Friday, July 25, 2014

The Demise of Neddy Davis



Raleigh Christian Advocate
(Raleigh, North Carolina)
15 November 1882 • Page 6

I love it when I am looking for one thing and accidentally come across a gem like the above obituary of my Great, Great (a number of these) Uncle Edward Winfield "Neddy" Davis.

E. W. Davis was the third son of Job Davis and the seventh child of Sarah Winfield Howell Davis. He was also the second sheriff of Stanly County and very active in county affairs during his lifetime. He was a notoriously eligible bachelor and did not marry until he was 56 years old to Miss Rebecca Hathcock. There were 3 Davis children born prior to his death: Sarah Hortense Davis (Stewart), Thomas A. Davis and John T. Davis. (I still have questions about J. T. who is sometimes seen as John T. Crump, Jr. and his mothers second husband was....John T. Crump, Sr.).

There are some signs in E. W. Davis's legal papers that suggested that he could be a tough character and a ruthless businessman. But there are many more that suggest his strength, charitable nature and compassion. At any rate, he was a notable character and a noble man, and upon the death of his older brother Henry, and even prior to that, upon Henry's fall from grace as a judge, Major and county leader to an alchoholic, he took over and oversaw the welfare of Henry's wife/widow and children. My great-great grandfather, Horton H. Davis, lived with his uncle during his teens and later returned the favor and saw to the affairs of his uncles widow and young children after his demise.

Edward Winfield Davis was born December 3, 1811 and died October 30, 1882. I never knew a cause of death, but as he was in his later years, it did not seem relevant. I  am glad I was able to discover a cause of death for other researchers.


Edward Winfield Davis


Edward Winfield Davis Newspaper article









Thursday, July 24, 2014

The Children of Frank Ramsey

My last post is not complete without finishing up with the children and descendants of Frank Ramsey.

To recap, John Franklin Ramsey was the son of Samuel Ramsey and Rebecca Helms Ramsey of Stanly County. His grandfather was Starky "Stark" Ramsey of Anson County, North Carolina. 

He married Joyce Ann Redwine, daughter of James M. and Marinda Hall Redwine of the Fork Community in neighboring Montgomery County on November 22, 1868.

Frank and Joicy, as they were known, had 4 children together before Frank passed away in 1882.

The four children were Ella Jane, Sarah Elizabeth "Lizzie", Willie Mae and Samuel Lee. They had all arrived by the 1880 census. 

Name:J. F. Ramsey
Age:43
Birth Year:abt 1837
Birthplace:North Carolina
Home in 1880:Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina
Race:White
Gender:Male
Relation to Head of House:Self (Head)
Marital Status:Married
Spouse's Name:Ramsey
Father's Birthplace:North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace:North Carolina
Neighbors:View others on page
Occupation:Farmer
Cannot read/write:

Blind:

Deaf and Dumb:

Otherwise disabled:

Idiotic or insane:
Household Members:
NameAge
J. F. Ramsey43
Ramsey33
Ella Ramsey11
Lizzie Ramsey10
Willie Ramsey3
Sam L. Ramsey6m
Frank farmed just outside the borders of the then fledgling town of Albemarle, North Carolina. The area would now be considered part of Albemarle. 

After her husbands demise, Joyce Ann would sell her property and along with an inheritance from her father, who passed away in 1899, bought a house on South Main Street between Salisbury and Spencer, in Rowan County. There, her children worked in the textile mills and Joicy took in boarders to stay afloat. 

728 S Main St, Salisbury, NC 28144
The above map shows the exact spot that Joicy Ann relocated her family to, following some of her siblings to Salisbury. 



