Michael Ransberry born 10 July 1807 in Berwick, Pa. He was the son of Henry and Sarah Bowman Ransberry. His family moved when he was about 4 to the Solladay/High Bridge farm owned by his uncle John, owned large amounts of land in Stroud and Smithfield Township.
He apprenticed as a tanner with John Brown of Smithfield Township, and worked in his trade until he returned home to help his father on the farm. He married Katherine Overpeck ( 1815-1846) in 1835. He married Sarah Rowe (1840-1913)
He moved and built a house on Courtland Street, East Stroudsburg, where he died 31 Jan 1883. He and his wives are buried in the Ransberry Family Cemetery, Analomink, Pa. The cemetery and property around it was part of the original family homestead.
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