Background
Ryan, Edward George was born on November 13, 1810 in New Castle House, County Meath, Ireland. Son of Edward and Abby (Keogh) Ryan.
Ryan, Edward George was born on November 13, 1810 in New Castle House, County Meath, Ireland. Son of Edward and Abby (Keogh) Ryan.
Educated Clongowes Wood College, 7 years.
Born in County Meath, Ireland, Ryan moved to New York City in 1830. In 1836, Ryan became an United States citizen and was admitted to the New York Barometer He then moved to Chicago, Illinois.
In 1842, he moved to Racine, Wisconsin Territory where he practiced law.
Ryan was elected to the first Wisconsin Constitutional Convention of 1846 and moved his law practice to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1874, Ryan was appointed Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court serving until his death.
Ryan died at his home in Madison on October 19, 1880 and was buried at Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee.
(The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 ...)
Married Mary Graham, 1842. Married second, Caroline Willard Pierce, 1850.