The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1905-12-23
Resolutions Of LAFAYETTE County Bar.


Again the Bench and Bar of Mis-
souri, have been confronted by the
messenger Of death, relentless aud
unsplriug in the choice be has made
Soon the solemn words "Dust TO
dust and ashes to ashes will be
spoken over the remains Of our dis
tinguisbed brother, Judge John =
Ryland, who departed this life at his
residence 10 the city of Lexington on
the 18th day Of December, 1905, at
the hour Of eleven o'clock and fifteen
minutes a. M, at the venerable age
of s~eventy.fve years, five months and
seven days.
Let US deal gently with his errors,
if such he had; remember his labors
and embalm his virtues.
For a time pe,Sooal association is
ended;
An unsubstantial pageant all,
Drop DER the scene Of the funeral pail.
Let US weave cypress for the bier
of the departed; gather the burial
cortege to lay bis body within it,
final home; summon ittiDg words
of eulogy to voice the sorrow OF those
who knew him in life, and mourn
him in death.
Judge Rylard was born July 9Th,
1880, In Howard county, Missouri,
and in 1881 his parents moved from
Howard county to the county Of
Lafayette, since which time his entire
life has been spent in Lafayette
county and vicinity.
He was educated in the schools Of
Lexington, principally in the old
Masonic College, from which he grad.
uated July 2, 1852.
The same year and the next he
taught school in Kansas City, Mis-
souri,, after which he returned to
Lexington and became first assistant
in the primary department Of the
Masonic College which position he
held until October 1855, when he was
elected principal Of that department,
a position which he held for Two and
one.half years,
Having chosen the legal profession,
to which his literary attachments and
judicial MIND so ~eminently fitted him,
he commenced the study Of law under
the SUI ervision Of his father, Mis-
%souri's distinguished jurist, Judge
John f. Ryland, and was admitted to
the bar in 1857, at which time he
became associated 10 the practice OF
law with his father under the firm
name of Ryland & Son until the
death of his father In 1873, when he
became associa'ed With his brother,
Xenopbon R yland, under the firm
name of Ryland s. Ryland.
He was enrolled in the Missouri
Militia in 1852 and served over a year
in the Seventy second Regiment with
the rank Of major.
In 1862 he vas elected to the office
OF circuit attorney for the Sixth
Judicial Circuit, which position be
held until 1865.
In 1853 he was elected a member
Of the board of education OF Licking.
ton and served as such for ten con.
secutiye years. He was also a mem.
Der of the city council in 1865 and in
1868 was elected mayor Of the city Of
Lexington, serving n term and
declining reelection,
In 1875 Judge Ryland was chosen
as democratic presidential elector foI
the eleventh district and cast his vote
for Samuel j. 1ilden.
At the general election in 1880 he
was elected Judge Of the Criminal
court CT the Sixth Judicial Circuit
and county of Johnson, to which posi-
tion he was twice reelected without
opposition and held the Office fol
eighteen years.
Judge Ryland, for years, was closely
identified with the educational inter.
ests Of both county and state. He
/ was always deeply interested In
J educational matters and intimately
associated with the scholastic instllu
I tlons Of Missouri. In addition to his
7 ten years service as a member of the
I beard Of education of the city Of Lex
ington, he was a member of the board
Of regents Of the S ate Normal SchoO
! at W%arrensbuTg for a number of year
and trustee Of Central College a
J Fayette, Missouri.
Chiefly through the efforts Of Judgl
Ryland the old Masonic College aol