William Thompson Ramsey

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Husband William Thompson Ramsey ¹

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           Born: 25 Apr 1826 1
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           Died: 15 Jan 1888 1
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         Father: William Ramsey (Abt 1781-1856) 2
         Mother: Martha McVey (1792-1834) 2

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General Notes: Husband - William Thompson Ramsey

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"I lived with my father until after I was twenty-one years of age. The only means of education was such as I could obtain at the common schools. In 1850 I went to the State of Virginia, joined a corps of engineers on the survey and location of the Orange and Alexander Railroad, now called the Virginia Midland Railroad. I was there for five years, or until the completion of the line to Lynchburg. I, with care, saved some money, and came back to Cecil County in 1855. On the 14th day of March, 1856, my father died and I bought out the other heirs in the home property, put up a stone house at Bay View, started a business with wonderful success, and in the fall of 1867 the County Convention at Elkton gave me the nomination for County Commissioner and on the 3d day of November, following, I was elected by a majority of 957 votes over the strongest man the opposition could obtain.
I stand six feet six inches in height and weigh two hundred and eighty pounds."

1 Hugh R. Fulton, Genealogy of the Fulton Family (Lancaster, PA: Privately published?, 1900), Pg 175.

2 Hugh R. Fulton, Genealogy of the Fulton Family (Lancaster, PA: Privately published?, 1900), Pg 174.