James Graham Ramsay
Born: March 1, 1823
Birthplace: Iredell County, North Carolina
Father: Colonel David Ramsay 1792 – 1857
(Buried: Prospect Presbyterian Church, China Grove, North Carolina)
Mother: Margaret Foster Graham 1795 – 1840
(Buried: Prospect Presbyterian Church, China Grove, North Carolina)
Wife: Sarah Jane Foster 1828 – 1895
(Buried: Third Creek Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, North Carolina)
Married: 1846
Children:
Margaret Foster Ramsay Nelson 1849 – 1909
(Buried: Saint Michaels Cemetery, Faunsdale, Alabama)
Florence May Ramsay 1850 – 1861
(Buried: Third Creek Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, North Carolina)
David Allan Ramsay 1852 – 1891
(Buried: Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina)
James Hill Ramsay 1855 – 1930
(Buried: Chestnut Hill Cemetery, Salisbury, North Carolina)
Edgar Burton Ramsay 1857 – 1917
(Cremated)
Claude Clinton Ramsay 1865 – 1930
(Buried: Lake View Cemetery, Seattle, Washington)
Political Party: Whig Party and Republican Party
Religion: Presbyterian
Education:
1841: Graduated from Davidson College
1848: Graduated from Jefferson Medical College
Occupation before War:
Medical Doctor in Rowan County, North Carolina for fifty – one years.
1849: Helped organize Medical Society in Rowan County North Carolina
President of Rowan County, North Carolina Medical Society
1860: Small lot farmer and owner of five salves valued at $10,000.00.
Campaigner for the Whig Political Party
1856 – 1864: North Carolina State Senator
1860: Supporter and Campaigner for John Bell Presidential Campaign.
Spoke frequently in Rowan County against secession.
Civil War Career:
1861: Supported his home state after Lincoln’s call for volunteers.
1863: Campaigned Successfully for congress promising for Peace negotiations.
1864 – 1865: Confederate States Congressman from North Carolina
1864 – 1865: Member of House Medical Department Committee
1864 – 1865: Member of House Naval Affairs Committee
1864 – 1865: Seldom offered Suggestions of his own in Congress.
1864 – 1865: Supporter of individual and state interests over Confederate Central Government.
1864 – 1865: Attempted to lower all taxes except on Corporations.
1864 – 1865: Supporter of broad new grants of exemption from military service.
1864 – 1865: Supporter of letting farmers commute productive tax.
1864 – 1865: Considered all impressment laws as legalized robbery.
1865: Urged for North Carolina Convention to return the Union.
Occupation after War:
1872: Republican Party Presidential Elector
Declined Diplomatic Mission to South American offered by President Hayes.
1883: North Carolina State Senator
1895 – 1903: Lived with his son in Salisbury, North Carolina.
Died: January 10, 1903
Place of Death: Salisbury, North Carolina
Age at time of Death: 79 years old
Burial Place: Third Creek Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, North Carolina
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