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Ransom Carlisle

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Lawrence County, Mississippi, USA, Lawrence County, Mississippi, United States
Death: May 10, 1880 (51-52)
Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA, Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Boyd Carlisle and Elizabeth Monroe Carlisle
Husband of Elizabeth Wilson Sutton and Tabitha Selitty Martin Carlisle
Father of Nancy Ann E. Hughs; Daniel Martin Carlisle; Sarah Jane Carlisle; Martha Carlisle Coon; Minnie Carlisle and 2 others
Brother of Asa M. Carlisle

Managed by: Donald Franklin Colvin
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About Ransom Carlisle

Biography

Ransom Carlisle was born in 1829 in Lawrence County, Mississippi, USA, Lawrence County, Mississippi, United States. His parents were John Boyd Carlisle and Elizabeth Monroe Carlisle. Ramson was a farmer, he married two widows, fought in the Civil War, and then died May 10, 1880, in Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi, US, left Tabitha his 2nd wife with several children and no assets, she lived with her children in

Ransom married Elizabeth Wilson Sutton circa 1857 in Lawrence County, Mississippi, United States. Together they had the following children:

  1. Nancy Ann E. Hughs.

Ransom married Tabitha Selitty Jordan on September 19, 1869, in Lawrence County, Mississippi, USA, Lawrence County, Mississippi, United States. Together they had the following children:

  1. Daniel Martin Carlisle;
  2. Sarah Jane Carlisle;
  3. Martha Carlisle Coon;
  4. Minnie Carlisle;
  5. Dempsey Madison Carlisle, Sr;
  6. Anna Carlisle.

He died on May 10, 1880 in Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi, USA, in Brookhaven, Lincoln County, Mississippi, United States.






  • Reference:
  • He married two widows with children from previous marriages.
  • He had one child with Nancy Ann Carlisle (Hughes) before her death
  • 1869 married widow Tabitha Selitty Martin (Jordan) who had two young sons - her land, though was in trust to her oldest son William Lafayette Martin- then together they each had six children, until his death in 1880, left her a widow again a challenging time after the Civil War reconstruction. Ransom Carlisle was a prosperous farmer and merchant, but the children were at an incredibly youthful age. Tabitha relocated to Louisiana to live with the Carlisle relatives. The land they were living was Martin's land heir to the oldest Martin son of her late husband -
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* ** Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Oct 1 2019, 22:47:19 UTC


  • Residence: Lawrence, Mississippi
  • Military service: Mississippi
  • Residence: Lawrence, Mississippi, USA - 1830
  • Residence: Lawrence, Mississippi, USA - 1850
  • Residence: Lawrence, Mississippi, United States - 1860
  • Residence: Monticello, Lawrence County, MS - 1860
  • Military service: 1862
  • Residence: Post Office: Brookhaven, Township 6, Lincoln, Mississippi, USA - 1870
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Ransom Carlisle's Timeline

1828
1828
Lawrence County, Mississippi, USA, Lawrence County, Mississippi, United States
1858
March 14, 1858
USA, Lawrence County, Mississippi, United States
1867
1867
Mississippi, United States
1870
September 1870
Lincoln County, Mississippi, United States
1873
1873
Lawrence County, Mississippi, United States
1875
1875
Mississippi, United States
1876
October 1876
Lincoln County, Mississippi, United States
1876
Mississippi, United States