The Political Graveyard: Nicoll-Ryan family of New York

Nicoll-Ryan family of New York

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Thomas Fortune Ryan (1851-1928) — of Hempstead, Queens County (now Nassau County), Long Island, N.Y.; Manhattan, New York County, N.Y.; Oak Ridge, Nelson County, Va. Born in Nelson County, Va., October 17, 1851. Son of George Ryan and Lucinda (Fortune) Ryan; married, November 25, 1873, to Ida Mary Barry (died 1917); married, October 29, 1917, to Mary (Nicoll) Cuyler (sister of DeLancey Nicoll; aunt of Courtlandt Nicoll); grandfather of Allan Aloysius Ryan, Jr.. Democrat. Financier; organizer and consolidator of streetcar companies in New York City; owned controlling interest in Equitable Life Assurance Society; co-founder, American Tobacco Company; engaged in mining development in Africa; one of the richest men in America at the time; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1904, 1912. Catholic. Irish ancestry. Died in 1928. Entombed at Oak Ridge Estate, Nelson County, Va.
DeLancey Nicoll — of New York, New York County, N.Y. Brother of Mary Nicoll (who married Thomas Fortune Ryan); uncle of Courtlandt Nicoll. Democrat. Lawyer; attorney for American Tobacco Company; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 7th District, 1894; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1896; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 14th District, 1915. Burial location unknown.
Courtlandt Nicoll (c.1880-1938) — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y. Son of Benjamin Nicoll and Grace Davison (Lord) Nicoll; nephew of DeLancey Nicoll and Mary Nicoll (who married Thomas Fortune Ryan); married, April 19, 1911, to Ione Page. Republican. Lawyer; delegate to New York state constitutional convention 17th District, 1915; member of New York state senate 17th District, 1918, 1925-26; defeated, 1926. Episcopalian. Died in Water Mill, Suffolk County, Long Island, N.Y., September 20, 1938. Interment at Southampton Cemetery, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
Ione Nicoll (d. 1940) — also known as Ione Page — of Manhattan, New York County, N.Y. Daughter of Howard Page and Mildred A. (Mitchell) Page (died 1937); married, April 19, 1911, to Courtlandt Nicoll. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from New York, 1924; delegate to New York convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Female. Episcopalian. One of the leaders of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform; bolted the Republican Party over the prohibition issue in 1932. Jumped or fell sixteen stories to her death, from her room at New York Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., August 9, 1940. Interment at Southampton Cemetery, Southampton, Long Island, N.Y.
Allan Aloysius Ryan, Jr. (b. 1903) — also known as Allan A. Ryan, Jr. — of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, N.Y.; Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, N.Y. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., July 4, 1903. Grandson of Thomas Fortune Ryan; son of Allan A. Ryan and Sarah (Tack) Ryan; married, February 6, 1929, to Janet Newbold (divorced 1936); married, January 19, 1937, to Eleanor Barry; married, August 5, 1941, to Priscilla St. George. Republican. Stockbroker; owner of mining interests; member of New York state senate 28th District, 1939-42; served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Catholic. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.

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