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A Tribute To A Confederate Veteran
2nd Lt. Ransom Dudley
Ransom Dudley was born in Franklin County 13
March 1819 the son of Thomas and Nancy (Pasley)
Dudley. He was the eighth of ten children born to this
marriage. Other siblings included: 1. John, born 1800
and died in 1804; 2. Robert, born 1809; 3. John born
1805, who died of pneumonia in 1862; 4. Gywn, born
in 1810; 5. Lucy Mary, born 1812; 6. Stephen, born
1813; 7. Thomas, born 1816; 8. Ransom; 9. Sparrell,
born 1821 and 10. Gillian Frances,born 1825.
This branch of the Dudley family migrated to
Franklin County from Lunenburg County where Thomas
was born in 1772, the son of Gwyn and Mary E.
(Hale) Dudley. Thomas and Nancy raised their children
on a farm in the Gills Creek area of Franklin
County. Ransom was listed in the 1860 census as being
a Tobacco Peddler.
When duty called it’s sons of Virginia, Ransom enlisted
in Company E, 58th Virginia Infantry on 24 July
1861 at John Pasley’s Store. He was 41 and was listed
as a 3rd Corporal. On 28 February 1862 he was elected
2nd Seargent and elected 2nd Lieutenant 1 May 1862.
Ransom was wounded in action (fractured left arm) at
the battle of Gaines Mill 27 June 1862. He was promoted
again on 27 October 1862 and returned to duty
on 30 April 1863. His left arm became practically useless
and he resigned due to wounds 30 March 1864.
Ransom moved to St. Louis, Missouri in
1868 where he met Julia P. Jones. She was born in
Franklin County 14 November 1844, the daughter of
Henry and Sophia (Sink) Jones. They were married in
St. Louis, Missouri 28 March 1868. They shortly thereafter settled in Callaway Co., Missouri and had ten children:
James Thomas, Benjamin Franklin, Nancy Mary,
Ransom Alexander, Stella B., Virginia L., Joseph E.,
Martha Ella, Lilburn J., and Hattie L., all born in Missouri.
Ransom died in Missouri 24 July 1896 and was buried in his Confederate uniform. He and
Julia are buried at the Bachelor Cemetery in Callaway
County, Missouri.
Ransom is the great grandfather of James Knipp, and the great, great grandfather of Jeffrey E. Knipp, both Elijah Gates Camp members.
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