Ransom D. Amlong ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  Death Notes:

Name: Ransom Amlong
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 5 Oct 1919
Event Place: Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa, United States
Event Place (Original): Marshalltown, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 71
Birth Year (Estimated): 1848
Certificate Number: 643892

Citing this Record
"Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP2Z-NFHW : 30 October 2018), Ransom Amlong, 5 Oct 1919, Marshalltown, Marshall, Iowa, United States; citing certificate #643892, State Historical Society of Iowa, Des Moines; FamilySearch digital folder 102869868.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• Military: 1861 to 1864. Enlisted 1 Oct 1861 first in Co. B, 14th Iowa Infantry; Transferred to Co. B, 41st Iowa Infantry Battalion; Transferred to Co. L, 7th Iowa Cav. 25 Apr 1863; Mustered out 31 Oct 1864, Sioux City, IA
.

• He appeared on the 1870 US Census in Fremont Township, Johnson, IA on 15 June 1870. ³

1870 US Census
Page 21, Household 159
Fremont Township, Johnson County, Iowa
Ransom Amlon..28..PA..Farmer

(Living with wife and 3 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in New Boston, IL on June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 371A, Roll 0236
New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois
Ransom D. Aneleng..Self..37..PA..Farmer

(Living with wife and 4 children.)
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• He appeared on the 1910 US Census in Linn Township, Marshall County, IA on 18 April 1910. ⁴

1910 US Census
Sheet 5B, District 131, Roll 413
Iowa Soldiers Home
Linn Township, Marshall County, Iowa, United States
Ransom D. Amlong..Inmate..67..PA..Divorced

(Living as an inmate/patient at the Iowa Soldiers Home.)
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• Death Image: 5 October 1919, in Marshalltown, IA. ⁵

• He was buried on 7 October 1919 in the Iowa Veterans Home Cemetery in Marshalltown, IA.

Plot: Section S, Row 6, Grave 5
Find A Grave Memorial 38840633
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Ransom married Catherine McLaughlin, daughter of James McLaughlin and Elizabeth Smith, on 11 August 1865 in , Johnson County, IA.^{1 2} The marriage ended in divorce. (Catherine McLaughlin was born on 15 August 1845 in Philadelphia, PA,^{2 3 7 8 9 10 11} died on 12 August 1910 in Muscatine, IA ^{11 12} and was buried after 12 August 1910 in Aledo Cemetery, Aledo, IL ^{10 11}.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1870 US Census in Fremont Township, Johnson, IA on 15 June 1870. ³

1870 US Census
Page 21, Household 159
Fremont Township, Johnson County, Iowa
Ransom Amlon..28..PA..Farmer
Catharine Amlon..24..PA..Keeping House
George J. Amlon..4..IA..At Home
John A. Amlon..2..IA..At Home
Jennie C. Amlon..6m..IA..At Home
.

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in New Boston, IL on June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 371A, Roll 0236
New Boston, Mercer County, Illinois
Ransom D. Aneleng..Self..37..PA..Farmer
Catherine Aneleng..Wife..35..PA..Keeping House
Joseph Aneleng..Son..14..IA
Albaemis Aneleng...Son..12..IA
Jennie C. Aneleng..Daughter..10..IA
Samuel R. Aneleng..Son..9..IA
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• Ransom D. Amlong and Catherine McLaughlin were divorced after 1880. ^{4 5}

  Marriage Notes:

Name: Ransom D Amlong
Event Type: Marriage
Event Date: 11 Aug 1865
Event Place: Johnson, Iowa, United States
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Katie McLaughlin
Spouse's Gender: Female

Citing this Record
"Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJ3B-TLZ : 18 October 2017), Ransom D Amlong and Katie McLaughlin, 11 Aug 1865, Johnson, Iowa, United States; citing reference , county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 986,009.
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