Household #69: Ryall, Hardy

See also the Ryall family connections for Isaiah Ryall and Rachel Ann Folsom’s descendants and their marriages into other Barney families.

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In the 1900 Barney census, Hardy Ryall headed a one-person household. The table below preserves the exact names, relationships, ages, birthplaces, and occupations recorded for the household.

Household Snapshot

Hardy Ryall appeared as a one-person household in the 1900 Barney census; the snapshot rests on the head's age, birthplace, work status, and place in the census order.

Hardy Ryall's listed occupation was Farmer.

All listed household members were reported as born in Georgia.

Newspaper and Public-Record Trail

This section flags public-record leads separate from the census table. The detailed discussion stays in the family narrative, research status, and source citations below.

1900 Census Household

Name	Relation	Age	Birthplace	Occupation
Hardy Ryall	Head	22	Georgia	Farmer

Children and Later Trails

No child-tracking items are open for this page because the 1900 table lists no children in the household.

Family Narrative

Hardy Vickers Ryall was the son of William Raiford Ryall and Edna Vickers Ryall and belonged to the large Ryall family network clustered around Barney and Morven. The 1880 census places three-year-old Hardy V. Ryall in his parents' Brooks County household, providing the childhood anchor for the man who appears as an independent young farmer in Barney in 1900. A later compiled family-history source, Georgia Salzburger and Allied Families by Pearl Rahn Gnann, gives the same parentage and the full form of his name, but the family book is best used as supporting evidence rather than as stand-alone proof.

The 1900 census shows Hardy renting a farm in Barney and living on his own at age twenty-two. He could read but not write. By 1910 he was still in Barney, single, boarding on First Avenue, and working as a salesman in general merchandise. The shift in occupation is real, but it was not permanent. His World War I draft registration card, completed at Barney on 12 September 1918, gives his full name as Hardy Vickers Ryalls, states that he was born on 8 May 1878, identifies him as a farmer, and names Mary Ada Ryalls as his nearest relative. That record ties the 1900 farmer, the 1910 boarder, and the married man of the late 1910s into one continuous identity.

His wife can now be identified with much more confidence. The 1900 census places Mary A. Folsom, born in May 1891 in Georgia, in the Berrien County household of John M. Folsom and Mattie Folsom. A Lowndes County marriage record shows H. V. Ryall and Mary Ada Foleson marrying on 16 August 1911. The surname appears there as Foleson, which should be treated as a record variant rather than forced into a single spelling. Later records, including her 1950 death notice and cemetery memorial, show her as Mary Ada Folsom Ryall.

The later census chain is steady and persuasive. In 1920 Hardy appears in Hahira, Lowndes County, with wife Mary A. and son Keith, although the surname is indexed there as Ryles. In 1930 he was in Sebring, Highlands County, Florida, working as a carpenter in the building trade, with wife Ada F. and sons Keith M. and Myrl Neil. In 1940 the same family remained in Sebring, where Hardy was working as a night watchman. In 1950 he was still in Sebring, now widowed, living in the household of his son Keith M. Ryall and daughter-in-law Madelene G. Ryall. Taken together, those records show movement from Brooks County to Lowndes County and then to long-term residence in Sebring.

Mary Ada's death is supported by a contemporary newspaper notice. The Tampa Tribune of 18 January 1950 identified Mrs. Mary Ada Folsom Ryall of Sebring as the wife of H. V. Ryall and reported that she died at her South Lakeview Drive home after a long illness. Her Pinecrest Cemetery memorial gives 29 May 1891 as her birth date and 7 January 1950 as her death date. Because the newspaper notice and memorial do not fully agree on the exact day, the safest present statement is that she died in Sebring in January 1950 and was buried at Pinecrest Cemetery.

Hardy's later life is also well documented. A 7 May 1972 Orlando Sentinel profile, published around his ninety-fourth birthday, describes him as Georgia-born, recalls his first trip to Florida in 1906, notes that he married a woman from neighboring Lowndes County, and names two of his children, Myrl Nell Simpson and Keith Morgan Ryall. The article is a late-life feature rather than a primary vital record, but it fits the broader documentary pattern. His Social Security Death Index entry gives a birth date of 8 May 1878 and a death date of April 1975, with his number issued in Florida. His Pinecrest Cemetery memorial gives the more exact death date of 23 April 1975.

