BIO:  Robert Ramsay, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Peach Bottom Township, Pg 167

ROBERT RAMSAY, son of John Ramsay, was born in October, 1793, in York County.  His 
father died in 1797, and the son passed the days of his boyhood on a farm, receiving 
such an education as could be had in the common schools of that time.  When the 
militia were called out in 1814 for the defense of Baltimore, Mr. Ramsay was 
enrolled as a substitute, joined the company of Capt. F. T. Amos, of Harford County, 
and with it marched to the defense of the threatened city.  They did not, however, 
reach there in time to participate in the engagement.  For his services he has for 
several years received a pension from the Government.  He married in April, 1821, 
Jane Whiteford, daughter of Hugh Whiteford, of Harford County, Md., and niece of 
James Ross, of Pittsburgh, a gentleman distinguished in the political history of the 
State.  Mrs. Ramsay died in 1876.  To her and husband were born the following-named 
children:  J. Ross, Hugh W., William, Robert, Joseph G., Sarah E. and T. Cooper.  
Mr. Ramsay is a farmer owning 220 acres.  A large part of the borough of Delta 
stands on what was once his land, he having sold it in lots.  He has held the office 
of supervisor in the township, and was one of the first council of Delta.  
Notwithstanding his age, nearly ninety years, he is active and intelligent, manages 
his own affairs and attends Slateville Presbyterian Church, of which he is a member, 
regularly.  He called upon the writer of this sketch to-day (December 22, 1884), 
having traveled on foot through snow half a mile to transact a matter of business 
relating to his real estate.