Rossman - Cheney

William Ranney

Person Chart

Parents

Father Date of Birth Mother Date of Birth
Samuel Hall Ranney 6 MAR 1772 Polly Stewart
Samuel Hall Ranney 6 MAR 1772 Polly Stewart

Partners

Partner Date of Birth Children
Eliza Ann Smith Daniel Ranney
Pamela Ranney
Eliza Ann Smith Daniel Ranney
Pamela Ranney
Ann Ostrander McCarty Ranney
James Knox Polk Ranney
Ann Ostrander McCarty Ranney
James Knox Polk Ranney

Person Events

Event Type Date Place Description
Birth 23 OCT 1805 Ashfield, MA
Birth 23 OCT 1805 Ashfield, MA
Marriage 1828
Marriage 1828
Marriage 2 OCT 1836 Canandaiga, NY
Marriage 2 OCT 1836 Canandaiga, NY
Death 8 APR 1888 Osawatomie, Miami, KS
Death 8 APR 1888 Osawatomie, Miami, KS

Kinship Report

Name Type Place of Birth Date of Birth Place of Death Date of Death
Partner
Ann Ostrander McCarty Wife
Eliza Ann Smith Wife APR 1833
Children
Daniel Ranney Son
Ranney Daughter
Pamela Ranney Daughter 1831 Grand Haven, MI 8 OCT 1869
James Knox Polk Ranney Son Menomonee Falls, Waukesha, WI 17 JUL 1848 Osawatomie, Miami, KS 4 AUG 1922
Parents
Polly Stewart Mother Michigan 1850
Samuel Hall Ranney Father Chatham, CT 6 MAR 1772 Phelps, NY 27 JUN 1837
Grandchildren
Mabel Ranney Granddaughter Osawatomie, Miami, KS 28 JAN 1875 Osawatomie, Miami, KS 30 MAR 1934
Nettie Ranney Granddaughter Osawatomie, Miami, KS 11 JAN 1877 PAOLA CEMETERY in Paola, Miami, KS 5 JUN 1955
Ralph Ranney Grandson Osawatomie, Miami, KS 3 AUG 1878 Pueblo, Pueblo, CO 4 APR 1952
Clarence Ranney Grandson Osawatomie, Miami, KS 12 APR 1881 Osawatomie, Miami, KS 3 MAY 1964
Addie Ranney Granddaughter 24 JUN 1883 17 AUG 1975
Anna Ranney Granddaughter 24 JUN 1883 Osawatomie, Miami, KS 25 APR 1943
Bessie Ranney Granddaughter 17 MAR 1888
Ethel Mae Ranney Granddaughter 6 JAN 1894 4 FEB 1974
Great grandchildren
Karl W. Rossman Great grandson 24 NOV 1901
Mildred E. Rossman Great granddaughter 27 MAR 1905
William James Rossman Great grandson 9 JUL 1906
Ralph Ranney Rossman Great grandson Paola, Miami, KS 29 AUG 1908 21 MAR 1980
E. Maxine Rossman Great granddaughter 22 OCT 1910 25 APR 1997
Maurine R. Rossman Great granddaughter 15 NOV 1912 2 APR 1957
Second grandchildren
William Meier Rossman Second grandson 25 JAN 1936 17 August 2018, 5:03 PM
Third grandchildren
William Meier Rossman Jr. Third grandson Lansing, Michigan 1958
Michael Christian Rossman Third grandson 29 JUN 1959 Ashes spread at the Applachain Trail Overlook Route 501 28 MAY 1998
Todd Ryan Rossman Third grandson 3 JAN 1963
Fourth grandchildren
Nicole Rossman Fourth granddaughter 9 JAN 1986
Michael Christian Rossman Fourth grandson 21 JAN 1990
Didzis Rossman Fourth grandson 29 SEP 1998
William Meier Rossman III Fourth grandson 6 SEP 2000
Namejs Rossman Fourth grandson 10 SEP 2000
Fifth grandchildren
Yariah Fifth granddaughter
Grandparents
Ester Hall Grandmother 3 MAR 1807
George Ranney Grandfather East Middletown, CT 6 JUN 1746 14 JAN 1822
Great grandparents
George Ranney Great grandfather 25 FEB 1805
Hall Great grandmother
Hall Great grandfather
Hannah Sage Great grandmother Upper Houses, CT 15 MAR 1724 East Middletown, CT 7 JUN 1797
Captain Samuel Hall Great grandfather East Middletown, CT 15 AUG 1724 21 APR 1811
Elizabeth Wilcox Great grandmother 1726 11 JAN 1747
Second great grandparents
Elizabeth Second great grandmother
Mary Hale Second great grandmother Glastonbury, CT 26 NOV 1749
Mary Hall Second great grandmother
Samuel Hall Second great grandfather Upper Houses, CT 24 FEB 1663 6 MAR 1739
George Ranney Second great grandfather 28 OCT 1695 28 MAR 1725
John Sage Second great grandfather 28 APR 1696
Third great grandparents
Hannah Starr Third great grandmother
Mercy Hurlbut Third great grandmother Middleton, CT
Rebecca Willett Third great grandmother Hartford, CT
Thomas Ranney Third great grandfather 1 MAR 1660 6 FEB 1726
John Sage Third great grandfather 6 MAR 1668 22 JAN 1750
Thomas Hale Third great grandfather SEP 1675
Fourth great grandparents
Comfort Starr Fourth great grandfather
David Sage Fourth great grandfather 31 MAR 1703
Hale Fourth great grandmother
Hannah Adams Fourth great grandmother
Hurlbut Fourth great grandmother
Mary Hubbard Fourth great grandmother 18 DEC 1721
Nathaniel Willett Fourth great grandfather
Rachel Harris Fourth great grandmother
Thomas Hurlbut Fourth great grandfather
Thomas Ranney Fourth great grandfather
Samuel Hale Fourth great grandfather 1610 Glastonbury, CT 9 NOV 1693
Elizabeth Kirby Fourth great grandmother Hartford, CT 8 SEP 1646 1669
Fifth great grandparents
Elizabeth Hinds Fifth great grandmother
John Kirby Fifth great grandfather APR 1677
Rebecca Fletcher Fifth great grandmother 1678
Starr Fifth great grandfather
Starr Fifth great grandmother
Jeremy Adams Fifth great grandfather Staplehurst Kent, England 1604 Hartford, CT 11 AUG 1683
George Hubbard Fifth great grandfather England 1620 Middleton, CT
Elizabeth Watts Fifth great grandmother Dorset, England 1622 Middleton, CT 6 DEC 1702
6th great grandparents
Elizabeth Ducks 6th great grandmother
Fletcher 6th great grandmother
