Joseph Blatchford another reason to be discouraged." In 1977 Blatchford founded his private law practice, Summit Communications, in the field of international trade. Blatchford has represented "flower growers in Costa Rica, cement and toy balloon producers in Mexico, leather handbag exporters in Colombia, school ring binder makers in Singapore, and petrochemicals firms in Argentina." Blatchford is also the co-founder of Caribbean/Latin American Action, a business advocacy group. In 1978 Blatchford represented 13 defectors from Reverend Jim Jones' cult who were with Congressman Leo Ryan when he was killed at the airstrip near Jonestown in Guyana. In 1989 Blatchford was the principal lawyer
Samuel Ryan Jr. Driggs. Martha's sister, Mary, was married to William J. Fisk. Ryan died of pneumonia on March 26, 1907. Ryan was a member of the Assembly in 1865. From 1865 to 1873, he was an Outagamie County, Wisconsin, judge. In 1895, Ryan was appointed U.S. Consul in St. John's, Newfoundland. He was a Democrat. Samuel Ryan Jr. Samuel Ryan Jr. (March 13, 1824 – March 26, 1907) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Ryan was born in Sackets Harbor, New York, in 1824. He moved with his parents to Green Bay, Wisconsin, in 1826. In 1853, Ryan established the