Surnames: Ransom

----Source: Undated Newspaper Clipping from the Boon Family Scrapbook
 

Ransom--In the town of Weston, Clark County, Wis., June 21st, 1882, Mr. Silas Ransom, aged 51 years.

Mr. Ransom had been long a resident of Clark County. He died at the residence of his brother on the banks of Cawley Creek, after a long and severe illness. His wife died several years ago. He leaves numerous relatives and friends to mourn his loss.