Silas H. Ransom, Civil War Soldier

Christie, Weston, Clark Co., Wisconsin

 

Silas was born in 1831 in NY, the son of Harmon and Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom.  The family moved from NY to OH, but settled in WI before the 1860 Census.  Silas and his wife, Catherine Amanda (b. 1832, NY), were living in Ashford, Fond du Lac Co., WI when he enlisted as a Private in Co. G, 14th Inf. Regt. on 1 Jan 1862, along with his brother, Bostwick.  His brother Sherman served with the same unit from Feb to Oct 1865.   On 18 Jan 1863, after a year of service, Silas and Bostwick deserted.  Silas was arrested 25 Feb 1865 and court-martialed on 22 May 1865 at Montgomery, AL.  His sentence was 1 yr hard labor at Ft. Jefferson, FL. Reputed to be one of the worst Union prisons in the Civil War, it was called America’s Devil’s Island.  He escaped custody 11 Jul 1865.  His regiment was mustered out 9 Oct 1865 at Mobile, AL.

In the 1870 Census, Silas & Catherine were living in Weston, Clark Co., WI with his widowed father and his brother Sherman.  His younger brother, William, married Floretta, the daughter of Luther Raymond whose biography is also in this book. Bostwick never returned to his family in WI and his wife remarried in 1866.  When Catherine passed away 5 Aug 1873, her funeral was held at the Hyslip schoolhouse.  Silas suffered a long and severe illness before passing away at the home of his brother on Cawley Creek, 21 Jun 1882.  He was buried in sec. 11, lot #34 in the Neillsville, WI City Cemetery where his wife had also been laid to rest.  Civil War Soldiers in the Heart of Clark Co., Wisconsin

 

Census Records

 

Fond du Lac, WI 1860 Federal Census

LAST_NAME FIRST_NAME AGE NATIVITY   PAGE# LOCATION

 

Ransom               C.A.                        33         New York            12        Ashford           
Ransom                Francis                  15         Ohio                     12        Ashford           
Ransom                Harmon                 54         N.Y. State            45       Auburn            
Ransom                Levi                       53         N.Y. State            45        Auburn            
Ransom                Mary                     14         Ohio                     45        Auburn            
Ransom                Sherman               17         Ohio                     45        Auburn            
Ransom                Silas                      29         New York            12         Ashford           
Ransom                William                 12         Ohio                     45        Auburn            
Raymond             Alfred                   30         New York            63       Auburn            
Raymond             Amelia                  28         New York            63        Auburn

Raymond             Angeline              54         Canada              96          Town of Ripon  
Raymond             Bostwick              25         Ohio                     9         Ashford           
Raymond             Charlott                20         New York            9         Ashford           
Raymond             Charlott                21         Ohio                     9         Ashford           
Raymond             Clarisa                  4/12      Wisconsin          9         Ashford           
Raymond             Delos                    24         New York            9         Ashford           
Raymond             Dexter                  11/12    Wisconsin           63        Auburn            
Raymond             Edwin                   7           Wisconsin           63        Auburn            
Raymond             Elizabeth             50           New York            14        Ashford           
Raymond             Fayette                7            Wisconsin           9         Ashford           
Raymond             Floretta                13          Wisconsin           9         Ashford           
Raymond             Francis                 61          Canada               96        Town of Ripon     
Raymond             Frank M.              2           Wisconsin           9         Ashford           
Raymond             Ida                        4            Wisconsin          63        Auburn            
Raymond             Julia V.                 40          Massachusetts  9         Ashford           
Raymond             Luther                  50          New York            9         Ashford           
Raymond             O. H.                    53           New York            14        Ashford           
Raymond            Orson                   17           New York            63        Auburn

 

 

 

 

           

 

1880 Federal Census, Weston, Clark Co., Wisconsin
 Name  Relation Marital Sex Race Age Nativity Occupation F-Nativity M-Nativity
 Herman Ransom   Self   W   Male   W   74   NY   Farmer   NY   NY 
 Silas H. Ransom   Son   W   Male   W   49   NY   At Home   NY   NY 
 Sherman Ransom   Son   S   Male   W   30   OH   Laborer   NY   NY 

