Joseph's parents may have been Jonathan "Johnny" "John" Ralston 1758 – 1818 and Elizabeth "Betsy" Pitzer 1760 – 1860 (sometimes listed as Mayfield) who first arrived in Manchester Ohio, then to Clermont County which later became Clark Twp, Brown County.
It has been said his father, first name unknown, was said to be a blacksmith in "Wayne's Army" in or after the American Revolution, although there is no documentation of this.
He was the brother of Letitia "Lettie" Ralston, John Ralston, Robert Ralston, Margaret Jane Ralston Kennedy (#11016743) and Elizabeth "Eliza" Ralston.
In 1794, when he was one year old, his family relocated to Brown County, Ohio.
He was the husband of Eleanor Smith. They were married September 5, 1813 in Brown County, Ohio, which in 1813 was Clermont County, Ohio.
His daughter Orpha Y. Ralston Bingaman Grisham Horn told her daughter Lillie Belle that her father Joseph would arise each morning at 4:00 a.m., go to the well and and draw a fresh bucket of water and drink from it. His daughter described the well's water as being clear and pure and the family believed the pure water contributed to Joseph B. Ralston's long life.
After seriously injuring his back in a farm accident, he became a teacher in Brown County, Ohio. He was further educated by his wife Eleanor and his father-in-law Christian Smith.
Ulysses S. Grant, the eighteenth president of the United State of America, was born and raised in Brown County, Ohio. In his published memoir, Grant related the following story:
When Grant, a horse lover for his entire life, was about eight years old in 1830, he saw a colt and wanted to buy him. Grant's father offered the colt's owner, Mr. Ralston, $20, but Ralston wanted $25. Grant wanted the colt so desperately that he "begged to be allowed to take him at the price demanded." His father relented and told Grant that he should start by offering $20, increase the offer to $22.50, and offer $25 if Ralston did not accept the earlier offers. Grant rode to Ralston's house and announced, "Papa says I may offer you twenty dollars for the colt, but if you won't take that, I am to offer twenty-two and a half, and if you won't take that, to give you twenty-five." Grant concludes, "It would not take a Connecticut man to guess the price finally agreed upon.
The Mr. Ralston in this story was Joseph B. Ralston, father of Christian Smith Ralston.
His granddaughter, Lillie Belle Grisham Parmenter Horn, (#35653902) in her elder years, wrote a memoir book, which her descendants privately published and copyrighted in 2007, titled "Pioneer Woman". In this book, Lillie Belle discussed many of her Ralston relatives.
The surname Ralston was variably spelled as Ralstin.
The Ralston family was allied to the Martin family and to the Fite family. Those families came to America together, traveled together and they intermarried.
This Ralston family was known as Scot-Irish, although they were not Irish at all. The family, staunch Presbyterians living in Scotland, was forced by the English King James to relocate to Ireland to develop the Protestant religion in Ireland and to counter the Roman Catholic uprisings in Ireland. These forcibly relocated Scots, including the Ralstons, were then the victims of violent religious persecution from both the Roman Catholic Irish and by the English, who wanted to force their Church of England religion upon them. For this reason, they emigrated to America in the 1700's, first settling in Pennsylvania, where they hoped William Penn would be tolerant of their Presbyterian religion.
From Pennsylvania the Ralston family moved westward to Kentucky and Ohio and some to Ripley County, Indiana and Kansas.
It has been said his father, first name unknown, was said to be a blacksmith in "Wayne's Army" in or after the American Revolution, although there is no documentation of this.
He was the brother of Letitia "Lettie" Ralston, John Ralston, Robert Ralston, Margaret Jane Ralston Kennedy (#11016743) and Elizabeth "Eliza" Ralston.
In 1794, when he was one year old, his family relocated to Brown County, Ohio.
He was the husband of Eleanor Smith. They were married September 5, 1813 in Brown County, Ohio, which in 1813 was Clermont County, Ohio.
His daughter Orpha Y. Ralston Bingaman Grisham Horn told her daughter Lillie Belle that her father Joseph would arise each morning at 4:00 a.m., go to the well and and draw a fresh bucket of water and drink from it. His daughter described the well's water as being clear and pure and the family believed the pure water contributed to Joseph B. Ralston's long life.