The older version of this entry overstated the broader Folsom significance. The present evidence supports Hardy's place within the Ryall family and supports his marriage to Mary Ada Folsom, daughter of John M. and Mattie Folsom. It also makes a Pounds connection plausible through Mary Ada's mother. What it does not yet prove on direct records alone is the longer founding-family descent chain previously asserted for this household. That larger lineage may be right, but it should remain secondary until documented generation by generation.

Connections to Other Barney Families

HH#69 to HH#70 William R. Ryall: Hardy Vickers Ryall is securely identified as a son of William R. Ryall and Edna Vickers Ryall through the 1880 census, later life records, and the consistent Brooks County family cluster.
HH#69 to HH#71 Edgar Jones: HH#71 represents Hardy's sister Annie Elizabeth Ryall Jones, whose records reinforce the same William and Edna Ryall parental household.
HH#69 to HH#65 Charles Wesley Ryall: Charles Wesley Ryall of HH#65 was Hardy's paternal uncle, the brother of William Raiford Ryall, linking Hardy's household back to the older Ryall-Alderman branch.
Possible Folsom-Pounds connection: Mary Ada Folsom appears to be the daughter of John M. Folsom and Mattie Folsom, and the line may connect into the Pounds family through her mother, but that relationship still needs direct-record confirmation before it is treated as settled.

Open Research Questions

Parentage audit: Keep head-of-household and spouse parentage as unresolved unless a cited direct record names the parents or the entry explains the census chain supporting the identification.
Mary Ada's exact date of death should be checked against a death certificate or cemetery record because the newspaper notice and Find a Grave memorial do not fully agree.
The immediate link from Mattie Folsom to the Pounds family appears likely but should be supported with direct records before being stated as settled fact in this entry.
The longer Folsom founding-family descent used in the previous draft should not be restored without a record-by-record proof chain.
Additional Florida records may refine Hardy's exact burial details and late-life residence timeline, although the present identification is already strong.

Research Status

Well documented. The census chain from 1880 through 1950, the 1911 marriage record, the 1918 World War I draft card, the 1950 death notice for Mary Ada, the 1972 Orlando Sentinel profile, the Social Security Death Index, and the Pinecrest Cemetery memorials provide a coherent record of Hardy Ryall's life from childhood in Brooks County to old age in Florida.

Sources

1880 U.S. census, Brooks County, Georgia, household of William Raiford Ryall and Edna Ryall, including Hardy V. Ryall, age 3.
1900 U.S. census, Barney, Brooks County, Georgia, Hardy Ryall household.
1900 U.S. census, Militia District 1311, Berrien County, Georgia, household of John M. Folsom and Mattie Folsom, including Mary A. Folsom, age 9.
1910 U.S. census, Barney, Brooks County, Georgia, Hardy Ryall as a boarder on First Avenue, occupation salesman in general merchandise.
Lowndes County, Georgia, marriage record, H. V. Ryall and Mary Ada Foleson, 16 August 1911.
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Hardy Vickers Ryalls, registered 12 September 1918, Barney, Brooks County, Georgia; born 8 May 1878; occupation farmer; nearest relative Mary Ada Ryalls.
1920 U.S. census, Hahira, Lowndes County, Georgia, Hardy Ryall household, indexed as Ryles.
1930 U.S. census, Sebring, Highlands County, Florida, Hardy V. Ryall household.
1940 U.S. census, Sebring, Highlands County, Florida, Hardy V. Ryall household.
1950 U.S. census, Sebring, Highlands County, Florida, household of Keith M. Ryall, including Hardy V. Ryall as widowed father.
The Tampa Tribune (Tampa, Florida), 18 January 1950, p. 2, death notice for Mrs. Mary Ada Folsom Ryall of Sebring.
The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida), 7 May 1972, p. 29, feature profile of Hardy Vickers Ryall around his ninety-fourth birthday.
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Hardy Ryall, born 8 May 1878, died April 1975, Social Security number issued in Florida.
Find a Grave memorial no. 58862740, Hardy Vickers Ryall, Pinecrest Cemetery, Sebring, Highlands County, Florida.
Find a Grave memorial no. 58862767, Mary Ada Folsom Ryall, Pinecrest Cemetery, Sebring, Highlands County, Florida.
Pearl Rahn Gnann, Georgia Salzburger and Allied Families, cited through Ancestry, U.S., Family History Books, Ryall family entry naming Hardy Vickers Ryall and Ada Folsom.

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