forgiveness. If you didn't, the church withdrew fellowship and you were no longer considered a part of that church. One year, Uncle Albert got caught right at the first of the dance season (just after the crops were laid by). The call of the pretty girls was just too strong. He let all three chances to go before the church slide by and old Pearl Valley Baptist withdrew fellowship from him. (Notes from records in Neshoba County Library of Old Pearl Valley Baptist). Also, on 16 Jan 1916, he took out a license to marry Lura Vowell. Lura loved the dances and what my grandparents considered, "the wild life." Grandpa got word of this and took Uncle Albert to a boarding school in Macon, MS. In those days boarding schools (or some of them) were about as strict as a reformatory. On the way to Tuscaloosa, AL in 1957, Mama (my Aunt Mary who raised me and I called Mama) pointed out this big building -- almost like an antebellum home, and said, "That is were Albert went to school." I asked why he went to school so far away from home and was told the story of Albert and Lura. Incidentally, Lura married a Boatner and lived less than a mile from where we lived. (Mary Ann McAdory letter dated 9 Nov 1999)

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HOMER RYALS, b. 18 Mar 1900, Attala Co, MS; d. 05 Mar 1965, MS; m. OLIVE POPE, 18 Aug 1918, Neshoba Co, MS.

Notes for HOMER RYALS:
BIRTH: WWI Draft Registration. Social Security Record gives birth year as 1899
MARRIAGE: Neshoba Co MS Marriage Record Bk H, p 544
MILITARY: WWI Draft Registration - name, Ryals, Homer; birthdate, 18 Mar 1900; race, W; no birthplace given; registered Neshoba Co MS
DEATH: Social Security Death Records and info from Homer Ryals Jr

[Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from M through Z, Date of Import: 15 Nov 1998, Internal Ref. #1.112.4.62638.196]

Individual: Ryals, Homer
Birth date: 18 Mar 1899
Death date: Mar 1965
Social Security #: 428-01-3390
Last residence: MS
State of issue: MS

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JESSE CLYDE RYALS, b. 11 Feb 1902, MS; d. 30 Sep 1912.

Children of JESSE RYALS and MARTHA BREAZEALE are:

MARY ISABEL⁵ RYALS, b. 03 Nov 1903; d. 17 Oct 1993; m. WILBURN D. LEE, 1923.

Notes for MARY ISABEL RYALS:
SOURCE: Info from Mary Ann Mcadory (dau of Marvin Ryals). 9 May 1997
SOURCE: David Alan Ryals (son of Marvin Ryals); 17613 S. Rockwell; Homewood, IL 60430 - letter received 21 Jun 1997.

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LAVADA PEARL RYALS, b. 08 Feb 1905; d. Apr 1994; m. CLAUDE L. LOVORN.

Notes for LAVADA PEARL RYALS:
>Info from Mary Ann Mcadory (dau of Marvin Ryals). 9 May 1997

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MARVIN ROGER RYALS, b. 29 Nov 1906, MS; d. 01 Apr 1983, MS; m. BONNIE LEONA BURNSIDE, 09 Nov 1929, Neshoba Co, MS.

Notes for MARVIN ROGER RYALS:
>Much of the Mississippi Ryals family info was given to me by Marvin Ryals. We corresponded for years.
>Info from Mary Ann Mcadory (dau of Marvin Ryals). 9 May 1997
SOURCE: Mary Ann McAdory; 10021 Road 585; Philadelphia, MS 39350-7303 - letter received 18 Jul 1997 -- "My father, Marvin Ryals, should have been born in Missouri, The Show-Me State. When he was a young boy, someone told him that if you stuck your tongue to an axe on a cold day it would stick. Not believing it, daddy stuck his tongue to the axe and needless to say, had a raw tongue for weeks afterward."

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VERNA INEZ RYALS, b. 09 Dec 1910; m. SHERRILL LOYD.

Notes for VERNA INEZ RYALS:
>Info from Mary Ann Mcadory (dau of Marvin Ryals). 9 May 1997
SOURCE: Mary Ann McAdory; Rt 6, Box 227B; Philadelphia, MS 39350 - letter received 18 Jul 1997 -- "One of Mother's fondest memories of her father was when she was a schoolgirl. I would guess about 13. On cold winter mornings the nightime fires had burned out in the fireplaces and the house was more than chilly, it was COLD. Mama stayed warm thru the night with mounds of cover and really wanted to stay put until her father had warmed the house with the morning fires. One morning Mama was especially lazy and pretended to not hear Papaw's cries to get up and get ready for school. After he made several attempts to get her out of the bed, he found her covered up 'head-to-foot'. Without saying a word, he went outside to get an airpump. He quietly slipped into her room and eased an opening at the foot of her 'nest' and blasted her with cold air. She was up then - running for the fireplace." (Verna Ryals Lloyd memory, as told by her son Ralph)

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HARVEY WELDON RYALS, b. 31 Oct 1913; d. 07 Aug 1973, Parchman, MS; m. NAOMI WILLIS, 31 Oct 1931, Neshoba Co, MS.