Name:Mrs Joicy Ramsey
Gender:Female
Residence Year:1907
Street address:728 s Main
Residence Place:Salisbury; Spencer, North Carolina, USA
Publication Title:Salisbury, North Carolina, City Directory, 1907

Name:Joicie Ramsay
[Joieu A Ramsay] 
Age:53
Birth Date:May 1847
Birthplace:North Carolina
Home in 1900:Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina
Race:White
Gender:Female
Relation to Head of House:Head
Marital Status:Widowed
Father's Birthplace:North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace:North Carolina
Mother: number of living children:4
Mother: How many children:4
Occupation:View on Image
Neighbors:View others on page
Household Members:
NameAge
Joicie Ramsay53
Ella J Ramsay30
Elizabeth S Ramsay30
Samuel S Ramsay20
Charlie Ramsay3/12
James P Redvine48
Maddie Redvine11
John Eddleman30
Adam Norton31
Dennis Myrick18
The 1900 census shows Joicy living with 3 of her children, her brother and niece and 3 boarders. Her daughter Lizzie also had her oldest child, son Charlie by that time as well. 


Daughter Willie Mae, however was not in the picture. She had probably followed her mother, siblings and uncles to Rowan County, as she married in that county in 1898.

Name:Willie May Ramsay
Gender:Female
Spouse:William R Smith
Spouse Gender:Male
Marriage Date:2 Aug 1898
Marriage County:Rowan
Marriage State:North Carolina


William Robert Smith was the son of James C Smith and Mary A Pendley Smith from Burke County, NC. 





Mr. & Mrs. William Robert Smith
William R Smith and Willie Mae Ramsey Smith with son Robert Harold Smith

ame:William R Smith
[Willson R Smith] 
Age:23
Birth Date:Oct 1876
Birthplace:North Carolina
Home in 1900:Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina
Race:White
Gender:Male
Relation to Head of House:Head
Marital Status:Married
Spouse's Name:Willie * Smith
Marriage Year:1899
Years Married:1
Father's Birthplace:North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace:North Carolina
Occupation:View on Image
Neighbors:View others on page
Household Members:
NameAge
William R Smith23
Willie * Smith22
Nessie Smith11/12

By 1900, their first child, Nessie was born, and William R. was working along with much of Willie's family in the Cotton Mill. He did not prefer that profession, however, and most of his life was spent as a barber. 

Name:William R Smith
Age in 1910:32
Birth Year:abt 1878
Birthplace:North Carolina
Home in 1910:High Point Ward 4, Guilford, North Carolina
Race:White
Gender:Male
Relation to Head of House:Head
Marital Status:Married
Spouse's Name:Willie Smith
Father's Birthplace:North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace:North Carolina
Neighbors:View others on page
Household Members:
NameAge
William R Smith32
Willie Smith30
Nessie Smith10
Clyde Smith8
James Smith0
[8/12] 
Harrison Dorsett22
Lizzie Dorsett19
Clarance Ritchie21
By 1910, the family would relocate to High Point, in Guilford County, and William was established as Barber in his own shop. Two more children, sons Clyde and James had joined the family, and taking a clue from his in-laws, the Smiths took in boarders. 
Name:William R Smith
Gender:Male
Residence Year:1913
Street address:403 Mangum av
Residence Place:High Point, North Carolina, USA
Occupation:Barber
Spouse:Willie M Smith
Publication Title:High Point, North Carolina, City Directory, 1913

Tragedy would strike in the death of oldest son Clyde Ramsey in 1919. 


Name:Clyde Smith
Gender:Male
Race:White
Age:17
Birth Date:18 Nov 1901
Birth Place:Rowan, North Carolina, United States
Death Date:4 Jan 1919
Death Location:High Point, Guilford
Father's Name:Will R Smith
Mother's name:Willie May Ramsey




Name:Willie Smith
Age:31
Birth Year:abt 1889
Birthplace:North Carolina
Home in 1920:High Point Ward 4, Guilford, North Carolina
Race:White
Gender:Female
Relation to Head of House:Wife
Marital Status:Married
Spouse's Name:Will R Smith
Father's Birthplace:North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace:North Carolina
Neighbors:View others on page
Household Members:
NameAge
Will R Smith42
Willie Smith31
Nessie Smith19
James Smith9
Harold Smith6

The 1920 census would include their fourth child, Robert Harold Smith. Soon afterwards, on July 18, 1921, fifth and last child, son William David Smith, was born. 