 

 

Military Records [1] [2] Muster Rolls [1] [2] [3] [4]

 

 

 

 

Family Notes

 

RANSOM Silas

 

 

Born: 1831, NY                                             Son of: Harmon & Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom

Died: 21 Jun 1882, Weston, Clark, WI     Buried: Neillsville City Cemetery, Clark Co., WI

 

Married: btw 1850-1860

Spouse: Catherine Amanda          b. 1827 / 1832; d. 5 Aug 1873, Weston, Clark, WI

                                                            Buried: Neillsville City Cemetery, Clark Co., WI

                        Daughter of ____________; Mother of __ children

 

Civil War Service:

            Residence: Auburn, WI (Fond du Lac Co.)

            Private, Company G, 14th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin

            Enlisted: 1 Jan 1862

            Deserted: 18 Jan 1863; Arrested: 25 Feb 1865

                        Court Martial: 22 May 1865; Escaped: 11 July 1865

            Regiment Mustered Out: 9 Oct 1865, Mobile, AL

 

Residence:

   1831 - born in NY

   1840 Census - New Haven, Huron, OH

   1850 Census - as of June 1 - New Haven, Huron, OH - age 18 (1832)

   18XX - moved to Wisconsin

   185X - married Catharine Amanda

   1860 Census - as of June 1 - Ashford, Fond du Lac, WI - age 29 (1831)

   1862 Jan 1 - from Auburn, WI, enlisted in Wisconsin Infantry, Co. G, 14th Regt.

   1865 Oct 9 - mustered out of military at Mobile, Alabama

   1870 Census - as of June 1 - Weston, Clark, WI - age 38 (1832)

   1880 Census - as of June 1 - Weston, Clark, WI - age 49 (1831)

   1882 Jun 21 - died, Weston, Clark, WI

 

NOTE:

Silas Ransom, Civil War Soldier

Christie, Weston, Clark Co., Wisconsin

 

Silas was born in 1831 in NY, the son of Harmon and Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom.  The family moved from NY to OH, but settled in WI before the 1860 Census.  Silas and his wife, Catherine Amanda (b. 1832, NY), were living in Ashford, Fond du Lac Co., WI when he enlisted as a Private in Co. G, 14th Inf. Regt. on 1 Jan 1862.  His brother Sherman served with the same unit from Feb to Oct 1865.   After a year of service, Silas deserted, 18 Jan 1863.  He was arrested 25 Feb 1865 and court-martialed on 22 May 1865 at Montgomery, AL.  His sentence was 1 yr hard labor at Ft. Jefferson, FL. Reputed to be one of the worst Union prisons in the Civil War, it was called America’s Devil’s Island.  He escaped custody 11 Jul 1865.  His regiment was mustered out 9 Oct 1865 at Mobile, AL.

 

In the 1870 Census, Silas & Catherine are living in Weston, Clark Co., WI with his widowed father and his brother Sherman.  His younger brother, William, married Floretta, the daughter of Luther Raymond whose biography is also in this book.  When Catherine passed away 5 Aug 1873, her funeral was held at the Hyslip schoolhouse.  Silas suffered a long and severe illness before passing away at the home of his brother on Cawley Creek, 21 Jun 1882.  He was buried in sec. 11, lot #34 in the Neillsville, WI City Cemetery where his wife had also been laid to rest.

