>From: "Doug Adams" <kxasgm@kxas.com> >To: "Delaine Edwards" <delaine@ipa.net> >Subject: Re: Brick Wall Ancestors? >Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 06:47:20 -0600 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 > >Here's my Brick Wall....The James Ransom family moved to Scott County circa >1870 from Georgia. Pheobe Ransom married a Gray after her husband's death. >Other Ransom names were Cicero, Isaac. I know the family moved from Scott >County to Oklahoma in early 1900's, but have been unable to find any trace >of them in Arkansas after 1870. At last, maybe one I can help! Delaine 1880 Scott Co., AR Census ED 172, Lafayette Township, #60/60 James Ransom Farmer 28 GA GA GA Elizabeth Wife 31 TN TN TN James Son 7 AR GA TN Sarah Dau 5 AR GA TN Cicero Son 4 AR GA TN Mary I. Dau 2mo AR GA TN b:Apr Marriage Book A, p.197: G.G. Pitts, 47, of Poteau* to Mrs. Phoeba E. Ransom, 35, of Poteau by P. Hennesey, JP on 8 Feb 1885. *Poteau=Hon Marriage Book B, p.21: W.D. Gray, 49, of Gipson to Mrs. P.E. Pitts, 41, of Gipson by C.H. Bird, JP on 30 Dec 1890. 1900 Scott Co., AR Census Lafayette Township, #25/26: Phoebe E. Gray Hd Aug 1849 50 Wid 6/5 TN TN TN Sarah A. Dau Dec 1874 25 Sgl AR TN GA Amanda E. Dau Dec 1884 15 " AR TN GA Thomas J. Son May 1892 8 AR TN GA John A. White Brdr Oct 1838 61 Wid TN TN SC The two older children were surely Ransoms, but were listed as Gray, which often happened on the census. 1910 Scott Co., AR Census Coal Township, #94/94 Phebe E. Gray Hd 60 Wid 6/5 TN TN TN Sarah A. Ransom Dau 35 Sgl AR GA TN Tom J. Gray Son 18 Sgl AR US TN Harrison Hendricks Neph 9 AR GA MO 1920 Scott Co., AR Census Coal Township, #13/13 Phoebe Gray Hd 70 Wid TN TN TN Occup: None Sally Dau 45 Sgl AR GA TN Thomas Son 27 Md AR AR US Beulah Dau* 24 Md AR AR AR Edna Dau* 4 AR AR AR Cordelia Dau* 3 AR AR AR Ishmael Son* 6mo AR AR AR *Beulah & these children were almost certainly Thomas' wife & children. [End]