This recent post to the list was a real teaser for historians: February 4th, 1910 Longmont Ledger Boulder Co Colorado..."Uncle John" Ramsey, 119 years old, thought to have been the oldest person in Ohio, died near Elyria January 27th. Ramsey was a slave & escaped 40 years before the Civil War to Oberlin."... Please be advised that there is a wonderful photo of RAMSEY with lots of biographical info (& speculations) on pages 171-174 of THEY STOPPED IN OBERLIN written by William E. Bigglestone, of Oberlin College, published in 1981. All the larger libraries in the county have a copy of this book. Nancy Meyers