The United States biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men; Wisconsin volume . rome, near Dub-lin. He was the second son of a second son, bornand educated in the full sight of wealth, but inherit-ing no share of it beyond its refining influences andan instinctive pride of character more honorablethan rank and more valuable than gold. He waseducated at Ciongones Wood College, where hewent in 1820, and where he remained until the com- pletion of the full course, in 1827. Having madesome attempt to study law before leaving his nativecountry, he came to the United
The United States biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men; Wisconsin volume . rome, near Dub-lin. He was the second son of a second son, bornand educated in the full sight of wealth, but inherit-ing no share of it beyond its refining influences andan instinctive pride of character more honorablethan rank and more valuable than gold. He waseducated at Ciongones Wood College, where hewent in 1820, and where he remained until the com- pletion of the full course, in 1827. Having madesome attempt to study law before leaving his nativecountry, he came to the United States in 1830 andresumed his studies in New York, supporting him-self, meantime, by giving lessons in private was admitted to the bar in that city in 1836;came to Chicago in the fall of the same year; prac-ticed law there until 1842, when, suffering from mi-asmatic disease, he felt compelled to change hisresidence for the sake of his health; accordingly,in the latter year, on the occasion of his marriagewith the daughter of Captain Hugh Graham, heremoved to the city of Racine, in this State. He. TItE UNITED STATES B[0(Ui.\PUrCAT. DTCTIOXAin. 43 continued in tiie practice of his profession at Racineuntil the fall of 1848, when he removed to Milwau-kee, where he now resides. Mr. Ryan was prosecuting attorney for the Chi-cago circuit, in Illinois, in 1840 and 1S41 ; was amember of the first constitutional convention inWisconsin, in 1846; was city attorney of Milwaukeein 1870, 1871 and 1872, and was appointed to hispresent position in June, 1874. Praise and censurefounded upon personal opinion have no place inthese pages. Biography is not only a written historyof individual life, it is also a record of human char-acter. Therefore, while I would not flatter Neptunefor his trident, nor Jove for his power to thunder, Ishould be unfaithful to my trust if any record Imight make of Mr. Ryan failed to concede to himthe rank he holds as one of the most remarkablemen of his time
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