John P.M. RANSOM

1821 - 1903  (81 years)

• Name	John P.M. RANSOM  [1]
  	John P.M. Ransom was the son and third child of Elijah and Miranda Ransom, and oldest grandson of Major Ezekiel Ransom. He was born at Chazy, NY, July 8, 1821. His father was a physician and careful to see that the son secured the best educational advantages the country could furnish, and so John was kept in the school and academy at Chazy until he became of age. He then concluded to cast his lines in the West, and in 1842 he went to Michigan, stopping at Kalamazoo, where he remained nearly a year at work farming and teaching a select school. But the change of climate affected him unfavorably and he returned to Chazy, where he was clerk in a store for a time and afterwards he was employed in same line at Plattsburgh, NY, for several years, and there married Miss Amanda Chalmers about 1846. Soon after that event he moved to Mooers Station. He there went into business on his own account and it proved a lucrative venture. he accumulated a competency for the proverbial rainy day. He also filled the public positions of postmaster and collector of customs at Mooers, giving satisfaction to the government and the people in both. He enlisted in the Union army at the outbreak of the Rebellion as a lieutenant in the regiment, New York Infantry Volunteers. He participated in many battles and at last was so severely wounded as to be disabled for further active service in the field, and was honorably discharged. [1]
  Birth	8 Jul 1821	Chazy, Clinton Co., New York   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Jan 1903	Mooers, New York   [1]
  Person ID	I93083	Main Tree
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2018

  
  

  Father	Elijah RANSOM,   b. 9 Nov 1788, Halifax, Vermont d. 31 Jul 1871 (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Miranda RANSOM,   b. 06 Sep 1792, New Fane, Windham County, Vermont d. Jan 1872, Mooers, New York (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	21 Sep 1814  [1, 2]
  Family ID	F04399	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amanda M. CHALMERS
  Marriage	Abt 1846	Plattsburgh, New York   [1]
  Family ID	F38909	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 8 Jul 1821 - Chazy, Clinton Co., New York  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S00066] "Historical Outline of the Ransom Family of America" by Wyllys C. Ransom dated 1903. [S02415] Historian, Town of Chazy, NY.