Granville Ryles

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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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  1. ^ Wallenstein, Peter (2012). "PIONEER BLACK LEGISLATORS FROM KENTUCKY, 1860s—1960s". The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society. 110 (3/4): 533–557. doi:10.1353/khs.2012.0052. JSTOR 23388061. S2CID 162227370 – via JSTOR.
  2. ^ "Micawber". Arkansas Weekly Patriot. May 3, 1872. p. 2 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Encyclopedia of Arkansas". Encyclopedia of Arkansas.
  4. ^ "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. ^ "Greenbackers meeting of the state convention". Daily Arkansas Gazette. June 17, 1880. p. 8 – via newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Court, Oklahoma Supreme (June 27, 1910). "Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma". State Capital Company – via Google Books.