RAMSAY, Adam 1842-1921

RAMSAY, MUNROE, SHOOP, HOUSE

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 3/15/2013 at 15:11:07

Adam Ramsay – July 12, 1842 -- 1921

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Adam Ramsay was born in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, July 12, 1842, a son of Adam and Mary (Munroe) Ramsay, who were natives of the land of hills and heather, spending their childhood in Kilwinning, Ayrshire, where they were married.

Adam Ramsay spent his youthful days in his native country until he reached the age of fifteen years, when he accompanied his father to the United States and with him settled in Columbia County, Wisconsin. He there engaged in splitting rails and aided in the arduous task of clearing the farm from timber and preparing the soil for cultivation. He also worked as a farm hand in that state and afterward, desirous of engaging in business on his own account, he rented land in Dane county for two years.

He subsequently spent a year at Marble Rock, Wisconsin, and for a year thereafter was a resident of Otranto Township, Mitchell County, Iowa. He then came to Deer Creek Township, Worth county, and took up his abode upon the farm which he yet owns and occupies and which he calls by the euphonious name of Bonnie Brae Farm. He has led a busy and useful life and his unfaltering labors have brought his place under a high state of cultivation. Annually he gathers golden harvests as the return for the care and labor which he bestows upon the fields and he keeps his land productive through the rotation of crops and through most progressive farm methods. His place comprises one hundred and sixty acres of land which is naturally productive and responds readily to the care and labor which he bestows upon it. Its improvements are thoroughly modern and the place is one of the attractive farms of the county.

On the 9th of February, 1894, Mr. Ramsay was united in marriage to Mrs. Rosetta J. House in Worth County, Iowa, a daughter of William and Mary Jane Shoop. Her father was a native of Vermilion, Ohio, while her mother was born at Melmore, that state.

Since age conferred upon him the right of franchise Adam Ramsay has been a stalwart advocate of republican principles and his fellow townsmen, recognizing his worth and ability, have several times called him to local office. He has served as township trustee and for a number of years was justice of the peace, in which position he rendered decisions that were strictly fair and impartial. He served both as school clerk and treasurer but at the present time is not in office, preferring to concentrate his attention and his energies upon his farm work, which is carefully directed and is bringing to him a substantial measure of prosperity.

SOURCE: HISTORY OF MITCHELL AND WORTH COUNTIES, IOWA, 1918, VOL. II; PAGES 582-585

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Note**Adam Ramsay was buried in Ogden Cemetery, Carpenter, Mitchell County, Iowa
Ogden Cemetery: tombstone Adam Ramsay 1842-1921