James Arthur Ramsey

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James Arthur Ramsey

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Iredell County, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 12, 1915 (73)
North Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States (Pneumonia)
Place of Burial: Section E1, Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of William Neill Ramsey and Sarah Ramsey
Husband of Mary Celia Ramsey and Mary Cecelia Brown
Father of Nettie Steele; John Ramsey; Charles Neill Ramsey; Della M Taylor; Mary della Ramsey and 3 others
Brother of John Leroy Ramsey; Julia M Ramsey; Margaret Ann Ramsey; Mary E Ramsey; Sarah Jane Ramsey and 3 others

Managed by: Barb Slotsve
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About James Arthur Ramsey

Obituary:

Charlotte Daily Observer
15 Oct 1915

Statesville, Oct. 14 - Mr. James Arthur Ramsey, a veteran of the Civil War and a former resident of Iredell County, died at his home in North Wilkesboro, Tuesday night, where he had resided for the past year, of pneumonia, and was buried here this afternoon at 4:30 o'clock in Oakwood Cemetery, following funeral exercises conducted from the A.R.P. Church by Rev. J.H. Pressly.

Mr. Ramsey was 74 years of age and was born, raised and had spent the greater part of his life in this county, where he was well known and highly respected.

He served throughout the Civil War as a member of the Second North Carolina Cavalry.

He is survived by four children, two sons and two daughters: Messrs. John Ramsey of Winston-Salem and Charles Ramsey of Aletha, Kan., and Mesdames George Steele of Huntersville and Luther Taylor of Aletha, Kan.

The local camp of Confederate Veterans attended the funeral and burial exercises in a body.

Source:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37094001/james-arthur-ramsey

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James Arthur Ramsey's Timeline

1842
March 8, 1842
Iredell County, North Carolina, United States
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July 3, 1881