RANCH, Augustus A.

RANCH

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 5/31/2021 at 17:48:53

Augustus A. Ranch
born 1855, Ohio

A. A. Ranch, a farmer, and Secretary of the School Board of Grant township, Ida County, was born in Seneca County, Ohio, in 1855, a son of Peter and Caroline (Peters) Ranch, natives also of Ohio. The paternal grandfather of our subject, Daniel Ranch, was a native of Pennsylvania, but in an early day located in Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ranch were married in that State, later located in Seneca County, where the father died in 1862, and the mother now resides in Columbiana County.
A. A. Ranch, the subject of this sketch, was reared and educated in Columbiana County, Ohio. In 1881 he came to Ida County, Iowa, there he has purchased and improved 160 acres of land. In 1891 he erected his residence, has a good barn, 50 x 56 feet, a good orchard and vineyard, and three acres of his place is devoted to fruit and shade trees. In 1880, in Columbiana County, Ohio, Mr. Ranch married Miss Rosa B. Moore, a native of that State. To this union has been born two children: Della Luella and Charley A.
Mr. Ranch takes an active interest in politics, voting with the Peoples’ Party. He has witnessed many changes in Grant Township since his residence here, and has taken an active interest in everything for its good.
Source: Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa, 1893, p.603