Matt Whitaker Ransom
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
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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