Name:Willie Mae Smith
Gender:Female
Residence Year:1921
Street address:409 e Russell
Residence Place:High Point, North Carolina, USA
Spouse:William R Smith
Publication Title:High Point, North Carolina, City Directory, 1921

E Russell Ave, High Point, NC 27260


Then, again, tragedy would strike. In 1926, Willie Mae Ramsey Smith would die of TB. 

Name:Mrs. Willie May Smith
[Mrs. Willie May Ramsey] 
Gender:Female
Race:White
Age:49 Years 3 Months
Birth Date:abt 1877
Birth Place:Stanly, New York, United States
Death Date:28 Nov 1926
Death Location:High Point, Guilford
Spouse's Name:Will R Smith
Father's Name:Frank Ramsey
Mother's name:Joyce Redwine

The transcriber made an error on this one. The actual document say "NC" not "NY". Stanly County is not in New York. 
A House on Farris Ave. in High Point, where William R. Smith would reside.

William R Smith would remarry in 1927 to Lottie Elmo Barber from Reidsville, to help him raise his young sons. Daughter Nessie would marry mortician,  Arnold Koonce about 1922.

Nessie Izetta Smith
Nessie I Smith Koonce



Ella Jane Ramsey

Ella Jane Ramsey never married and would remain with her mother at the South Main Street Boarding House for the remainder of her life, and worked in a Cotton Mill as a Weaver.

Name:Miss Ella Ramsey
Gender:Female
Residence Year:1913
Residence Place:Salisbury; Spencer, North Carolina, USA
Occupation:Weaver
Publication Title:Salisbury, North Carolina, City Directory, 1913

She only outlived her mother by 5 years, and passed away in 1935 of TB at the age of 66.

ame:Ella Jane Ramsey
Gender:Female
Race:White
Age:66
Birth Date:28 Nov 1869
Birth Place:Stanley, North Carolina, United States
Death Date:17 Dec 1935
Death Location:Salisbury, Rowan
Father's Name:Franklin Ramsey
Mother's name:Joyce Redwine


Sarah Elizabeth Ramsey lived in the boarding house with her family until her marriage in 1910. She had a son, Charlie, who is shown as a Ramsey in his first two census records.


Name:Elizabeth S Ramsay
Age:30
Birth Date:Mar 1870
Birthplace:North Carolina
Home in 1900:Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina
Race:White
Gender:Female
Relation to Head of House:Daughter
Marital Status:Single
Father's Birthplace:North Carolina
Mother's name:Joicie Ramsay
Mother's Birthplace:North Carolina
Occupation:View on Image
Neighbors:View others on page
Household Members:
NameAge
Joicie Ramsay53
Ella J Ramsay30
Elizabeth S Ramsay30
Samuel S Ramsay20
Charlie Ramsay3/12
James P Redvine48
Maddie Redvine11
John Eddleman30
Adam Norton31
Dennis Myrick18
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Shortly after the 1910 cenus, on August 14, 1910 at the age of  40, she married Peagram Albert Surratt, originally from Davidson County, who had migrated to Texas for a number decades.

Name:Elzabeth Ramsay
Age in 1910:34
Birth Year:abt 1876
Birthplace:North Carolina
Home in 1910:Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina
Race:White
Gender:Female
Relation to Head of House:Daughter
Marital Status:Single
Father's Birthplace:North Carolina
Mother's name:Joicy A Ramsay
Mother's Birthplace:North Carolina
Neighbors:View others on page
Household Members:
NameAge
Joicy A Ramsay62
Ella J Ramsay36
Elzabeth Ramsay34
Charlie Ramsay10

Afterwards, Charlie Ramsey would be shown as Charlie Surratt.

Pegram A. Surratt was born April 23, 1867, during the early years of Reconstruction. He was the son of Richard L. Surratt and Mary Margaret Earnhardt Surratt of the Jackson Hill Community in Davidson County.

