Silas H. Ransom, Civil War Soldier
Christie, Weston, Clark Co., Wisconsin
Silas was born in 1831 in NY, the son of Harmon and Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom. The family moved from NY to OH, but settled in WI before the 1860 Census. Silas and his wife, Catherine Amanda (b. 1832, NY), were living in Ashford, Fond du Lac Co., WI when he enlisted as a Private in Co. G, 14th Inf. Regt. on 1 Jan 1862, along with his brother, Bostwick. His brother Sherman served with the same unit from Feb to Oct 1865. On 18 Jan 1863, after a year of service, Silas and Bostwick deserted. Silas was arrested 25 Feb 1865 and court-martialed on 22 May 1865 at Montgomery, AL. His sentence was 1 yr hard labor at Ft. Jefferson, FL. Reputed to be one of the worst Union prisons in the Civil War, it was called America’s Devil’s Island. He escaped custody 11 Jul 1865. His regiment was mustered out 9 Oct 1865 at Mobile, AL.
In the 1870 Census, Silas & Catherine were living in Weston, Clark Co., WI with his widowed father and his brother Sherman. His younger brother, William, married Floretta, the daughter of Luther Raymond whose biography is also in this book. Bostwick never returned to his family in WI and his wife remarried in 1866. When Catherine passed away 5 Aug 1873, her funeral was held at the Hyslip schoolhouse. Silas suffered a long and severe illness before passing away at the home of his brother on Cawley Creek, 21 Jun 1882. He was buried in sec. 11, lot #34 in the Neillsville, WI City Cemetery where his wife had also been laid to rest. Civil War Soldiers in the Heart of Clark Co., Wisconsin
Census Records
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Fond du Lac, WI 1860 Federal Census |
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LAST_NAME│ FIRST_NAME│ AGE │ NATIVITY │ PAGE# │LOCATION |
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Ransom
C.A.
33 New York
12 Ashford
Raymond
Angeline
54 Canada
96 Town of
Ripon
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| 1880 Federal Census, Weston, Clark Co., Wisconsin | |||||||||
| Name | Relation | Marital | Sex | Race | Age | Nativity | Occupation | F-Nativity | M-Nativity |
| Herman Ransom | Self | W | Male | W | 74 | NY | Farmer | NY | NY |
| Silas H. Ransom | Son | W | Male | W | 49 | NY | At Home | NY | NY |
| Sherman Ransom | Son | S | Male | W | 30 | OH | Laborer | NY | NY |
Military Records [1] [2] Muster Rolls [1] [2] [3] [4]
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Family Notes
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RANSOM Silas
Born: 1831, NY Son of: Harmon & Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom Died: 21 Jun 1882, Weston, Clark, WI Buried: Neillsville City Cemetery, Clark Co., WI
Married: btw 1850-1860 Spouse: Catherine Amanda b. 1827 / 1832; d. 5 Aug 1873, Weston, Clark, WI Buried: Neillsville City Cemetery, Clark Co., WI Daughter of ____________; Mother of __ children
Civil War Service: Residence: Auburn, WI (Fond du Lac Co.) Private, Company G, 14th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin Enlisted: 1 Jan 1862 Deserted: 18 Jan 1863; Arrested: 25 Feb 1865 Court Martial: 22 May 1865; Escaped: 11 July 1865 Regiment Mustered Out: 9 Oct 1865, Mobile, AL
Residence: 1831 – born in NY 1840 Census – New Haven, Huron, OH 1850 Census – as of June 1 – New Haven, Huron, OH – age 18 (1832) 18XX – moved to Wisconsin 185X – married Catharine Amanda 1860 Census – as of June 1 – Ashford, Fond du Lac, WI – age 29 (1831) 1862 Jan 1 – from Auburn, WI, enlisted in Wisconsin Infantry, Co. G, 14th Regt. 1865 Oct 9 – mustered out of military at Mobile, Alabama 1870 Census – as of June 1 – Weston, Clark, WI – age 38 (1832) 1880 Census – as of June 1 – Weston, Clark, WI – age 49 (1831) 1882 Jun 21 – died, Weston, Clark, WI
NOTE: Silas Ransom, Civil War Soldier Christie, Weston, Clark Co., Wisconsin
Silas was born in 1831 in NY, the son of Harmon and Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom. The family moved from NY to OH, but settled in WI before the 1860 Census. Silas and his wife, Catherine Amanda (b. 1832, NY), were living in Ashford, Fond du Lac Co., WI when he enlisted as a Private in Co. G, 14th Inf. Regt. on 1 Jan 1862. His brother Sherman served with the same unit from Feb to Oct 1865. After a year of service, Silas deserted, 18 Jan 1863. He was arrested 25 Feb 1865 and court-martialed on 22 May 1865 at Montgomery, AL. His sentence was 1 yr hard labor at Ft. Jefferson, FL. Reputed to be one of the worst Union prisons in the Civil War, it was called America’s Devil’s Island. He escaped custody 11 Jul 1865. His regiment was mustered out 9 Oct 1865 at Mobile, AL.
