Cemeteries

By Ray L. Bellande

MARTIN RYAN MEMORIAL CEMETERY

Bayou Porteaux Area

LOCATION: Approximately 2 miles northwest of Ocean Springs on the west bank of Bayou Porteaux in the SW/4 of the NW/4 of Section 13, T7S-R9W of Jackson County, Mississippi.

DIRECTIONS: From the intersection of Bienville Boulevard (US 90) and Washington Avenue at Ocean Springs, go north 2 miles to LeMoyne Boulevard. Turn west (left) and go .5 miles to Bayou Pines Drive. Turn south (left) at Bayou Pines Drive and go .33 miles to the cemetery located at 6702 Bayou Pines Drive on the east side of the road.

HISTORY: The Martin Ryan Memorial Cemetery is appropriately named for Martin Ryan. Martin Ryan (1842-1913) was the son of Pierre Ryan (1790-1878) and Marie-Josephe Ladner. His father, Pierre, obtained a 40-acre land patent (NW/4 of the NW/4 of Section 13, T7S-R9W) from the US Government in 1841. Pierre Ryan homesteaded here. In 1846, he acquired the S/2 of Lot 4 (SW/4 of the NW/4 of Section 13, T7S-R9W) from the US Government. The Martin Ryan Cemetery is located on this parcel. Pierre Ryan now had 80 contiguous acres and access to the Bay of Biloxi through Bayou Porteaux. This tract is immediately northwest of Gulf Hills.

Pierre and Marie Josephe Ryan reared a large family in this area of Jackson County. Pierre provided for his family by farming, fishing, charcoal making, and woodcutting. Their children were: Marie-Martha, who married Juan Antonio Rodriguez; Caroline, who married Alfred Ladnier; Marie Eulalie, who married Ramon Canet; Marie, who married Thomas Hanson; John Eugene, who married Marie Eudoxie Delaunay; Josephine, who married Jean Baptiste Fontaine; Edmond, who married Adele Bosarge; Rene, who married Louise Westbrook; St. Cyr; Martin, who married Permelia Delaunay; and Eugenie. Martin Ryan (1842-1913) married Permelia Delauney (1847-1877), of Biloxi about 1864. She was the daughter of Robert Delauney and Claire Ladner. Ryan made his livelihood initially on the sea. Later he was a charcoal burner. The Martin Ryan children were: Amanda (1867-1957), Mary Clara (1869-1910), Adolph (1871-1945), Thalie Olivia "Juline"

(1873-1957), and twins, Edward (b. 1877) and Ogerau (Angero) (1877-1955).

Before Pierre Ryan died in 1878, he sold Martin all of Lot 4 (W/2 of the NW/4 of Section 13, T7S-9W) on December 25, 1871. He probably lived here and the cemetery is located in the S/2 of Lot 4. On December 2, 1912, Martin Ryan sold 34 acres in the S/2 of Lot 4 to Juline Ryan Seymour, his daughter. Martin Ryan died in 1913.(JXCO, Ms. Land Deed Bk. 14, p. 494 and Book. 39, p. 92)

This cemetery is unique for the large number of weathered cypress headboards still remaining. It is a small but historic family cemetery and may have been known as the Tiblier Cemetery at one time.

PRIMARY FAMILY INTERMENTS: Basque, Fountain, Ladner, Morris, Ryan, Seymour, Tiblier, and Webb.

