Granville Ryles Explained

Granville Ryles (1831 - 1909)[1] was a minister,[2] farmer, and state legislator in Arkansas. In 1883 he represented Pulaski County in the Arkansas House of Representatives.[3]

He was part of the A.M.E. Church.[4] He was an official at the 1880 Arkansas Colored Convention.[5] He was involved in a legal dispute over a farmed land area he leased in former Indian Territory.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. PIONEER BLACK LEGISLATORS FROM KENTUCKY, 1860s—1960s. Wallenstein, Peter. 2012. The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. 110. 3/4. 533–557. 10.1353/khs.2012.0052. 23388061. 162227370. JSTOR.
  2. News: Micawber. Arkansas Weekly Patriot. May 3, 1872. 2. newspapers.com.
  3. Web site: Encyclopedia of Arkansas. Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
  4. Web site: Richard R. Wright (Richard Robert), b. 1878. Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Containing Principally the Biographies of the Men and Women, both Ministers and Laymen, Whose Labors During a Hundred Years, Helped Make the A.M.E. Church What It is .
  5. News: Greenbackers meeting of the state convention. Daily Arkansas Gazette. June 17, 1880. 8. newspapers.com.
  6. Web site: Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma. Oklahoma Supreme. Court. June 27, 1910. State Capital Company. Google Books.

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