From the Yale University Records (Sheffield Scientific School) 1897:
Allen Edward Ransom, Ph.B. 1897. Born December 6, 1875, in Buffalo, N Y. Died May 23, 1942, in Pittsburgh, Pa. His Father, David Louis Ransom (Buchtel Coll 1873-74), assistant manager D Ransom Son & Company, manufacturers of medicines, Buffalo; son of David Ransom (M D Dartmouth 1839) and Harriot M (Towne) Ransom of Earlville, N Y. His Mother, Nettie Maria (Griffin) Ransom, daughter of Hiram and Maria (Relph) Griffin of Buffalo, N.Y.
Central High School, Buffalo Electrical engineering course. Associated with Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company 1897-1904, 1907-12, and 1915-17 (student engineer Pittsburgh 1897-99, assistant engineer Pittsburgh and Boston offices 1899-1901, engineer and salesman Seattle office 1901-04 and manager industrial division 1907-12, 1915-16; sales engineer in Butte, Mont., 1916-17), electrical engineer Lewiston Clarkston Company, Lewiston, Idaho, 1904-06 and Fremont Power Company, Sumpter, Ore , 1906-07; assistant general manager Olympic Power Company, Port Angeles, Wash, 1912-13, manager Caldwell Machinery Company, Seattle, 1913-14 and Halledie Machinery Company, Seattle, 1914-15, consulting electrical engineer associated with J D Hull, Seattle, 1917 and E B Hussey 1923-24, export engineer Westinghouse Electric International Company, New York City and Pittsburgh, 1919-21, superintendent and chief engineer Olympia (Wash ) Light & Power Company 1921-23, electrical engineer in foreign department Electric Bond & Share Company, New York City, 1924, manager electric and pump division, machinery department, Fairbanks, Morse & Company, Inc, New York City, 1925-26 and with Crocker-Wheeler Company 1926, electrical engineer Interstate Power Company, Dubuque, Iowa, 1927-30, hydroelectric engineer United States Engineer Office, Pittsburgh, 1930-42, commissioned Captain, Engineers, June 23, 1917, promoted Major October 1, 1918, commanding officer Company D, 509th Engineers, Camp Travis, October, 1917-January, 1918, over seas January 20, 1918-June 18, 1919, assigned to Base Section 1, Service of Supply, St -Nazaire; chief electrical officer m charge light, power, and water supply March 1,1918-May 1,1919, in command 137th Engineers, Electrical, Mechanical, and Water Supply Battalion, operating all services in Base No 1, discharged July 7, 1919, appointed Major, Engineers, Officers Reserve Corps, July, 1922, member Pacific Northwest Society of Engineers, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Society of American Military Engineers, and Shadyside Church, Pittsburgh
Married November 15, 1905, in Clarkston, Washington, Myrtle Blanche Holbrook, daughter of Greenville and Nancy J (Ward) Holbrook. Daughter, Elizabeth Ruth (B S. State Coll of Washington 1927, M S Kansas State Coll of Agriculture and Applied Science 1932), the wife of Eugene Atwater (B S in Eng California Inst of Technology 1929 and M S in E E. 1930).
Allen and Myrtle Ransom were divorced in 1915. He never re-married.
Allen Edward Ransom’s death due to arteriosclerosis, Buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo
Contributor:
Sunny Gates - [email protected]
Allen Edward Ransom, Ph.B. 1897. Born December 6, 1875, in Buffalo, N Y. Died May 23, 1942, in Pittsburgh, Pa. His Father, David Louis Ransom (Buchtel Coll 1873-74), assistant manager D Ransom Son & Company, manufacturers of medicines, Buffalo; son of David Ransom (M D Dartmouth 1839) and Harriot M (Towne) Ransom of Earlville, N Y. His Mother, Nettie Maria (Griffin) Ransom, daughter of Hiram and Maria (Relph) Griffin of Buffalo, N.Y.
