Rebecca Stone Ryan

Rebecca Stone Ryan

• Mother: H. (?) b. circa 1818

• Rebecca Stone Ryan was born on 20 May 1845 in North Carolina.
• She married James Billingslea Mitchell, son of Americus Columbus Mitchell and Mary Elizabeth Billingslea, on 11 June 1869 in Wake County, North Carolina, or 22 January 1969.
• James Billingslea Mitchell and Rebecca Stone Ryan appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Seale, Russell County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Americus C. Mitchell, Frances Phillips Mitchell, James Billingslea Mitchell Jr., William A. Mitchell and H. (?). And also in the household was one female domestic servant.
• Rebecca Stone Ryan became a widow at the 24 February 1891 death of her husband James Billingslea Mitchell.
• The following appeared on 18 June 1895 in The Columbus Enquirer-Sun: Lieutenant Americus Mitchell, who recently graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N. Y., arrived in the city Saturday night and will spend the summer at the residence of his mother, Mrs. James B. Mitchell, 208 Eleventh street.
• William A. Mitchell appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Orange County, New York, at West Point Military Reservation. Other members of the household included Rebecca Stone Ryan, Frances Phillips Mitchell and Mary Mitchell. And there was one female domestic servant in the household.
• The following appeared on 4 September 1910 in The Columbus Enquirer-Sun: Mrs. Rebecca Stone Mitchell, of West Point, New York, announced the engagement of her daughter, Mary, to Lieut. Harold C. Fiske, Corps. of Engineers, U. S. A. [:CR] [:TAB] The above announcement is taken from the army and navy journal and is of great interest to the many Columbus friends of the bride, Miss Mitchell, who has resided with her mother for the past six or seven years iin West Point. She is the sister of Capt. Americus Mitchell, U. and S. A., and also of William A. Mitchell, Corps of Engineers, and the family formerly resided in Columbus. Miss Mitchell is a bright and charming young woman and has visited Columbus several times since her residence out of the state. [:CR] [:TAB] Lieut. Fiske is instructor in the Department of Engineering at the Military Academy at West Point, New York.

• Last Edited: 19 Aug 2010