Hubbard 6th great grandfather
Hubbard 6th great grandmother
Humphrey Kirby 6th great grandfather
John Fletcher 6th great grandfather
Kirby 6th great grandmother
Mary Bishop 6th great grandmother England
Richard Watts 6th great grandfather
George Hubbard 6th great grandfather Glasstonbury, Somerset, England 1600
7th great grandparents
Ann Stevens 7th great grandmother
John Bishop 7th great grandfather
Edmund Hobart 7th great grandfather Hingham, Norfolk, England 1 JAN 1572 Hingham, Norfolk, England 8 MAR 1645
Margaret Dewey 7th great grandmother Wymondham, Norfolk, England 1574 Charlestown, Suffolk, England 23 JUN 1649
8th great grandparents
Margaret Stasye 8th great grandmother
Robert Dewey 8th great grandfather
Dorothy Bell 8th great grandmother Beaupre, Norfolk, England 19 OCT 1552 Covnent Garden, Middlesex, England 30 APR 1641
Henry Hobart 8th great grandfather Plumstead, Norfolk, England 1553
9th great grandparents
Dorothy Bell (Beaupre) 9th great grandmother
Robert Bell 9th great grandfather
Thomas Hobart 9th great grandfather Plumsread, England 1537 17 JAN 1599
Audrey Hare 9th great grandmother Norfolk, Norfolk, England 1541
10th great grandparents
Alice Rugge 10th great grandmother
William Hare 10th great grandfather
Miles Hobart 10th great grandfather Norwich, Norfolk, England 1479
Ellinor Blaverhasset 10th great grandmother County of Norfolk, England 1507
11th great grandparents
James Hubbard 11th great grandfather Monk Eleigh, Suffolk, England 1436 23 FEB 1516
Margery Lyhart 11th great grandmother Lodden, Norfolk, England 1440 1494
12th great grandparents
Hubbard 12th great grandmother
Hubbard 12th great grandmother
Lyhart 12th great grandmother
Lyhart 12th great grandfather
Thomas Hubbard 12th great grandfather Leyham, Suffolk, England 1409 1494
13th great grandparents
Hubbard 13th great grandmother
Hubbard 13th great grandmother
William Hubbard 13th great grandfather England 1389
14th great grandparents
Hubbard 14th great grandmother
Hubbard 14th great grandmother
Thomas Hubbard 14th great grandfather La Tye, England 1369
15th great grandparents
Hubbard 15th great grandmother
Hubbard 15th great grandmother
John Hubbard 15th great grandfather La Tye, England 1349
Parents-In-Law
Unnamed Person Mother-in-law
Unnamed Person Mother-in-law
William Ann Roxy Ostrander Father-in-law
Sons- & Daughters-In-Law
Ida Louise Inman Daughter-in-law Janesville, WI 20 FEB 1857 Osawatomie, Miami, KS 27 SEP 1938
6xGreat (uncles & aunts)
Thomas Hubbard 6xGreat uncle La Tye, England 1369
William Hubbard 6xGreat uncle England 1389
Thomas Hubbard 6xGreat uncle Leyham, Suffolk, England 1409 1494
James Hubbard 6xGreat uncle Monk Eleigh, Suffolk, England 1436 23 FEB 1516
12xGreat (uncles & aunts)
Thomas Hubbard 12xGreat uncle La Tye, England 1369
William Hubbard 12xGreat uncle England 1389
Thomas Hubbard 12xGreat uncle Leyham, Suffolk, England 1409 1494
George Hubbard 12xGreat uncle England 1620 Middleton, CT
13xGreat (uncles & aunts)
Thomas Hubbard 13xGreat uncle La Tye, England 1369
William Hubbard 13xGreat uncle England 1389
James Hubbard 13xGreat uncle Monk Eleigh, Suffolk, England 1436 23 FEB 1516
George Hubbard 13xGreat uncle England 1620 Middleton, CT
14xGreat (uncles & aunts)
Thomas Hubbard 14xGreat uncle La Tye, England 1369
Thomas Hubbard 14xGreat uncle Leyham, Suffolk, England 1409 1494
James Hubbard 14xGreat uncle Monk Eleigh, Suffolk, England 1436 23 FEB 1516
George Hubbard 14xGreat uncle England 1620 Middleton, CT
15xGreat (uncles & aunts)
William Hubbard 15xGreat uncle England 1389
Thomas Hubbard 15xGreat uncle Leyham, Suffolk, England 1409 1494
James Hubbard 15xGreat uncle Monk Eleigh, Suffolk, England 1436 23 FEB 1516
George Hubbard 15xGreat uncle England 1620 Middleton, CT
1st cousins 6 times removed up
William Hubbard 1st cousin 6 times removed up (m) England 1389
Thomas Hubbard 1st cousin 6 times removed up (m) Leyham, Suffolk, England 1409 1494
James Hubbard 1st cousin 6 times removed up (m) Monk Eleigh, Suffolk, England 1436 23 FEB 1516
Miles Hobart 1st cousin 6 times removed up (m) Norwich, Norfolk, England 1479
1st cousins 12 times removed up
Mary Hubbard 1st cousin 12 times removed up (f) 18 DEC 1721
William Hubbard 1st cousin 12 times removed up (m) England 1389
Thomas Hubbard 1st cousin 12 times removed up (m) Leyham, Suffolk, England 1409 1494
James Hubbard 1st cousin 12 times removed up (m) Monk Eleigh, Suffolk, England 1436 23 FEB 1516
1st cousins 13 times removed up
Mary Hubbard 1st cousin 13 times removed up (f) 18 DEC 1721
William Hubbard 1st cousin 13 times removed up (m) England 1389
Thomas Hubbard 1st cousin 13 times removed up (m) Leyham, Suffolk, England 1409 1494
Miles Hobart 1st cousin 13 times removed up (m) Norwich, Norfolk, England 1479
1st cousins 14 times removed up
Mary Hubbard 1st cousin 14 times removed up (f) 18 DEC 1721
William Hubbard 1st cousin 14 times removed up (m) England 1389
James Hubbard 1st cousin 14 times removed up (m) Monk Eleigh, Suffolk, England 1436 23 FEB 1516
Miles Hobart 1st cousin 14 times removed up (m) Norwich, Norfolk, England 1479
