Halliburton, Ryland L.
Ryland L. Halliburton, a farmer of Lauderdale County, is a son of Benjamin and
Rebecca (Moore) Halliburton. The father was a native of North Carolina, and
the mother of Virginia. They were both consistent members of the Missionary
Baptist Church; the father was a soldier of the war of 1812; a farmer by
occupation, his political views were Democratic. R. L. Halliburton, the
subject of this sketch, was born in Halifax County, Va., September 30, 1821,
and was married to Susan F. Halliburton, in October 1844, the grand-daughter
of Reuben Pickett, an eminent pioneer minister of the Missionary Baptist
Church in Virginia. In the year 1849 R. L. Halliburton removed with his
family to Lauderdale County, Tenn., and engaged in farming, and has followed
agricultural pursuits up to present writing. He owns a magnificent body of
farming lands situated one mile south of Ripley on the line of the Newport
News & Mississippi Valley Railroad, well improved and with a splendid steam
gin and mill thereon. Mr. and Mrs. Halliburton have three living children —
two daughters and one son. The mother, son and one daughter are members of
the Baptist Church. The other daughter, the wife of Dr. Morgan Cartwright, is
a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. Mr. Halliburton, in
politics, is a conservative Democrat; is not a member of any denomination, but
is a firm believer in the Bible and the Christian religion.
Goodspeed’s Biographies of Lauderdale Co., TN