"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXN3-TSF : 11 August 2017), Claiborn Ransom in household of Abner Ransom, Versailles, Brown, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district ED 40, sheet 544D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0176; FHL microfilm 1,254,176.
"Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2P5-SGL : 4 November 2017), Robert Clabourne Ransom and Lisa Josepha York, 1889; citing Brown, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 2,021,280.
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