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Benjamin C. RAMSEY 1844–1926 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 DEC 1844

Birth Location: Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri

Death Date: 29 SEP 1926

Death Location: Oakdale Cemetery, Commerce, Scott Co., Missouri

Father: John RAMSEY

Mother: Catherine SHANKS

Spouse(s): Mary O’GUIN, Matilda BAILEY

Children(s): Bertha RAMSEY, Mary RAMSEY, Charles RAMSEY, Absolum RAMSEY, Benjamin RAMSEY, Albert RAMSEY, Idella RAMSEY, Rufus RAMSEY

Benjamin C. RAMSEY was born in 1844 in Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri, the child of John Ramsey And Catherine Shanks. Benjamin C. RAMSEY married Ellen Brewster, Mary Jane Polly Oguin, Matilda Catherine Bailey, Sarah M Cash, and had children including Absolum Ramsey, Albert Ramsey, Benjamin Edward Ramsey, Bertha Mae Ramsey, Charles Milton Ramsey, Idella Ramsey, Malissa Helen Ramsey, Mary Etta Ramsey, Rufus Addison Ramsey. Benjamin C. RAMSEY passed away in 1926 in Oakdale Cemetery, Commerce, Scott Co., Missouri.

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Biography

  • Benjamin C. RAMSEY was born in 1844 in Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri, the child of John Ramsey And Catherine Shanks.
  • Benjamin C. RAMSEY married Ellen Brewster, Mary Jane Polly Oguin, Matilda Catherine Bailey, Sarah M Cash, and had children including Absolum Ramsey, Albert Ramsey, Benjamin Edward Ramsey, Bertha Mae Ramsey, Charles Milton Ramsey, Idella Ramsey, Malissa Helen Ramsey, Mary Etta Ramsey, Rufus Addison Ramsey.
  • Benjamin C. RAMSEY passed away in 1926 in Oakdale Cemetery, Commerce, Scott Co., Missouri.

Immediate Family

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Benjamin RAMSEY's Ancestors

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Benjamin RAMSEY
1844–1926
Birth Place: Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
Parents
John RAMSEY
1821–1845
Missouri
Catherine SHANKS
1821–
North Carolina
Grandparents
Solomon (SHANKS) I
1800–1849
Rachel DAVIS
1802–1850
Great-Grandparents
Samuel DAVIS
1780–1847
Rachel CRESON
1787–1854
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Benjamin RAMSEY's Descendants

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Benjamin (C.) RAMSEY (12 DEC 1844–29 SEP 1926) m. Mary (Jane ‘Polly’) O’GUIN (ABT 1844–ABT 1900) m. Matilda (Catherine) BAILEY (29 MAR 1855–28 FEB 1925)
  1. 1. Bertha (Mae) RAMSEY 1876–1954 m. Solomon O’GUIN 1865–1919
    1. 1. Maggie (Lee) O’GUIN 1896–1925 m. Henry (Martin BADER) I 1877–1942
      1. 1. Frances (Genevieve) BADER 1917–1924
      2. 2. Mae (Madeline) BADER 1919–2004 m. Alvin (Ray) STOFFREGEN 1918–2001
        1. 1. Margaret STOFFREGEN 1941–2002
      3. 3. Henry (Martin ‘Bud’) BADER 1921–1996 m. Kathryn (C.) McCULLUM 1924– m. Inez (Laverne) WILSON 1932–2009
    2. 2. Alma (Idell) O’GUIN 1898–1982
  2. 2. Mary (Etta) RAMSEY 1870–1943 m. James (Riley) DODD 1867–1941
  3. 3. Charles (Milton) RAMSEY 1874–1950
  4. 4. Absolum RAMSEY 1875–
  5. 5. Benjamin (Edward) RAMSEY 1879–1952 m. Lelia (May JOICE) [JOYCE] 1880–1919 m. Gussie (Mae) RASH 1902–1975
    1. 1. Naoma RAMSEY 1910–1910
  6. 6. Albert RAMSEY 1882–1944
  7. 7. Idella RAMSEY 1884–1964
  8. 8. Rufus (Addison) RAMSEY 1889–1981 m. Floy (Mabel) JONES 1894–1984
    1. 1. Pollyanna RAMSEY 1927–2018 m. Oscar (Anton) GRAFNER –1965
    2. 2. Kathryn (Rose ‘Jakie’) RAMSEY 1921–2019 m. John (W.) JONES –1998 m. Arnold RIDDLE –1994

Benjamin RAMSEY's Timeline

2 Records

1844
12 DEC 1844
Birth of Benjamin C. RAMSEY in Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
1926
29 SEP 1926
Age 82
Death of Benjamin C. RAMSEY in Commerce, Scott Co., Missouri
Commerce, Scott Co., Missouri

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 DEC 1844
    Event Place: Cape Girardeau Co., Missouri
    Record Source: FindAGrave.com-U.S. & Canada & other countries

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 SEP 1926
    Event Place: Commerce, Scott Co., Missouri
    Record Source: FindAGrave.com-U.S. & Canada & other countries

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Oakdale Cemetery, Commerce, Scott Co., Missouri
    Record Source: FindAGrave.com-U.S. & Canada & other countries

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