 

 

>>WITH BOSTWICK<<

 

Silas Ransom, Civil War Soldier

Christie, Weston, Clark Co., Wisconsin

 

Silas was born in 1831 in NY, the son of Harmon and Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom.  The family moved from NY to OH, but settled in WI before the 1860 Census.  Silas and his wife, Catherine Amanda (b. 1832, NY), were living in Ashford, Fond du Lac Co., WI when he enlisted as a Private in Co. G, 14th Inf. Regt. on 1 Jan 1862, along with his brother, Bostwick.  His brother Sherman served with the same unit from Feb to Oct 1865.   On 18 Jan 1863, after a year of service, Silas and Bostwick deserted.  Silas was arrested 25 Feb 1865 and court-martialed on 22 May 1865 at Montgomery, AL.  His sentence was 1 yr hard labor at Ft. Jefferson, FL. Reputed to be one of the worst Union prisons in the Civil War, it was called America’s Devil’s Island.  He escaped custody 11 Jul 1865.  His regiment was mustered out 9 Oct 1865 at Mobile, AL.

 

In the 1870 Census, Silas & Catherine are living in Weston, Clark Co., WI with his widowed father and his brother Sherman.  His younger brother, William, married Floretta, the daughter of Luther Raymond whose biography is also in this book. Bostwick never returned to his family in WI and his wife remarried in 1866.  When Catherine passed away 5 Aug 1873, her funeral was held at the Hyslip schoolhouse.  Silas suffered a long and severe illness before passing away at the home of his brother on Cawley Creek, 21 Jun 1882.  He was buried in sec. 11, lot #34 in the Neillsville, WI City Cemetery where his wife had also been laid to rest.

 

OLD BIO

Silas H. RANSOM 1831 - 1882

VGR #416 dated 23 Mar 1937, Next of kin: Lewis Brown (nephew)

 

Silas was born in 1831 in NY, the son of Harmon and Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom. He remained single his entire life.  At the time of the 1880 Census he was living in Weston, Clark Co., WI with his father and his brother Sherman.  Their younger brother, William married Floretta, the daughter of Luther Raymond whose biography is also in this book.  During the Civil War, Silas fought the last year along side his brother, Sherman.  He enlisted 1 Jan 1862, with Co. G, 14th Wis., and was discharged 11 Jul 1865 after a year of imprisonment in Madison, WI and a Court Martial for desertion at Memphis, TN.  His military trial was held 22 May 1865 in Montgomery, AL.  He was married to Catherine Amanda who was born 1832 and died 4 Apr 1873.  Her funeral was held at the Hyslip schoolhouse.  Silas suffered a long and sever illness.  When he passed away at the home of his brother on Cawley Creek, 21 Jun 1882, he was buried in sec. 11, lot #34 in the Neillsville, WI City Cemetery where his wife had also been laid to rest.

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MUSTER ROLLS link 1

Silas Ransom, Pvt Co. G, 14 Reg’t Wisconsin Infantry, appears on Company Muster Roll

Sept 7/61 to Feb 28, 1862 - Present        Age 29 years

Roll dated Milwaukee, Wis, Jan 30, 1862

Muster-in date Jan 30, 1862

Joined   WHEN: Jan 1, 1862   WHERE: Auburn   PERIOD: 3 years

Mar & Apr, 1862 - Present

May & June, 1862 - Present

MUSTER ROLLS link 2

July & Aug, 1862 - Present

Aug 18, 1862 - Present

Sept & Oct, 1862 - Present

Nov & Dec, 1862 - Present

 

MUSTER ROLLS links 3 + 4

Mch & Apr, 1865

Present or absent: not stated         REMARKS: Gained from Desertion

 

Appears on Co. Muster Roll for May & June, 1865.

Present or absent: Present

REMARKS: Stopp for arrest & delivery $30.00, deserted Jany 18/63

Taken up from Dest Feby 25/65.  Awaiting sentence of Court Martial.

 

Descriptive List of Deserters          Dated July 31, 1865

Deserted: WHEN: July 11, 1865    WHERE: Montgomery, Ala

REMARKS: Des. Jan 18, 1863, was arrested and forwarded to Regt April 25, 1865, was Court Martialed and sentenced to one (1) years imprisonment at hard labor in Fort Jefferson Fla with loss of all pay and allowances in or which may hereafter become due him and be dishonorably dismissed the service of the U.S.  Stoppages for arrest and delivery $30.00 scaped from under Guard July 11, 1865, at Montgomery Ala

 

Appears on Co. Muster Roll for July & Aug, 1865.

