BIO:  T. Cooper 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

T. COOPER RAMSAY, youngest son of Robert and Jane (Whiteford) Ramsay, was born in Peach Bottom 
Township, July, 31, 1839, on the homestead near Delta, where he resided until the age of 
seventeen, when he became a teacher, which profession he abandoned after two years, and with 
his brother, Joseph G., purchased a farm of 181 acres near Muddy Creek, on which he still 
resides, having bought his brother’s interest.  In 1871 he purchased a property at Coal Cabin 
on the canal and embarked in the mercantile business, which he conducted until 1877, when he 
returned to the farm.  Since then, he has to some extend, been connected with the canning 
business.  He married, December 16, 1865, Miss Ritchie, of Peach Bottom Township, and has five 
children:  Luella, Jane O., Robert R., Howard I. and Eva E.  Mr. Ramsay is at present a school 
director, and is superintendent and secretary of the packing firm of Eby, Barnett & Co.  The 
family are members of the Slateville Presbyterian Church.