Jackson Hill Church relocated and restored at Denton Farm Park

ame:Pegram Surratt
Age:14
Birth Year:abt 1866
Birthplace:North Carolina
Home in 1880:Jackson Hill, Davidson, North Carolina
Race:White
Gender:Male
Relation to Head of House:Son
Marital Status:Single
Father's Name:Richard Surratt
Father's Birthplace:North Carolina
Mother's name:Margaret Surratt
Mother's Birthplace:North Carolina
Neighbors:View others on page
Occupation:Works On Farm
Cannot read/write:

Blind:

Deaf and Dumb:

Otherwise disabled:

Idiotic or insane:
Household Members:
NameAge
Richard Surratt60
Margaret Surratt55
Ida Surratt21
Roby Surratt16
Pegram Surratt14
Lindsay Surratt12
Originally, P. A. Surratt had tried his hand at being a merchant in the bustling Railroad Town of Salisbury, North Carolina.



After a devastating fire with no insurance, he decided to find greener pastures than the verdant green ones of Southern Davidson County, and relocated to Texas. The 1900 census would find him in McKinley, Collins County, Texas boarding with a Harrison family and working as a Teamster. Other teamsters lived there too, with a number of dressmakers. P. A. Surratt, however, did not marry while a young man in Texas.

ame:P A Surratt
[P A Stirratt] 
Birthplace:North Carolina
Home in 1900:McKinney, Collin, Texas
Race:White
Gender:Male
Relation to Head of House:Boarder
Marital Status:Single
Father's Birthplace:Kentucky
Mother's Birthplace:Kentucky
Occupation:View on Image
Neighbors:View others on page
Household Members:
NameAge
Jas G Harrison39
Rebecca T Harrison38
Nina O Harrison12
Ella May Harrison7
Jim Webb Harrison3
Chas Bernard20
Chas Turuntine25
Nora Elmore24
Lillie Elmore22
Effie Elmore16
Chas Barner
Wiley Feese
P A Surratt

According to the papers, he visited home often and also worked in Virginia in those days. Several little mentions were made in
The Dispatch
(Lexington, North Carolina)
 of his visits.
In the 1910 Census, he was living in Fort Worth and working as a Carpenter in the Building industry.

Name:Pegrom A Surratt
[Petrana A Surratt] 
[Pegroma G Surratt] 
Age in 1910:42
Birth Year:abt 1868
Birthplace:Texas
Home in 1910:Fort Worth Ward 13, Tarrant, Texas
Race:White
Gender:Male
Relation to Head of House:Head
Marital Status:Single
Father's Birthplace:North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace:North Carolina
Neighbors:View others on page
Household Members:
NameAge
Pegrom A Surratt42
Ray Neagle15

One particular visit in 1897 must have been particularly interesting. Perhaps he stayed in the boarding house of Mrs Joicy Ann Ramsey and her daughters, while visiting family in Salisbury and met the charming Lizzie.





The Dispatch
(Lexington, North Carolina)
14 April 1897 • Page 4

Name:Pegrim Surratt
Residence Year:1909
Street address:ns Gandy 1 blk of Sycamore creek Glenwood
Residence Place:Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Occupation:Hog Raiser
Publication Title:Fort Worth, Texas, City Directory, 1909
By 1909, Pegram A. Surratt switched careers from being a carpenter to being a Hog Farmer. After the 1910 census, we know he made another crucial visit to North Carolina.


Name:Pegram A Surratt
Gender:Male
Spouse:Lizzie Ramsey
Spouse Gender:Female
Marriage Date:14 Aug 1910
Marriage County:Rowan
Marriage State:North Carolina

After the marriage, the Surratts, with young Charlie, returned to Texas and back to the hogs.

Name:Pegrim A Surratt
Residence Year:1911
Street address:ns Gandy 1 blk w of Sycamore creek XT
Residence Place:Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Occupation:Hog Raiser
Publication Title:Fort Worth, Texas, City Directory, 1911

Pegram and Lizzie only had one daughter after their 1910 marriage. Ida Mae Surratt, named probably for her fathers older sister, was born on August 27, 1911, a year after her parents marriage, in Fort Worth, Texas.  Her mother was 41 and her father 44. There advanced age was probably the reason for the small family of 4.


