CS Con Ramsay, James Graham - C.S. Congressman, NC

James Graham Ramsay
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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
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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.
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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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