Dennis & James Ryans
James Ryan Family of Oklahoma.
Before moving to Oklahoma, James Ryan owned the Central House in Waukon. One of the records the Waukon Building Improvements for 1890:
Waukon Standard, Waukon, Allamakee County, Iowa
| December 11, 1890 | |||
| Waukon is a town of steady, substantial growth. It has never had a "boom" and we hope it never will have one of the speculative kind that, when the fever is over, leaves the patient weaker than at first and must have a season devoted simply to recuperation. Like former years, the one just closing has been one of progress and solid growth for our beautiful, lively, flourishing town. Most of our estimates have been obtained from the owners of the property and the others on good authority: | |||
| H. F. Opfer, 8 buildings................................................................$12 00.00 | |||
| H. F. Opfer, store improvements .................................................. .....75.00 | |||
| C. S. Stilwell, house improvmts, rep's........................................... ...150.00 | |||
| T. F. O'Brien, house and store...........................................................100.00 | |||
| E. M. Hancock, house ......................................................................35 .00 | |||
| A. T. Stillman, house..........................................................................25.00 | |||
| J. R. Thompson ...............................................................................250.00 | |||
| C. D. Bayless, house ......................................................................125 .00 | |||
| D. W. Reed, house ........................................................................ .123.00 | |||
| Norwegian Lutheran Church ...................................................... ....1800.00 | |||
| Halvor Petersen, house, etc ...................................................... ......125.00 | |||
| J. S. Johnson, house ......................................................................1500.0 0 | |||
| John Downing, houses .............................................................. .......100.00 | |||
| Boomer Bro's, improvements ..................................................... .......25.00 | |||
| C. P. Church and Parsonage .................................................... .......175.00 | |||
| Dr. J. C. Crawford, house .......................................................... .........50.00 | |||
| Wm. Ralston, house .......................................................................1000 .00 | |||
| Hans G. Johnson, house .................................................................2000.00 | |||
| James Ryan, improvements, and rep's ...................................... .....250.00 | |||
| James Holahan, four dwellings .................................................. .....2800.00 | |||