After seriously injuring his back in a farm accident, he became a teacher in Brown County, Ohio. He was further educated by his wife Eleanor and his father-in-law Christian Smith.
Ulysses S. Grant, the eighteenth president of the United State of America, was born and raised in Brown County, Ohio. In his published memoir, Grant related the following story:
When Grant, a horse lover for his entire life, was about eight years old in 1830, he saw a colt and wanted to buy him. Grant's father offered the colt's owner, Mr. Ralston, $20, but Ralston wanted $25. Grant wanted the colt so desperately that he "begged to be allowed to take him at the price demanded." His father relented and told Grant that he should start by offering $20, increase the offer to $22.50, and offer $25 if Ralston did not accept the earlier offers. Grant rode to Ralston's house and announced, "Papa says I may offer you twenty dollars for the colt, but if you won't take that, I am to offer twenty-two and a half, and if you won't take that, to give you twenty-five." Grant concludes, "It would not take a Connecticut man to guess the price finally agreed upon.
The Mr. Ralston in this story was Joseph B. Ralston, father of Christian Smith Ralston.
His granddaughter, Lillie Belle Grisham Parmenter Horn, (#35653902) in her elder years, wrote a memoir book, which her descendants privately published and copyrighted in 2007, titled "Pioneer Woman". In this book, Lillie Belle discussed many of her Ralston relatives.
The surname Ralston was variably spelled as Ralstin.
The Ralston family was allied to the Martin family and to the Fite family. Those families came to America together, traveled together and they intermarried.
This Ralston family was known as Scot-Irish, although they were not Irish at all. The family, staunch Presbyterians living in Scotland, was forced by the English King James to relocate to Ireland to develop the Protestant religion in Ireland and to counter the Roman Catholic uprisings in Ireland. These forcibly relocated Scots, including the Ralstons, were then the victims of violent religious persecution from both the Roman Catholic Irish and by the English, who wanted to force their Church of England religion upon them. For this reason, they emigrated to America in the 1700's, first settling in Pennsylvania, where they hoped William Penn would be tolerant of their Presbyterian religion.
From Pennsylvania the Ralston family moved westward to Kentucky and Ohio and some to Ripley County, Indiana and Kansas.
Joseph's parents may have been Jonathan "Johnny" "John" Ralston 1758 – 1818 and Elizabeth "Betsy" Pitzer 1760 – 1860 (sometimes listed as Mayfield) who first arrived in Manchester Ohio, then to Clermont County which later became Clark Twp, Brown County.
It has been said his father, first name unknown, was said to be a blacksmith in "Wayne's Army" in or after the American Revolution, although there is no documentation of this.
He was the brother of Letitia "Lettie" Ralston, John Ralston, Robert Ralston, Margaret Jane Ralston Kennedy (#11016743) and Elizabeth "Eliza" Ralston.
In 1794, when he was one year old, his family relocated to Brown County, Ohio.
He was the husband of Eleanor Smith. They were married September 5, 1813 in Brown County, Ohio, which in 1813 was Clermont County, Ohio.
His daughter Orpha Y. Ralston Bingaman Grisham Horn told her daughter Lillie Belle that her father Joseph would arise each morning at 4:00 a.m., go to the well and and draw a fresh bucket of water and drink from it. His daughter described the well's water as being clear and pure and the family believed the pure water contributed to Joseph B. Ralston's long life.
After seriously injuring his back in a farm accident, he became a teacher in Brown County, Ohio. He was further educated by his wife Eleanor and his father-in-law Christian Smith.
Ulysses S. Grant, the eighteenth president of the United State of America, was born and raised in Brown County, Ohio. In his published memoir, Grant related the following story:
When Grant, a horse lover for his entire life, was about eight years old in 1830, he saw a colt and wanted to buy him. Grant's father offered the colt's owner, Mr. Ralston, $20, but Ralston wanted $25. Grant wanted the colt so desperately that he "begged to be allowed to take him at the price demanded." His father relented and told Grant that he should start by offering $20, increase the offer to $22.50, and offer $25 if Ralston did not accept the earlier offers. Grant rode to Ralston's house and announced, "Papa says I may offer you twenty dollars for the colt, but if you won't take that, I am to offer twenty-two and a half, and if you won't take that, to give you twenty-five." Grant concludes, "It would not take a Connecticut man to guess the price finally agreed upon.
