Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Ransley, Frank S 
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Author: History of Grundy County, 1914

RANSLEY, Frank S.—Grundy County farm land responds generously to work put upon 
it and for that reason many of the agriculturalists here are able to rent 
their properties and live comfortably without over exertion when they feel 
that they have given up enough of their lives to the exacting demands of a 
farmer’s existence. One of the prosperous business men of Grundy County, who 
has done well with his agricultural investments, is Frank S. Ransley, born in 
Vienna Township, March 10, 1875, a son of William and Dinah (Susans) Ransley, 
natives of England, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work.

Frank S. Ransley resided with his mother until his marriage, when he moved to 
his new residence on a 100-acre farm one-half mile north of Verona. Until 1912 
he operated this property, then rented it, and since has resided at Verona. 
During his boyhood days he attended the schools of his neighborhood, and 
afterward spent two years at the Northwestern college, Evanston. Ill.

On June 22, 1902, Mr. Ransley married Jessie Walsh, born in Vienna Township, a 
daughter of Thomas and Priscilla (Ward) Walsh, natives of Canada and New York 
State. Mrs. Ransley was educated in the public schools of her township. Mr. 
and Mrs. Ransley have no children. He has been assessor of Vienna Township, 
and was one of the census enumerators in 1900. A Mason, he belongs to Verona 
Lodge, No. 757, A. F. & A. M. and the Eastern Star, and is also a member of 
the Modern Woodmen of America, also of Verona.

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Source:  History of Grundy County, Illinois, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Co. 
Publishers; 1914

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