Central High School, Buffalo Electrical engineering course. Associated with Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company 1897-1904, 1907-12, and 1915-17 (student engineer Pittsburgh 1897-99, assistant engineer Pittsburgh and Boston offices 1899-1901, engineer and salesman Seattle office 1901-04 and manager industrial division 1907-12, 1915-16; sales engineer in Butte, Mont., 1916-17), electrical engineer Lewiston Clarkston Company, Lewiston, Idaho, 1904-06 and Fremont Power Company, Sumpter, Ore , 1906-07; assistant general manager Olympic Power Company, Port Angeles, Wash, 1912-13, manager Caldwell Machinery Company, Seattle, 1913-14 and Halledie Machinery Company, Seattle, 1914-15, consulting electrical engineer associated with J D Hull, Seattle, 1917 and E B Hussey 1923-24, export engineer Westinghouse Electric International Company, New York City and Pittsburgh, 1919-21, superintendent and chief engineer Olympia (Wash ) Light & Power Company 1921-23, electrical engineer in foreign department Electric Bond & Share Company, New York City, 1924, manager electric and pump division, machinery department, Fairbanks, Morse & Company, Inc, New York City, 1925-26 and with Crocker-Wheeler Company 1926, electrical engineer Interstate Power Company, Dubuque, Iowa, 1927-30, hydroelectric engineer United States Engineer Office, Pittsburgh, 1930-42, commissioned Captain, Engineers, June 23, 1917, promoted Major October 1, 1918, commanding officer Company D, 509th Engineers, Camp Travis, October, 1917-January, 1918, over seas January 20, 1918-June 18, 1919, assigned to Base Section 1, Service of Supply, St -Nazaire; chief electrical officer m charge light, power, and water supply March 1,1918-May 1,1919, in command 137th Engineers, Electrical, Mechanical, and Water Supply Battalion, operating all services in Base No 1, discharged July 7, 1919, appointed Major, Engineers, Officers Reserve Corps, July, 1922, member Pacific Northwest Society of Engineers, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Society of American Military Engineers, and Shadyside Church, Pittsburgh
Married November 15, 1905, in Clarkston, Washington, Myrtle Blanche Holbrook, daughter of Greenville and Nancy J (Ward) Holbrook. Daughter, Elizabeth Ruth (B S. State Coll of Washington 1927, M S Kansas State Coll of Agriculture and Applied Science 1932), the wife of Eugene Atwater (B S in Eng California Inst of Technology 1929 and M S in E E. 1930).
Allen and Myrtle Ransom were divorced in 1915. He never re-married.
Allen Edward Ransom’s death due to arteriosclerosis, Buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo
Contributor:
Sunny Gates - [email protected]
From the Yale University Records (Sheffield Scientific School) 1897:
Allen Edward Ransom, Ph.B. 1897. Born December 6, 1875, in Buffalo, N Y. Died May 23, 1942, in Pittsburgh, Pa. His Father, David Louis Ransom (Buchtel Coll 1873-74), assistant manager D Ransom Son & Company, manufacturers of medicines, Buffalo; son of David Ransom (M D Dartmouth 1839) and Harriot M (Towne) Ransom of Earlville, N Y. His Mother, Nettie Maria (Griffin) Ransom, daughter of Hiram and Maria (Relph) Griffin of Buffalo, N.Y.
Central High School, Buffalo Electrical engineering course. Associated with Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company 1897-1904, 1907-12, and 1915-17 (student engineer Pittsburgh 1897-99, assistant engineer Pittsburgh and Boston offices 1899-1901, engineer and salesman Seattle office 1901-04 and manager industrial division 1907-12, 1915-16; sales engineer in Butte, Mont., 1916-17), electrical engineer Lewiston Clarkston Company, Lewiston, Idaho, 1904-06 and Fremont Power Company, Sumpter, Ore , 1906-07; assistant general manager Olympic Power Company, Port Angeles, Wash, 1912-13, manager Caldwell Machinery Company, Seattle, 1913-14 and Halledie Machinery Company, Seattle, 1914-15, consulting electrical engineer associated with J D Hull, Seattle, 1917 and E B Hussey 1923-24, export engineer Westinghouse Electric International Company, New York City and Pittsburgh, 1919-21, superintendent and chief engineer Olympia (Wash ) Light & Power Company 1921-23, electrical engineer in foreign department Electric Bond & Share Company, New York City, 1924, manager electric and pump division, machinery department, Fairbanks, Morse & Company, Inc, New York City, 1925-26 and with Crocker-Wheeler Company 1926, electrical engineer Interstate Power Company, Dubuque, Iowa, 1927-30, hydroelectric engineer United States Engineer Office, Pittsburgh, 1930-42, commissioned Captain, Engineers, June 23, 1917, promoted Major October 1, 1918, commanding officer Company D, 509th Engineers, Camp Travis, October, 1917-January, 1918, over seas January 20, 1918-June 18, 1919, assigned to Base Section 1, Service of Supply, St -Nazaire; chief electrical officer m charge light, power, and water supply March 1,1918-May 1,1919, in command 137th Engineers, Electrical, Mechanical, and Water Supply Battalion, operating all services in Base No 1, discharged July 7, 1919, appointed Major, Engineers, Officers Reserve Corps, July, 1922, member Pacific Northwest Society of Engineers, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Society of American Military Engineers, and Shadyside Church, Pittsburgh
Married November 15, 1905, in Clarkston, Washington, Myrtle Blanche Holbrook, daughter of Greenville and Nancy J (Ward) Holbrook. Daughter, Elizabeth Ruth (B S. State Coll of Washington 1927, M S Kansas State Coll of Agriculture and Applied Science 1932), the wife of Eugene Atwater (B S in Eng California Inst of Technology 1929 and M S in E E. 1930).