Lizzie, who had spent most of her formative years in town, was a city girl, perhaps, and maybe, most of all was homesick for family. At any rate, by 1920, she had convinced Pegram to try his hand merchanting again and the family had moved in with Lizzie's mother at the boarding house, located between Salisbury and Spencer.

Name:Lizzie Surratt
[Lizzie Ramsay] 
Age:48
Birth Year:abt 1872
Birthplace:North Carolina
Home in 1920:Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina
Race:White
Gender:Female
Relation to Head of House:Wife
Marital Status:Married
Spouse's Name:Pigram A Surratt
Father's Birthplace:North Carolina
Mother's name:Joysia Ramsay
Mother's Birthplace:North Carolina
Neighbors:View others on page
Household Members:
NameAge
Pigram A Surratt51
Lizzie Surratt48
Joysia Ramsay72
Ella Ramsay47
Charlie Surratt19
Ida M Surratt8
William Lippard24
Claud Lippard22
John Eddleman50
Badge Ballard33

Name:Peg-Ram A Surratt
Gender:Male
Residence Year:1928
Street address:828 s Main
Residence Place:Salisbury; Spencer, North Carolina, USA
Occupation:Grocer
Spouse:Elizabeth Surratt
Publication Title:Salisbury, North Carolina, City Directory, 1928
Pegram was listed in the business directories as a Grocer and Lizzie as a grocery clerk.

317 S. Shaver Street today, just 2 blocks from where P. A. and Lizzie ran a Grocery store. It is described as being in the middle of the Brooklyn South Square Historic District. This house was there at the time. 
Name:P A Surratt
Residence Year:1928
Street address:501 s Shaver
Residence Place:Salisbury; Spencer, North Carolina, USA
Publication Title:Salisbury, North Carolina, City Directory, 1928
The fountain in downtown Salisbury.

P. A. and Lizzie and their two children were a thriving, middle class family in Salisbury during the roaring twenties and into the 1930's.

Name:Sarah E Sarratt
[Sarah E Ramsay] 
Gender:Female
Birth Year:abt 1871
Birthplace:North Carolina
Race:White
Home in 1930:Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina
Map of Home:View Map
Marital Status:Married
Relation to Head of House:Daughter
Spouse's Name:Pegram A Sarratt
Father's Birthplace:North Carolina
Mother's name:Joyce A Ramsay
Mother's Birthplace:North Carolina
Occupation:

Education:

Military service:

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Neighbors:View others on page
Household Members:
NameAge
Joyce A Ramsay82
Ella J Ramsay61
[51] 
Pegram A Sarratt62
Sarah E Sarratt59
Badge C Ballard40
John Eddleman55
By 1930, both children had moved out of the house and Lizzie and her husband were still in the boarding house with her mother, sister and boarders Mr. Ballard, and Mr. Eddleman. 



Charles Basil Surratt worked at Salisbury Mills while he lived at the boarding house with his family. He married Ethel Carpenter in 1924. He had registered for service in WWI and in WWII. By 1930, his two oldest daughters were born. 
Name:Charles B Surratt
Gender:Male
Birth Year:abt 1900
Birthplace:North Carolina
Race:White
Home in 1930:Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina
Map of Home:View Map
Marital Status:Married
Relation to Head of House:Head
Spouse's Name:Ethel L Surratt
Father's Birthplace:North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace:North Carolina
Occupation:

Education:

Military service:

Rent/home value:

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Parents' birthplace:
Neighbors:View others on page
Household Members:
NameAge
Charles B Surratt30
Ethel L Surratt28
Mary E Surratt5
Alice J Surratt2




Name:Charles Bazel Surratt
Gender:Male
Race:White
Relationship:Self (Head)
Birth Date:13 Feb 1900
Birth Place:Salisbury, North Carolina
Residence:Bessemer City, Gaston, North Carolina, USA
Registration Year:1942

Charlie and his family remained in Salisbury until at least 1935. He took up truck driving and relocated to Bessamer City in Gaston County, North Carolina, where he raised 3 daughters and passed away in 1966.




