Oliver Martin Stanley RYERSON

   Another name for Oliver was O. M. S. RYERSON.

  Death Notes:

Esmen

  Noted events in his life were:

• Reference: A History of the Norwegians of Illinois, 1905, Illinois, USA. ³ pp469-470

OLIVER MARTIN STANLEY RYERSON
Was born in Livingston county, near Pontiac, July 16, 1873. He is a son of Thomas G. Ryerson, who served his adopted county as a soldier during the Civil War, and Lisa Larson, retired

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farmers now living in Pontiac. Mr. Ryerson was educated in the county schools until he was old enought ot work on the farm. This was the rule among most of our hard-working farmers. When older he was allowed to visit the schools only during the winter months. Oliver, together with two younger brothers, remained on the farm, while of the two older brothers Theodore became a station agent of the Ill. Cent. R. R. and Millard an operator in Gibson City for the same railroad.

When the parents retired to the town, Oliver became boss of the farm, which he is now running. He is a staunch republican and has taken the very active interest in politics, local, county, state and national. He is a baptized member of the Lutheran Church and belongs to the Hauge synod.

Besides being a farmer, he is also a practical engineer, having learned that profession by sheer enterprise and persistency. He makes a business of thrashing and shelling corn, sawing lumber, etc., for the farmers in his district, and it can readily be seen that his knowledge of engineering stands him in good stead and brings him a handsome extra income. He is still unmarried.

[A History of the Norwegians of Illinois : a concise record of the struggles and achievements of the early settlers, together with a narrative of what is now being done by the Norwegian-Americans of Illinois in the development of their adopted country : with the valuable collaboration of numerous authors and contributors
Chicago: J. Anderson Pub. Co., 1905, 560 pgs. (Heritage Quest)]

• Census: Pontiac > District 41, 1920, Livingston County, Illinois, USA. Oliver Ryerson 46
Obidia Ryerson 37
Harriett E Ryerson 9
Ruth E Ryerson 2
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• Census: Esmen > 53-17, 1940, Livingston County, Illinois, USA. Oliver Ryerson 66
Ruth E Ryerson 22
Richard A Ryerson 4

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• Cemetery: Memorial Park Cemetery, Pontiac, 1942, Livingston County, Illinois, USA.

Oliver married Ovidea AMUNDSON, daughter of Living and Living, on 5 Dec 1906 in Livingston County, Illinois, USA.¹ (Ovidea AMUNDSON was born on 19 Dec 1882 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA and died on 17 Jan 1939 in Livingston County, Illinois, USA ⁴.)