Ira Ransom, Sr. and Margaret Braden

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Husband Ira Ransom, Sr. ^{1 2}

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           Born: 19 Jul 1813 - Trenton, Oneida Co, NY 1
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         Father: Daniel Ransom (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Mary Peirce (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: Feb 1835 1

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Wife Margaret Braden ^{1 2}

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         Father: John Braden (      -      ) 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Catherine McIntyre (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Oscar Ransom ⁷

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2 M John Ransom ^{2 7}

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3 M Darwin Ransom ^{2 7}

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4 M Ira Ransom ⁷

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           Born: 1842 - Beaver Falls, Beaver Co, PA 8
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         Spouse: Harriet Celestia Hubbard (1844-      ) 8

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5 M Willard Ransom ^{2 7}

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6 M Thaddeus Ransom ⁷

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7 M Alfred Ransom ^{2 7}

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8 F Mary Ransom ^{2 7}

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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Ira Ransom, Sr.

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In 1834 he located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, where he was the contractor for the Erie extension of the Pennsylvania Canal. In 1840 he entered the employ of James Patterson, of Beaver Falls, as a grain buyer. In 1849 he engaged in building railroads, and constructed eight miles of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway, by contract. In 1852 he removed to Youngstown, Ohio, where he resided until 1869, and during his residence there assisted in building several railroads by contract, among them the Baltimore & Ohio, the Central Ohio (later the Panhandle), and the Steubenville & Indiana. In 1869 he returned to Beaver Falls, and engaged in the flour and feed business for seven years, conducting also the Beaver Falls Flouring Mills two years. In 1877 he built a section of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, Moravia. Mr. Ransom erected the first brick residence in Beaver Falls.

He was born in Ireland, and there grew to manhood, coming to the United States soon after attaining his majority. His first permanent abode in this country was in Beaver Falls, which lie left for a short time to live in Coitsville, Ohio, later returning to the former place. Contracting was the line of business in which he engaged, and he was responsible for much of the work performed in the construction of the railroad on the east side of the Beaver river. He was a Democrat, ardent and active, and with his wife, belonged to the Methodist Episcopal Church

1 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 710.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 142.

3 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 752.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 770.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 186.

6 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 595.

7 Editor, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 711.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 143.