Bio. Per Pioneers of Knox Co
GEORGE G. RAMSDELL, superintendent of the Citizens Gas Light Company, of Yincennes, Ind., was born near Providence, R. I., April 30, 1848, and is a son of Ezra B. Ramsdell, of this city. George G. came to this city with his parents in 1860, and was educated in the Yincennes University. At the age of sixteen he began learning the machinist's trade, which he mastered and followed with Clark & Buck, of this city, acting as foreman for them several years. He resigned his position there in 1879 to accept the superintendency of the gas company, which position he has filled in a very able manner. He has also acted as secretary and treasurer of the company since his connection with it. He has been prominent in all private and public enterprises of the city for a number of years, and has been an active member of the Board of Trade of Vincennes since its organization, and was secretary of the same two years, and now holds the position of president. He is a Republican in politics, but has never aspired to office. June 10, 1884, he was united in matrimony to Mollie Hays, his present wife. He has two children — Sallie M. and Marion B. — by a former marriage. Mr. Ramsdell is a member of the Vincennes Commandery, No. 20, K. T., of which he is Recorder. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he has led the choir for a niimber of years. He is recognized as one of the prominent business men of the city, and is one of its first citizens.
GEORGE G. RAMSDELL, superintendent of the Citizens Gas Light Company, of Yincennes, Ind., was born near Providence, R. I., April 30, 1848, and is a son of Ezra B. Ramsdell, of this city. George G. came to this city with his parents in 1860, and was educated in the Yincennes University. At the age of sixteen he began learning the machinist's trade, which he mastered and followed with Clark & Buck, of this city, acting as foreman for them several years. He resigned his position there in 1879 to accept the superintendency of the gas company, which position he has filled in a very able manner. He has also acted as secretary and treasurer of the company since his connection with it. He has been prominent in all private and public enterprises of the city for a number of years, and has been an active member of the Board of Trade of Vincennes since its organization, and was secretary of the same two years, and now holds the position of president. He is a Republican in politics, but has never aspired to office. June 10, 1884, he was united in matrimony to Mollie Hays, his present wife. He has two children — Sallie M. and Marion B. — by a former marriage. Mr. Ramsdell is a member of the Vincennes Commandery, No. 20, K. T., of which he is Recorder. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he has led the choir for a niimber of years. He is recognized as one of the prominent business men of the city, and is one of its first citizens.
Bio. Per Pioneers of Knox Co
GEORGE G. RAMSDELL, superintendent of the Citizens Gas Light Company, of Yincennes, Ind., was born near Providence, R. I., April 30, 1848, and is a son of Ezra B. Ramsdell, of this city. George G. came to this city with his parents in 1860, and was educated in the Yincennes University. At the age of sixteen he began learning the machinist's trade, which he mastered and followed with Clark & Buck, of this city, acting as foreman for them several years. He resigned his position there in 1879 to accept the superintendency of the gas company, which position he has filled in a very able manner. He has also acted as secretary and treasurer of the company since his connection with it. He has been prominent in all private and public enterprises of the city for a number of years, and has been an active member of the Board of Trade of Vincennes since its organization, and was secretary of the same two years, and now holds the position of president. He is a Republican in politics, but has never aspired to office. June 10, 1884, he was united in matrimony to Mollie Hays, his present wife. He has two children — Sallie M. and Marion B. — by a former marriage. Mr. Ramsdell is a member of the Vincennes Commandery, No. 20, K. T., of which he is Recorder. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he has led the choir for a niimber of years. He is recognized as one of the prominent business men of the city, and is one of its first citizens.
GEORGE G. RAMSDELL, superintendent of the Citizens Gas Light Company, of Yincennes, Ind., was born near Providence, R. I., April 30, 1848, and is a son of Ezra B. Ramsdell, of this city. George G. came to this city with his parents in 1860, and was educated in the Yincennes University. At the age of sixteen he began learning the machinist's trade, which he mastered and followed with Clark & Buck, of this city, acting as foreman for them several years. He resigned his position there in 1879 to accept the superintendency of the gas company, which position he has filled in a very able manner. He has also acted as secretary and treasurer of the company since his connection with it. He has been prominent in all private and public enterprises of the city for a number of years, and has been an active member of the Board of Trade of Vincennes since its organization, and was secretary of the same two years, and now holds the position of president. He is a Republican in politics, but has never aspired to office. June 10, 1884, he was united in matrimony to Mollie Hays, his present wife. He has two children — Sallie M. and Marion B. — by a former marriage. Mr. Ramsdell is a member of the Vincennes Commandery, No. 20, K. T., of which he is Recorder. He and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church, and he has led the choir for a niimber of years. He is recognized as one of the prominent business men of the city, and is one of its first citizens.
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