Son of John P. Ramsay and Elizabeth M. Bryan Boyd/Ramsay.
Husband of Elizabeth Bryan Boyd/Ramsay, married on March 6, 1856 in Jefferson county. John and Elizabeth used the "Ramsay" version of the family surname. Documents found in their probate files attest to their handwritten signatures using the "Ramsay" version. The Fairfield Daily Journal obituary for John used the "Ramsey" version, which can obviously cause confusion.
Children of John and Elizabeth:
> William Patterson Ramsay; husband of Margaret Estella Campbell Ramsay (see: Margaret Estella Campbell Ramsay). They used the "Ramsay" surname in life but their respective headstones were engraved with the "Ramsey" surname after their removal from the Fairfield Abbey to the second addition of Evergreen cemetery.
> Charles E Ramsay, exact DOB and DOD not known. Buried in his uncle Mungo Ramsay's plot in Old Fairfield City cemetery.
> James Edward Ramsay (a/k/a James Edmond Ramsay per notation in the probate file of his mother)
> Robert Elmer Ramsay
> Harry Albert Ramsay
> Adda May Ramsay Knight
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The following is added on November 24, 2013 with transcribed text and as a photo; it is a touching tribute to the 50 years of marriage of John and Elizabeth Ramsay:
Ramsay Golden Anniversary 1906
Fairfield Ledger – Weekly
March 14, 1906
Pg. 3 Col. 2 & 3
GOLDEN WEDDING
Tuesday, March 6th, relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Ramsay gathered at their home to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding. Four generations were represented. As the guests partook of a bounteous dinner, old times were talked over. The time passed all too soon and the guests departed leaving golden momentoes (sic) of their love and wishes for the future. Mr. Ramsay was born in Washington county, Penn., in 1832. He came to Iowa in 1848. Elizabeth Bryan was born in Ross county, O., in 1833, and came to Iowa in 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay were united in marriage in 1856 and all these years have made their home northwest of Fairfield. Ever ready to help the sick friends to those in need, it has been said by those who have known them that Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay were the best neighbors they ever lived by. They now enjoy the honor and blessings of a well spent life.
(verse followed; certain indentations not retained in transcription due to formatting structure)
A youth of Pennsylvania birth,
With heart and life aglow,
Turned his face unto the west,
Some fifty years ago.
One of Ohio's fair young maids,
Whose aim was joys and smiles to
sow,
With her parents started west,
Some fifty years ago.
To Iowa's virgin soil they came,
Although the pace was slow,
For travel was not by express
Some fifty years ago.
By love's great law these two did
pledge,
Be it for weal or woe,
To share each other's joys and griefs,
Just fifty years ago.
By toil and care and honor's law
They sought the joys to know,
The blessings of a well spent life,
Through fifty years or so.
Nor turned they deafened ears,
To want or need or cares,
But lived they by the golden rule,
All through these fifty years.
And now ‘mongst children, great and
grand,
They've taught true lives to grow,
They live to bless and by them blessed,
These fifty years all through.
We pray that from God's bounteous
hand,
Rich blessing still may flow
In greater measure than they did
Some fifty years ago.
Husband of Elizabeth Bryan Boyd/Ramsay, married on March 6, 1856 in Jefferson county. John and Elizabeth used the "Ramsay" version of the family surname. Documents found in their probate files attest to their handwritten signatures using the "Ramsay" version. The Fairfield Daily Journal obituary for John used the "Ramsey" version, which can obviously cause confusion.
Children of John and Elizabeth:
> William Patterson Ramsay; husband of Margaret Estella Campbell Ramsay (see: Margaret Estella Campbell Ramsay). They used the "Ramsay" surname in life but their respective headstones were engraved with the "Ramsey" surname after their removal from the Fairfield Abbey to the second addition of Evergreen cemetery.
> Charles E Ramsay, exact DOB and DOD not known. Buried in his uncle Mungo Ramsay's plot in Old Fairfield City cemetery.