Name:Charles B Surratt
Age:40
Estimated birth year:abt 1900
Gender:Male
Race:White
Birthplace:North Carolina
Marital Status:Married
Relation to Head of House:Head
Home in 1940:Bessemer City, Gaston, North Carolina
Map of Home in 1940:View Map
Inferred Residence in 1935:Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina
Residence in 1935:Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina
Resident on farm in 1935:No
Sheet Number:8B
Number of Household in Order of Visitation:148
Occupation:Truck Driver
House Owned or Rented:Rented
Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented:8
Attended School or College:No
Highest Grade Completed:Elementary school, 8th grade
Duration of Unemployment:80
Class of Worker:Wage or salary worker in Government work
Weeks Worked in 1939:50
Income:510
Income Other Sources:No
Neighbors:View others on page
Household Members:
NameAge
Charles B Surratt40
Etta H Surratt38
Mary E Surratt15
Joyce A Surratt12
M Jean Surratt6

Charlie and Ethel had 3 daughers: Mary Elizabeth, Alice Joyce and Norma Jean.

Sister Ida Mae married Whitney "Whit" Kluttz in 1933. They would also have 3 children: Sarah Craige Klutz, William Glenn Klutz and Doris Sue Kluttz.

Ida passed away in 1991 and her husband in 2000.

DA KLUTTZ: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice

Greensboro News & Record (NC) - Saturday, February 23, 1991

Deceased Name: IDA KLUTTZ

SALISBURY - Ida Mae Surratt Kluttz, 79, of 3120 Dunn's Mountain Road died Friday at Lutheran Nursing Home.
Funeral will be at 3 p.m. Sunday at Union Lutheran Church, of which she was a member. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
A native of Fort Worth, Texas, she was a retired sales clerk.
Surviving are husband, Whitney Kluttz; daughters, Mrs. Sarah Holshouser of Spencer, Doris Kluttz of Rockwell; son, Glenn Kluttz of Spartanburg; five grandchildren.
The family will be at Lyerly Funeral Home 7-9 p.m. today.
Memorial contributions may be made to Union Lutheran Church, 4770 Bringle Ferry Road, Salisbury, N.C. 28146, or to Lutheran Nursing Home, 820 Klumac Road, Salisbury, N.C. 28144.

Whitney 'Whit' Kluttz: Newspaper Obituary and Death Notice

Salisbury Post (NC) - Tuesday, September 19, 2000

Deceased Name: Whitney 'Whit' Kluttz

The funeral will be Wednesday for Whitney 'Whit' William Kluttz, who died Sunday (Sept. 17, 2000) at Rowan Regional Medical Center after a month of serious illness.
Born Oct. 10, 1908, in Rowan County, Mr. Kluttz was a son of the late David Alexander and Augustus Craige Kluttz. He was educated in the Rowan County schools.
Retired from Martin Marietta Stone Co., he had earlier worked for Southern Railway. He was a member of Union Lutheran Church, Agner-Efird Sunday school class and Good Timers Club.
His wife, Ida Mae Surratt Kluttz, died Feb. 22, 1991.
Survivors include son Glenn Kluttz, Spartanburg, S.C.; daughters Sarah Holshouser, Spencer, and Doris Kluttz, Rockwell; sister Nannie Terleton, Salisbury; five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Services: 11 a.m. Wednesday, Union Lutheran Church, conducted by the Rev. Darrell Norris, pastor, and the Rev. C.P. Fisher. Members of the Agner-Efird Sunday school class will be seated as a group. Burial in family plot in the church cemetery.
Visitation: 7-8:30 tonight, Lyerly Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the home of daughter Sarah Holshouser, Spencer.
Memorials: Union Lutheran Church, Fellowship Building Fund, 4770 Bringle Ferry Road, Salisbury, NC 28146.
Samuel Lee Ramsey:
Name:Samuel S Ramsay
Age:20
Birth Date:Dec 1879
Birthplace:North Carolina
Home in 1900:Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina
Race:White
Gender:Male
Relation to Head of House:Son
Marital Status:Single
Father's Birthplace:North Carolina
Mother's name:Joicie Ramsay
Mother's Birthplace:North Carolina
Occupation:View on Image
Neighbors:View others on page
Household Members:
NameAge
Joicie Ramsay53
Ella J Ramsay30
Elizabeth S Ramsay30
Samuel S Ramsay20
Charlie Ramsay3/12
James P Redvine48
Maddie Redvine11
John Eddleman30
Adam Norton31
Dennis Myrick18
Samuel Lee Ramsey was the only son of Frank and Joicey. He was obviously named for grandfather, Samuel Ramsey of Stanly County. Born on Christmas day in 1879, Sam was only 3 years old when his father passed away. He appears in the 1900 census with his mother, sisters, Uncle J P Redwine, cousin Maddie and nephew Charlie, but married later that year. 

