Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Ransom, N. E. 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Ransom, N.E., Little Falls, was born in Inghams, Herkimer county, and educated 
in the Little Falls Academy, and commenced January 21, 1873, to brake on a 
passenger train on the N.Y.C. & H.R.R.R.  After two years and eight months 
service he was promoted to the baggage car.  In two years and eight months 
more exactly he was promoted tothe position of freight conductoer.  After 
serving three years and eight months in this capacity he was appointed 
passenger conductor, which position he acceptably filled for seven years.  He 
then resigned and entered into business at Little Falls.  In 1891 (November 1) 
he was elected county clerk, which position he still holds.  Mr. Ransom is 
commander of the Little Falls Commandery of Knights Templar and also an exempt 
fireman.  He married Miss Carrie I. Wilcox of Little Falls, in 1876, and has 
no children.  Mr. Ransom's descent is Mohawk Dutch on the mother's side and 
English on the father's.  His great-grandfather removed from Massachusetts 
into New York State in 1793, and settled near Little Falls.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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