1st cousins 15 times removed up
Mary Hubbard 1st cousin 15 times removed up (f) 18 DEC 1721
Thomas Hubbard 1st cousin 15 times removed up (m) Leyham, Suffolk, England 1409 1494
James Hubbard 1st cousin 15 times removed up (m) Monk Eleigh, Suffolk, England 1436 23 FEB 1516
Miles Hobart 1st cousin 15 times removed up (m) Norwich, Norfolk, England 1479
2nd cousins 5 times removed up
Thomas Hubbard 2nd cousin 5 times removed up (m) Leyham, Suffolk, England 1409 1494
James Hubbard 2nd cousin 5 times removed up (m) Monk Eleigh, Suffolk, England 1436 23 FEB 1516
Miles Hobart 2nd cousin 5 times removed up (m) Norwich, Norfolk, England 1479
Thomas Hobart 2nd cousin 5 times removed up (m) Plumsread, England 1537 17 JAN 1599
2nd cousins 11 times removed up
Thomas Hubbard 2nd cousin 11 times removed up (m) Leyham, Suffolk, England 1409 1494
James Hubbard 2nd cousin 11 times removed up (m) Monk Eleigh, Suffolk, England 1436 23 FEB 1516
Miles Hobart 2nd cousin 11 times removed up (m) Norwich, Norfolk, England 1479
Thomas Ranney 2nd cousin 11 times removed up (m) 1 MAR 1660 6 FEB 1726
2nd cousins 12 times removed up
Thomas Hubbard 2nd cousin 12 times removed up (m) Leyham, Suffolk, England 1409 1494
James Hubbard 2nd cousin 12 times removed up (m) Monk Eleigh, Suffolk, England 1436 23 FEB 1516
Thomas Hobart 2nd cousin 12 times removed up (m) Plumsread, England 1537 17 JAN 1599
Thomas Ranney 2nd cousin 12 times removed up (m) 1 MAR 1660 6 FEB 1726
2nd cousins 13 times removed up
Thomas Hubbard 2nd cousin 13 times removed up (m) Leyham, Suffolk, England 1409 1494
Miles Hobart 2nd cousin 13 times removed up (m) Norwich, Norfolk, England 1479
Thomas Hobart 2nd cousin 13 times removed up (m) Plumsread, England 1537 17 JAN 1599
Thomas Ranney 2nd cousin 13 times removed up (m) 1 MAR 1660 6 FEB 1726
2nd cousins 14 times removed up
James Hubbard 2nd cousin 14 times removed up (m) Monk Eleigh, Suffolk, England 1436 23 FEB 1516
Miles Hobart 2nd cousin 14 times removed up (m) Norwich, Norfolk, England 1479
Thomas Hobart 2nd cousin 14 times removed up (m) Plumsread, England 1537 17 JAN 1599
Thomas Ranney 2nd cousin 14 times removed up (m) 1 MAR 1660 6 FEB 1726
3rd cousins 4 times removed up
James Hubbard 3rd cousin 4 times removed up (m) Monk Eleigh, Suffolk, England 1436 23 FEB 1516
Miles Hobart 3rd cousin 4 times removed up (m) Norwich, Norfolk, England 1479
Thomas Hobart 3rd cousin 4 times removed up (m) Plumsread, England 1537 17 JAN 1599
Henry Hobart 3rd cousin 4 times removed up (m) Plumstead, Norfolk, England 1553
3rd cousins 10 times removed up
James Hubbard 3rd cousin 10 times removed up (m) Monk Eleigh, Suffolk, England 1436 23 FEB 1516
Miles Hobart 3rd cousin 10 times removed up (m) Norwich, Norfolk, England 1479
Thomas Hobart 3rd cousin 10 times removed up (m) Plumsread, England 1537 17 JAN 1599
George Ranney 3rd cousin 10 times removed up (m) 28 OCT 1695 28 MAR 1725
3rd cousins 11 times removed up
James Hubbard 3rd cousin 11 times removed up (m) Monk Eleigh, Suffolk, England 1436 23 FEB 1516
Miles Hobart 3rd cousin 11 times removed up (m) Norwich, Norfolk, England 1479
Henry Hobart 3rd cousin 11 times removed up (m) Plumstead, Norfolk, England 1553
George Ranney 3rd cousin 11 times removed up (m) 28 OCT 1695 28 MAR 1725
3rd cousins 12 times removed up
James Hubbard 3rd cousin 12 times removed up (m) Monk Eleigh, Suffolk, England 1436 23 FEB 1516
Thomas Hobart 3rd cousin 12 times removed up (m) Plumsread, England 1537 17 JAN 1599
Henry Hobart 3rd cousin 12 times removed up (m) Plumstead, Norfolk, England 1553
George Ranney 3rd cousin 12 times removed up (m) 28 OCT 1695 28 MAR 1725
3rd cousins 13 times removed up
Miles Hobart 3rd cousin 13 times removed up (m) Norwich, Norfolk, England 1479
Thomas Hobart 3rd cousin 13 times removed up (m) Plumsread, England 1537 17 JAN 1599
Henry Hobart 3rd cousin 13 times removed up (m) Plumstead, Norfolk, England 1553
George Ranney 3rd cousin 13 times removed up (m) 28 OCT 1695 28 MAR 1725
4th cousins 3 times removed up
Miles Hobart 4th cousin 3 times removed up (m) Norwich, Norfolk, England 1479
Thomas Hobart 4th cousin 3 times removed up (m) Plumsread, England 1537 17 JAN 1599
Henry Hobart 4th cousin 3 times removed up (m) Plumstead, Norfolk, England 1553
Edmund Hobart 4th cousin 3 times removed up (m) Hingham, Norfolk, England 1 JAN 1572 Hingham, Norfolk, England 8 MAR 1645
4th cousins 9 times removed up
George Ranney 4th cousin 9 times removed up (m) 25 FEB 1805
Miles Hobart 4th cousin 9 times removed up (m) Norwich, Norfolk, England 1479
Thomas Hobart 4th cousin 9 times removed up (m) Plumsread, England 1537 17 JAN 1599
Henry Hobart 4th cousin 9 times removed up (m) Plumstead, Norfolk, England 1553
4th cousins 10 times removed up
George Ranney 4th cousin 10 times removed up (m) 25 FEB 1805
Miles Hobart 4th cousin 10 times removed up (m) Norwich, Norfolk, England 1479
Thomas Hobart 4th cousin 10 times removed up (m) Plumsread, England 1537 17 JAN 1599
Edmund Hobart 4th cousin 10 times removed up (m) Hingham, Norfolk, England 1 JAN 1572 Hingham, Norfolk, England 8 MAR 1645
