Ancestry of Ramsey Clark

compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Ramsey Clark should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.





William Addams Reitwiesner

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Ancestry of Ramsey Clark
1 William Ramsey Clark, US Attorney General, b. Dallas, Tex., 18 Dec. 1927
PARENTS
2 Thomas Campbell ("Tom") Clark, US Attorney General, US Supreme Court Justice, b. Dallas, Tex., 23 Sept. 1899, d. New York, N. Y., 13 June 1977 [SSDI 455-76-4652]
m. ... 1924
3 Mary Jane Ramsey, b. ... , d. ...
GRANDPARENTS
4 William Henry Clark, b. ... 2 May 1861, d. Dallas, Tex., 17 Sept. 1931
m.
5 Virginia Maxey Falls, b. Brandon, Miss., 29 Dec. 1866, d. Dallas, Tex., 5 Jan. 1953
6 William Franklin Ramsey, lawyer, judge, banker, b. Bell Co., Tex., 25 Oct. 1855, d. Dallas, Tex., 27 Oct. 1922
m. ... 13 Oct. 1886
7 Rowena Hill, b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
10 Absalom Theopolis Falls, b. ... 24 June 1834, d. Dallas, Tex., 14 April 1915
m.
11 Sarah Elizabeth Maxey, b. Rankin Co., Miss., 22 April 1839, d. Jackson, Miss., 14 April 1915
12 John J ... Ramsey, b. ... , d. ...
m.
13 Nancy Clark, b. ... , d. ...
14 , b. ... , d. ...
m.
15 , b. ... , d. ...
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
22 Robert Maxey, b. ... , Va., 25 March 1815, d. Rankin Co., Miss., ... 1874
m.
23 Harriet Virginia Shelton, b. Pittsylvania Co., Va., 4 Feb. 1821, d. Brandon, Miss., 5 Feb. 1872








EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS







1920 Texas, Dallas Co., Dallas, ED 76, sheet 11B, line 97, continued on sheet 12A

Ramsey William F      H      M W 63 M      TX TN KY       Manager    Bank
       Rowena B       W      F W 52 M      TX TN KY
       Benton H       S      M W 23 M      TX TX TX       Clerk      Bank
       Knox           S      M W 23 S      TX TX TX
       Mary           D      F W 17 S      TX TX TX
       Dorothy        D      F W 15 S      TX TX TX
       Katherine M    DiL    F W 19 M      TX KY TX

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