Present or absent:  (blank)

REMARKS: Loss by deserted at Mont’g. Ala. July 11/65.

 

Age 29 years

Appears on Co. Muster-out Roll, dated Mobile Ala, Oct 9, 1865

REMARKS: Deserted at Montgomery Ala July 11/65

 

MILITARY link 1

Head Quarters 3rd Division 16th Army Corps

Montgomery Ala. May 20th 1865

A General Court Martial is hereby appointed to meet at Montgomery Ala, on the 22nd day of May 1865 or as soon thereafter as practicable for the trial of Private Silas Ransom, "G" Co 14th Regt Wis Vet Vols and such other prisoners as may be brought before it.

(list of names, etc)

 

MILITARY link 2

May 20, 1865 Montgomery Ala

A general Court Martial is hereby appointed to meet at Montgomery Ala on the 22nd day of May 1865 or as soon as thereafter as practible for the trial of Private Silas Ransom "G’ Co 14th Wis Vol Inf Vets, and such other prisoners as may be brought before it.

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BOSTWICK RANSOM - 1st husband of Charlotte A. (Raymond) Ransom Mills

 

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865

Name: Bostic Ransom        Side: Union  Regiment State/Origin: Wisconsin 

Regiment Name: 14th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry               COMPANY: G 

Rank In: Private                   Rank Out: Private                Film Number: M559 roll 24 

American Civil War Soldiers

Name: Bostic Ransom                                RESIDENCE: Ashford, Wisconsin 

Enlistment Date: 6 Jan 1862         Side Served: Union             State Served: Wisconsin 

Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 6 January 1862.

Enlisted in Company G, 14th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 6 Jan 1862.

Deserted from Company G, 14th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 18 Jan 1863.

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American Civil War Soldiers

Name: Silas Ransom    RESIDENCE: Auburn, Wisconsin     Enlistment Date: 1 Jan 1862

Side Served: Union     State Served: Wisconsin

Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 1 January 1862.

Enlisted in Company G, 14th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 1 Jan 1862.

Deserted from Company G, 14th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 11 Jul 1865.  Sources:97

 

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865

Silas Ransom    Side:  Union    Regiment State/Origin:  Wisconsin

Regiment Name:  14th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry    COMPANY:  G

Rank In:  Private    Rank Out:  Private    Film Number:  M559 roll 24

 

CENSUS Reports

 

1840 United States Federal Census

Name: Harmon Ransom     Township: New Haven  County: Huron  State: Ohio 

   Number of persons in household: 3 males, 2 females

   Ages of persons in household: 2 under-5, 1 5-10, 2 20-30             Occupation: Agriculture

 

1850 United States Federal Census

Name: Sherman Ransom   Age: 7           Est. Birth Year: abt 1843     Birth Place: Ohio

Home in 1850(City,County,State):            New Haven, Huron, Ohio

   Household Members: Name Age

            Harmon Ransom     43  NY            Labourer

            Leafy Ransom          43  NY

            Silas Ransom           18  NY

            Bostwick Ransom    16  OH

            Caroline Ransom    14  OH

            Sherman Ransom     7  OH

            Mariett Ransom          5  OH

            William Ransom         1  OH

            Samuel Tuttle           49  CT            Carpenter

 

1860 United States Federal Census

Name: Silas Ransom Age in 1860: 29  Birth Year: abt 1831  Birthplace: New York

Home in 1860: Ashford, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin Post Office: Auburn

   Household Members: Name Age

            Silas Ransom           29  NY            Day Laborer

            C A Ransom             33  NY                        << Catharine A.

            Francis Ransom      15  OH                        << relationship?

