"United States Census, 1860," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCG1-KHP : accessed 23 September 2015), Ransom Riley in household of Nickolas Riley, Butler Township, Knox, Ohio, United States.
"United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M625-FYX : accessed 23 September 2015), Ransom Riley in household of Nicholas Riley, Ohio, United States.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Ransom by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Ransom: