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

RANSLEY, William (deceased).—The history of no county would be complete if the 
record were confined to the deeds of those still living, for it is to those 
who have gone before that the present generation owes most. This is especially 
true of Grundy County which has been so developed through the efforts of those 
who were among its pioneers and early settlers. One of the men whose name is 
held in honored remembrance was the late William Ransley, who was born 
February 22, 1817, in the parish of Frendsbury, County Kent, England, a son of 
William and Sarah Ransley. He spent over three decades of his life in his 
native land, and then came to the United States on September 17, 1854, 
reaching New York City. After a stay there that extended until January, 1855, 
he came on to Grundy County, locating in Vienna Township, February 7, 1855, 
where he remained until his death on December 27, 1882, at which time he owned 
293 acres of land.

On November 17, 1870, Mr. Ransley married Dinah Susans, at Milton, Ulster 
County, N. Y., born at Gravesend, County Kent, England, September 16, 1844, a 
daughter of William and Dinah (Strightfield) Susans. He died in England, but 
she came to New York, and later to Illinois, where she died. The children of 
Mr. and Mrs. Ransley were: William J., who was born August 28, 1871, of Vienna 
Township; Beatrice F., who was born June 2, 1873, now Mrs. George B. Kilmer of 
Marengo; and Frank S., who was born March 10, 1875. Mr. Ransley served his 
township as collector and held other offices for he was a man in whom all had 
implicit confidence, and when he died his locality lost a good citizen, and 
his family a beloved husband and father.

page 888

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

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