Epaphroditus Ransom

1798 - 1859  (61 years)

• Name	Epaphroditus Ransom  [1]
  Born	24 Mar 1798	Shelburne Falls, Hampshire Co., MA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	9 Nov 1859	Fort Scott, KS   [1]
  Buried	RA   [1]
  Person ID	I02400	Am Anc of MI Gov
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2017

  
  

  Father	Ezekiel Ransom,   b. 1 Oct 1763, Colchester, CT ,   d. 1 Nov 1838, Kalamazoo, MI  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Lucinda Fletcher,   b. 10 Nov 1772, Townshend, VT ,   d. 30 Sep 1850, Kalamazoo, MI  (Age 77 years)
  Married	25 May 1791	Townshend, VT   [1]
  Family ID	F0466	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Almira Cadwell,   b. Between 1804 and 1806,   d. 17 Mar 1877, Fort Scott, KS  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Married	21 Feb 1827	Montpelier, VT   [1]
  Children	1. Wyllys Ransom,   b. 28 Apr 1828,   bur. CA, RA   2. Elizabeth W. Ransom,   b. 22 Sep 1830,   d. 5 Oct 1831  (Age 1 years)   3. Antoinette E. Ransom,   b. 11 Oct 1832
  Last Modified	28 Mar 2017
  Family ID	F0465	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Seventh Governor of MI 1848-1850 Biographical Director of the Governors of the United States, 1789-1978, Vol II (Iowa-MO), edited by Robert Sobel and John Raimo, 1978 Meckler Books, page 745. MI Governors Their Life Stories by Wildah Weddon, NOG Press, 1994, pages 24-25. "Records vary as to birth, but 24 March, 1898 is on his tombstone in Kalamzoo." Weddon had a death date of Nov. 11, 1859.

  
  

• Sources

  [S035873] Ransom2.FTW. Date of Import: Apr 2, 2001