Bellbuckle — RANSOM Sr., B.F., farmer; born Rutherford Co., Tenn., Dec. 14, 1819; English and Irish descent; son of Benjamin C. and Sarah (Jaratt) RANSOM; paternal grandparents Richard and Cissiah (Portice) RANSOM; maternal grandparents Thomas and Susannah (Thompson) JARRATT; received common school education; devoted himself to farming in early youth; all of his life has been devoted to agricultural pursuits; was a soldier in the Cherokee and Creek war (Indian) in 1838; was turnpike commissioner for state of Tenn., in 1857; married three times, first Lavonia JORDAN Oct. 1848, second Maggie FUGITT Sept. 1881, third Elizabeth SLATER, Feb. 1883; Democrat (Regular); member Methodist church.
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