BIO: Jared C. Ransom, Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, PA & NY

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Chaffee, Amasa Franklin. History of the Wyoming 
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
New York: Eaton & Mains, 1904, pages 234-235.
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  RANSON, JARED CUMSTOCK, was born at Warren, Herkimer County, N.Y., 
May 24, 1803, and died at Oxford, N.Y., July 5, 1882.
  When about twenty-one he married Ann Amanda Cook, who died December 
25, 1828, leaving three sons.  The death of his wife led to his 
awakening and subsequent conversion.  He held exhorter's license in 
1834 and 1835, and in 1836 was given a local preacher's license, and in 
the same year joined Oneida Conference, and became a member of Wyoming 
Conference with the accession of Oneida territory in 1869.
  On August 2, 1840, at Oxford, he married Mary Preston, who died on 
December 28, 1858.
  In November, 1879, he was stricken with paralysis on his right side.  
This was the beginning of the end, which came nearly three years later.  
He was buried in Oxford, N.Y.
  His pastoral record is as follows:  1836, Sharon; 1837, Brookfield; 
1838, Otego; 1839-40, Chenango; 1841, Otego; 1842, Butternuts; 1843-48, 
sd.; 1849, sy.; 1850-82, sd.