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Perry McCuen Ramsey
PERRY McCUEN RAMSEY, jeweler and agent for custom-made clothing at Parkers
Landing, was born Nov. 30, 1847 in Donegal township, Butler Co., son of George
S. and Eliza (Bain) Ramsey, natives of Carlisle and Gettysburg, Pa.,
respectively.James Ramsey, paternal grandfather of Perry M. Ramsey, came to Sugar Creek
township, Armstrong county, prior to 1820, and for many years worked at
tailoring, being very proficient at his trade. He continued to reside in that
township until his death, which occurred at the extreme old age of ninety-six
years.George S. Ramsey, son of James Ramsey, and father of Perry M. Ramsey, was
reared to manhood in Sugar Creek township, but after attaining his majority he
went to Donegal township, Butler county. Having become an English and German
scholar, he divided his time between teaching in the winter and farming in the
summer. He gained a widespread and honestly earned reputation for intergrity
and efficiency, and at the time of his early demise, when only forty-one years
old, he was auditorof Butler county. George S. Ramsey and his wife had a
family of five children: William B., John S. (deceased), James H. (deceased)
George W. and Perry M.John Bain, maternal grandfather of Perry M. Ramsey, was numbered among the
sturdy pioneers of Madison township, Armstrong county, coming here from
Gettysburg. He cleared off and developed a fine farming property, which
continued to be his home until his death. His wife was Charity Saunders, and
one of their children, Eliza, married George S. Ramsey and became the mother
of Perry M. Ramsey.Perry McCuen Ramsey was reared through a normal boyhood to maturity on the
old Bain homestead, and attended the Madison township district schools. After
leaving school he learned the carpenter’s trade. The fall of 1869 marked his
arrival at Parkers Landing. Here he secured employment with Roberts &
Black, at Tank building, remaining with them until the spring of 1870, when he
went to Kellersburg, Armstrong Co., Pa., continuing to work his trade there
for a year. Returning to Parkers Landing, he became associated with his
brother, William B. Ramsey, a coal dealer, remaining with him from 1873 to
1880. In the latter year he formed a new partnership, as member of the firm of
Kirkbride & Ramsey, and handled flour and all kinds of feed for a year.
Mr. Ramsey then bought out his partner, and continued alone for a year, when
he sold the business and embarked in the grocery trade. Until 1887 he
continued to operate his grocery, then selling it and going into teaming
enterprise, which engrossed his attention until the fall of 1893, when he went
to Findlay, Ohio.For four years he was employed in that city as clerk and
cashier in a wholesale and retail dry goods store. Returning once more to
Parkers Landing, he interested himself in several lines until 1900, when he
embarked in the custom-made clothing business., which he has built up to large
proportions. On April 11, 1911, respondingto a well defined demand he added a
jewelry department which he has found profitable, and he has since put in a
line of kodaks, and has a laundry and dry claening agency.The first wife of Mr. Ramsey was Lottie Jane, daughter of Samuel and Mary
(Rhodes) Myers, of Deanville, Armstrong Co., Pa. By this marriage he had two
daughters: Mary G., wife of Elliott A. McGinnis, of Scio, Ohio; and Lottie J.,
wife of George Leary, of Findlay, Ohio. Mr. Ramsey was married second to
Louisa P., daughter of Adam and Barbara (Byers) Thane, of Parkers Landing,
both natives of Germany. Three children were born of this marriage: Lida, wife
of Dean W. Parker, of Toledo, Ohio; Perry M., deceased; and Amy, wife of Henry
L. Ewald. Mr. Ramsey ‘s third marriage was to Harriet Yockey, daughter of
Peter and Catherine (Myers) Yockey, of Worthington, Pa. Two children were born
of this last union, Anna Vivan and Knerr, the latter deceased. Mr. Ramsey has
eleven grandchildren and one great-grandchild, all living. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey
are members of the First Methodist Church of Parker City. Politically he is a
Republican. He is a good business man and excellent citizen, and has many warm
personal friends in the community where his interests have been centered for
so many years. While not seeking for public honors, Mr. Ramsey represented the
Second ward in the city council for six years, during the eighties, and in
November, 1913, was again elected to represent that ward in council. Though
sixty-six years old he is remarkably well preserved and as active as ever.Source: Pages 736-736 Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed October 1998 by Rodney G Rosboroughv for the Armstrong County
Beers Project
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