Ryan, Abbie Irene (Potter) 1840-1899

RYAN, POTTER

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 1/19/2004 at 09:49:34

Mrs. George Ryan, one of the most highly esteemed and best known ladies of southwestern Jasper, met with a distressing accident on Saturday, May 6th, which resulted in her death less than a week later in Des Moines.

Mr. and Mrs. Ryan had recently moved from their old home near Prairie City to the Jasper County Coal mines near Colfax, where George was employed in the office of the company as weigher and bookkeeper. On Saturday evening Mrs. Ryan slipped and dislocated her hip, causing her the most intense suffering. Her brother, Dr. H. C. Potter of Des Moines, was sent for and later Dr. Schooler of the same place arrived to assist in setting the hip, but the operation was not successful as the bone would come out of place as soon as put in position.

Tuesday of last week she was taken to Tracy Hospital in Des Moines, where the best surgical skill could be employed in the case. Thursday afternoon, a final operation was performed, thought to be successful, but she did not rally from the anesthetics until the next day, when it was found that she was paralyzed, and death came to release her within a few hours. The interment was in Des Moines on Saturday, after funeral services in the Congregational Church. Mr. Ryan has the deepest sympathy of hosts of friends in his terrible affliction. ~ The Newton (IA) Record, Thursday, May 18 1899, Page 1, Column 6
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Mrs. Abbie Irene Ryan died at Tracy Hospital, Des Moines, May 12, 1899, aged 58 years, 5 months and 1 day.

At the age of seven Mrs. Ryan, with her parents, moved to Duchess County, New York, from her native home in Litchfield County, Connecticut. In November 1860, they came west and made their home on a farm near Prairie City. December 11, 1866, she was married to Mr. George Ryan. In 1877 they moved to this city, where they have since resided. Mrs. Ryan’s maiden name was Potter.

On the 3rd of March, while about her household work, she tripped on a piece of board in front of her house and fell, breaking one hipbone close to the joint. ~ Iowa State Democrat, Thursday, May 25, 1899, Page 8, Column 2
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Prairie City (IA) News, 1898

Abigail J. Potter died May 12, 1899, in the hospital, at Des Moines. She was born December 11, l840, in the town of Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut.

At the age of seven, she and her family moved to Dutches County, New York, where they resided until November, 1860, when they came west, settling on a farm five miles south of Prairie City.

She was united in marriage to George Ryan on December 11, 1866. In 1897 they moved to town. She was taken to the hospital when a fall dislocated her hip.

She joined the M. E. Church in 1867. Burial in the Woodlawn Cemetery, in Des Moines, on the same day, after services in the Congregational Church at twenty minutes of five p. m.