In the 1870 Census, Silas & Catherine are living in Weston, Clark Co., WI with his widowed father and his brother Sherman. His younger brother, William, married Floretta, the daughter of Luther Raymond whose biography is also in this book. When Catherine passed away 5 Aug 1873, her funeral was held at the Hyslip schoolhouse. Silas suffered a long and severe illness before passing away at the home of his brother on Cawley Creek, 21 Jun 1882. He was buried in sec. 11, lot #34 in the Neillsville, WI City Cemetery where his wife had also been laid to rest.
>>WITH BOSTWICK<<
Silas Ransom, Civil War Soldier Christie, Weston, Clark Co., Wisconsin
Silas was born in 1831 in NY, the son of Harmon and Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom. The family moved from NY to OH, but settled in WI before the 1860 Census. Silas and his wife, Catherine Amanda (b. 1832, NY), were living in Ashford, Fond du Lac Co., WI when he enlisted as a Private in Co. G, 14th Inf. Regt. on 1 Jan 1862, along with his brother, Bostwick. His brother Sherman served with the same unit from Feb to Oct 1865. On 18 Jan 1863, after a year of service, Silas and Bostwick deserted. Silas was arrested 25 Feb 1865 and court-martialed on 22 May 1865 at Montgomery, AL. His sentence was 1 yr hard labor at Ft. Jefferson, FL. Reputed to be one of the worst Union prisons in the Civil War, it was called America’s Devil’s Island. He escaped custody 11 Jul 1865. His regiment was mustered out 9 Oct 1865 at Mobile, AL.
In the 1870 Census, Silas & Catherine are living in Weston, Clark Co., WI with his widowed father and his brother Sherman. His younger brother, William, married Floretta, the daughter of Luther Raymond whose biography is also in this book. Bostwick never returned to his family in WI and his wife remarried in 1866. When Catherine passed away 5 Aug 1873, her funeral was held at the Hyslip schoolhouse. Silas suffered a long and severe illness before passing away at the home of his brother on Cawley Creek, 21 Jun 1882. He was buried in sec. 11, lot #34 in the Neillsville, WI City Cemetery where his wife had also been laid to rest.
