Ray County, Missouri Biographies - Ralph Oliphant (b. 1840)

Source: History of Ray County, Missouri 1881; p. 762


RALPH OLIPHANT

Ralph Oliphant. A native of Ray county, Missouri, was born on the 20th day of September, 1840.
He is of Scotch-Irish extraction, his father having been born in Scotland and his mother in
Ireland. His father, Alexander Oliphant, came to Ray county in the year 1838. His business in
the Old World not paying as he desired, he resolved to emigrate to the United States. Landing
at New Orleans, he at one turned his face toward the great northwest, and coming to Ray county
bought the farm upon which our subject at this time resides. Here he planted a vineyard which
was the second in the county, only one having been previously planted within its borders. Upon
this farm Alexander Oliphant died, in the year 1878, and his son, Ralph, who had finished his
education and been for some years in charge of the place, succeeded him as its owner. Here he
still continues to reside, cultivating and improving his fine place of four hundred acres.
Mr. Oliphant was married on the 7th day of December, 1869, to Miss Catharine Mansur, daughter
of Isaiah Mansur, a prominent farmer of the county. The result of this marriage has been four
children, two boys and two girls. Their parents take great pride in these children, and intend
having them well educated and trained, especially in that much neglected accomplishment, the
knowledge of music. Mr. Oliphant’s aged mother resides with her son upon the old homestead. He
is one of Ray’s most sterling citizens, and a successful, prosperous farmer, blessed with a
promising happy family, and a handsome, comfortable home.

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