Gaston, Joseph.  "The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912."  Vol. 4. 
Chicago, Clarke Publishing Co., 1912. p. 762.
 
E. B. RAMSBY

     of Klamath Falls, was born in Lagrange county, Indiana, near Ligonier, June
11, 1848, his parents being R. C. and Mary (Reynolds) Ramsby, who were natives
of Ohio and were married there, after which they removed to Indiana. In 1868
they came to Oregon by way of New York and the isthmus route and settled on the
Molalla prairie near Oregon City, where they made their home until 1873. At that
time they removed to Silverton, Oregon, and in 1896 went to Portland, where the
father passed away in April, 1909, at the age of seventy-six years. The mother
still resides in Portland at the very advanced age of eighty-four years. Mr.
Ramsby was sheriff of Noble county, Indiana, for eight years, filling that
position during the Civil war. He was engaged in the stage business while in
Silverton, running a stage line from that place to Portland by way of Damascus.
In 1880 he was elected sheriff of Marion county for a term of two years and
while residing in Silverton was also elected to the state legislature, in which
he served for one term. Politically he was a republican, stanch in his advocacy
of the party principles, but never countenancing  underhand methods in the
attainment of success.
     E. B. Ramsby is the eldest in a family of four sons and three daughters,
all of whom are yet living. He made his home with his parents until 1870 but
when only fourteen years of age enlisted for service in the Civil war, becoming
a member of Company B, Twelfth Indiana Infantry, which was attached to the
Fourth Brigade, Fourth Division of the Fifteenth Army Corps. He served for two
years and eleven months or until the close of the war and took part in all the
engagements with his company. He claims to be the youngest Civil war veteran
that carried a gun and he was not only the youngest but the smallest member of
his company. He enlisted as a musician but was mustered in as a regular and his
comrades of the regiment nicknamed him Babe. He was indeed the babe and pet of
the company and was allowed many privileges not accorded to others. He also did
his full share of the fighting, his bravery and loyalty being equal to that of
many a soldier of twice his years.
     When the war was over Mr. Ramsby returned to his parents on the 25th of
July, 1865, and came with them to Oregon. In 1870 he married Sophia Woodcock,
who was born August 6, 1852, and is a native of this state, her parents being W.
D. and Alice Anna Woodcock. Mr. Ramsby started out in the business world with
his father and for several years they conducted a stage line. In 1876 he left
Silverton and went to The Dalles and in 1883 he removed to Grant county, Oregon.
He was then engaged in the live-stock business until 1887, when he went to John
Day and was engaged in breaking horses until 1890. He then returned to Portland
and for two years was foreman of the city stables. He next purchased a livery
stable in Barlow, Oregon, but sold out in 1896 and came to Klamath Falls. For a
number of years he was engineer at the flouring mills at Merrill and for three
years he was on the police force at Klamath Falls. For the past four years he
has been engaged in the express business here and thus a life of activity and
usefulness continues, in which he has accomplished much that he has undertaken.
He is the owner of a fine home in the Hot Springs addition and is accounted one
of the representative residents of this part of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsby
became parents of a son and daughter: Carey M., of Klamath Falls; and Myrtle,
who is the wife of S. E. Martin, of Merrill, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Ramsby hold
membership in the Methodist Episcopal church and are earnest, consistent,
Christian people whose well spent lives have gained them high regard. He is a
lifelong republican and fraternally is connected with the Grand Army of the
Republic, thus keeping in close touch with his comrades of the Civil war. There
are indeed few men of his years who can claim to have been actively connected
with the long, sanguinary conflict which established the Union on a firmer basis
than ever before. The same spirit of loyalty has been manifest throughout his
entire life in all of his relations to the community.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in July 2007 by Diana Smith. Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.