OLD BIO Silas H. RANSOM 1831 - 1882 VGR #416 dated 23 Mar 1937, Next of kin: Lewis Brown (nephew)
Silas was born in 1831 in NY, the son of Harmon and Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom. He remained single his entire life. At the time of the 1880 Census he was living in Weston, Clark Co., WI with his father and his brother Sherman. Their younger brother, William married Floretta, the daughter of Luther Raymond whose biography is also in this book. During the Civil War, Silas fought the last year along side his brother, Sherman. He enlisted 1 Jan 1862, with Co. G, 14th Wis., and was discharged 11 Jul 1865 after a year of imprisonment in Madison, WI and a Court Martial for desertion at Memphis, TN. His military trial was held 22 May 1865 in Montgomery, AL. He was married to Catherine Amanda who was born 1832 and died 4 Apr 1873. Her funeral was held at the Hyslip schoolhouse. Silas suffered a long and sever illness. When he passed away at the home of his brother on Cawley Creek, 21 Jun 1882, he was buried in sec. 11, lot #34 in the Neillsville, WI City Cemetery where his wife had also been laid to rest. ____________________________________________________________
MUSTER ROLLS link 1 Silas Ransom, Pvt Co. G, 14 Reg’t Wisconsin Infantry, appears on Company Muster Roll Sept 7/61 to Feb 28, 1862 – Present Age 29 years Roll dated Milwaukee, Wis, Jan 30, 1862 Muster-in date Jan 30, 1862 Joined WHEN: Jan 1, 1862 WHERE: Auburn PERIOD: 3 years Mar & Apr, 1862 – Present May & June, 1862 – Present MUSTER ROLLS link 2 July & Aug, 1862 – Present Aug 18, 1862 – Present Sept & Oct, 1862 – Present Nov & Dec, 1862 – Present
MUSTER ROLLS links 3 + 4 Mch & Apr, 1865 Present or absent: not stated REMARKS: Gained from Desertion
Appears on Co. Muster Roll for May & June, 1865. Present or absent: Present REMARKS: Stopp for arrest & delivery $30.00, deserted Jany 18/63. Taken up from Dest Feby 25/65. Awaiting sentence of Court Martial.
Descriptive List of Deserters Dated July 31, 1865 Deserted: WHEN: July 11, 1865 WHERE: Montgomery, Ala REMARKS: Des. Jan 18, 1863, was arrested and forwarded to Regt April 25, 1865, was Court Martialed and sentenced to one (1) years imprisonment at hard labor in Fort Jefferson Fla with loss of all pay and allowances in or which may hereafter become due him and be dishonorably dismissed the service of the U.S. Stoppages for arrest and delivery $30.00 scaped from under Guard July 11, 1865, at Montgomery Ala
Appears on Co. Muster Roll for July & Aug, 1865. Present or absent: (blank) REMARKS: Loss by deserted at Mont’g. Ala. July 11/65.
Age 29 years Appears on Co. Muster-out Roll, dated Mobile Ala, Oct 9, 1865 REMARKS: Deserted at Montgomery Ala July 11/65
MILITARY link 1 Head Quarters 3rd Division 16th Army Corps Montgomery Ala. May 20th 1865 A General Court Martial is hereby appointed to meet at Montgomery Ala, on the 22nd day of May 1865 or as soon thereafter as practicable for the trial of Private Silas Ransom, “G” Co 14th Regt Wis Vet Vols and such other prisoners as may be brought before it. (list of names, etc)
MILITARY link 2 May 20, 1865 Montgomery Ala A general Court Martial is hereby appointed to meet at Montgomery Ala on the 22nd day of May 1865 or as soon as thereafter as practible for the trial of Private Silas Ransom “G’ Co 14th Wis Vol Inf Vets, and such other prisoners as may be brought before it. ______________________________________________ BOSTWICK RANSOM - 1st husband of Charlotte A. (Raymond) Ransom Mills
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Name: Bostic Ransom Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: Wisconsin Regiment Name: 14th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry COMPANY: G Rank In: Private Rank Out: Private Film Number: M559 roll 24 American Civil War Soldiers Name: Bostic Ransom RESIDENCE: Ashford, Wisconsin Enlistment Date: 6 Jan 1862 Side Served: Union State Served: Wisconsin Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 6 January 1862. Enlisted in Company G, 14th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 6 Jan 1862. Deserted from Company G, 14th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 18 Jan 1863. _____________________________________________________________________
American Civil War Soldiers Name: Silas Ransom RESIDENCE: Auburn, Wisconsin Enlistment Date: 1 Jan 1862 Side Served: Union State Served: Wisconsin Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 1 January 1862. Enlisted in Company G, 14th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 1 Jan 1862. Deserted from Company G, 14th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 11 Jul 1865. Sources:97
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 Silas Ransom Side: Union Regiment State/Origin: Wisconsin Regiment Name: 14th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry COMPANY: G Rank In: Private Rank Out: Private Film Number: M559 roll 24
CENSUS Reports
1840 United States Federal Census Name: Harmon Ransom Township: New Haven County: Huron State: Ohio Number of persons in household: 3 males, 2 females Ages of persons in household: 2 under-5, 1 5-10, 2 20-30 Occupation: Agriculture
1850 United States Federal Census Name: Sherman Ransom Age: 7 Est. Birth Year: abt 1843 Birth Place: Ohio Home in 1850(City,County,State): New Haven, Huron, Ohio Household Members: Name Age Harmon Ransom 43 NY Labourer Leafy Ransom 43 NY Silas Ransom 18 NY Bostwick Ransom 16 OH Caroline Ransom 14 OH Sherman Ransom 7 OH Mariett Ransom 5 OH William Ransom 1 OH Samuel Tuttle 49 CT Carpenter
1860 United States Federal Census Name: Silas Ransom Age in 1860: 29 Birth Year: abt 1831 Birthplace: New York Home in 1860: Ashford, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin Post Office: Auburn Household Members: Name Age Silas Ransom 29 NY Day Laborer C A Ransom 33 NY << Catharine A. Francis Ransom 15 OH << relationship?
1870 United States Federal Census Name: Silas H Ranson Est. Birth Year: abt 1832 Age in 1870: 38 Birthplace: New York Home in 1870: Weston, Clark, Wisconsin Post Office: Neillsville Household Members: Name Age Silas H Ranson 38 NY Farmer 250 -- Catharine A Ranson 40 NY Keeping House Sherman Ranson 26 OH Works on Farm 250 -- Harmon Ransom 63 NY Retired Farmer
1880 United States Federal Census Name: Sherman Ransom Age: 30 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850 Birthplace: Ohio Relation to Head of Household: Son Father's Name: Herman Father's birthplace: New York Mother's birthplace: New York Occupation: Laborer Marital Status: Single Race: White Gender: Male Home in 1880: Weston, Clark, Wisconsin Household Members: Name Age Herman Ransom 74 NY-NY-NY Widowed Farmer << Harmon Silas H. Ransom 49 NY-NY-NY Widowed Son At Home Sherman Ransom 30 OH-NY-NY Single Son Laborer
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Site Bios
---Obit: Ransom, Silas (1831 - 1882) ---Source: Undated Newspaper Clipping from the Boon Family Scrapbook In the town of Weston, Clark County, Wis., June 21st, 1882, Mr. Silas Ransom, aged 51 years. Mr. Ransom had been long a resident of Clark County. He died at the residence of his brother on the banks of Cawley Creek, after a long and severe illness. His wife died several years ago. He leaves numerous relatives and friends to mourn his loss. ---Subject: Ransom, Silas ( 1851-1882) ---SOURCE: SCRAPBOOK - SOURCE UNKNOWN SILAS RANSOM. Silas Ransom of Weston, Clark County, Wisconsin, whose wife passed on last year, died June 21, 1882. ---Subject: Ransom, Catharine Amanda (1832 1873) ---Source: NEILLSVILLE REPUBLICAN PRESS (Clark County, Wis.) 08/15/1873 Ransom, Catharine Amanda (1832 - 1873) Died, in the Town of Weston, Clark County, on the 5th of Aug., 1873, Mrs. Catharine Amanda Ransom, aged 41 years. The funeral services were held in the Hyslip school-house, and attended by a numerous company of sorrowful friends and neighbors, who followed the remains to the cemetery at Neillsville. _____________________________________________________________________
Cemetery Index Ransom Sherman WESTON EAST WESTON Ransom Albert M. WESTON EAST WESTON Ransom Estella WESTON EAST WESTON
Ransom Catherine Amanda NEILLSVILLE CITY PINE VALLEY Rausom Silas H. NEILLSVILLE CITY PINE VALLEY Rausom William NEILLSVILLE CITY PINE VALLEY Ransom Fay NEILLSVILLE CITY PINE VALLEY Ransom Benjamin NEILLSVILLE CITY PINE VALLEY ____________________________________________________________
Neillsville City Cemetery - Pine Valley Twp., Neillsville, WI
c Rausom (Ransom), Silas H., A-23 * b. abt 1831, d. 21 June 1882 m. Catharine A. parents: Harmon & Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom o Ransom, Catherine Amanda 1832 4-Aur-1873 wife of Silas H. Ransom
c Rausom (Ransom), William A-22 could be the son of Harmon & Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom, b. 17 Nov 1849 Ohio, d. 14 Aug 1940 Black River Falls, m. Floretta Raymond
Sons of Charlotte (Raymond) & Bostwick Ransom (Charlotte later married Calvin J. Mills) no record of either man ever being married… ct Ransom, Fay I-49 May-1859 12-Oct-1901 ct Ransom, Benjamin I-49 12-Dec-1861 2-Oct-1902 (Spouse) Benjamin Ransom ----------------------------
Weston East Cemetery, "Chapel Hill" - Weston Township, Clark County, Wisconsin
t Ransom, Albert M. K-035 7-31-1870 3-11-1873 (age 2y 7m) son of Wm & Floretta (Raymond) Ransom o Ransom, Estella 1867-3-29 1881 (age 13) SPOUSE Fred M. Raymond PARENTS Salman/Betsy Johnson daughter of William & Floretta (Raymond) Ransom
n Ransom, Sherman 1846 (1843) - 1888 SPOUSE Estella PARENTS William & F.T. Ransom PARENTS Harmon & Leafy (Tuttle) Ransom Civil War - Co G 14th Wis Inf.; Enlisted 2/28/1865-10/9/1865 (never married)
---Source: CLARK COUNTY REPUBLICAN PRESS (Neillsville, Wis.) 04/01/1881 ---Ransom, Estella (1867 - 29 MAR 1881) Died, in the town of Weston, Clark County, March 29, 1881, Estella Ransom, aged 13 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ransom. The funeral was attended on Wednesday of this week at the Hyslip Schoolhouse, sermon by Rev. Wm. T. Hendren. _____________________________________________________________________
ANCESTRY TREE salzwedel (Owner: peggin2nite) Harmon Ransom Birth: 1807 NY Death: Leafy Tuttle Birth: 1807 NY Death:
Children Name Sex Birth / Death Silas H. Ransom M abt 1831 New York << married Catharine A. June 21 1882 Weston, Clark County, Wis
Bostwick Ransom M abt 1834 Ohio << married Charlotte Raymond (dau: Luther & Julia Raymond)
Caroline L. Ransom F 1836 Ohio << Married Albert W. Tuttle March 16, 1911 Woodburn, Marion Co., Oregon.
Sherman Ransom M abt 1843 Ohio DIED 1888, buried Weston Cemetery, Clark Co., WI (age 42 ?) << never married Timeline 1843 (abt) Birth, Ohio 1850 Age: 7 Residence New Haven, Huron, Ohio 1870 Age: 27 Residence Eaton, Clark, Wisconsin 1880 Age: 37 Residence Weston, Clark, Wisconsin, United States
Maryetta Ransom F 19 Aug 1845 Ohio m. Theodore Brown Jr, 14 Feb 1866 (Auburn) 30 Nov 1921 Weston, Clark, Wisconsin 10 Children
William Price Ransom M 17 Nov 1849 Huron, , Ohio, USA m. Floretta Raymond 14 Aug 1940 Black River Falls (sister of Charlotte)
* for more family info, see TUTTLE Albert W.
Marriage Record Details Last Name: Ransom First: Bostick Day: 03 Month: November Year: 1857 Last Name: Raymond First: Charlotte A County: Fond du Lac Volume: 01 Page: 0415 _____________________________________________________________________
Fort Jefferson Civil War Prison
In 1846, the United States began building a fort for the coastal defense of Florida. Fort Jefferson, the largest masonry fort in the United States, took up just about all the space on 25 acre Garden Key, located in the Dry Tortugas-a chain of tiny sun-bleached islands west of Key West.
Climate on the barren sand was horrible: the sun beat down mercilessly and the humidity fostered mildew and rot. Swarms of flies, mosquitoes, and gnats plagued the islands. There was no water, no trees-nothing but sand, and that rose only three feet above the sea. Every item needed for construction and for support of the workers had to be imported.
