Biography

02/11/1799 - 09/23/1877

KINGSLEY, Ransom, a Representative from Crawford County; born, February 11, 1799 at Fort Ann, Washington County, NY; proprietor, saw mill; farmer; postmaster, United States Postal Service, Townville, Crawford County (1830-1851); elected, commissioner, Crawford County (1838-1841); elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1852 and 1853 terms; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1854 term; died, September 23, 1877 in Winfield, DuPage County, Illinois; interred, West Batavia Cemetery, Batavia, Kane County, Illinois.