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AFRICAN AMERICAN RESEARCH
News  The above obituary of J. B. McDougall mentions his servant, James "Uncle Jim" Ryder.
Ryder is listed with the McDougall family at 412 W. Morton in the 1910 Census.
He's described as a widowed black male, born in Georgia around 1859.
He also appears in the 1887 and 1907 Denison city directories. In 1887 he was a cook rooming with Nancy Mims, a colored woman, at 114 W. Walker. A woman with that name died in 1896 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery. Ryder is also listed in the 1907 City Directory as a laborer living with the McDougalls at 412 W. Morton.  Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |