Ransom, Silas; Christie, Weston, Clark Co., Wisconsin

Silas was born in 1831 in NY, the son of Harmon and Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom. The family moved from NY to OH, but settled in WI before the 1860 Census. Silas and his wife, Catherine Amanda (b. 1832, NY), were living in Ashford, Fond du Lac Co., WI when he enlisted as a Private in Co. G, 14^th Inf. Regt. on 1 Jan 1862, along with his brother, Bostwick. His brother Sherman served with the same unit from Feb to Oct 1865. On 18 Jan 1863, after a year of service, Silas and Bostwick deserted. Silas was arrested 25 Feb 1865 and court-martialed on 22 May 1865 at Montgomery, AL. His sentence was 1 yr hard labor at Ft. Jefferson, FL. Reputed to be one of the worst Union prisons in the Civil War, it was called America’s Devil’s Island. He escaped custody 11 Jul 1865. His regiment was mustered out 9 Oct 1865 at Mobile, AL.

In the 1870 Census, Silas & Catherine were living in Weston, Clark Co., WI with his widowed father and his brother Sherman. His younger brother, William, married Floretta, the daughter of Luther Raymond whose biography is also in this book. Bostwick never returned to his family in WI and his wife remarried in 1866. When Catherine passed away 5 Aug 1873, her funeral was held at the Hyslip schoolhouse. Silas suffered a long and severe illness before passing away at the home of his brother on Cawley Creek, 21 Jun 1882. He was buried in sec. 11, lot #34 in the Neillsville, WI City Cemetery where his wife had also been laid to rest. Civil War Soldiers in the Heart of Clark Co., Wisconsin

RANSOM Silas

Born: 1831, NY Son of: Harmon & Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom

Died: 21 Jun 1882, Weston, Clark, WI Buried: Neillsville City Cemetery, Clark Co., WI

Married: btw 1850-1860

Spouse: Catherine Amanda b. 1827 / 1832; d. 5 Aug 1873, Weston, Clark, WI

Buried: Neillsville City Cemetery, Clark Co., WI

Daughter of ____________; Mother of __ children

Civil War Service:

Residence: Auburn, WI (Fond du Lac Co.)

Private, Company G, 14^th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin

Enlisted: 1 Jan 1862

Deserted: 18 Jan 1863; Arrested: 25 Feb 1865

Court Martial: 22 May 1865; Escaped: 11 July 1865

Regiment Mustered Out: 9 Oct 1865, Mobile, AL

Residence:

1831 - born in NY

1840 Census - New Haven, Huron, OH

1850 Census - as of June 1 - New Haven, Huron, OH - age 18 (1832)

18XX - moved to Wisconsin

185X - married Catharine Amanda

1860 Census - as of June 1 - Ashford, Fond du Lac, WI - age 29 (1831)

1862 Jan 1 - from Auburn, WI, enlisted in Wisconsin Infantry, Co. G, 14^th Regt.

1865 Oct 9 - mustered out of military at Mobile, Alabama

1870 Census - as of June 1 - Weston, Clark, WI - age 38 (1832)

1880 Census - as of June 1 - Weston, Clark, WI - age 49 (1831)

1882 Jun 21 - died, Weston, Clark, WI

NOTE:

Silas Ransom, Civil War Soldier

Christie, Weston, Clark Co., Wisconsin

Silas was born in 1831 in NY, the son of Harmon and Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom. The family moved from NY to OH, but settled in WI before the 1860 Census. Silas and his wife, Catherine Amanda (b. 1832, NY), were living in Ashford, Fond du Lac Co., WI when he enlisted as a Private in Co. G, 14^th Inf. Regt. on 1 Jan 1862. His brother Sherman served with the same unit from Feb to Oct 1865. After a year of service, Silas deserted, 18 Jan 1863. He was arrested 25 Feb 1865 and court-martialed on 22 May 1865 at Montgomery, AL. His sentence was 1 yr hard labor at Ft. Jefferson, FL. Reputed to be one of the worst Union prisons in the Civil War, it was called America’s Devil’s Island. He escaped custody 11 Jul 1865. His regiment was mustered out 9 Oct 1865 at Mobile, AL.

In the 1870 Census, Silas & Catherine are living in Weston, Clark Co., WI with his widowed father and his brother Sherman. His younger brother, William, married Floretta, the daughter of Luther Raymond whose biography is also in this book. When Catherine passed away 5 Aug 1873, her funeral was held at the Hyslip schoolhouse. Silas suffered a long and severe illness before passing away at the home of his brother on Cawley Creek, 21 Jun 1882. He was buried in sec. 11, lot #34 in the Neillsville, WI City Cemetery where his wife had also been laid to rest.

>>WITH BOSTWICK<<

Silas Ransom, Civil War Soldier

Christie, Weston, Clark Co., Wisconsin

In the 1870 Census, Silas & Catherine are living in Weston, Clark Co., WI with his widowed father and his brother Sherman. His younger brother, William, married Floretta, the daughter of Luther Raymond whose biography is also in this book. Bostwick never returned to his family in WI and his wife remarried in 1866. When Catherine passed away 5 Aug 1873, her funeral was held at the Hyslip schoolhouse. Silas suffered a long and severe illness before passing away at the home of his brother on Cawley Creek, 21 Jun 1882. He was buried in sec. 11, lot #34 in the Neillsville, WI City Cemetery where his wife had also been laid to rest.

OLD BIO

Silas H. RANSOM 1831 - 1882

VGR #416 dated 23 Mar 1937, Next of kin: Lewis Brown (nephew)

Silas was born in 1831 in NY, the son of Harmon and Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom. He remained single his entire life. At the time of the 1880 Census he was living in Weston, Clark Co., WI with his father and his brother Sherman. Their younger brother, William married Floretta, the daughter of Luther Raymond whose biography is also in this book. During the Civil War, Silas fought the last year along side his brother, Sherman. He enlisted 1 Jan 1862, with Co. G, 14th Wis., and was discharged 11 Jul 1865 after a year of imprisonment in Madison, WI and a Court Martial for desertion at Memphis, TN. His military trial was held 22 May 1865 in Montgomery, AL. He was married to Catherine Amanda who was born 1832 and died 4 Apr 1873. Her funeral was held at the Hyslip schoolhouse. Silas suffered a long and sever illness. When he passed away at the home of his brother on Cawley Creek, 21 Jun 1882, he was buried in sec. 11, lot #34 in the Neillsville, WI City Cemetery where his wife had also been laid to rest.

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MUSTER ROLLS link 1

Silas Ransom, Pvt Co. G, 14 Reg’t Wisconsin Infantry, appears on Company Muster Roll

Sept 7/61 to Feb 28, 1862 - Present Age 29 years

Roll dated Milwaukee, Wis, Jan 30, 1862

Muster-in date Jan 30, 1862

Joined WHEN: Jan 1, 1862 WHERE: Auburn PERIOD: 3 years

Mar & Apr, 1862 - Present

May & June, 1862 - Present

MUSTER ROLLS link 2

July & Aug, 1862 - Present

Aug 18, 1862 - Present

Sept & Oct, 1862 - Present

Nov & Dec, 1862 - Present

MUSTER ROLLS links 3 + 4

Mch & Apr, 1865

Present or absent: not stated REMARKS: Gained from Desertion

Appears on Co. Muster Roll for May & June, 1865.

Present or absent: Present

REMARKS: Stopp for arrest & delivery $30.00, deserted Jany 18/63.

Taken up from Dest Feby 25/65. Awaiting sentence of Court Martial.

Descriptive List of Deserters Dated July 31, 1865

Deserted: WHEN: July 11, 1865 WHERE: Montgomery, Ala

REMARKS: Des. Jan 18, 1863, was arrested and forwarded to Regt April 25, 1865, was Court Martialed and sentenced to one (1) years imprisonment at hard labor in Fort Jefferson Fla with loss of all pay and allowances in or which may hereafter become due him and be dishonorably dismissed the service of the U.S. Stoppages for arrest and delivery $30.00 scaped from under Guard July 11, 1865, at Montgomery Ala

Appears on Co. Muster Roll for July & Aug, 1865.

Present or absent: (blank)

REMARKS: Loss by deserted at Mont’g. Ala. July 11/65.

Age 29 years

Appears on Co. Muster-out Roll, dated Mobile Ala, Oct 9, 1865

REMARKS: Deserted at Montgomery Ala July 11/65

MILITARY link 1

Head Quarters 3^rd Division 16^th Army Corps

Montgomery Ala. May 20^th 1865

A General Court Martial is hereby appointed to meet at Montgomery Ala, on the 22^nd day of May 1865 or as soon thereafter as practicable for the trial of Private Silas Ransom, "G" Co 14^th Regt Wis Vet Vols and such other prisoners as may be brought before it.

(list of names, etc)

MILITARY link 2

May 20, 1865 Montgomery Ala

A general Court Martial is hereby appointed to meet at Montgomery Ala on the 22^nd day of May 1865 or as soon as thereafter as practible for the trial of Private Silas Ransom "G’ Co 14^th Wis Vol Inf Vets, and such other prisoners as may be brought before it.

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BOSTWICK RANSOM - 1^st husband of Charlotte A. (Raymond) Ransom Mills

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865

Name: Bostic Ransom Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: Wisconsin

Regiment Name: 14th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry COMPANY: G

Rank In: Private Rank Out: Private Film Number: M559 roll 24

American Civil War Soldiers

Name: Bostic Ransom RESIDENCE: Ashford, Wisconsin

Enlistment Date: 6 Jan 1862 Side Served: Union State Served: Wisconsin

Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 6 January 1862.

Enlisted in Company G, 14th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 6 Jan 1862.

Deserted from Company G, 14th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 18 Jan 1863.

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American Civil War Soldiers

Name: Silas Ransom RESIDENCE: Auburn, Wisconsin Enlistment Date: 1 Jan 1862

Side Served: Union State Served: Wisconsin

Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 1 January 1862.

Enlisted in Company G, 14th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 1 Jan 1862.

Deserted from Company G, 14th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 11 Jul 1865. Sources:97

U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865

Silas Ransom Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: Wisconsin

Regiment Name: 14th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry COMPANY: G

Rank In: Private Rank Out: Private Film Number: M559 roll 24

CENSUS Reports

1840 United States Federal Census

Name: Harmon Ransom Township: New Haven County: Huron State: Ohio

Number of persons in household: 3 males, 2 females

Ages of persons in household: 2 under-5, 1 5-10, 2 20-30 Occupation: Agriculture

1850 United States Federal Census

Name: Sherman Ransom Age: 7 Est. Birth Year: abt 1843 Birth Place: Ohio

Home in 1850(City,County,State): New Haven, Huron, Ohio

Household Members: Name Age

Harmon Ransom 43 NY Labourer

Leafy Ransom 43 NY

Silas Ransom 18 NY

Bostwick Ransom 16 OH

Caroline Ransom 14 OH

Sherman Ransom 7 OH

Mariett Ransom 5 OH

William Ransom 1 OH

Samuel Tuttle 49 CT Carpenter

1860 United States Federal Census

Name: Silas Ransom Age in 1860: 29 Birth Year: abt 1831 Birthplace: New York

Home in 1860: Ashford, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin Post Office: Auburn

Household Members: Name Age

Silas Ransom 29 NY Day Laborer

C A Ransom 33 NY << Catharine A.

Francis Ransom 15 OH << relationship?

1870 United States Federal Census

Name: Silas H Ranson Est. Birth Year: abt 1832 Age in 1870: 38 Birthplace: New York

Home in 1870: Weston, Clark, Wisconsin Post Office: Neillsville

Household Members: Name Age

Silas H Ranson 38 NY Farmer 250 --

Catharine A Ranson 40 NY Keeping House

Sherman Ranson 26 OH Works on Farm 250 --

Harmon Ransom 63 NY Retired Farmer

1880 United States Federal Census

Name: Sherman Ransom Age: 30 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850

Birthplace: Ohio Relation to Head of Household: Son Father's Name: Herman

Father's birthplace: New York Mother's birthplace: New York

Occupation: Laborer Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Male

Home in 1880: Weston, Clark, Wisconsin

Household Members: Name Age

Herman Ransom 74 NY-NY-NY Widowed Farmer << Harmon

Silas H. Ransom 49 NY-NY-NY Widowed Son At Home

Sherman Ransom 30 OH-NY-NY Single Son Laborer

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Site Bios

Obit: Ransom, Silas (1831 - 1882)

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

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.

Subject: Ransom, Silas ( 1851-1882)

----Source: SCRAPBOOK - SOURCE UNKNOWN

SILAS RANSOM. Silas Ransom of Weston, Clark County, Wisconsin, whose wife passed on last year, died June 21, 1882.

Subject: Ransom, Catharine Amanda (1832 1873)

----Source: NEILLSVILLE REPUBLICAN PRESS (Clark County, Wis.) 08/15/1873

Ransom, Catharine Amanda (1832 - 1873)

Died, in the Town of Weston, Clark County, on the 5th of Aug., 1873, Mrs. Catharine Amanda Ransom, aged 41 years. The funeral services were held in the Hyslip school-house, and attended by a numerous company of sorrowful friends and neighbors, who followed the remains to the cemetery at Neillsville.

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Cemetery Index

Ransom Sherman WESTON EAST WESTON

Ransom Albert M. WESTON EAST WESTON

Ransom Estella WESTON EAST WESTON

Ransom Catherine Amanda NEILLSVILLE CITY PINE VALLEY

Rausom Silas H. NEILLSVILLE CITY PINE VALLEY

Rausom William NEILLSVILLE CITY PINE VALLEY

Ransom Fay NEILLSVILLE CITY PINE VALLEY

Ransom Benjamin NEILLSVILLE CITY PINE VALLEY

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Neillsville City Cemetery - Pine Valley Twp., Neillsville, WI

c Rausom (Ransom), Silas H., A-23 * b. abt 1831, d. 21 June 1882

m. Catharine A. parents: Harmon & Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom

o Ransom, Catherine Amanda 1832 4-Aur-1873 wife of Silas H. Ransom

c Rausom (Ransom), William A-22

could be the son of Harmon & Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom, b. 17 Nov 1849 Ohio, d. 14 Aug 1940 Black River Falls, m. Floretta Raymond

Sons of Charlotte (Raymond) & Bostwick Ransom (Charlotte later married Calvin J. Mills)

no record of either man ever being married…

ct Ransom, Fay I-49 May-1859 12-Oct-1901

ct Ransom, Benjamin I-49 12-Dec-1861 2-Oct-1902 (Spouse) Benjamin Ransom

Weston East Cemetery, "Chapel Hill" - Weston Township, Clark County, Wisconsin

t Ransom, Albert M. K-035 7-31-1870 3-11-1873 (age 2y 7m)

son of Wm & Floretta (Raymond) Ransom

o Ransom, Estella 1867-3-29 1881 (age 13)

SPOUSE Fred M. Raymond PARENTS Salman/Betsy Johnson

daughter of William & Floretta (Raymond) Ransom

n Ransom, Sherman 1846 (1843) - 1888

SPOUSE Estella PARENTS William & F.T. Ransom

PARENTS Harmon & Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom

Civil War - Co G 14th Wis Inf.; Enlisted 2/28/1865-10/9/1865 (never married)

----Source: CLARK COUNTY REPUBLICAN PRESS (Neillsville, Wis.) 04/01/1881

Ransom, Estella (1867 - 29 MAR 1881)

Died, in the town of Weston, Clark County, March 29, 1881, Estella Ransom, aged 13 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ransom. The funeral was attended on Wednesday of this week at the Hyslip Schoolhouse, sermon by Rev. Wm. T. Hendren.

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ANCESTRY TREE salzwedel (Owner: peggin2nite)

Harmon Ransom Birth: 1807 NY Death:

Leafy Tuttle Birth: 1807 NY Death:

Children Name Sex Birth / Death

Silas H. Ransom M abt 1831 New York << married Catharine A.

June 21 1882 Weston, Clark County, Wis

Bostwick Ransom M abt 1834 Ohio << married Charlotte Raymond (dau: Luther & Julia Raymond)

Caroline L. Ransom F 1836 Ohio << Married Albert W. Tuttle

March 16, 1911 Woodburn, Marion Co., Oregon.

Sherman Ransom M abt 1843 Ohio

DIED 1888, buried Weston Cemetery, Clark Co., WI (age 42 ?) << never married

Timeline

1843 (abt) Birth, Ohio

1850 Age: 7 Residence New Haven, Huron, Ohio

1870 Age: 27 Residence Eaton, Clark, Wisconsin

1880 Age: 37 Residence Weston, Clark, Wisconsin, United States

Maryetta Ransom F 19 Aug 1845 Ohio m. Theodore Brown Jr, 14 Feb 1866 (Auburn)

30 Nov 1921 Weston, Clark, Wisconsin 10 Children

William Price Ransom M 17 Nov 1849 Huron, , Ohio, USA m. Floretta Raymond

14 Aug 1940 Black River Falls (sister of Charlotte)

* for more family info, see TUTTLE Albert W.

Marriage Record Details

Last Name: Ransom First: Bostick Day: 03 Month: November Year: 1857

Last Name: Raymond First: Charlotte A County: Fond du Lac Volume: 01 Page: 0415

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Fort Jefferson Civil War Prison

In 1846, the United States began building a fort for the coastal defense of Florida. Fort Jefferson, the largest masonry fort in the United States, took up just about all the space on 25 acre Garden Key, located in the Dry Tortugas-a chain of tiny sun-bleached islands west of Key West.

Climate on the barren sand was horrible: the sun beat down mercilessly and the humidity fostered mildew and rot. Swarms of flies, mosquitoes, and gnats plagued the islands. There was no water, no trees-nothing but sand, and that rose only three feet above the sea. Every item needed for construction and for support of the workers had to be imported.

By late 1861, with the fort's half mile of 50 foot high brick walls still under construction, the federal government decided to use the facility as a prison. Not intended to confine Confederate prisoners of war, the fort was used instead as a dumping ground for criminals from Union armies. General George B. McClellan sent 63 rebellious soldiers from the 2d Maine Infantry to spend the war toiling on the desolate dot of sand.

One of the worst Union prisons in the Civil War, the fort had a well deserved reputation as America's Devil's Island. A sentence to hard labor at Fort Jefferson was a sentence in hell. The unending job of construction, usually while wearing a ball and chain, a diet of tainted, diarrhea-and scurvy-causing food, swarms of insects, bedbugs, isolation, brutal guards, and plagues of yellow fever and malaria all combined to make life intolerable and uncertain.

Unimportant to the Confederate war effort, Fort Jefferson was one of four U.S. forts in the Deep South that escaped capture by the Confederates at the beginning of the war.

----Source: Atlas Editions Civil War Cards

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CHILDREN of Wm & Floretta Ransom:

Estella (1867-1881); Albert M. (1870-1873); Eldora (1875-), Bertha (1878-), Guy (1883-)

1860 United States Federal Census

Name: Floretta Raymond Age in 1860: 13 Birth Year: abt 1847 Birthplace: Wisconsin

Home in 1860: Ashford, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

Household Members: Name Age

Luther Raymond 50

Julia A Raymond 40

Floretta Raymond 13

1870 United States Federal Census

Name: Valera Rundson Est. Birth Year: abt 1847 Age in 1870: 23

Birthplace: Wisconsin Post Office: Armstrong Corners

Home in 1870: Ashford, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

Household Members: Name Age

Luther Raymond 60

Valera Rundson 23 Floretta Raymond Ransom

William Raymond 21 William Ransom

Estella Raymond 2 Estella Ransom

1880 United States Federal Census

Name: Floretta Ransom Age: 33 Est. Birth Year: abt 1847 Birthplace: Wisconsin

Father's birthplace: New York Mother's birthplace: New York

Home in 1880: Weston, Clark, Wisconsin

Household Members: Name Age

William Ransom 32

Floretta Ransom 33

Estella Ransom 12

Eldora Ransom 5

Bertha Ransom 2

Luther Raymond 71

1900 United States Federal Census

Name: Floretta Rausom Age: 53 Birth Date: Dec 1845 Birthplace: New York

Father's Birthplace: Connecticut Mother's Birthplace: New York

Mother: number of living children: 3 Mother: How many children: 5

Spouse's Name: Wm Marriage Year: 1868 Years Married: 32

Home in 1900: Brockway, Jackson, Wisconsin

Household Members: Name Age

Wm Rausom 51

Floretta Rausom 53

Guy W Rausom 17

1910 United States Federal Census

Name: William Ransom Age in 1910: 62 Est. Birth Year: abt 1848 Birthplace: Ohio

Father's Birth Place: New York Mother's Birth Place: Connecticut

Home in 1910: Brockway, Jackson, Wisconsin

Household Members: Name Age

William Ransom 62

Florette Ransom 64

1920 United States Federal Census

Name: Floretta Ransom Age: 74 years Est. Birth Year: abt 1846 Birthplace: Wisconsin

Relation to Head of House: Wife Spouse's Name: William

Father's Birth Place: Connecticut Mother's Birth Place: New York

Home in 1920: Komensky, Jackson, Wisconsin

Household Members: Name Age

William Ransom 72

Floretta Ransom 74

1930 United States Federal Census

Name: Floretta Ransom Age: 83 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847

Relation to Head of House: Mother-in-law Spouse's Name: William

Home in 1930: Manchester, Jackson, Wisconsin

Household Members: Name Age

John Hurlburt 57

Bertha Hurlburt 50

Ray Hurlburt 26

William Ransom 81

Floretta Ransom 83

Silas H. Ransom is also featured in the book, "Civil War Soldiers in the heart of Clark Co., Wisconsin."

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