Sherman Ransom, Civil War Soldier

Christie, Weston, Clark Co., Wisconsin

 

Sherman was born in 1843 to Harmon & Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom in New Haven, Huron Co., OH.  The family came west to Wisconsin, settling first in Auburn, Fond du Lac Co. (1860 Census), and then in Weston, Clark Co. (1870 Census).  Sherman’s cousin, Albert Tuttle, also has a biography included in these pages.  Their grandparents, Rensselear & Clarissa (Crozier) Tuttle, lived with Albert and his wife, Caroline, who was Sherman’s sister.  In 1880, Sherman lived with his father, Harmon, and older brother Silas, both widowed. His sister Maryetta, the wife of Theodore Brown, Jr., lived in sec. 24, also near Cawley Creek.  It is obvious that although Sherman never married, he was surrounded by many close family members. During the Civil War, Sherman and his brothers, Silas and Bostwick, enlisted with Co. G, 14th Wis.  This is the same regiment, but different Co., the soldiers who signed up in Neillsville belonged to (Co. I, 14th Wis.). Sherman enlisted on 28 Feb 1865 as a Pvt., and was honorably discharged 9 Oct 1865 at Mobile, AL. When he died in 1888, Sherman was laid to rest in the East Weston Cemetery (now Chapel Hill), Clark Co., WI. 

Census Records

 

Fond du Lac, WI 1860 Federal Census

LAST_NAME FIRST_NAME AGE NATIVITY   PAGE# LOCATION

Ransom               C.A.                        33         New York            12        Ashford           
Ransom                Francis                  15         Ohio                     12        Ashford           
Ransom                Harmon                 54         N.Y. State            45       Auburn            
Ransom                Levi                       53         N.Y. State            45        Auburn            
Ransom                Mary                     14         Ohio                     45        Auburn            
Ransom                Sherman               17         Ohio                     45        Auburn            
Ransom                Silas                      29         New York            12         Ashford           
Ransom                William                 12         Ohio                     45        Auburn            
Raymond             Alfred                   30         New York            63       Auburn            
Raymond             Amelia                  28         New York            63        Auburn

Raymond             Angeline              54         Canada              96          Town of Ripon  
Raymond             Bostwick              25         Ohio                     9         Ashford           
Raymond             Charlott                20         New York            9         Ashford           
Raymond             Charlott                21         Ohio                     9         Ashford           
Raymond             Clarisa                  4/12      Wisconsin          9         Ashford           
Raymond             Delos                    24         New York            9         Ashford           
Raymond             Dexter                  11/12    Wisconsin           63        Auburn            
Raymond             Edwin                   7           Wisconsin           63        Auburn            
Raymond             Elizabeth             50           New York            14        Ashford           
Raymond             Fayette                7            Wisconsin           9         Ashford           
Raymond             Floretta                13          Wisconsin           9         Ashford           
Raymond             Francis                 61          Canada               96        Town of Ripon     
Raymond             Frank M.              2           Wisconsin           9         Ashford           
Raymond             Ida                        4            Wisconsin          63        Auburn            
Raymond             Julia V.                 40          Massachusetts  9         Ashford           
Raymond             Luther                  50          New York            9         Ashford           
Raymond             O. H.                    53           New York            14        Ashford           
Raymond            Orson                   17           New York            63        Auburn

 

           

 

1880 Federal Census, Weston, Clark Co., Wisconsin
 Name  Relation Marital Sex Race Age Nativity Occupation F-Nativity M-Nativity
 Herman Ransom   Self   W   Male   W   74   NY   Farmer   NY   NY 
 Silas H. Ransom   Son   W   Male   W   49   NY   At Home   NY   NY 
 Sherman Ransom   Son   S   Male   W   30   OH   Laborer   NY   NY 

 

 

Military

 

 

[Enlistment Papers] [Recruitment Declaration] Roll Call [1] [2]

 

 

 

Family Notes

 

Children of Bostwick & Luanne:

1. Rennselear Tuttle   1789 - 1880 << father of Albert + Sherman B. Tuttle

2. Chandler Tuttle       1791 -

3. Pamela Tuttle         1793 -

4. Esther Tuttle            1796 -

5. Susan Tuttle            1799 -

6. Albert S. Tuttle        1801 -

7. Samuel Tuttle          1802 -                                   "1850: insane"

8. Leafy Tuttle              1807 - << (m. Harmon Ransom) mother of Caroline + Sherman Ransom

9. Thankful Tuttle         1810 - 1877  << (m. Palmer ?) m. Alvin Dunahee

 

 

Children of Rennselear & Clarisa:

    *      Sherman B. Tuttle      1816 - 1892 << married Martha Brown (dau Theodore)

    *      William S. Tuttle         1817 - 1883 << married Hannah Brown (dau Theodore)

    *      John Wesley Tuttle     1825 -

    *      Wesley Tuttle              1829 -

    *      Albert W. Tuttle          1830 - 1888  << married Caroline Ransom

    *      Charlotte M Tuttle       1836 - 1928  << married Eben Delos Raymond

    *      Ellen Maria Tuttle       1843 - 1913  << married William Oelig

 

 

Children of Harmon & Leafy:

    *      Silas H. Ransom    1831 - 1882   << married Catharine A.

    *      Bostwick Ransom  1834 - << married Charlotte Raymond (dau of Luther & Julia Raymond)

    *      Caroline L. Ransom 1836 - 1911  << married Albert Tuttle

    *      Sherman Ransom  1843 - 1888 << never married

    *      Maryetta Ransom   1845 - 1921 << married Theodore Brown, Jr 1866

    *      William Price Ransom  1849 - 1940  << married Floretta Raymond (dau of Luther & Julia Raymond)

 

Related Links

 

Bio: Ransom, William & Floretta (1880)

Bio: Tuttle, Albert & Caroline (Ransom)

Bio: Tuttle, Rensselear (Family History)

 

 

Contributors

 

Paul Forster, Marsha Hosfeld, Deb Sanger, Janet Schwarze, Ken Wood & The Clark Co. History Buffs

 

 


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