4th cousins 11 times removed up
George Ranney 4th cousin 11 times removed up (m) 25 FEB 1805
Miles Hobart 4th cousin 11 times removed up (m) Norwich, Norfolk, England 1479
Henry Hobart 4th cousin 11 times removed up (m) Plumstead, Norfolk, England 1553
Edmund Hobart 4th cousin 11 times removed up (m) Hingham, Norfolk, England 1 JAN 1572 Hingham, Norfolk, England 8 MAR 1645
4th cousins 12 times removed up
George Ranney 4th cousin 12 times removed up (m) 25 FEB 1805
Thomas Hobart 4th cousin 12 times removed up (m) Plumsread, England 1537 17 JAN 1599
Henry Hobart 4th cousin 12 times removed up (m) Plumstead, Norfolk, England 1553
Edmund Hobart 4th cousin 12 times removed up (m) Hingham, Norfolk, England 1 JAN 1572 Hingham, Norfolk, England 8 MAR 1645
Grandchildren-in-law
Charles Ernest Rossman Grandson-in-law Tiffin, OH ABT 4 FEB 1869 Paola, KS 5 JUN 1957
Great grandchildren-in-law
Arthur Ray Great grandson-in-law
Frieda Louise Meier Great granddaughter-in-law 9 NOV 1907 Pine Grove, PA 5 MAR 1995
Ersa Katherine Wilcox Great granddaughter-in-law 30 JAN 1909 14 SEP 1998
Elmer H. Lucas Great grandson-in-law Olathe, Johnson, KS 1909 MO 28 DEC 1977
Second grandchildren-in-law
Nancy Jean Cheney Second granddaughter-in-law Niles, Michigan, US 26/03/1937 503 Lake Henry Dr., Winter Haven, FL 33881, US 27/02/2016
Third grandchildren-in-law
Patricia Kennedy Third granddaughter-in-law 16 OCT 1960
Cymbaline Ann Sebesky Third granddaughter-in-law 9 JUL 1963 325 Dell Dr., Perkasie, US July 23, 2011
Gita Gemuts Third granddaughter-in-law 12 NOV 1967

Notes
p.347-350.
William Ranney learned to be an edge-tool maker, then built
and managed a saw mill. During winters he drove to Boston, 110
miles, with produce, using the six-horse wagon of that day, and
consuming two weeks in making a round trip.
" In those days, it was the custom for men to go throughout the
country and buy from the farmers their surplus live-stock. They
would gather up cattle, sheep and hogs in large droves, drive them
to some of the large coast markets, and sell them for slaughter, or
to the farmers throughout the country for fattening purposes. In
this business, he was engaged for some time. Brighton Market,
which was situated four miles out of Boston, was the market used
by all the New England country. These Brighton drovers bought
their stock from all the New England states, and sometimes went
as far west as the state of Ohio; when they had bought up and
gathered together the required number they drove them across
the country to Brighton Market. One of these trips took him into
the Genesee Valley country of the state of New York, where he
bought from the settlers of that then comparatively new country
1400 head of hogs, which he drove on down, crossing the Hudson
River at Albany, and from there on to Brighton Market, to be
disposed of as before stated. This took place in about the year
of 1835. On this trip, he had ample opportunity to take a careful
view of the Genesee Valley, and he was so very favorably impressed
with the country that he decided to change his location and move
from Ashfield to Canandaigua, N. Y. So it happened that on his
return home, he made known to his father the intentions he had in
mind, and the matter, after having been talked over between them and the other members of the family, was settled by his father
deciding to sell his farm and other property, and that all should
move to this new location. So the following year we find them
all domiciled at Canandaigua, Ontario County, N. Y. Here, forming
a partnership with one Jefferson Moore, they erected a shop
and applied themselves to their trade of general carpenters and
builders, building dwellings and barns during the warm months of
the year, and in the winter months working at wood turning and
pattern making. While working in this shop, he made a pattern
for a very heavy, large piece of machinery which contained 3200
pieces of wood, closely fitted and glued together. It was a very
intricate and difficult piece of work^to perform, but when finished
it proved perfect in all its parts. This piece of work was ever
afterwards his boast and pride
" In the same year that lie settled in his new home, he met and
became acquainted with Ann (Ostrander) McCarty, a widow with
one child, a son five years old, by name, Levy. This acquaintance
terminated in his second marriage, after which they established
themselves in a home in Canandaigua and continued to live there
until 1840. In this year he rem. to Menominee Falls, a few miles
from Milwaukee, then having only a few hundred inhabitants, and
built a saw mill, but his means being limited he became foreman
of a large force of carpenters in Milwaukee. He then began a
building and contracting business for himself, but being prostrated
by pneumonia he was compelled to desist for two years. In
1850 he rem. to Beloit, Wis., and established himself on new land,
but soon traded it for a home in Hanover and resumed the business
of a contractor.
