Scott, Do you have a copy of DR. ROBERT RANSOM's book on the Kentucky Ransoms? I imagine your RANSOMS are discussed in that book. There may be pictures of them. Carole Caroline Burnett Cook In a message dated 8/19/00 3:43:28 PM Eastern Daylight Time, RANSOM-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << From: "Scott Swanson" <sswanson@butler.edu> To: RANSOM-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0008181835430.27679-100000@thomas.butler.edu> Subject: Elisha and Amanda (Triplett) Ransom Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I'd be awfully grateful to hear from or about the descendants of Elisha and Amanda (Triplett) Ransom of Perry County IN. Elisha was the son of Benjamin and Elizabeth (-----) Ransom, born 1814-1815 KY. Amanda was the daughter of Lewis and Barbara (Horn) Triplett, born 22 April 1818 KY. Their children till 1850 were: 1. Benjamin Ransom; born 1839-1840 IN 2. Elizabeth Ransom; born 1841-1842 IN 3. Charles F. Ransom; born 1843-1844 IN 4. John H. Ransom; born 1846-1847 IN I know nothing further about the Ransom family but have a great deal to share about the Triplett family. Many thanks for your help, and best wishes to you. Scott Swanson Department of History Butler University 4600 Sunset Avenue Indianapolis, Indiana 46208-3485 sswanson@butler.edu >>