Daughter of John and Mary Keogh
Married Edward Ryan
Children
Edward George, born 1810 - emigrated to Wisconsin, died 1880
Buried
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Edward George
Ryan, chief justice, supreme court of Wisconsin.
Born 13 Nov 1810 in New Castle House, near Enfield, county Meath, he
was the
son of Edward Ryan and Abby (Keogh) Ryan. His mother was the
daughter of
John Keogh of Mt. Jerome, Ireland, the most prominent member of the
Irish
emancipation committee of the late 1790's.
He studied pre-law at Clonggowes Wood College in Ireland and came to
the USA
in 1830, settling in New York. In 1836, he became a citizen and
moved to
Chicago. There, he worked as a newspaper editor, practiced law, and
briefly
served as state's attorney.
In 1842, he moved to Wisconsin, settling in Racine. In 1846, he
served as a
delegate on the state's first constitutional convention. He served
as
leader of the Democratic party in Wisconsin during 1862-1863, and
was
strongly critical of the Lincoln administration.
After the war, he withdrew temporarily from political activities. He
served
as Milwaukee city attorney 1870-1873, and in June, 1874 was
appointed chief
justice of the state supreme court by Democrat-Reform governor
William R.
Taylor.
He married twice. His first wife, Mary, died in 1847, after only
five years
of marriage. Three years later, he married Caroline Willard of
Newburyport,
Mass. After a short, unhappy marriage, Mrs. Ryan fled from his
temper and
lived with relatives in the East. They were never divorced, but
never
reconciled.
Ryan had five children, including sons Hugh, Pierce, and Lester.
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