 

1870 United States Federal Census

Name: Silas H Ranson Est. Birth Year: abt 1832   Age in 1870: 38    Birthplace: New York

Home in 1870: Weston, Clark, Wisconsin Post Office:  Neillsville

   Household Members: Name Age

            Silas H Ranson        38  NY            Farmer              250 --

            Catharine A Ranson  40  NY         Keeping House

            Sherman Ranson   26  OH            Works on Farm  250 --

            Harmon Ransom     63  NY            Retired Farmer

 

1880 United States Federal Census

Name: Sherman Ransom   Age: 30  Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850

Birthplace: Ohio  Relation to Head of Household: Son    Father's Name: Herman

Father's birthplace: New York  Mother's birthplace: New York

Occupation: Laborer    Marital Status: Single   Race: White   Gender: Male

Home in 1880: Weston, Clark, Wisconsin

   Household Members: Name Age

            Herman Ransom     74  NY-NY-NY Widowed                Farmer           << Harmon

            Silas H. Ransom      49  NY-NY-NY Widowed    Son    At Home

            Sherman Ransom  30  OH-NY-NY Single         Son    Laborer

 

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Site Bios

 

Obit: Ransom, Silas (1831 - 1882)

----Source: Undated Newspaper Clipping from the Boon Family Scrapbook

In the town of Weston, Clark County, Wis., June 21st, 1882, Mr. Silas Ransom, aged 51 years.  Mr. Ransom had been long a resident of Clark County. He died at the residence of his brother on the banks of Cawley Creek, after a long and severe illness. His wife died several years ago. He leaves numerous relatives and friends to mourn his loss.

Subject: Ransom, Silas ( 1851-1882)

----Source: SCRAPBOOK - SOURCE UNKNOWN

SILAS RANSOM.  Silas Ransom of Weston, Clark County, Wisconsin, whose wife passed on last year, died June 21, 1882.

Subject: Ransom, Catharine Amanda (1832 1873)

----Source: NEILLSVILLE REPUBLICAN PRESS (Clark County, Wis.) 08/15/1873

      Ransom, Catharine Amanda (1832 - 1873)

Died, in the Town of Weston, Clark County, on the 5th of Aug., 1873, Mrs. Catharine Amanda Ransom, aged 41 years.  The funeral services were held in the Hyslip school-house, and attended by a numerous company of sorrowful friends and neighbors, who followed the remains to the cemetery at Neillsville.

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Cemetery Index

Ransom         Sherman                   WESTON EAST                   WESTON

Ransom         Albert M.                    WESTON EAST                   WESTON

Ransom         Estella                        WESTON EAST                   WESTON

 

Ransom         Catherine Amanda NEILLSVILLE CITY             PINE VALLEY

Rausom         Silas H.                      NEILLSVILLE CITY             PINE VALLEY

Rausom         William                       NEILLSVILLE CITY             PINE VALLEY

Ransom         Fay                             NEILLSVILLE CITY             PINE VALLEY

Ransom         Benjamin                   NEILLSVILLE CITY             PINE VALLEY

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Neillsville City Cemetery - Pine Valley Twp., Neillsville, WI

 

c    Rausom (Ransom), Silas H.,  A-23    *                       b. abt 1831, d. 21 June 1882

                m. Catharine A.        parents: Harmon & Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom

o    Ransom, Catherine Amanda              1832   4-Aur-1873       wife of Silas H. Ransom

 

c    Rausom (Ransom), William    A-22         

could be the son of Harmon & Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom, b. 17 Nov 1849 Ohio, d. 14 Aug 1940 Black River Falls, m. Floretta Raymond

 

Sons of Charlotte (Raymond) & Bostwick Ransom (Charlotte later married Calvin J. Mills)

no record of either man ever being married…

ct   Ransom, Fay                  I-49     May-1859   12-Oct-1901   

ct   Ransom, Benjamin        I-49  12-Dec-1861   2-Oct-1902       (Spouse) Benjamin Ransom 

 

Weston East Cemetery, "Chapel Hill" - Weston Township, Clark County, Wisconsin

 

t  Ransom, Albert M.     K-035        7-31-1870      3-11-1873  (age 2y 7m)

            son of Wm & Floretta (Raymond) Ransom

o  Ransom, Estella                          1867-3-29        1881   (age 13) 