" During his occupancy of this, his last place of residence in
Wisconsin, his public life really began. He had served as a Justice
of the Peace for two terms, which to all knowledge we have constituted
his only official work up to Ibis time; hut while living
here he was repeatedly elected, qualified and served the Township
of Plymouth Rock County, as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors,
and also as Justice of the Peace. Up to the year 1860, he
belonged to the Democratic Party, and during the administration
of President James Buchanan he was appointed and served as
Postmaster for Hanover Posl Office for one or more years. This
was about the years of 1857 ami L858. Bui while he had always,
through life, belonged to and was affiliated with the Democratic
parly, he was radically opposed to the further extension of slavery;
at that time this great question was the Leading issue in National
politic-; Douglas and Lincoln were having those memorable debates
throughout the country, the border ruffian war being carried on at its fiercest stage, trying to decide as to whether Kansas
Territory should be received in the Union as a slave, or free state
;
and as Lincoln had said, it was taken up and made the slogan
of the struggle, that a nation cannot long endure, half free and half
slave. As his party had practically taken the side and lent their
support to the slave power of the country, he, at this stage, severed
his relations with the Democratic party and announced to the
world that henceforth he should affiliate with the Kepublican party.
Having made this radical declaration, he placed the seal upon it
by voting for Abraham Lincoln in 1860 for President. Notwithstanding
his change of political faith, the citizens of his Township
continued to call him to official positions, keeping him as the
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors; and during war times,
when drafting had to be resorted to to make up the quota of soldiers,
he was engaged in enlisting men and having them credited
to his Township. By his vigilance in this matter he secured the
required number each time, and thus avoided a draft being made
from the citizens of his Township. He was also a fluent public
speaker; not in the sense of a polished orator, but recognized
as a very forcible debater. Possessing a large store of knowledge,
he was always ready to meet an opponent in debate at any
time.
Argumentative and logical, he almost always held his audience
under his control and they remained to hear his closing words.
In his private talks he was known and recognized as a very interesting
conversationalist.
" His children had now grown up, yet he had not sufficient lands
to supply them all with homes. Desiring that all should become
the owners in fee of homes, he sold his holdings in the fall of
1865, and the following spring he bade good bye to his old Wisconsin
neighbors and friends. In a covered wagon, with a part of
his family (his two older sons having gone on by rail), he tracked
600 miles southwest across the country, landing ;if the historic
town of Osawatomie, Miami County, Kansas, on the 25th day of
June, 1866. After looking around a few days, he located four
and a half miles southeast of the town on a new piece of land.
Being well advanced in years, and feeling thai ii would be greatly
beneficial from a business standpoint to his sons, and also a greal
relief to him, he retired from further active effort, stepped aside
and let the boys lead the way.
" His last years were spent in much reading and study, his
appetite for gleaning knowledge from books and all other sources
having in no wise in his advancing years become Lessened, being
relieved from all business can'-, surrounded by all the necessary comforts of life, and constantly having by his side her who had
for nearly half a century shared the comforts and sorrows that
befell them, day by day, talking over the events of their past
lives, and over and over again, going through the reminiscences
which were associated with and were a part of their activities, sitting side by side quietly looking out and noting the improvements of the age, and knowing that their own children were moving with the energetic throng in bringing about these changes, forwhich
the world is being made better and better day by day, and listening
to the merry peals of laughter which came from the overflow
of mirth and joy expressed by playful grandchildren around them,
we must say that their last days were the happiest days of their
long and well-spent life, and that the.world had been made better
because they had lived in it.
" For thirty-five years he was a member of the Methodist church,
a class leader and Supt. of the S. S. "While never giving up his
membership, he late in life was led to accept the beliefs of Spiritualism
and had certain experiences which confirmed him in these
views.
" On the 8th day of April, 1888, just as the sun was sinking
to its rest in a clear western sky, with her who had been his
confidant for over half a century and with some of his children
standing by his bedside, the Angel of Death came and drew aside
the curtain that hangs between the mortal and immortal, and said,
'Come!' At this announcement, the soul of William Ranney
stepped across the boundary into another world.
" Not in words of rapturous shout.
But voiceless and noiseless the spirit goes out,
And stands in the presence of God, a child of Heaven new bora :
Like some petal flower opening out of the sod.
Greeting the sunlight of morn.
" In concluding, we have no apology to offer for the brief record
here chronicled. Much more, very much more, could be told; hut
being cognizant of the fact that space is limited in the biographical
record in which tin- is I" be placed, we have thought it proper to
use as Hi tie space as possible.
"But as a son, we feel that we could not properly say less of a
father, or in any other manner than we have given it."
p.347-350.

William Ranney learned to be an edge-tool maker, then built
and managed a saw mill. During winters he drove to Boston, 110
miles, with produce, using the six-horse wagon of that day, and
consuming two weeks in making a round trip.