Name:Samuel L Ramsay
Gender:Male
Spouse:Jeneva Loflin
Spouse Gender:Female
Marriage Date:1 Sep 1900
Marriage County:Rowan
Marriage State:North Carolina

He married Geneva Loflin from the southern part of Davidson County.

By 1910, they were the proud parents of 4 children. 





Name:Samuel S Ramsay
Age in 1910:28
Birth Year:abt 1882
Birthplace:North Carolina
Home in 1910:Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina
Race:White
Gender:Male
Relation to Head of House:Head
Marital Status:Married
Spouse's Name:Genevia Ramsay
Father's Birthplace:North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace:North Carolina
Neighbors:View others on page
Household Members:
NameAge
Samuel S Ramsay28
Genevia Ramsay27
[37] 
Coy R Ramsay7
Frank T Ramsay5
Ruth D Ramsay4
Fred Ramsay2

Sam and Geneva lived a simple, cotton mill existance.

Name:Samuel L Ramsey
Gender:Male
Residence Year:1913
Street address:40 Same
Residence Place:Salisbury; Spencer, North Carolina, USA
Occupation:Spinner
Spouse:Geneva Ramsey
Publication Title:Salisbury, North Carolina, City Directory, 1913





Samuel Lee Ramsey died at the young age of 46 in Salisbury. He was found dead on his porch and cause of death could not be determined. Geneva never remarried and lived a long life, passing in 1973 with 2 of her 4 children surviving.
Name:Mr Sam L Ramsey
Gender:Male
Race:White
Age:46
Birth Date:25 Dec 1879
Birth Place:North Carolina, United States
Death Date:31 Aug 1926
Death Location:Salisbury, Rowan
Spouse's Name:Geneva Ramsey
Father's Name:Franklin Ramsey
Mother's name:Joice Bedwine
Name:Geneva V Ramsey
[Fanua V Ramsey] 
Gender:Female
Birth Year:abt 1881
Birthplace:North Carolina
Race:White
Home in 1930:Salisbury, Rowan, North Carolina
Map of Home:View Map
Marital Status:Widowed
Relation to Head of House:Head
Father's Birthplace:North Carolina
Mother's Birthplace:North Carolina
Occupation:

Education:

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Household Members:
NameAge
Geneva V Ramsey49
Ruth O Ramsey23
Frank T Ramsey25
Fred J Ramsey21
Louise E Ramsey17

The children of Samuel Ramsey and wife Geneva Loflin Ramsey were:

Coy Ray Ramsey 1903-1957
Frank Thomas Ramsey 1905- 1966
Ruth O Ramsey Davis 1906 - 1989
Fred James Ramsey 1909 - 1986

The Louise E Ramsey shown in the above census, was not a daughter, but Louise E. Odell Ramsey, the young wife of Fred J Ramsey.