City: Cleveland
RAMSEY, John Calhoun, lawyer; born Center, Ala., March 17, 1858; Scotch-Irish descent; son of John Walker and Mary Jane (Witcher) RAMSEY; father’s occupation, lawyer; received common school eduation at Cleveland, Tenn.; entered the practice of law at the age of 21 at Cleveland, Tenn.; postal Clerk U.S. Railway Mail Service 1881-5, removed by president as an offensive partisan; was Mayor of Cleveland, Tenn., 1886-7; Republican; member M. E. church; has been Recording Steward of same twenty-one years; married Nora L. HARDWICK March 20, 1883.
