Biographical Sketch of

Robert Monroe Ramsey

Transcribed by Joan Benner

Source: Memorial and Biographical Record and Illustrated Compendium of Biography of Citizens of Columbia, 
Sauk and Adams Counties, Wisconsin, published 1901 by G. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, 1901, Pages 365 - 366


Robert Monroe Ramsey, deceased, for many years a prominent citizen of New Haven township, Adams county, 
where he was a successful agriculturalist, was born in Berlin township, Portage county, Ohio, March 2, 
1829. He was the son of James and Sally (Best) Ramsey, both of whom were natives of Ohio, and came to 
Adams county in 1850, and settled in new Haven township, where they lived to be aged people.

Our subject came to Wisconsin in 1851, and resided with his parents in Adams county until their deaths. 
He operated a threshing machine for many years, and became the owner of four hundred acres of land and 
one of the best farms in the county. He raised considerable stock and also spent several winters in the 
pineries with his teams. He was industrious, enterprising and systematic and in every undertaking met 
with the best results. He took an active interest in the affairs of his county and township, and though 
not an official aspirant for office, he exerted a marked influence among his neighbors and associates. 

Mr. Ramsey was married April 6, 1851, to Rebecca Fisher, daughter of george and Esther (Simonds) Fisher. 
Mrs. Fisher was born at Palmyra, in Portage county, Ohio, and her father was a farmer, who passed the 
greater part of his life in that state. Her parents were natives of Mifflin, Pennsylvania, and moved to 
Ohio while young. Mrs. Ramsey's grandfather, Zachariah Fisher, was one of the pioneer settlers of Portage 
county, where a number of his descendants still reside and those and others at a distance hold annual 
reunions of the family. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Ramsey, as follows: Wallace James; Mary, 
who married Mr. T. Fogle, and whose death occurred at the age of twenty-one years; Clinton C., George 
Monroe; and Sherwood, who died at the age of two and a half years. The surviving children all reside 
near the old homestead.

Mr. Ramsey died near Big Springs, Adams county, September 20, 1895. He had been in ill health for over 
four years and was stricken with paralysis about four months prior to his death, and remained helpless 
until he passed away. He was a great sufferer, and his friends anxiously watched over him and used every 
means to afford relief, but without any beneficial results. He was a kind neighbor, faithful friend and 
public-spirited citizen, and won the esteem of a large circle of acquaintances.


Transcribed by Joan Benner






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