> James Edward Ramsay (a/k/a James Edmond Ramsay per notation in the probate file of his mother)
> Robert Elmer Ramsay
> Harry Albert Ramsay
> Adda May Ramsay Knight
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The following is added on November 24, 2013 with transcribed text and as a photo; it is a touching tribute to the 50 years of marriage of John and Elizabeth Ramsay:
Ramsay Golden Anniversary 1906
Fairfield Ledger – Weekly
March 14, 1906
Pg. 3 Col. 2 & 3
GOLDEN WEDDING
Tuesday, March 6th, relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Ramsay gathered at their home to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding. Four generations were represented. As the guests partook of a bounteous dinner, old times were talked over. The time passed all too soon and the guests departed leaving golden momentoes (sic) of their love and wishes for the future. Mr. Ramsay was born in Washington county, Penn., in 1832. He came to Iowa in 1848. Elizabeth Bryan was born in Ross county, O., in 1833, and came to Iowa in 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay were united in marriage in 1856 and all these years have made their home northwest of Fairfield. Ever ready to help the sick friends to those in need, it has been said by those who have known them that Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay were the best neighbors they ever lived by. They now enjoy the honor and blessings of a well spent life.
(verse followed; certain indentations not retained in transcription due to formatting structure)
A youth of Pennsylvania birth,
With heart and life aglow,
Turned his face unto the west,
Some fifty years ago.
One of Ohio's fair young maids,
Whose aim was joys and smiles to
sow,
With her parents started west,
Some fifty years ago.
To Iowa's virgin soil they came,
Although the pace was slow,
For travel was not by express
Some fifty years ago.
By love's great law these two did
pledge,
Be it for weal or woe,
To share each other's joys and griefs,
Just fifty years ago.
By toil and care and honor's law
They sought the joys to know,
The blessings of a well spent life,
Through fifty years or so.
Nor turned they deafened ears,
To want or need or cares,
But lived they by the golden rule,
All through these fifty years.
And now ‘mongst children, great and
grand,
They've taught true lives to grow,
They live to bless and by them blessed,
These fifty years all through.
We pray that from God's bounteous
hand,
Rich blessing still may flow
In greater measure than they did
Some fifty years ago.
Son of John P. Ramsay and Elizabeth M. Bryan Boyd/Ramsay.
Husband of Elizabeth Bryan Boyd/Ramsay, married on March 6, 1856 in Jefferson county. John and Elizabeth used the "Ramsay" version of the family surname. Documents found in their probate files attest to their handwritten signatures using the "Ramsay" version. The Fairfield Daily Journal obituary for John used the "Ramsey" version, which can obviously cause confusion.
Children of John and Elizabeth:
> William Patterson Ramsay; husband of Margaret Estella Campbell Ramsay (see: Margaret Estella Campbell Ramsay). They used the "Ramsay" surname in life but their respective headstones were engraved with the "Ramsey" surname after their removal from the Fairfield Abbey to the second addition of Evergreen cemetery.
> Charles E Ramsay, exact DOB and DOD not known. Buried in his uncle Mungo Ramsay's plot in Old Fairfield City cemetery.
> James Edward Ramsay (a/k/a James Edmond Ramsay per notation in the probate file of his mother)
> Robert Elmer Ramsay
> Harry Albert Ramsay
> Adda May Ramsay Knight
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The following is added on November 24, 2013 with transcribed text and as a photo; it is a touching tribute to the 50 years of marriage of John and Elizabeth Ramsay:
Ramsay Golden Anniversary 1906
Fairfield Ledger – Weekly
March 14, 1906
Pg. 3 Col. 2 & 3
GOLDEN WEDDING
Tuesday, March 6th, relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Ramsay gathered at their home to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding. Four generations were represented. As the guests partook of a bounteous dinner, old times were talked over. The time passed all too soon and the guests departed leaving golden momentoes (sic) of their love and wishes for the future. Mr. Ramsay was born in Washington county, Penn., in 1832. He came to Iowa in 1848. Elizabeth Bryan was born in Ross county, O., in 1833, and came to Iowa in 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay were united in marriage in 1856 and all these years have made their home northwest of Fairfield. Ever ready to help the sick friends to those in need, it has been said by those who have known them that Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay were the best neighbors they ever lived by. They now enjoy the honor and blessings of a well spent life.
