Joseph RAMSEY
Family Records
1850 CENSUS: Wash Appanoose Iowa M432 #182 pg 43 dw 65 family 65: farmer $1000 estate (age 47 b. VA), wife Jane (46), Emily C (18 TN), Robert S (15 VA), Sarah A (12 VA), Caroline (10 MO), Joseph H (7 MO), William (4 IA). 1860 CENSUS: W. A. IA; pg 585: Farmer estate worth $2500, (age 56 b. VA), Jane (56 VA). Caroline (19 MO), Joseph (17 MO), William (13 IA).
HISTORY: Can't read or write 1850 CENSUS: (age 46 b.VA) 1860 CENSUS: (age 56 b. VA)
After husband died could not support family and moved to Kansas. She was a Sunday School teacher and traveled by horse longs distances to attend church.
He married Jane Berry . Jane Berry was born at Abingdon, Washington, Virginia 15 Mar 1804 daughter of Hugh Berry and Margaret McSpadden .
They were the parents of 9
children:
Margaret Jane Ramsey
born 1825.
Susan Rebecca Ramsey
born 1 Apr 1827.
Mary Adaline Ramsey
born 1 Sep 1830.
Emily Sarah Ramsey
born Jan 1833.
Robert Snodery Ramsey
born 31 Jul 1835.
Evadna Ramsey
born 1838.
Amer Caroline Ramsey
born 1840.
Joseph H. Ramsey
born 1843.
William A. J. Ramsey
born 1846.
Joseph Ramsey died 31 Aug 1877 at Arkansas .
Jane Berry died 18 Mar 1870 at Appanoose, Iowa .