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Alfred Hall Ransom (Kenton County, KY, secretary for Ky Central RR)

b. 1825-12-20 d. 1887-06-30

Kenton County, Kentucky, clerk and secretary. Connecticut native. Son of Wanton Ransom and Hannah Hall Ransom. Married to Martha J. Rice Ransom in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 31, 1854. Father of Kate E. Ransom, Henry W. Ransom, Martha M. Ransom, Stella M. Ransom, and Franklin K. Ransom. Secretary for the Kentucky Central Railroad Company in 1862.

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White

Bibliography

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 2, p. 8B.

Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Film 7011813: Covington, Certificates 401-707 (1886), 1-745 (1887), Certificate # 318, p. 641 of 1077 of microfilm.

Find A Grave, “Alfred Hall Ransom (1825-1887)," Memorial 173032636, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/71391249 (accessed July 28, 2020).

Wyllys C. Ransom, Historical outline of the Ransom family of America and genealogical record of the Colchester, Ct. Branch, Higginson Book Company, Jan 1, 1995, 164.

KYR-0002-222-0009

Citation

Ransom, Alfred Hall. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204633 (November 12, 2026).

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