The Mr. Ralston in this story was Joseph B. Ralston, father of Christian Smith Ralston.
His granddaughter, Lillie Belle Grisham Parmenter Horn, (#35653902) in her elder years, wrote a memoir book, which her descendants privately published and copyrighted in 2007, titled "Pioneer Woman". In this book, Lillie Belle discussed many of her Ralston relatives.
The surname Ralston was variably spelled as Ralstin.
The Ralston family was allied to the Martin family and to the Fite family. Those families came to America together, traveled together and they intermarried.
This Ralston family was known as Scot-Irish, although they were not Irish at all. The family, staunch Presbyterians living in Scotland, was forced by the English King James to relocate to Ireland to develop the Protestant religion in Ireland and to counter the Roman Catholic uprisings in Ireland. These forcibly relocated Scots, including the Ralstons, were then the victims of violent religious persecution from both the Roman Catholic Irish and by the English, who wanted to force their Church of England religion upon them. For this reason, they emigrated to America in the 1700's, first settling in Pennsylvania, where they hoped William Penn would be tolerant of their Presbyterian religion.
From Pennsylvania the Ralston family moved westward to Kentucky and Ohio and some to Ripley County, Indiana and Kansas.
It has been said his father, first name unknown, was said to be a blacksmith in "Wayne's Army" in or after the American Revolution, although there is no documentation of this.
He was the brother of Letitia "Lettie" Ralston, John Ralston, Robert Ralston, Margaret Jane Ralston Kennedy (#11016743) and Elizabeth "Eliza" Ralston.
In 1794, when he was one year old, his family relocated to Brown County, Ohio.
He was the husband of Eleanor Smith. They were married September 5, 1813 in Brown County, Ohio, which in 1813 was Clermont County, Ohio.
His daughter Orpha Y. Ralston Bingaman Grisham Horn told her daughter Lillie Belle that her father Joseph would arise each morning at 4:00 a.m., go to the well and and draw a fresh bucket of water and drink from it. His daughter described the well's water as being clear and pure and the family believed the pure water contributed to Joseph B. Ralston's long life.
After seriously injuring his back in a farm accident, he became a teacher in Brown County, Ohio. He was further educated by his wife Eleanor and his father-in-law Christian Smith.
Ulysses S. Grant, the eighteenth president of the United State of America, was born and raised in Brown County, Ohio. In his published memoir, Grant related the following story:
When Grant, a horse lover for his entire life, was about eight years old in 1830, he saw a colt and wanted to buy him. Grant's father offered the colt's owner, Mr. Ralston, $20, but Ralston wanted $25. Grant wanted the colt so desperately that he "begged to be allowed to take him at the price demanded." His father relented and told Grant that he should start by offering $20, increase the offer to $22.50, and offer $25 if Ralston did not accept the earlier offers. Grant rode to Ralston's house and announced, "Papa says I may offer you twenty dollars for the colt, but if you won't take that, I am to offer twenty-two and a half, and if you won't take that, to give you twenty-five." Grant concludes, "It would not take a Connecticut man to guess the price finally agreed upon.
The Mr. Ralston in this story was Joseph B. Ralston, father of Christian Smith Ralston.
His granddaughter, Lillie Belle Grisham Parmenter Horn, (#35653902) in her elder years, wrote a memoir book, which her descendants privately published and copyrighted in 2007, titled "Pioneer Woman". In this book, Lillie Belle discussed many of her Ralston relatives.
The surname Ralston was variably spelled as Ralstin.
The Ralston family was allied to the Martin family and to the Fite family. Those families came to America together, traveled together and they intermarried.
This Ralston family was known as Scot-Irish, although they were not Irish at all. The family, staunch Presbyterians living in Scotland, was forced by the English King James to relocate to Ireland to develop the Protestant religion in Ireland and to counter the Roman Catholic uprisings in Ireland. These forcibly relocated Scots, including the Ralstons, were then the victims of violent religious persecution from both the Roman Catholic Irish and by the English, who wanted to force their Church of England religion upon them. For this reason, they emigrated to America in the 1700's, first settling in Pennsylvania, where they hoped William Penn would be tolerant of their Presbyterian religion.
From Pennsylvania the Ralston family moved westward to Kentucky and Ohio and some to Ripley County, Indiana and Kansas.
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