REGISTER

Kirby V. "K.V. Allen 10-2-1919 to 1-13-2006

Joan Ladner Allen 12-27-1933 to

John Carr Applewhite 8-25-1908 to 6-9-1976

Louella Boney Applewhite 8-19-1918 to 3-21-1993

Alphonsine Basque, Mother 3-1-1895 to 12-30-1934

Joseph G. Basque, Father 4-23-1892 to 12-26-1978

Anna E. Basque, Grandmother 7-30-1858 to 5-27-1946

Byron M. Basque 7-12-1914 to 9-18-1935

Brent Matthew Basque 12-13-1963 to 12-28-1981

Pvt US Army

Naomi V. Beaugez 10-1-1910 to 2-27-1912

Ida Orlean Beaugez 8-13-1920 to 12-18-1921

John A. Beaugez, Jr. 12-12-1908 to 6-25-1909

Fred Peter Boney 9-2-1889 to 2-23-1965

Laura P. Boney 10-25-1891 to 6-24-1979

Lois Anette Jordan Bowles 5-10-1922 to 9-2-2001

Bradford marker illegible

Laura Mae Boney Bryant 6-6-1916 to 5-5-1995

Robert J. Burr 11-30-1924 to 9-6-2006

Faye M. Byrd

Virgil G. Byrd 9-16-1936 to 12-11-1989

Ray M. Canaan 8-25-1897 to 9-30-1963

Bertha Tiblier Canaan 5-31-1900 to 12-18-1990

Canaan Babies no dates

Wanda F. Williams 1-21-1954 to 1-22-1954

daughter of Rev. and Mrs. F.A. Williams

Madeline Cannett 11-9-1849 to 4-12-1886

Wife of Louis Fountain

Adelaide Costoplos 1915 to 3-28-1947

Emile Fayard 3-23-1887 to 12-25-1973

Polite Fayard 7-1911 to 1-1928

Dorinda Fayard 7-24-1900 to 9-10-1948

Louis Fountain 8-1838 to 5-19-1906

Madeline Cannett Fountain 11-3-1849 to 4-12-1886

wife of Louis Fountain

Eugene E. Fountain, Sr. 7-4-1880 to 8-16-1968

Corine C. Beaugez Fountain 2-28-1885 to 6-4-1975

Eugene E. Fountain, Jr. 6-10-1907 to 11-28-1965

Ms PFC Hq Co 13 Army Div WW II

J.B. Fountain 12-27-1834 to 6-3-1924

Josephine Ryan............. ..10-15-1844 to 2-4-1921

Wife of J.B. Fountain

Mary E. Fountain 8-10-1870 to 4-23-1891

Peter Fountain 8-21-1884 to 10-26-1912

Permelia L. Furney 1-18-1892 to 3-11-1972

John H. Furney 1887 to 1950

Elwood J. Furney 1912 to 1936

Josephine Tiblier Furney 11-12-1917 to 10-3-1948

Adrian D. Garec* 3-11-1887 to 9-30-1899

Ernest Louis Garec* 8-9-1862 to 9-30-1899

*father and son drowned in Fort Bayou (see The Pascagoula Democrat-Star, October 6, 1899)

Richard George 9-15-1926 to 9-17-1994

Irene "Shot" Seymour George 10-11-1924 to 2-18-1998

Frank H. (Buddy) Goff 3-1-1920 to 6-13-1960

Rose M. Ladner 12-7-1932 to 8-23-1986

Wesley R. Ladner 6-24-1927 to 12-1-1983

Rita Seymour Ladner 2-19-1905 to 6-6-1969

Vernon Jasper Ladner 3-21-1903 to 10-13-1967

Albert Frank LeBois 1851 to 9-2-1932

Dorothy Betty Furney Mallett 11-6-1924 to 5-10-2002

Lawrence Morris 1892 to 1971

Mary V. Seymour Morris 1893 to 1960

James Q. Morris 1923 to 5-19-2008

Catherine H. (Cats) Morris 3-9-1922 to 7-7-1969

Terrell O. (Tut) Morris 1-18-1921 to 5-20-1966

Ms SGT US Army WW II

Ellanor Morris 1918 (child)

Murphy Morris 1919 (child)