" In those days, it was the custom for men to go throughout the
country and buy from the farmers their surplus live-stock. They
would gather up cattle, sheep and hogs in large droves, drive them
to some of the large coast markets, and sell them for slaughter, or
to the farmers throughout the country for fattening purposes. In
this business, he was engaged for some time. Brighton Market,
which was situated four miles out of Boston, was the market used
by all the New England country. These Brighton drovers bought
their stock from all the New England states, and sometimes went
as far west as the state of Ohio; when they had bought up and
gathered together the required number they drove them across
the country to Brighton Market. One of these trips took him into
the Genesee Valley country of the state of New York, where he
bought from the settlers of that then comparatively new country
1400 head of hogs, which he drove on down, crossing the Hudson
River at Albany, and from there on to Brighton Market, to be
disposed of as before stated. This took place in about the year
of 1835. On this trip, he had ample opportunity to take a careful
view of the Genesee Valley, and he was so very favorably impressed
with the country that he decided to change his location and move
from Ashfield to Canandaigua, N. Y. So it happened that on his
return home, he made known to his father the intentions he had in
mind, and the matter, after having been talked over between them and the other members of the family, was settled by his father
deciding to sell his farm and other property, and that all should
move to this new location. So the following year we find them
all domiciled at Canandaigua, Ontario County, N. Y. Here, forming
a partnership with one Jefferson Moore, they erected a shop
and applied themselves to their trade of general carpenters and
builders, building dwellings and barns during the warm months of
the year, and in the winter months working at wood turning and
pattern making. While working in this shop, he made a pattern
for a very heavy, large piece of machinery which contained 3200
pieces of wood, closely fitted and glued together. It was a very
intricate and difficult piece of work^to perform, but when finished
it proved perfect in all its parts. This piece of work was ever
afterwards his boast and pride
" In the same year that lie settled in his new home, he met and
became acquainted with Ann (Ostrander) McCarty, a widow with
one child, a son five years old, by name, Levy. This acquaintance
terminated in his second marriage, after which they established
themselves in a home in Canandaigua and continued to live there
until 1840. In this year he rem. to Menominee Falls, a few miles
from Milwaukee, then having only a few hundred inhabitants, and
built a saw mill, but his means being limited he became foreman
of a large force of carpenters in Milwaukee. He then began a
building and contracting business for himself, but being prostrated
by pneumonia he was compelled to desist for two years. In
1850 he rem. to Beloit, Wis., and established himself on new land,
but soon traded it for a home in Hanover and resumed the business
of a contractor.
" During his occupancy of this, his last place of residence in
Wisconsin, his public life really began. He had served as a Justice
of the Peace for two terms, which to all knowledge we have constituted
his only official work up to Ibis time; hut while living
here he was repeatedly elected, qualified and served the Township
of Plymouth Rock County, as Chairman of the Board of Supervisors,
and also as Justice of the Peace. Up to the year 1860, he
belonged to the Democratic Party, and during the administration
of President James Buchanan he was appointed and served as
Postmaster for Hanover Posl Office for one or more years. This
was about the years of 1857 ami L858. Bui while he had always,
through life, belonged to and was affiliated with the Democratic
parly, he was radically opposed to the further extension of slavery;
at that time this great question was the Leading issue in National
politic-; Douglas and Lincoln were having those memorable debates
throughout the country, the border ruffian war being carried on at its fiercest stage, trying to decide as to whether Kansas
Territory should be received in the Union as a slave, or free state
;
and as Lincoln had said, it was taken up and made the slogan
of the struggle, that a nation cannot long endure, half free and half
slave. As his party had practically taken the side and lent their
support to the slave power of the country, he, at this stage, severed
his relations with the Democratic party and announced to the
world that henceforth he should affiliate with the Kepublican party.
Having made this radical declaration, he placed the seal upon it
by voting for Abraham Lincoln in 1860 for President. Notwithstanding
his change of political faith, the citizens of his Township
continued to call him to official positions, keeping him as the
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors; and during war times,
when drafting had to be resorted to to make up the quota of soldiers,
he was engaged in enlisting men and having them credited
to his Township. By his vigilance in this matter he secured the
required number each time, and thus avoided a draft being made
from the citizens of his Township. He was also a fluent public
speaker; not in the sense of a polished orator, but recognized
as a very forcible debater. Possessing a large store of knowledge,
he was always ready to meet an opponent in debate at any
time.
Argumentative and logical, he almost always held his audience
under his control and they remained to hear his closing words.
In his private talks he was known and recognized as a very interesting
conversationalist.
" His children had now grown up, yet he had not sufficient lands
to supply them all with homes. Desiring that all should become
the owners in fee of homes, he sold his holdings in the fall of
1865, and the following spring he bade good bye to his old Wisconsin
neighbors and friends. In a covered wagon, with a part of
his family (his two older sons having gone on by rail), he tracked
600 miles southwest across the country, landing ;if the historic
town of Osawatomie, Miami County, Kansas, on the 25th day of
June, 1866. After looking around a few days, he located four
and a half miles southeast of the town on a new piece of land.
Being well advanced in years, and feeling thai ii would be greatly
beneficial from a business standpoint to his sons, and also a greal
relief to him, he retired from further active effort, stepped aside
and let the boys lead the way.
" His last years were spent in much reading and study, his
appetite for gleaning knowledge from books and all other sources
having in no wise in his advancing years become Lessened, being
relieved from all business can'-, surrounded by all the necessary comforts of life, and constantly having by his side her who had
for nearly half a century shared the comforts and sorrows that
befell them, day by day, talking over the events of their past
lives, and over and over again, going through the reminiscences
which were associated with and were a part of their activities, sitting side by side quietly looking out and noting the improvements of the age, and knowing that their own children were moving with the energetic throng in bringing about these changes, for which
the world is being made better and better day by day, and listening
to the merry peals of laughter which came from the overflow
of mirth and joy expressed by playful grandchildren around them,
we must say that their last days were the happiest days of their
long and well-spent life, and that the.world had been made better
because they had lived in it.
