Luther B. Ramsay is a native of Deerfield, Oneida County, New York, and was born in 1818. He came to Whiteside in 1839 in company with Leonard Woodworth, as one of the engineers in the construction of the canal around the rapids above Rock Falls, and continued at that work for six months, and then returned to New York State, having previously, however, made a claim in what is now the township of Hume. In the fall of 1840 he came back to Whiteside, and lived for three years in Hune, and then moved to Prophetstown where he has sincc resided. Since his last return to Whiteside he has been constantly engaged in farming, and in 1853 and 1854 was also engaged in the mercantile business in the village of Prophetstown. For quite a number of years past he has manufactured cheese to a considerable extent, and has a splendid dairy farm near the center of the township. He is one of the leading citizens of Prophetstown and resides in the village. Mr. Ramsay was married to Miss Caroline M. Smith in 1845. Their children have been: Frank D., an able and successful lawyer, who married Miss Lavisa McKenzie, and lives in Morrison; and Lucy E., and Christina, living in Prophetstown.
Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County