            SPOUSE Fred M. Raymond    PARENTS Salman/Betsy Johnson

            daughter of William & Floretta (Raymond) Ransom

 

n  Ransom, Sherman                      1846 (1843)  -  1888   

            SPOUSE Estella                              PARENTS William & F.T. Ransom

            PARENTS Harmon & Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom

           Civil War - Co G 14th Wis Inf.; Enlisted 2/28/1865-10/9/1865    (never married)

 

----Source: CLARK COUNTY REPUBLICAN PRESS (Neillsville, Wis.) 04/01/1881

Ransom, Estella (1867 - 29 MAR 1881)

Died, in the town of Weston, Clark County, March 29, 1881, Estella Ransom, aged 13 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ransom. The funeral was attended on Wednesday of this week at the Hyslip Schoolhouse, sermon by Rev. Wm. T. Hendren.

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ANCESTRY TREE                  salzwedel (Owner: peggin2nite)

Harmon Ransom     Birth:  1807 NY         Death: 

Leafy Tuttle               Birth:  1807 NY         Death: 

 

Children   Name       Sex                 Birth / Death                            

Silas H. Ransom      M         abt 1831 New York              << married Catharine A.

                                                June 21 1882 Weston, Clark County, Wis   

 

Bostwick Ransom    M         abt 1834 Ohio  << married Charlotte Raymond (dau: Luther & Julia Raymond)

 

Caroline L. Ransom F         1836 Ohio     << Married Albert W. Tuttle

                                                March 16, 1911  Woodburn, Marion Co., Oregon.   

 

Sherman Ransom    M        abt 1843 Ohio 

                                                DIED 1888, buried Weston Cemetery, Clark Co., WI (age 42 ?)  << never married

            Timeline

                        1843 (abt) Birth, Ohio

                        1850 Age: 7 Residence New Haven, Huron, Ohio

                        1870 Age: 27 Residence Eaton, Clark, Wisconsin

                        1880 Age: 37 Residence Weston, Clark, Wisconsin, United States

 

Maryetta Ransom                 F          19 Aug 1845 Ohio  m. Theodore Brown Jr, 14 Feb 1866 (Auburn)

                                                            30 Nov 1921 Weston, Clark, Wisconsin              10 Children

 

William Price Ransom        M         17 Nov 1849 Huron, , Ohio, USA    m. Floretta Raymond

                                                            14 Aug 1940 Black River Falls                  (sister of Charlotte)

 

* for more family info, see TUTTLE Albert W.

 

Marriage Record Details

Last Name: Ransom   First: Bostick          Day: 03  Month: November  Year: 1857

Last Name: Raymond First: Charlotte A  County: Fond du Lac  Volume: 01 Page: 0415

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Fort Jefferson     Civil War Prison

 

In 1846, the United States began building a fort for the coastal defense of Florida. Fort Jefferson, the largest masonry fort in the United States, took up just about all the space on 25 acre Garden Key, located in the Dry Tortugas-a chain of tiny sun-bleached islands west of Key West.

 

Climate on the barren sand was horrible: the sun beat down mercilessly and the humidity fostered mildew and rot. Swarms of flies, mosquitoes, and gnats plagued the islands. There was no water, no trees-nothing but sand, and that rose only three feet above the sea. Every item needed for construction and for support of the workers had to be imported.

 

By late 1861, with the fort's half mile of 50 foot high brick walls still under construction, the federal government decided to use the facility as a prison. Not intended to confine Confederate prisoners of war, the fort was used instead as a dumping ground for criminals from Union armies. General George B. McClellan sent 63 rebellious soldiers from the 2d Maine Infantry to spend the war toiling on the desolate dot of sand.

 

One of the worst Union prisons in the Civil War, the fort had a well deserved reputation as America's Devil's Island. A sentence to hard labor at Fort Jefferson was a sentence in hell. The unending job of construction, usually while wearing a ball and chain, a diet of tainted, diarrhea-and scurvy-causing food, swarms of insects, bedbugs, isolation, brutal guards, and plagues of yellow fever and malaria all combined to make life intolerable and uncertain.

