Husband Robert Walker Ramsey, M.D. 1 2
Born: 6 Aug 1850 - Metal Twp, Franklin Co, PA 1 2
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Father: John Walker Ramsey (1828-1862/1862) 1 2
Mother: Adaline Kearsey (1826-1887) 3
Marriage: 5 Apr 1877 4 5
Wife Caroline M. "Carrie" Van Tries 4 5
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Father: Dr. John M. Van Tries (1810- ) 5
Mother: Harriet Madden ( - ) 5
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• They had no children.
General Notes: Husband - Robert Walker Ramsey, M.D.
His father died when he was twelve years old, and he remained with his mother until he was twenty-two years old, when he entered Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was graduated M. D. in 1874. After receiving his degree he went to St. Thomas, where he entered into partnership with Dr. John M. Van Tries, who practiced his profession in that village for forty years. Dr. Van Tries died Dec. 4, 1883, when Dr. Ramsey succeeded to his practice, and for a number of years was the only practicing physician at St. Thomas. He removed to Chambersburg in April, 1891, where he then practiced his profession in partnership with Dr. David Maclay. He was widely known throughout Franklin County; he was a member of the National, State and County Medical Societies. In January, 1886, he was a delegate to the convention of the American Medical Association at St. Louis. In 1900 he was appointed a member of the State Board of Medical Examiners, and was re-appointed in 1903. In politics he was a Republican and a leader of the party in the county. His first office, to which he was elected as a Republican, was that of coroner of Franklin county, 1879-82. For thirty years previously the coroners elected by the people had refused to qualify, their duties being performed by the justices of the peace for the several townships. Dr. Ramsey took out his commission and soon demonstrated that the office was one of importance to the community. For nearly a century murderers had gone unpunished, because of the absence of the investigation necessary to obtain evidence to secure conviction. During Coroner Ramsey's term two murderers were brought to the gallows, mainly through his official efficiency.
Dr. Ramsey served as a delegate to Republican State conventions on a number of occasions. He was a member of George Washington Lodge, No. 143, F. & A. M., of' Chambersburg; he was also a Knight Templar, and a 32d degree Mason, being a member of the Harrisburg Consistory. He was a member of the I. O. O. F., having joined the order at Upper Strasburg in 1872. He was also an active member of the Royal Arcanum, the Heptasophs, the Mystic Circle, the Red Men and the Elks. He was a director in the Chambersburg Trust Company, and the Chambersburg, Greencastle and Waynesboro Electric Railway Co.