Reason Ralston Biography Hancock County, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Submitted By Dale Patterson Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia". Compiled and Written by: J.H. Newton, G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle Published by: J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA. Biographical Sketches of Hancock County: Reason Ralston: farmer; born on the farm where he is now living, October 16, 1816; was a son of Joseph Ralston; has followed farming and surveying. In 1845 he married Miss Ellen Brice, and went to housekeeping on the old homestead; he is the father of eight children, four sons and four daughters. Are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.