(verse followed; certain indentations not retained in transcription due to formatting structure)
A youth of Pennsylvania birth,
With heart and life aglow,
Turned his face unto the west,
Some fifty years ago.
One of Ohio's fair young maids,
Whose aim was joys and smiles to
sow,
With her parents started west,
Some fifty years ago.
To Iowa's virgin soil they came,
Although the pace was slow,
For travel was not by express
Some fifty years ago.
By love's great law these two did
pledge,
Be it for weal or woe,
To share each other's joys and griefs,
Just fifty years ago.
By toil and care and honor's law
They sought the joys to know,
The blessings of a well spent life,
Through fifty years or so.
Nor turned they deafened ears,
To want or need or cares,
But lived they by the golden rule,
All through these fifty years.
And now ‘mongst children, great and
grand,
They've taught true lives to grow,
They live to bless and by them blessed,
These fifty years all through.
We pray that from God's bounteous
hand,
Rich blessing still may flow
In greater measure than they did
Some fifty years ago.
Husband of Elizabeth Bryan Boyd/Ramsay, married on March 6, 1856 in Jefferson county. John and Elizabeth used the "Ramsay" version of the family surname. Documents found in their probate files attest to their handwritten signatures using the "Ramsay" version. The Fairfield Daily Journal obituary for John used the "Ramsey" version, which can obviously cause confusion.
Children of John and Elizabeth:
> William Patterson Ramsay; husband of Margaret Estella Campbell Ramsay (see: Margaret Estella Campbell Ramsay). They used the "Ramsay" surname in life but their respective headstones were engraved with the "Ramsey" surname after their removal from the Fairfield Abbey to the second addition of Evergreen cemetery.
> Charles E Ramsay, exact DOB and DOD not known. Buried in his uncle Mungo Ramsay's plot in Old Fairfield City cemetery.
> James Edward Ramsay (a/k/a James Edmond Ramsay per notation in the probate file of his mother)
> Robert Elmer Ramsay
> Harry Albert Ramsay
> Adda May Ramsay Knight
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The following is added on November 24, 2013 with transcribed text and as a photo; it is a touching tribute to the 50 years of marriage of John and Elizabeth Ramsay:
Ramsay Golden Anniversary 1906
Fairfield Ledger – Weekly
March 14, 1906
Pg. 3 Col. 2 & 3
GOLDEN WEDDING
Tuesday, March 6th, relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Ramsay gathered at their home to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding. Four generations were represented. As the guests partook of a bounteous dinner, old times were talked over. The time passed all too soon and the guests departed leaving golden momentoes (sic) of their love and wishes for the future. Mr. Ramsay was born in Washington county, Penn., in 1832. He came to Iowa in 1848. Elizabeth Bryan was born in Ross county, O., in 1833, and came to Iowa in 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay were united in marriage in 1856 and all these years have made their home northwest of Fairfield. Ever ready to help the sick friends to those in need, it has been said by those who have known them that Mr. and Mrs. Ramsay were the best neighbors they ever lived by. They now enjoy the honor and blessings of a well spent life.
(verse followed; certain indentations not retained in transcription due to formatting structure)
A youth of Pennsylvania birth,
With heart and life aglow,
Turned his face unto the west,
Some fifty years ago.
One of Ohio's fair young maids,
Whose aim was joys and smiles to
sow,
With her parents started west,
Some fifty years ago.
To Iowa's virgin soil they came,
Although the pace was slow,
For travel was not by express
Some fifty years ago.
By love's great law these two did
pledge,
Be it for weal or woe,
To share each other's joys and griefs,
Just fifty years ago.
By toil and care and honor's law
They sought the joys to know,
The blessings of a well spent life,
Through fifty years or so.
Nor turned they deafened ears,
To want or need or cares,
But lived they by the golden rule,
All through these fifty years.
And now ‘mongst children, great and
grand,
They've taught true lives to grow,
They live to bless and by them blessed,
These fifty years all through.
We pray that from God's bounteous
hand,
Rich blessing still may flow
In greater measure than they did
Some fifty years ago.
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The original headstone was long toppled. A Boyd family descendant arranged for the replacement and installation of this monument in May/June 2014.
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