W.J. Ramage

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Date of Birth	February 1839
Date of Death	Monday, December 18, 1911

Biography

William J. Ramage was born in Pennsylvania in 1839, and served as a private in the 19th Illinois Infantry. He fought in many battles in Tennessee, including Chickamauga. After the war he settled in Tennessee, and eventually moved to Knoxville, where he worked as a book-keeper. He died in 1911.

As a member of the Lookout Club of Chattanooga, he was elected President of the Tennessee Base Ball Convention, May 1, 1867.

Ramage is buried in Knoxville National Cemetery.

Sources

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85038521/1867-05-03/ed-1/seq-3/

National Cemetery Administration. U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca.1775-2006 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: National Cemetery Administration. Nationwide Gravesite Locator

 

National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000. Original data: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 546 rolls.

 

1900; Census Place: Knoxville Ward 6, Knox, Tennessee; Roll: 1581; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0061; FHL microfilm: 1241581.

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Clubs

Club	Years	Roles	Edit Association with Player
Lookout Club of Chattanooga	1867