. Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. his character and hisbusiness both as a composer and publisher isproving profitable and gratifying. GEORGE H. RAAISAY. George H. Ramsay, of Oskaloosa, engagedin the development of rich coal fields of Sla-haska county, is a native of the north of Eng-land, his birth having occurred in County Dur-ham on the 29th of December. 1844. his par-ents being ANilliam and Ann (Heckels) Ram-sav. who were also natives of England. Thepaternal grandfather. Willia
. Past and present of Mahaska County, Iowa : together with biographical sketches of many of its prominent and leading citizens and illustrious dead. his character and hisbusiness both as a composer and publisher isproving profitable and gratifying. GEORGE H. RAAISAY. George H. Ramsay, of Oskaloosa, engagedin the development of rich coal fields of Sla-haska county, is a native of the north of Eng-land, his birth having occurred in County Dur-ham on the 29th of December. 1844. his par-ents being ANilliam and Ann (Heckels) Ram-sav. who were also natives of England. Thepaternal grandfather. William Ramsay, was acoal miner, who spent his entire life in his na-tive country. The maternal grandfather, Rich-ard Heckels, was manager of mines in Ramsay, Jr., father of our subject,was also manager of a mine and died when hisson George was but eight years of age, he hav-ing at that time reached the age of forty-fivevears. Following the death of her husbandI\Irs. Ramsay came to the Ignited States withher familv of seven children, making her wayto Illinois in 1863, at which time George was eighteen years of age. The fam-. II. RAMSAY PAST AND PRESENT OF MAHASKA COUNTY. 297 ily home was established in Morris, Ilhnois,and tlie mothers death occurred in Streator,tlial state, in 1875. when she was fifty-eightyears of age. Only two of the children arenow living, namely, George H. and John, bothresidents ox Oskaloosa. The others were:\\illi;un T., who was a manager of mines inOskaloosa; Richard, a mine manager of Brace-ville, Illinois; Joseph, who was a coal operatorof Des Moines; Margaret, the deceased wife of]\ichard Waters, of Davenport, Iowa: andMary Ann, the deceased wife of Xewick Long-staif, of Oskaloosa. Mr. Ramsay of this review largely ac(|uire(lhis edncation in inght schools. Like the nth-ers of the family, through several generations,his life work has been largely in connectionwith the de\-clopment of the coal fields. He be-gan work in tiie n
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