BIO: Robert A. RAMSEY, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, page 60.
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  ROBERT A. RAMSEY, Huntingdon Pa., was born in Manor Hill, Huntingdon 
county, Pa., September 11, 1833.  He is the second son of David and 
Elizabeth (Hennen) Ramsey.  David Ramsey was born in Franklin county, Pa., 
June 9, 1801, and died at Manor Hill May 25, 1882.  Elizabeth (Hennen) 
Ramsey was born in Barree township, Huntingdon county, June 29, 1806, and 
died in West township, of the same county, September 17, 1855.  Their 
children were:  William; Robert A.; James; Elizabeth E.; Mary L.; and a 
daughter who died in infancy.
  Robert A. Ramsey attended the common schools of Manor Hill, and later, 
Mooresville Collegiate Institute and the State Normal School at 
Millersville, Lancaster county, Pa.  He commenced teaching in 1850 in Barree 
township, and is at present engaged at Cedar Grove, Logan township.  In 
point of years, he is the oldest teacher in actual service in Huntingdon 
county.
  He was married to Elizabeth Smith Logan of Barree township, on December 
24, 1861.  Of the five children of these parents, three are living:  Mary 
Florence (Mrs. R. M. Peightal); Gertrude Wallace (Mrs. J. H. Lang, of 
Huntingdon); Cora Carmon (Mrs. Howard W. Africa); Patty H., died May 25, 
1884; and Ada S., died May 26, 1884.  Mrs. Ramsey, the mother of these 
children, died October 25, 1890.
  In partnership with Mr. J.H. Lang, Mr. Ramsey conducted the Washington 
House in Huntingdon from the first April, 1888, until the 1st April, 1891, 
and the Hotel Ramsey is a past chief in Standing Stone Castle, No. 176, of 
Huntingdon, and a member of Juniata Commandery, a branch of the same 
organization.