Ransom Biographies from the 1912 book
Surnames of Ransom people with Biographies that are listed in the
History of Newton and Ransom Townships
by J.B. Stephens, Montrose, PA: JB Stephens, ©1912
The names in caps are the who the biographies are mainly about. If there is a second name in blue, it means that is a small write-up in the person in caps' biography. The names in black mean that these surnames are listed somewhere in the biography. I did not includes names that dealt with property transactions. These surnames are connected through family members. One asterisk (*) means that a picture of the family home is included in the book. Two asterisks (**) mean that a picture of the family is included in the book. Three asterisks (***) mean that a picture of the family and their home is included in the book.
*** ACE, Brezee, Blackwell, Walter, Barrier, Dershiemer, Cosler, Clark
*** ACE, Courtright, Davis, Walters, Blackwell, Williams, Prentzman, Leader, Wagner, Overender, Barrier, Michaels
** BEDELL, Swartz, Dailey, Klingle, Miller
*** BEHLKE, Kline, Friday, Kline, Wholeb, Pobgee, Pohl
*** BEYRENT, Finkler, Kiefer, Miller, Herold, Mittenberger
BLACKWELL, Ace, Rupp, Scherer, Schwitzer, Bates, Walters, Drake, Courtright, Maas
*** BLACKWELL, Miller, Ace, Maas, Mosier
BLACKWELL, Weisenfluh, Sultzer
*** BOWEN, Jones, Gilbert, Thomas, Evans, Stewart, Cobb
*** COON, Fitch, Corselius, Walter, Moore, Newman, Brown
*** CANTERBURY, Gilbert, Thomas, Carey, Engles, Gruslin, Bowen, Herne, James, Burch
*** CORSELIUS, Rader, Bedell, Fitch, Coon(Kuhn), Youngs, Hice, Litts, Richards, Kimball
*** COOLBAUGH, Carey, Barth, Maas, Rose, Clark
*** COURTRIGHT, Clark, Wells, Treible, Kautz, Blatcher,
COURTRIGHT, Michaels, Drake, Ace, Keilbach, Dymond, Bedell, Klipple, Trible, Hopkins
*** COURTRIGHT, Rader, Bedell, Walters(Walter)
*** COSLETT, Davis, Todd, Tydvil
DAVIS, Blume, Rose, Rozelle, Hinckley, Looms, Michaels, Ace, Walter
*** DAVIES, Sweet, Ace, Lott, Vosburg, Harris
*** ENGLEMAN, Rock, Harris, Stout, Stem, Gardner
GARDNER, Smith, Palmer, Hollenback
** GARDNER, Wood, Smith, Cooper, Wilson, Dadey, Shoemaker, Kreinburg, Singer, Smith, Posten, Ayers, Chapman, Adams
*** GAUL, Fern, Annemans, Shafer, Fern, Wolcott, Hines, Giles, Stine, Tannler, Moore, James, Stevens,
*** HOFFMAN, Maas, Barth, Getz, Breeze, Blackwell, Evans, Lake
*** HUTHMAKER, Courtright, Siglin, Soricks, Shellenberger, Dornblazer, Townshed, Treible, Van Auken, Misson, Newhart, Stout, Miller, Singer, Ace, Clark, Shuster
*** HUTHMAKER, Harlos, Dersheimer, Hopkins, Jenkins, Maas
*** IVES, Kern, Akens, Stamback, Gardner
*** KRAUSS, Metzner, Reuther
*** KROUSE, Huthmaker, Ace, Michael
** LaCOE, Ash, Barrier, Dersheimer, Richards, Petty
LaCOE, Swartwood, Barrier, Keeler
*** LANDSIEDEL, Maas, Stermer, Hines, Weiscarger, Huthmaker, Blackwell, Brookhouse
LEWIS, Evans, Thomas, Rowlands
*** MAYER, Hartenschinder, Scheuster, James, Jones
*** MAAS, Grose, Stoft, Merrihew, Barth, Schultheis, Hoffman, Ayers, Coolbaugh, Desky, Harlos
McCABE, Foley, Mulhern, Burk(Burke), Phinney, Daley
*** METZGAR, Blackwell, Ace, Sobers, Felker, Evans, Bates, Walter, Brezee, Miller, Lake, Landsidle, Maas
MILLER, Michaels
MILLER, Michaels, Huthmaker
MUNSON, Winters, Winters, Barrier
*** MUSSELMAN, Setzar, Able, Gardner, Smith, Ewing, Bedell, Bloser
PETTY, Stroh, Stroekel, Nagle, Reed, Decker, Rose, Klipple
* PETTY, Nagle, Ash, LaCoe
** PETTY, LaCoe, Klipple, Decker
PETTY, Rader
*** POWELL, Chambers, WIlliams, Davis, Evans, Bennett, Fraley, Baker, White, Robinson, Ace
*** RADER, Walters(Walter), Kress, Holcomb, Bedell, Klipple, Zeiss, Petty
*** RICHARDS, Corselius, Lanterman, Newman, Sutton, Decker
*** RICHARDS, LaCoe, Ostrander, Ash, Williams, Miller, Poston
RICHTER, Herman, Becker, Kurtz
RIFENBARY, Hough, Bunnell, Place, Kircher, Biesecker
*** ROSENKRANS, Taylor, French
SAMES, Lewert, Roeszler, Landsiedel, Morris
*** SCHEUER Brothers "Sunny Side Farms"
*** SCHULTHEIS, Maas, Engel, Snover, Courtright, Lewis, Ott, Obderdofer, Reinhardt
*** SCHMIDT, Gardener, Friedman, Ross, Fabri, Bartosch, Leuthold, Albrecht, Sipple
SMITH, Walters, Jacoby, Compton, Ayers, Shook, Lowler, Stevenson
* SINGER, Smith, Stine, Huthmaker
*** STEWART, Snow, Gilbert, Bowen, Wallace
STINE (STEIN), Pickel, LaTier, Wilson, Scott, Brezee, Siglin, Huthmaker, Singer, Schultheis
* STINE, Maas, Schultheis
*** TAFT, Stout, Harris
THOMPSON, Smith, Klipple, Bates, Ward, Hockaday
*** WALTER, Lee, Michaels, Davis, Denithorne, Miller, Waldron, Hudfecker, Plattenburg
WILSON, Williams, Kivler, Thatcher, Stage, Holbert, Wheeler, Evans, Jenkins, Pennington
WINTERS, Brink, Beemer, Thompson, Barrier, Dersheimer, Bennett, Drake, Hopkins, Fahs, Munson
*** WITZAL, Knauser, Getz, Klotz, Hartman, Boswaler
*** ZEISS, Frenhan, Vanderburg, Biesecker
ZILK, Rutledge, Rice
