The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-14

careers. I have the honor to be, gen.
eral. very respectfully, your obedient
servant,
]. Z. B. Stuart, Mai. Gen.
Official: Geo. Freaner, Major and
A. A. G..
Was With Wade Hampton.
Reporting to Gen. Wade Hampton
for service. Maj. Ryals was with him
at Trevillian's depot. at Nancy shop.
in Kent county, at Sophronia Church.
and at Reams Station. At this time
the infantry service was subsisting on
corn as rationS. and were begging for
fodder" whereupon Gen. Hampton
concluded to make a forced loan, and
went TO Cabin Point, on the James riV-
er, borrowed 2.464 head of the finest
beef cattle obtainable. brought them
safely from the rear of the Federal
army, and turned the larger part of
them over to his famished brothers Of
the infantry service; after which it
was not unusual to see whole brigades
rush from their tents to shake hands
with lone caValryman. For the part
he took in this cattle expedition Mai.
Ryals was faVorably mentioned by Gen.
Hampton, afterwards serving with Gen.
Fitz Lee to Appomattox Court House.
On the day of surrender his services
were recognized by the cavalry officers
of rank, and by them recommended re-
peatedly for promotion.
After the close of hostilitieS Mai.
Ryals settled i'm Nelson county, Vir-
ginia, where he farmed merchandised.
and cut cord wood and railroad ties,
with varied success. In the fall of 1868
he moved to Georgia and settled in Sa-
vannah. where he did a drayage bust
ness for six years. and then connect
ed with it a cotton farm i'm Screven
county, and a truck farm in Chatham
Since July, 1881. he had devoted his
entire time and attention to the truck
ing industry. and though the expert
ment was not at first great success
he never failed to make a good living
and was regarded as one of Georgia s
most prosperous and foremost plant
ers. He was a director i'm the Germa-
ria Bank and took an active interest
in the affairs of that institution. He
conducted his truck farm upon the in
tensive system of high fertilization and
attributed his marked success as a
grower of truck very largely to this
system.
Was Staunch Democrat.
He was interested in peach growing
and had large peach farms in Worth
county, Georgia. He was a director
of the Experimental Farm of Georgia
from the First Congressional district.
He was president of the Truck Grow
ers' Association OF Chatham county
and first vice president of the National
Farmers Congress.
He was a staunch Democrat. and al
ways took a lively interest in the polit-
ical affairs of his city, county, state
and nation. He was one of the three
representatives from the county of
Chatham in the General Assembly of
GEORGIA in which he ch1irn1qI of
the Committee on Special Agriculture.
He was a delegate to the Democratic
State Convention in $780, and served
as chairman of the Democratic EXecu-
tive Committee of the First Congress
sional district for a number of years.
He was a master Mason, and pay
member of the Georgia Hussars. He
was a member of the Confederate
Veterans Association and was at one
time president of the ASSOCIATION.
He was married in Charlottesville,
Va. on Feb. a. 1864, to Elizabeth,
daughter of d. w. Kennedy. Mrs.
Elizabeth Ryals died in 1869, leaving
one daughter. now Mrs. William d.
Champion of this city On Oct. 81,
1870, Maj. Ryals married Anna B.,
daughter of Col and Mrs. t. F.. Ware,
prominent citizen of Greenville. S.
C. The children who blessed the Sec
ond union were Mr.. James w, Edwin
c., Sidney g., and Miss Mary L. Ryals,
all of whom. with the mother, sur
vive him. He leaves brother, Mr..
James Ryals of Key West. and two
sisters, Mrs. Fl. w. Massie and Mrs.
W. w. Womack, both of Clifton Forge,
Va.
The funeral will take place to-mor-
row morning from the family resi-
dence, No. 101 Anderson street. east.
The interment will be i'm Bonaventure
cemetery. The hour at which the fun
eral services will be held has not yet
been selected.
The remains were moved from the
hospital to the family residence last