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Matt Whitaker Ransom

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Born: October 8, 1826

Birth Place: Warren County, North Carolina

Father: Robert Ransom Sr. 1797 – 1866
(Buried: Ransom Family Burial Ground, Warrenton, North Carolina)​

Mother: Priscilla Coffield Whitaker 1800 – 1848
(Buried: Ransom Family Burial Ground, Warrenton, North Carolina)​

Wife: Marth Ann “Pattie” Exum 1830–1918 (January 19, 1853)
(Buried: Ransom Family Cemetery, Jackson, North Carolina)​

Children:

Matt Whitaker Ransom Jr. 1854 – 1919​
(Buried: Sunset Hill Cemetery, Littleton, North Carolina)​
Joseph Exum Ransom 1857 – 1938​
(Buried: Ransom Family Cemetery, Jackson, North Carolina)​
Robert Ransom 1860 – 1930​
(Buried: Ransom Family Cemetery, Jackson, North Carolina)​
Thomas R. Ransom 1863 – 1890​
(Buried: Ransom Family Cemetery, Jackson, North Carolina)​
Patrick Exum Ransom 1867 – 1943​
(Buried: Ransom Family Cemetery, Jackson, North Carolina)​
George E. Ransom 1870 – 1929​
(Buried: Ransom Family Cemetery, Jackson, North Carolina)​
Esther Exum Ransom 1872 – 1933​
(Buried: Oakwood Cemetery, Hickory, North Carolina)​

Education:

1847: Graduated from University of North Carolina​

Occupation before War:

Attorney in Warrenton, North Carolina​
1852: Whig Party Presidential Elector​
1852 – 1855: North Carolina State Attorney General​
1858 – 1861: Member of North Carolina, House of Commons​

Civil War Career:

1861 – 1862: Lt. Colonel of 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment​
1862 – 1863: Colonel of 1st North Carolina Infantry Regiment​
1862: Participated in the Battle of Seven Pines​
1862: Wounded in the right army during the Battle of Malvern Hill​
1862: Participated in the Battle of Antietam​
1862: Participated in the Battle of Fredericksburg​
1863: Court Martial Duty in Wilmington, North Carolina​
1863 – 1865: Brigadier General in the Confederate Army, Infantry
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1864: Wounded in the left forearm at Wooldridge's Hill​
1864: Recuperated in Richmond, Virginia​
1864: Participated in the Battle of Five Forks​
1864 – 1865: Participated in the Siege of Petersburg​
1865: Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Appomattox, Virginia​

Occupation after War:

1866 – 1872: Attorney and Planter in Weldon, North Carolina​
1872 – 1895: United States Senator from North Carolina​
1895: President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate​
1895 – 1897: United States Ambassador to Mexico​
1897 – 1905: Farmer in Weldon, North Carolina​

Died:
October 8, 1904

Place of Death: Garysburg, North Carolina

Cause of Death: Not Known

Age at time of Death: 78 years old

Burial Place: Ransom Family Cemetery, Jackson, North Carolina
 
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