William Ranshaw
William Ranshaw, (deceased) was born in 1802 in Germany; son of Fred Ransaw. He emigrated to America, settling in this county, in 1840, and married in Ravenna Township the same year to Elizabeth Schriver, also a native of Germany, where she was born in 1822, and from where she emigrated to America the same year her husband arrived. To this union were born seven children, five of whom are now living: William H., Lewis, Fannie, Fred and Henry C. The deceased are George and Mary. Our subject was a tanner by trade, but after arriving in this county engaged in farming, which occupation he followed until his death, in February, 1866. He at that time owned fifty-two acres of good land on which his widow now resides. He was universally respected, an honest, upright citizen, true to his obligations and a man who contributed largely to the development of this county.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885