Notes for HARVEY WELDON RYALS:
DEATH: Died at Parchman, MS (near Shaw). He was Superintendent of Maintenance Operation at the prison and lived in the housing provided for employees. (Mary Ann McAdory, via phone call 27 Nov 1999)
>Harvey and Naomi had 3 sons and a daughter
>Social Security Death Records give birth year as 1913
>Info from Mary Ann Mcadory (dau of Marvin Ryals). 9 May 1997. She has birth year as 1913 also.

40. CONNIE JACKSON⁴ RYALS (WILLIAM JACKSON³, JOSEPH JEPSIE², CHARLES¹) was born 26 Feb 1879 in MS, and died 10 Jan 1919 in Neshoba Co, MS. He married NELLIE GRAY MCCOWN 21 Jul 1902 in Neshoba Co, MS ¹¹, daughter of WILLIAM MCCOWN and MATTIE ?. She was born Sep 1882 in MS, and died Abt. 1974.

Notes for CONNIE JACKSON RYALS:
CENSUS: 1900 Neshoba Co, MS; 1910 Neshoba Co MS, Fusky Voting Precinct, Beat 5
MILITARY: WWI Draft registration - name, Ryals, Connie Jackson (Cannie); birthdate, 22 Feb 1878; race, W; no birthplace given; registered, Neshoba Co MS
>Marriage Records, Neshoba Co MS
>Personal knowledge: Otis Eli "Pete" Ryals
>"Connie Jackson Ryals took in Walter Busby to live with him and his wife Nellie. Walter died two days before Connie. Walter's sister wrote Nellie a letter asking why Connie took Walter from Tom Boatner and Nellie told her that Tom hit Walter with a chain because he wasn't fast enough digging post holes. Walter died of the flu and was buried at Mars Hill in Winston Co, MS." (To Mary Ann Ryals McAdory from notes of Jean Nowell -- Received from Mary Ann 18 Jul 1997)

Children of CONNIE RYALS and NELLIE MCCOWN are:

UNNAMED FEMALE⁵ RYALS, d. 1908.

Notes for UNNAMED FEMALE RYALS:
DEATH/BURIAL: Was not stillborn. (Mary Ann (Ryals) McAdory)

	ii.		EFFIE MAY RYALS, b. 28 Sep 1903; d. 19 Feb 1905.
	iii.		CHARLIE JACKSON RYALS, b. 13 Feb 1905, Neshoba Co, MS ¹²; d. 24 Jan 1993, Philadelphia, Neshoba Co, MS; m. LUDIE MANNING, 27 Jul 1924, Neshoba Co, MS.

Notes for CHARLIE JACKSON RYALS:
DEATH: Charlie Ryals /88y /d. 24 Mar, 1993 Meridian, Ms. hosp. /farmer /lifelong
in Neshoba Co., Ms.
son: Orvil Ryals - Pelahatchie, Ms.
dau: Adis Roeske - Melbourne, Fl.;
Jean Nowell - Philadelphia
bro: Otis "Pete" Ryals - Philadelphia
sis: Bridgette Coghlan - Philadelphia;
Geneva Stuart - Meridian
16 gc, 26 ggc
/McClain-Hays FH /bur: Emmanuel Cem., ? (not Neshoba) Co., Ms.
(Obit sent to Jim Ryals <slayr@cfi.net> from Delores Sanders <delores@cruisenet.net> and from Jim to me 5 June 1999 -- note difference in month of death between obit and info from Mary Ann McAdory.)

iv.

MARY BRIDGET RYALS, b. 20 Sep 1907; m. PERRY COGHLAN, 25 Jun 1924; d. 10 Oct 1957.

Notes for PERRY COGHLAN:
DEATH/BURIAL: Buried in Emanuel Cemetery, Neshoba Co, MS (Mary Ann Ryals McAdory)

OSCAR J. RYALS, b. 23 Nov 1908; d. 03 Jan 1912.

Notes for OSCAR J. RYALS:
DEATH: Not listed with family on 1910 census

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OTIS ELI RYALS, b. 30 Aug 1909; d. 17 Apr 1998, MS; m. EDNA ANTONIA INGRAM, 25 Dec 1927.

Notes for OTIS ELI RYALS:
DEATH: Pete Ryals /86y Arlington comm., Neshoba Co., Ms. /d. 7 April, 1998 Philadelphia, Ms. /retired construction worker /also a farmer /Bapt.
W: Edna
son: Paul Ryals - Philadelphia;
Sanford Ryals - DeKalb
sis: Geneva Stuart - Meridian;
Bridgett Coghlan - Pearl
4 gc, 2 ggc
McClain-Hays FH /bur: Arlington cem., Neshoba Co., Ms.
(Obit sent to Jim Ryals <slayr@cfi.net> from Delores Sanders <delores@cruisenet.net> and from Jim to me 5 June 1999 -- note difference in day of death between obit and info from Mary Ann McAdory.)

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GENEVA RYALS, b. 08 Nov 1914; m. ADAM BROWN STEWART; d. 18 Jan 1961.

Notes for ADAM BROWN STEWART:
DEATH/BURIAL: Died of a heart attack

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