Baby Pequot no dates

Raymond L. Quave 2-8-1898 to 7-3-1975

Valena Seymour Quave 7-4-1898 to 11-9-1968

Elmer J. Richards, Jr. 11-30-1921 to 4-9-1970

Irma R. Richards 2-3-1926 to

Glennie Virgil Russell 3-12-1912 to 10-6-2001

Lillian A. Russell 2-13-1903 to 3-14-1975

Martin Ryan 1842 to 1913

Permilia Delaunay Ryan 1847 to 1877

Dolores Ryan 9-24-1936 to 1-8-2001

H.A. Ryan 1-31-1921 to 8-14-1921

Alphonse S. Ryan 3-19-1869 to 6-9-1951

Hypolite E. Ryan 8-1885 to 5-14-1934

Ms Pvt 153 Inf 39 Div

Pvt. Elmer Paul Ryan 6-16-1900 to 10-14-1944

US Army

Eran Ryan (baby) no dates

Howell Ryan 1-31-1921 to 8-14-1922

Polite Ryan 1859-1912

Mary Ryan 1892 to 1983

Angero E. Ryan 1877 to 1955

John Eugene Ryan 1837 to 1907

Norwell Bennett Ryan 7-9-1921 to 8-25-1979

Henry Bailey Ryan 6-21-1925 to

Lelia M. Ryan 10-7-1899 to 3-7-1971

Mathew I. Ryan 9-6-1905 to 1-10-1985

Delmas V. Ryan 3-1-1868 to 9-12-1946

Vallie Joseph Ryan 3-9-1902 to 6-24-1908

Wilford John Ryan 10-13-1913 to 11-17-1914

Olivia Tiblier Ryan 5-31-1878 to 1-14-1957

Elliot V. Ryan 5-16-1911 to 10-29-1951

Herman D. Ryan 2-3-1898 to 9-27-1975

Mary Agnes Ryan 7-17-1912 to 7-2-1977

Edward A. Ryan 1894-1909

Victoria Tiblier Ryan 18?8-1910

Moise Ryan 6-3-1877 to 10-3-1947

Peter Ryan and Wife, Pioneers of Jackson County

Madeline Sanchez 1902 to 1978

Victoria Ryan Sanchez 4-9-1875 to 7-23-1961

Aurora Sanchez 1-8-1903 to 6-5-1927

Grace Wydell Fayard Scarborough 1-18-1923 to 4-19-2002

Merlin Gay Scarborough 9-26-1953 to 5-7-2003

Winnie F. Seymour 2-13-1902 to 9-23-1985

Florian J. Seymour 3-28-1894 to 11-26-1970

Ms Pvt II Co Recruit Depot WW I

Paul Seymour, Sr. 3-27-1867 to 5-4-1945

Clara Ryan Seymour 2-1-1869 to 5-25-1910

Paul Seymour, Jr. 1-4-1891 to 7-11-1970

Addie Seymour 7-26-1897 to 8-25-1973

Othmer Seymour 8-24-1920 to 7-7-1931

Lawrence R. Seymour 12-28-1869 to 12-29-1902

Zuline Ryan Seymour 10-17-1874 to 5-29-1957

Florian Seymour 11-8-1927

Our darling baby gone to be an angel

Edward R. Seymour 3-1-1898 to 2-21-1981

Edna Cowart Seymour 10-4-1907 to 2-16-1999

Edward Arnold Seymour, Sr. 8-12-1925 to 9-6-1990

Am2 US Navy WW II

Doris E. Summerlin Seymour 4-25-1925 to 11-23-1993

Gary Randall Seymour 4-2-1952 to 8-4-2000

Marilyn Grafton Seymour 10-19-1951 to

William Seymour 10-17-1863 to 8-17-1939

Amanda Seymour 12-11-1867 to 1-26-1957

Hubert Seymour 2-25-1907 to 7-3-1913

Carmile Seymour 9-21-1893 to 12-12-1904

William (?) Seymour 10-8-1919 to 6-7-1925

Joseph Suraze (Suarez) 5-1840 to 11-1912

Antoinette Ladner Suraze 1852 to 9-15-1880

Margie M. Fountain Terretta 10-13-1912 to 10-22-2003

Toney F. Terretta 11-21-1912 to 9-19-1998

Married 6-3-1933

Capt. Lawrence B. Tiblier 3-12-1871 to 8-23-1955

Eulalie Tiblier 2-14-1873 to 1-27-1951

Lawrence E. Tiblier 10-13-1894 to 6-22-1944

Robert Paul Tiblier 1-7-1914 to 5-12-1993

Mary Lutetia Tiblier 9-13-1909 to 10-28-1911

Woodrow Tiblier 4-18-1913 to 10-3-1916

Vital J. Tiblier, Jr. 6-25-1930 to 2-8-1988

Korean War

Eliza Ryan Tiblier 2-8-1880 to 2-16-1971

Peter L. Tiblier 5-2-1921 to 2-22-1971

Ms S1 USN WW II

Louis A. Tiblier 2-12-1874 to 3-30-1938

Louise Tiblier 1904-?

Laura Tiblier 2-11-1894 to 10-10-1914

Vallie Tiblier no date

Albert Tiblier 1869 to 1953

Tiblier child no date

Madeline Tiblier no date

Joseph Tiblier

Louis Peter "Longino" Tiblier

Ira M. Webb 8-25-1892 to 2-28-1948

Virginia I. Webb 5-13-1896 to 12-8-1974

Donald E. Webb 5-25-1918 to 4-13-1969

Ms SC2 USNR WWII

Flossie R. Webb 1917 to 4-20-2008

Roy Peter Webb 10-8-1913 to 9-18-1980

Catherine S. Webb 1-30-1911 to 3-27-2002

Roy Peter Webb Jr. 11-16-1942 to 6-17-2000

H.E. Webb 8-28-1916 to 6-10-1918

? Webb 1945

REFERENCES:

Nap Cassibry, II, The Ladner Odyssey,(Mississippi Coast Historical & Genealogical Society-Special Issue No. 6: Biloxi-1988), pp. 818-819.

Dale Greenwell, "Tiblier Cemetery-Bayou Poito Area-North Biloxi, Mississippi", New Orleans Genesis (Vol. VII-March 1968, No. 26), pp. 199-200.

Regina Hines, Ocean Springs 1892 (2nd Edition), (Lewis Printing Services: Pascagoula 1991), p. 134.

Brother Jerome Lepre, "A Ryan Heritage", Journal of the Jackson County Genealogical Society, (Volume 1-No.1, Winter 1984), pp. 4-5.

Requiem III, Jackson County Cemetery Records,(Jackson County Genealogical Society 1969), pp. 102-104.

US Census Jackson County, Mississippi, 1870 and 1880

Personal Communication:

Martha Tiblier Eleuterius - July 1993

Surveyed and researched by:

Ray L. Bellande

December 1991

PO BOX 617

Ocean Springs

Mississippi 39564

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