Alexander S. Ramsey Family Bible
| Holy Bible in English; John E. Potter, Philadelphia, 1859. The Bible is now in the possession of the C. G. Brisee Genealogy Library, Irwin, Iowa. The Bible is from the family of Alexander Snodgrass Ramsey, a prominent lawyer and soldier from Kenton, Ohio, and his wife Frances Gillingham. The History of Hardin County [Ohio] states on page 377: "In 1854, Alexander S. Ramsey, who had been a practitioner in Carroll County, Ohio, located in Kenton. He soon won and retained a large practice, and served as Mayor of Kenton five terms. During the early part of the war, he was Lieutenant Colonel of the Forty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was an ardent supporter of the Government throughout that struggle for national life. As a lawyer, he had few equals and no superiors in this portion of the State. and was engaged in almost every trial in this and adjoining counties up to the time of his death. That he was a man of rare and eminent ability in his profession is a fact conceded by every lawyer at the bar." See also the Frederick Gray Bible that is transcribed on this site. The marriage of Alexander's daughter Mary Frances is also entered in that Bible. Owner's Inscription Mollie F. Ramsey Kenton, Ohio Marriages Alexander S. Ramsey to Frances Gillingham September 4th A.D. 1849, by Rev. Robt. Johnson Mary Frances Ramsey to Charles F. Maguire October Twelfth 1882. At Kenton Ohio Rev. Bosley. Births Alex. Snodgrass Ramsey Born march 11th 1826. Frances Gillingham born January 13th 1829. Kossuth Lamartine Ramsey Born September 30th 1850 Charles Alexander Ramsey Born February 26th 1862. Mary Frances Ramsey Born September 1st 1864. Deaths Kossuth L. Ramsey died April 4th 1851 Charles Alexander Ramsey Died July 23d 1862. Alexander Snodgrass Ramsey Died December 1st 1873. Frances G. Ramsey Died August 31st 1874 |
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