Amos Lafayette Ryan was born in October 1832 in Tennessee. He married Mary Emma Word in DeKalb County on May 27, 1852, the son of William and Hannah Ryan who moved to DeKalb County between 1835 and 1840. Mary was born in South Carolina, the daughter of John D. and Marcis Word. Amos was a farmer early in his life and a shoemaker after he moved to Larkinsville. He was born in Tennessee. He entered the Civil War as part of Company B of the 49th Confederate Infantry on January 15, 1862 and later fought with the 7th Alabama Cavalry and later He applied for a Confederate pension on March 14, 1892. He lost a leg, probably during service in the Civil War. The couple had six children: Mary J. born in 1855, May Burns, born in 1859, Frances Alena born 1863, William Dervin born in 1968, Johnnie B. born in 1871, and James S. born in 1874. Two of their daughters married men in Larkinsville, so Amos and Emma moved there in William was a teamster who married and moved to Arkansas. Mary Emma died in 1904 and Amos in 1907.
Amos Lafayette Ryan was born in October 1832 in Tennessee. He married Mary Emma Word in DeKalb County on May 27, 1852, the son of William and Hannah Ryan who moved to DeKalb County between 1835 and 1840. Mary was born in South Carolina, the daughter of John D. and Marcis Word. Amos was a farmer early in his life and a shoemaker after he moved to Larkinsville. He was born in Tennessee. He entered the Civil War as part of Company B of the 49th Confederate Infantry on January 15, 1862 and later fought with the 7th Alabama Cavalry and later He applied for a Confederate pension on March 14, 1892. He lost a leg, probably during service in the Civil War. The couple had six children: Mary J. born in 1855, May Burns, born in 1859, Frances Alena born 1863, William Dervin born in 1968, Johnnie B. born in 1871, and James S. born in 1874. Two of their daughters married men in Larkinsville, so Amos and Emma moved there in William was a teamster who married and moved to Arkansas. Mary Emma died in 1904 and Amos in 1907.
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