By late 1861, with the fort's half mile of 50 foot high brick walls still under construction, the federal government decided to use the facility as a prison. Not intended to confine Confederate prisoners of war, the fort was used instead as a dumping ground for criminals from Union armies. General George B. McClellan sent 63 rebellious soldiers from the 2d Maine Infantry to spend the war toiling on the desolate dot of sand.
One of the worst Union prisons in the Civil War, the fort had a well deserved reputation as America's Devil's Island. A sentence to hard labor at Fort Jefferson was a sentence in hell. The unending job of construction, usually while wearing a ball and chain, a diet of tainted, diarrhea-and scurvy-causing food, swarms of insects, bedbugs, isolation, brutal guards, and plagues of yellow fever and malaria all combined to make life intolerable and uncertain.
Unimportant to the Confederate war effort, Fort Jefferson was one of four U.S. forts in the Deep South that escaped capture by the Confederates at the beginning of the war.
Source: Atlas Editions Civil War Cards ___________________________________________________________________
CHILDREN of Wm & Floretta Ransom: Estella (1867-1881); Albert M. (1870-1873); Eldora (1875-), Bertha (1878-), Guy (1883-)
1860 United States Federal Census Name: Floretta Raymond Age in 1860: 13 Birth Year: abt 1847 Birthplace: Wisconsin Home in 1860: Ashford, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin Household Members: Name Age Luther Raymond 50 Julia A Raymond 40 Floretta Raymond 13
1870 United States Federal Census Name: Valera Rundson Est. Birth Year: abt 1847 Age in 1870: 23 Birthplace: Wisconsin Post Office: Armstrong Corners Home in 1870: Ashford, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin Household Members: Name Age Luther Raymond 60 Valera Rundson 23 Floretta Raymond Ransom William Raymond 21 William Ransom Estella Raymond 2 Estella Ransom
1880 United States Federal Census Name: Floretta Ransom Age: 33 Est. Birth Year: abt 1847 Birthplace: Wisconsin Father's birthplace: New York Mother's birthplace: New York Home in 1880: Weston, Clark, Wisconsin Household Members: Name Age William Ransom 32 Floretta Ransom 33 Estella Ransom 12 Eldora Ransom 5 Bertha Ransom 2 Luther Raymond 71
1900 United States Federal Census Name: Floretta Rausom Age: 53 Birth Date: Dec 1845 Birthplace: New York Father's Birthplace: Connecticut Mother's Birthplace: New York Mother: number of living children: 3 Mother: How many children: 5 Spouse's Name: Wm Marriage Year: 1868 Years Married: 32 Home in 1900: Brockway, Jackson, Wisconsin Household Members: Name Age Wm Rausom 51 Floretta Rausom 53 Guy W Rausom 17
1910 United States Federal Census Name: William Ransom Age in 1910: 62 Est. Birth Year: abt 1848 Birthplace: Ohio Father's Birth Place: New York Mother's Birth Place: Connecticut Home in 1910: Brockway, Jackson, Wisconsin Household Members: Name Age William Ransom 62 Florette Ransom 64
1920 United States Federal Census Name: Floretta Ransom Age: 74 years Est. Birth Year: abt 1846 Birthplace: Wisconsin Relation to Head of House: Wife Spouse's Name: William Father's Birth Place: Connecticut Mother's Birth Place: New York Home in 1920: Komensky, Jackson, Wisconsin Household Members: Name Age William Ransom 72 Floretta Ransom 74
1930 United States Federal Census Name: Floretta Ransom Age: 83 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1847 Relation to Head of House: Mother-in-law Spouse's Name: William Home in 1930: Manchester, Jackson, Wisconsin Household Members: Name Age John Hurlburt 57 Bertha Hurlburt 50 Ray Hurlburt 26 William Ransom 81 Floretta Ransom 83 |
Related Links
Bio: Ransom, William & Floretta (1880)
Bio: Tuttle, Albert & Caroline (Ransom)
Bio: Tuttle, Rensselear (Family History)
Silas H. Ransom is also featured in the book, "Civil War Soldiers in the heart of Clark Co., Wisconsin."
Contributors
Paul Forster, Marsha Hosfeld, Deb Sanger, Janet Schwarze, Ken Wood & The Clark Co. History Buffs