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== Indiana Pioneer ==

== Indiana Pioneer ==

By 1803, Ransdell was living in [[Mercer County, Kentucky|Mercer Co., Kentucky]]. Soon he emigrated to the frontier of the [[Indiana Territory]] where he was an early pioneer. He met and subsequently married, around 1808, Rhoda Sampson,<ref> The Mattoon Weekly Gazette, Mattoon, Illinois, July 14, 1893</ref> the daughter of William and Sarah (Coleman) Sampson in [[Harrison County, Indiana]]. William Sampson had served in the American Revolution with the [[Virginia]] troops. Their first child Frances Laura was born on March 15, 1809.<ref>''The History of Arkansas'', 1913, pages 1570-1571</ref>  

By 1803, Ransdell was living in [[Mercer County, Kentucky|Mercer Co., Kentucky]]. Soon he emigrated to the frontier of the [[Indiana Territory]] where he was an early pioneer. He met and subsequently married, around 1808, Rhoda Sampson,<ref>The Mattoon Weekly Gazette, Mattoon, Illinois, July 14, 1893</ref> the daughter of William and Sarah (Coleman) Sampson in [[Harrison County, Indiana]]. William Sampson had served in the American Revolution with the [[Virginia]] troops. Their first child Frances Laura was born on March 15, 1809.<ref>''The History of Arkansas'', 1913, pages 1570-1571</ref>  

== Wartime service ==

== Wartime service ==

== Noah Beauchamp Affair ==

== Noah Beauchamp Affair ==

The Ransdells moved to [[Floyd County, Indiana]]<ref> The Mattoon Weekly Gazette, Mattoon, Illinois, July 14, 1893</ref> by 1820 and again later to [[Vigo County, Indiana]]. On March 15, 1827, their daughter Frances married Noah Beauchamp, Jr., the son of the blacksmith [[Noah Beauchamp]].<ref>''The History of Arkansas'', 1913, pages 1570-1571</ref><ref>''History of Vigo and Parke Counties, Together with Historic Notes on the Wabash Valley'', H. W. Beckwith, 1880 pp. 449-450</ref>   

The Ransdells moved to [[Floyd County, Indiana]]<ref>The Mattoon Weekly Gazette, Mattoon, Illinois, July 14, 1893</ref> by 1820 and again later to [[Vigo County, Indiana]]. On March 15, 1827, their daughter Frances married Noah Beauchamp, Jr., the son of the blacksmith [[Noah Beauchamp]].<ref>''The History of Arkansas'', 1913, pages 1570-1571</ref><ref>''History of Vigo and Parke Counties, Together with Historic Notes on the Wabash Valley'', H. W. Beckwith, 1880 pp. 449-450</ref>   

In 1840, Noah Beauchamp, Sr. stabbed his neighbor George Mickeberry to death over a dispute.<ref>Wabash Courier, September 10, 1842</ref><ref>Wabash Express, September 28, 1842</ref><ref>''History of Vigo County, Indiana'', S. B. Nelson & Co., Chicago, 1891</ref> This famous incident culminated in a prolonged manhunt and trial that dragged both Ransdell and Rhoda into the witness box.<ref>''Noah Beauchamp Indictment'', Parke County, Indiana, 1841</ref>

In 1840, Noah Beauchamp, Sr. stabbed his neighbor George Mickeberry to death over a dispute.<ref>Wabash Courier, September 10, 1842</ref><ref>Wabash Express, September 28, 1842</ref><ref>''History of Vigo County, Indiana'', S. B. Nelson & Co., Chicago, 1891</ref> This famous incident culminated in a prolonged manhunt and trial that dragged both Ransdell and Rhoda into the witness box.<ref>''Noah Beauchamp Indictment'', Parke County, Indiana, 1841</ref>

== References ==

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