" For thirty-five years he was a member of the Methodist church,
a class leader and Supt. of the S. S. "While never giving up his
membership, he late in life was led to accept the beliefs of Spiritualism
and had certain experiences which confirmed him in these
views.
" On the 8th day of April, 1888, just as the sun was sinking
to its rest in a clear western sky, with her who had been his
confidant for over half a century and with some of his children
standing by his bedside, the Angel of Death came and drew aside
the curtain that hangs between the mortal and immortal, and said,
'Come!' At this announcement, the soul of William Ranney
stepped across the boundary into another world.
" Not in words of rapturous shout.
But voiceless and noiseless the spirit goes out,
And stands in the presence of God, a child of Heaven new bora :
Like some petal flower opening out of the sod.
Greeting the sunlight of morn.
" In concluding, we have no apology to offer for the brief record
here chronicled. Much more, very much more, could be told; hut
being cognizant of the fact that space is limited in the biographical
record in which tin- is I" be placed, we have thought it proper to
use as Hi tie space as possible.
"But as a son, we feel that we could not properly say less of a
father, or in any other manner than we have given it."

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17 Dec 1770 - 26 Mar 1827 (-34.9) - 21.4 Life of Ludwig von Beethoven Personalities
20 Jan 1775 - 10 Jun 1836 (-30.8) - 30.7 Life of André Marie Ampère Personalities
4 Mar 1801 - 4 Mar 1809 (-4.6) - 3.4 President of the United States of America: Thomas Jefferson USA - Presidents
20 Mar 1804 - 6 Apr 1814 (-1.6) - 8.5 Emperor of France: Napoleon I France
6 Aug 1806 - 6 Aug 1813 0.8 - 7.8 Dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire Germany
1 Sep 1808 - 15 Jan 1812 2.9 - 6.2 Junta Suprema Central Spain
12 Feb 1809 - 15 Apr 1865 3.3 - 59.5 Life of Abraham Lincoln Personalities
12 Feb 1809 - 19 Apr 1882 3.3 - 76.5 Life of Charles Robert Darwin Personalities
4 Mar 1809 - 4 Mar 1817 3.4 - 11.4 President of the United States of America: James Madison USA - Presidents
1810 4.7 Establishment of Krupp Companies
7 Feb 1812 - 9 Jun 1870 6.3 - 64.7 Life of Charles John Huffam Dickens Personalities
18 Jun 1812 6.7 War of 1812 between the United States of America and the British Empire starts. USA
1812 6.7 Establishment of Citibank Companies
18 Sep 1813 - 9 Jun 1815 7.9 - 9.6 Congress of Vienna European Union
16 Oct 1813 - 19 Oct 1813 8.0 Battle of Leipzig Germany
11 Dec 1813 8.1 Treaty of Valençay Spain
16 Mar 1815 - 7 Oct 1840 9.4 - 35.0 King of the Netherlands: Willem I Netherlands
8 Jun 1815 - 24 Aug 1866 9.6 - 60.9 German Confederation Germany
22 Jun 1815 - 7 Jul 1815 9.7 Emperor of France: Napoleon II France
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4 Mar 1817 - 4 Mar 1825 11.4 - 19.4 President of the United States of America: James Monroe USA - Presidents
18 Oct 1817 - 19 Oct 1817 12.0 Wartburg Festival Germany
1818 12.7 First blood transfusion Medicine
30 Dec 1819 - 20 Sep 1890 14.2 - 85.0 Life of Theodor Fontane Personalities
22 Sep 1823 17.9 Finding of the Golden Plates (Book of Mormon) Mormon History
2 Dec 1823 18.1 'Monroe Doctrine' USA
4 Mar 1825 - 4 Mar 1829 19.4 - 23.4 President of the United States of America: John Quincy Adams USA - Presidents
4 Mar 1829 - 4 Mar 1837 23.4 - 31.4 President of the United States of America: Andrew Jackson USA - Presidents
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6 Apr 1830 - 27 Jun 1844 24.5 - 38.7 President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Joseph Smith Mormon History
27 May 1832 - 30 May 1832 26.6 'Hambacher Fest' Germany
15 Dec 1832 - 27 Dec 1923 27.2 - 118.3 Life of Gustave Eiffel Personalities
1833 27.7 Establishment of Shell Companies
17 Mar 1834 - 6 Mar 1900 28.4 - 94.4 Life of Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler Personalities
4 Mar 1837 - 4 Mar 1841 31.4 - 35.4 President of the United States of America: Martin Van Buren USA - Presidents
20 Jun 1837 - 22 Jan 1901 31.7 - 95.3 Queen of the United Kingdom: Victoria Great Britain
1837 31.7 Establishment of the Colt's Manufacturing Company Companies
1837 31.7 Establishment of the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) Companies
31 Oct 1837 32.0 Establishment of Procter & Gamble Companies
8 Jul 1838 - 8 Mar 1917 32.7 - 111.4 Life of Ferdinand von Zeppelin Personalities
1839 - 1842 33.7 - 36.7 First Anglo-Afghan War Wars & Military Conflicts
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4 Mar 1841 - 4 Apr 1841 35.4 - 35.5 President of the United States of America: William Henry Harrison USA - Presidents
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25 Nov 1844 - 4 Apr 1929 39.1 - 123.5 Life of Carl Benz Personalities
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1846 40.7 Establishment of the Associated Press Companies
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3 Mar 1847 - 1 Aug 1922 41.4 - 116.8 Life of Alexander Graham Bell Personalities
