Thank you John. Ambrose Ranson 1765-1843 &1807 Susan Roye | Lucy Ranson 1808 &1829 William Harden 1808-1880 | Susannah Harden (Susannah Ranson Harden) 1834 &1857 William Leeds 1835 | Minnie Minerva Leeds 1863-1959 & Orlando Chesterfield Powless 1861-1898 | Lula May Powless 1882-1962 &1904 Wesley Clayton Davis 1882-1951 | Julia Lorene Davis 1905-1976 <--------------- My grandmother > Ambrose Ranson was born in 1765, in Virginia, and was among the reserves > called out to repel the invasion of Cornwallis, and though but sixteen years > old was present at the capture of Yorktown. He came to Miami township with > Rev. Philip Gatch, with whom for many years he was associated as one of the > associate judges of the common pleas court. Originally a brick-layer and > plasterer, he bought a farm near Milford, then one near Newberry, but > finally came to within two miles of Batavia where he died July 12, 1843. He > was a member of the M. E. church for fifty-five years. > > John Charles Tippet > [email protected] > > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx -- Chuck Gibson <[email protected]>