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Hiram C. Ransom

about 1836–17 September 1913 (Age 77)
Oregon, United States

The Life of Hiram C.

When Hiram C. Ransom was born about 1836, in Oregon, United States, his father, Samuel Ransom III, was 37 and his mother, Nancy Ann Phillips, was 25. He married Clarissa Bird on 25 July 1861. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Montpelier, Muscatine, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died on 17 September 1913, in Smith River, Del Norte, California, United States, at the age of 77.

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Parents and Siblings

Hiram C. Ransom

1836–1913

Clarissa Bird

1842–1915

Marriage: 25 July 1861

Henry Ransom

1862–1862

Onas Ransom

1864–

Horace Clarendon Ransom

1864–1950

Walter Aaron Ransom

1868–1942

Roy Hogan

1868–

Jesse Hight

1870–

Anna Ransom

1870–1940

Edwin Ransom

1872–1951

Sam Foster

1872–

Leonard Ransom

1873–1873

Eddy Ransom

1873–

Rosa Ransom

1874–1944

Oras Ransom

1875–1882

Elsie Ransom

1877–1955

Elsy Ransom

1877–

Elsiep Ransom

1878–

Spouse and Children

Hiram C. Ransom

Male1836–1913Male

Clarissa Bird

Female1842–1915Female

MARRIAGE
25 July 1861

children

(16)

Henry Ransom

Male1862–1862Male

Onas Ransom

Male1864–Male

Horace Clarendon Ransom

Male1864–1950Male

Walter Aaron Ransom

Male1868–1942Male

Roy Hogan

Female1868–Female

+11 More Children

Parents and Siblings

Samuel Ransom III

Male1799–1850Male

Nancy Ann Phillips

Female1811–1880Female

siblings

(6)

Mary Ransom

Female1832–1850Female

Edwin Ransom

Male1834–1855Male

Hiram C. Ransom

Male1836–1913Male

Martha Ransom

Female1840–1880Female

Ellen Angeline Ransom

Female1842–1916Female

+1 More Child

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Age 0

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1846

Age 10

Iowa is the 29th state.

1859 · Oregon Becomes a State

Age 23

Oregon became the 33rd state admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859.

Name Meaning

Ransom

Hiram

English (chiefly East Anglia): patronymic from the Middle English personal name Rand(e) ( see Rand 1).

Possible Related Names

Rand

Ransome

Sources (3)

Heram C Ransom in household of Saml Ransom, "United States Census, 1850"
Hiram Ransom in household of J C Henderson, "United States Census, 1860"
Hiram C Ransom, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"

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