1847 41.7 Establishment of Cartier Companies
1847 41.7 Establishment of Siemens Companies
27 Dec 1847 - 29 Aug 1877 42.2 - 71.9 President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Brigham Young Mormon History
1 Mar 1848 - 30 Sep 1849 42.4 - 44.0 Revolutions of 1848/1849 in the German Confederation Germany
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1 Dec 1848 43.1 Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte is elected, start of the 2nd Republic France
4 Mar 1849 - 9 Jul 1850 43.4 - 44.7 President of the United States of America: Zachary Taylor USA - Presidents
17 Mar 1849 - 23 Nov 1890 43.4 - 85.1 King of the Netherlands: Willem III Netherlands
1849 43.7 Establishment of Pfizer Companies
1850 44.7 Establishment of the American Express Company Companies
9 Jul 1850 - 4 Mar 1853 44.7 - 47.4 President of the United States of America: Millard Fillmore USA - Presidents
1851 45.7 Western Union established Companies
1851 45.7 Establishment of Reuters Companies
1851 45.7 Establishment of The New York Times Companies
2 Dec 1852 - 4 Sep 1870 47.1 - 64.9 Emperor of France: Napoleon III France
4 Mar 1853 - 4 Mar 1857 47.4 - 51.4 President of the United States of America: Franklin Pierce USA - Presidents
1853 47.7 Establishment of Levi Strauss & Co Companies
6 May 1856 - 23 Sep 1939 50.6 - 134.0 Life of Sigmund Freud Personalities
4 Mar 1857 - 4 Mar 1861 51.4 - 55.4 President of the United States of America: James Buchanan USA - Presidents
28 May 1857 - 12 Apr 1858 51.6 - 52.5 Utah War Mormon History
1859 53.7 Construction period of Big Ben Monuments
4 Mar 1861 - 15 Apr 1865 55.4 - 59.5 President of the United States of America: Abraham Lincoln USA - Presidents
17 Mar 1861 55.4 Victor Emmanuel II proclaimed as King of Italy, the first king of a united Italy Italy
12 Apr 1861 - 9 Apr 1865 55.5 - 59.5 American Civil War USA
23 Sep 1861 - 12 Mar 1942 56.0 - 136.5 Life of Robert Bosch Personalities
30 Jul 1863 - 7 Apr 1947 57.8 - 141.5 Life of Henry Ford Personalities
16 Oct 1863 - 17 Mar 1937 58.0 - 131.5 Life of Joseph Austen Chamberlain Personalities
15 Apr 1865 - 4 Mar 1869 59.5 - 63.4 President of the United States of America: Andrew Johnson USA - Presidents
9 Jun 1866 - 26 Jul 1866 60.7 - 60.8 Austro-Prussian War ('German War') Germany
10 Mar 1867 61.4 First telephone voice transmission Technology
1868 - 1878 62.7 - 72.7 Ten Years' War ('Great War') Wars & Military Conflicts
4 Mar 1869 - 4 Mar 1877 63.4 - 71.4 President of the United States of America: Ulysses S. Grant USA - Presidents
5 Sep 1869 - 1884 63.9 - 78.7 Construction period of Neuschwanstein Castle Monuments
22 Apr 1870 - 21 Jan 1924 64.5 - 118.3 Life of Vladimir Lenin Personalities
1870 64.7 Start of the 3rd French Republic France
19 Jul 1870 - 10 May 1871 64.8 - 65.6 Franco-Prussian War Germany
18 Jan 1871 - 9 Mar 1888 65.3 - 82.4 German Emperor: Wilhelm I Germany
4 May 1871 - 20 Mar 1890 65.6 - 84.5 Chancellor of the German Empire: Otto von Bismarck Germany
9 Nov 1871 66.1 Founding of the German Empire Germany
30 Nov 1874 - 24 Jan 1965 69.2 - 159.4 Life of Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill Personalities
5 Jan 1876 - 19 Apr 1967 70.2 - 161.6 Life of Konrad Adenauer Personalities
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1878 72.7 Establishment of Bell Telephone Company Companies
1878 - 1881 72.7 - 75.7 Second Anglo-Afghan War Wars & Military Conflicts
31 Dec 1878 73.2 First two-stroke internal combustion gas engine Automobile History
14 Mar 1879 - 18 Apr 1955 73.4 - 149.6 Life of Albert Einstein Personalities
1879 73.7 Discovery of cholera vaccine Medicine
1879 73.7 Discovery of plague vaccine Medicine
1879 73.7 Anglo-Zulu War Wars & Military Conflicts
10 Oct 1880 - 25 Jul 1887 75.0 - 81.8 President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: John Taylor Mormon History
20 Dec 1880 - 23 Mar 1881 75.2 - 75.5 First Boer War ('First South African War') Wars & Military Conflicts
4 Mar 1881 - 19 Sep 1881 75.4 - 76.0 President of the United States of America: James A. Garfield USA - Presidents
6 Aug 1881 - 11 Mar 1955 75.8 - 149.5 Life of Alexander Fleming Personalities
19 Sep 1881 - 4 Mar 1885 76.0 - 79.4 President of the United States of America: Chester A. Arthur USA - Presidents
1882 76.7 Establishment of Peugeot Companies
1882 76.7 Britain occupies Egypt Discoveries & Colonization
21 Jan 1884 - 12 Dec 1963 78.3 - 158.2 Life of Theodor Heuss Personalities
1884 78.7 First controlled flight of a Zeppelin Aviation History
15 Nov 1884 - 26 Feb 1885 79.1 - 79.4 Berlin Conference ('Congo Conference') Discoveries & Colonization
4 Mar 1885 - 4 Mar 1889 79.4 - 83.4 President of the United States of America: Grover Cleveland USA - Presidents
1886 80.7 Establishment of the Coca Cola Company Companies
1886 80.7 Establishment of Johnson & Johnson Companies
28 Oct 1886 81.1 Construction period of the Statue of Liberty Monuments
1887 81.7 Huang He flood Disasters
1887 - 1889 81.7 - 83.7 Construction period of the Eiffel Tower Monuments
9 Mar 1888 - 15 Jun 1888 82.4 - 82.7 German Emperor: Friedrich III Germany