Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Ransley, William 1817 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

William Ransley, farmer, P. O. Verona, is a native of the county of Kent, 
Parish of Frindsbury, England, born February 22, 1817, son of William and 
Sarah Ransley, of England, and was raised and educated in his native country. 
September 17, 1854, he landed at New York City, and remained in New York until 
January, 1855, then came to Illinois and settled in Grundy County, February 7, 
1855, he located in Vienna Township, where he now owns a farm of 290 acres of 
improved land including four dwelling houses in Section 26 of Vienna Township, 
the land being valued at $55 per acre. His residence is situated one-half mile 
north of Verona. He was married November 19, 1869, in Milton, Ulster Co., N. 
Y., to Miss Dinah Susans, born at Gravesend, England, in 1844. They have a 
family of three children - William, born in Grundy County, August 28, 1870; 
Beatrice, born in Grundy County June 2, 1872, and Frank, born in Grundy 
County, March 17, 1875. Mr. Ransley has crossed the ocean five times; first on 
the Yorktown, thirty-eight days; second, City of Antwerp, eleven days; third, 
City of Brooklyn, ten days; fourth, City of Brooklyn, ten days; fifth, City of 
Richmond, ten days. He is a supporter of the Republican party.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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