Maternal grandpa Matthew Ryan, for whom I was named. This is him at age 18 in 1909. He was a farmer and also graded the dirt road he lived on. He died on this date 90 years ago of pneumonia, not quite 42 years old. His youngest child was 2 weeks old when he died. Mom was 2½. Grandpa's sister was a nurse, but she couldn't do a thing for him. Penicillin was years away. #Genealogy #CoSoPhotography