Brief Life History of John W.
John W. Ramsey was born on 5 April 1804, in Barbour, Virginia, United States as the son of William Ramsey and Sarah Butters. He married Margaret Digman about 1825, in Monongalia, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 11 daughters. He lived in Barker Twp, Barbour, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 24 February 1885, in Barbour, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Belington, Barbour, West Virginia, United States.
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- John Ramsey, "United States Census, 1860"
- John W. Ramsey, "Find A Grave Index"
- John in entry for James L. Ramsey and B. C. Schoonover, "West Virginia Marriages, 1854-1932"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
Scottish, English, and Irish (Antrim): habitational name from Ramsey (Huntingdonshire, now part of Cambridgeshire), from Old English hramsa ‘wild garlic’ + ēg ‘island, low-lying land’. Alternatively, the name may also arise from Ramsey (Essex), probably from the same etymology as the Huntingdonshire placename. However, this is unlikely to be the source of the Scottish surname. This form of the surname is also common in Ireland, where it is probably in most if not all cases an altered form of Scottish Ramsay .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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