 

Unimportant to the Confederate war effort, Fort Jefferson was one of four U.S. forts in the Deep South that escaped capture by the Confederates at the beginning of the war.

 

----Source: Atlas Editions Civil War Cards

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CHILDREN of Wm & Floretta Ransom:

Estella (1867-1881); Albert M. (1870-1873); Eldora (1875-), Bertha (1878-), Guy (1883-)

 

1860 United States Federal Census

Name: Floretta Raymond    Age in 1860: 13    Birth Year: abt 1847    Birthplace: Wisconsin

Home in 1860: Ashford, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

    Household Members: Name Age

            Luther Raymond      50

            Julia A Raymond     40

            Floretta Raymond    13

 

1870 United States Federal Census

Name: Valera Rundson      Est. Birth Year: abt 1847    Age in 1870: 23   

Birthplace: Wisconsin         Post Office:   Armstrong Corners

Home in 1870: Ashford, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

    Household Members: Name Age

            Luther Raymond      60                   

            Valera Rundson      23                    Floretta Raymond Ransom

            William Raymond    21                    William Ransom

            Estella Raymond       2                    Estella Ransom

 

1880 United States Federal Census

Name: Floretta Ransom     Age: 33     Est. Birth Year: abt 1847     Birthplace: Wisconsin

Father's birthplace: New York       Mother's birthplace: New York

Home in 1880: Weston, Clark, Wisconsin

    Household Members: Name Age

            William Ransom       32

            Floretta Ransom      33

            Estella Ransom        12

            Eldora Ransom        5

            Bertha Ransom        2

            Luther Raymond      71

 

1900 United States Federal Census

Name: Floretta Rausom     Age: 53     Birth Date: Dec 1845     Birthplace: New York

Father's Birthplace: Connecticut         Mother's Birthplace: New York

Mother: number of living children: 3     Mother: How many children: 5

Spouse's Name: Wm           Marriage Year: 1868            Years Married: 32

Home in 1900: Brockway, Jackson, Wisconsin

    Household Members: Name Age

            Wm Rausom             51

            Floretta Rausom      53

            Guy W Rausom        17

 

1910 United States Federal Census

Name: William Ransom    Age in 1910: 62    Est. Birth Year: abt 1848    Birthplace: Ohio

Father's Birth Place: New York     Mother's Birth Place: Connecticut

Home in 1910: Brockway, Jackson, Wisconsin

    Household Members: Name Age

            William Ransom       62

            Florette Ransom      64

 

1920 United States Federal Census

Name: Floretta Ransom    Age: 74 years    Est. Birth Year: abt 1846   Birthplace: Wisconsin

Relation to Head of House: Wife              Spouse's Name: William

Father's Birth Place: Connecticut             Mother's Birth Place: New York

Home in 1920: Komensky, Jackson, Wisconsin

    Household Members: Name Age

            William Ransom       72

            Floretta Ransom      74

 

1930 United States Federal Census

Name: Floretta Ransom      Age: 83          Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847

Relation to Head of House: Mother-in-law          Spouse's Name: William

Home in 1930: Manchester, Jackson, Wisconsin

    Household Members: Name Age

            John Hurlburt           57

            Bertha Hurlburt        50

            Ray Hurlburt                         26

            William Ransom       81

            Floretta Ransom      83

 

 

 

Related Links

 

Bio: Ransom, William & Floretta (1880)

Bio: Tuttle, Albert & Caroline (Ransom)

Bio: Tuttle, Rensselear (Family History)

 

Silas H. Ransom is also featured in the book, "Civil War Soldiers in the heart of Clark Co., Wisconsin."

 

Contributors

 

Paul Forster, Marsha Hosfeld, Deb Sanger, Janet Schwarze, Ken Wood & The Clark Co. History Buffs

 

 


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