Allen and Myrtle Ransom were divorced in 1915. He never re-married.
Allen Edward Ransom’s death due to arteriosclerosis, Buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo
Contributor:
Sunny Gates - [email protected]
Allen Edward Ransom, Ph.B. 1897. Born December 6, 1875, in Buffalo, N Y. Died May 23, 1942, in Pittsburgh, Pa. His Father, David Louis Ransom (Buchtel Coll 1873-74), assistant manager D Ransom Son & Company, manufacturers of medicines, Buffalo; son of David Ransom (M D Dartmouth 1839) and Harriot M (Towne) Ransom of Earlville, N Y. His Mother, Nettie Maria (Griffin) Ransom, daughter of Hiram and Maria (Relph) Griffin of Buffalo, N.Y.
Central High School, Buffalo Electrical engineering course. Associated with Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company 1897-1904, 1907-12, and 1915-17 (student engineer Pittsburgh 1897-99, assistant engineer Pittsburgh and Boston offices 1899-1901, engineer and salesman Seattle office 1901-04 and manager industrial division 1907-12, 1915-16; sales engineer in Butte, Mont., 1916-17), electrical engineer Lewiston Clarkston Company, Lewiston, Idaho, 1904-06 and Fremont Power Company, Sumpter, Ore , 1906-07; assistant general manager Olympic Power Company, Port Angeles, Wash, 1912-13, manager Caldwell Machinery Company, Seattle, 1913-14 and Halledie Machinery Company, Seattle, 1914-15, consulting electrical engineer associated with J D Hull, Seattle, 1917 and E B Hussey 1923-24, export engineer Westinghouse Electric International Company, New York City and Pittsburgh, 1919-21, superintendent and chief engineer Olympia (Wash ) Light & Power Company 1921-23, electrical engineer in foreign department Electric Bond & Share Company, New York City, 1924, manager electric and pump division, machinery department, Fairbanks, Morse & Company, Inc, New York City, 1925-26 and with Crocker-Wheeler Company 1926, electrical engineer Interstate Power Company, Dubuque, Iowa, 1927-30, hydroelectric engineer United States Engineer Office, Pittsburgh, 1930-42, commissioned Captain, Engineers, June 23, 1917, promoted Major October 1, 1918, commanding officer Company D, 509th Engineers, Camp Travis, October, 1917-January, 1918, over seas January 20, 1918-June 18, 1919, assigned to Base Section 1, Service of Supply, St -Nazaire; chief electrical officer m charge light, power, and water supply March 1,1918-May 1,1919, in command 137th Engineers, Electrical, Mechanical, and Water Supply Battalion, operating all services in Base No 1, discharged July 7, 1919, appointed Major, Engineers, Officers Reserve Corps, July, 1922, member Pacific Northwest Society of Engineers, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Society of American Military Engineers, and Shadyside Church, Pittsburgh
Married November 15, 1905, in Clarkston, Washington, Myrtle Blanche Holbrook, daughter of Greenville and Nancy J (Ward) Holbrook. Daughter, Elizabeth Ruth (B S. State Coll of Washington 1927, M S Kansas State Coll of Agriculture and Applied Science 1932), the wife of Eugene Atwater (B S in Eng California Inst of Technology 1929 and M S in E E. 1930).
Allen and Myrtle Ransom were divorced in 1915. He never re-married.
Allen Edward Ransom’s death due to arteriosclerosis, Buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo
Contributor:
Sunny Gates - [email protected]
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