Family Group Sheet
NameGrover Cleveland Ramey, 2C4R
Birth4 Feb 1885, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death30 Oct 1960, Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio
BurialBrown Cemetery, off U.S. 60, Morehead, Ky
FatherJohn Allen Ramey (1848-1935)
MotherElizabeth Helen Myers (1852-1911)
Other spousesCaroline Jennings
Marriage31 Dec 1910, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseMattie M. Armstrong, 3C3R
Birth21 Dec 1890, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death2 Jul 1958, Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio
BurialBrown Cemetery, off U.S. 60, Morehead, Ky
FatherLewis Sherman Armstrong (1867-1933)
MotherLillie Elizabeth Ramey (1867-1951)
Children
1 FClara Ramey (Died as Child), 3C3R
Birth13 Nov 1911, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death29 Sep 1918, Rowan Co., Kentucky
2 MRussell Coleman Ramey, 3C3R
Birth20 Feb 1915, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death18 Dec 1943, Zanesville, Muskingum Co., Ohio
SpouseArmalta Betty Cole
3 MRaymond “Ray” J. Ramey, 3C3R
Birth15 Mar 1917, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death7 Sep 1990, Anoka Co., Minnesota
SpouseBarbara Mollie Schween
4 MRoy F. Ramey, 3C3R
Birth26 Feb 1919, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death17 Dec 1943, Zanesville, Muskingum Co., Ohio
SpouseAldyth Aldene Keesy
Notes for Grover Cleveland Ramey
His WW I draft registration card, filed 12 Sep 1918, records Grover Cleveland Ramey, age 33, residence Cogswell, Rowan Co., Ky, born 4 Feb 1885, occupation farming, self employed, nearest relative Mattie Ramey, same address.
His WW II draft registration card, filed 25 April 1942, records Grover Cleveland Ramey, residence North St., Shiloh, Richland Co., Ohio, age 57, born 4 Feb 1885 in Morehead, Ky, employer Gorman-Rupp Co., Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio, contact Postmaster, Shiloh, Ohio.
The Ohio deaths index lists Grover C. Ramey, age 75, died 27 Oct 1960 at long-term care facilities in Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio, residence Richland Co., widowed.
Be careful not to confuse him with Grover Cleveland Ramey born 7 Aug 1884 in Pike Co., Kentucky, who married Cora Slone, and died 25 Feb 1967 in Pike Co., Ky, or with Grover Cleveland Ramey born 11 Feb 1888 in Harrison Co., Ky, who married Mattie E. Sydnor, and died 11 Nov 1972 in Campbell Co., Ky. (The former is easily confused because they are only 6 months apart in age, and the latter because they both had wives named Mattie.)
His WW II draft registration card, filed 25 April 1942, records Grover Cleveland Ramey, residence North St., Shiloh, Richland Co., Ohio, age 57, born 4 Feb 1885 in Morehead, Ky, employer Gorman-Rupp Co., Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio, contact Postmaster, Shiloh, Ohio.
The Ohio deaths index lists Grover C. Ramey, age 75, died 27 Oct 1960 at long-term care facilities in Mansfield, Richland Co., Ohio, residence Richland Co., widowed.
Be careful not to confuse him with Grover Cleveland Ramey born 7 Aug 1884 in Pike Co., Kentucky, who married Cora Slone, and died 25 Feb 1967 in Pike Co., Ky, or with Grover Cleveland Ramey born 11 Feb 1888 in Harrison Co., Ky, who married Mattie E. Sydnor, and died 11 Nov 1972 in Campbell Co., Ky. (The former is easily confused because they are only 6 months apart in age, and the latter because they both had wives named Mattie.)
Notes for Mattie M. Armstrong
Her gravestone gives her birthdate as Dec 21, 1889, but the 1900 census lists her as age 9, born Dec 1890, and the 1910 census lists her as age 19.
Notes for Grover Cleveland & Mattie M. (Family)
Rowan Co. marriage book 7, p. 300, records the marriage on 31 Dec 1910 of Grover Ramey, 25, second marriage, farmer, born in and resident of Rowan Co., son of John A. & Elizabeth Ramey, both born Rowan Co., to Mattie Armstrong, 21, first marriage, born in and resident of Rowan Co., daughter of Lewis & Lettie Armstrong, both born Rowan Co., at L. S. Armstrong’s by Rev. J. D. Johnson, witnesses John Ellis and Edward McKinney, bond surety by Butler Ramey.
Census
1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Pearcy precinct, enumerated 12 Jan, lists on p. 1A as family #9:
Ramey, Grover, 34, farmer; Mattie, wife, 30; Russel, son, 4; Ray, son, 2 9/12; Roy, son, 11/12. All born Ky Ky Ky.
There are five Ramey families at the bottom of this page, including Grover’s brothers Luther, Howard, Taylor and Henry.
1930 census of Richland Co., Ohio, Cass township, Shiloh village, enumerated 18 April, lists on p. 3A as family #70, on Prospect St:
Ramey, Grover, 43, age at first marriage 24, laborer on railroad section; Mattie, wife, 39, age at first marriage 20; Russell, son, 15; Ray, son, 13; Roy, son, 11. All born Ky Ky Ky.
The next household is headed by Grover’s brother Howard.
1940 census of Richland Co., Ohio, Cass township, Shiloh village, enumerated 6 April, lists on p. 2B as family #47:
Ramey, Grover, 55; Mattie, wife, 47; Russell, son, 25; Betty, dau-in-law, 22; Virginia, granddau, 1, b. Ohio.
Ramey, Grover, 34, farmer; Mattie, wife, 30; Russel, son, 4; Ray, son, 2 9/12; Roy, son, 11/12. All born Ky Ky Ky.
There are five Ramey families at the bottom of this page, including Grover’s brothers Luther, Howard, Taylor and Henry.
1930 census of Richland Co., Ohio, Cass township, Shiloh village, enumerated 18 April, lists on p. 3A as family #70, on Prospect St:
Ramey, Grover, 43, age at first marriage 24, laborer on railroad section; Mattie, wife, 39, age at first marriage 20; Russell, son, 15; Ray, son, 13; Roy, son, 11. All born Ky Ky Ky.
The next household is headed by Grover’s brother Howard.
1940 census of Richland Co., Ohio, Cass township, Shiloh village, enumerated 6 April, lists on p. 2B as family #47:
Ramey, Grover, 55; Mattie, wife, 47; Russell, son, 25; Betty, dau-in-law, 22; Virginia, granddau, 1, b. Ohio.
