Nathaniel Carpenter RANSOM was born 27 November 1832 at Maryland NY, died 22 March 1904 at Palmyra WI. He married Catherine Olivia COGGINS on 11 November 1853 at Dixon IL. Nathaniel is the ninth child of Jonathan6 RANSOM and Betsey BARBER. (Jonathan6, Jonathan5, Robert4, Robert3, Robert2, Robert1 RANSOM) N C RANSOM kept a diary all his life, and put together an autobiography from it about 1897. Kent MARSDEN mailto:kmarsden@ticon.net found a copy in the New Berlin, Wisconsin library, and transcribed it. You can view this (approximately) 30-page item, titled An Authentic Biography of NATHANIEL CARPENTER RANSOM, at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mransom/NathanielBiography.html Your comments and additional information are welcome to both Kent and myself. Mike RANSOM P O Box 1754, Albany OR 97321 mransom@peak.org 541-926-1199 RANSOM FAMILIES: http://go.to/ransom 1843 Wagon Train: http://travel.to/1843