Venus Ramey
Crowned Miss America September 1944
5 feet 7, 125 lbs bust 37 ˝ 22 inch waist
Blue eyes, red hair
JACQUES
(JACOB) Remy
Born:
1630 Ivoy Lorraine France
Died: before 11-29-1721 Parish of Cople Westmoreland
County Virginia 91 years of age
His will was proven in 1721
Married: #1 Francios Haldatt
in France. Daughter of Antoine Haldatt II
Siegneur De Bonnet and Madelaine
Marchand (married 1625) Grandaughter
of Christopher Haldatt I Francios
died on the ship on the way to America
Jacob Remy Married: #2 1668 Mary Spencer: Born In
Virginia 1650
William Remy Sr
Born: 1672 Westmoreland County Virginia
died about
1738
Married: 1693 Catherine Asbury
William Remy
Born In 1696 In
Westmoreland Co., Va.,
He Lived In Stafford County Va and Prince George Co., Stafford County in 1751, Fairfax
in 1746, . And Died
In 1758 Frederick County (Now) Hampshire
County Virginia
William Married: 2 Sept 1737, Barbara Byram Born 1720
Jacob Remy
Born: Aug. 27, 1741 In Stafford Co., Va., Died: Loudon County Va 1799
Married: Susannah Grigsby 1759 in Loudon Co Va
Sanford Ramey
Born 1-2-1760/61 Loudon County Va
Married Lydia Lee daughter of Stephen Lee
and sister of Deborah Lee who
married Sanfords brother Jacob Remy jr
1…Jacob Ramey born in 1782/84 married Mary Latham in 1803
2…Caty Ramey (Catherine)
born 1785 m John Brown in 1804
3…Fannie Ramey born in 1790 married Enoch Mason in
1806
4…Daughter who Married Presley Cordell Wilson, some say Lydia.
Jacob
Ramey
Born: 1784 Loudon County Virginia
Married:
1803 Mary: Latham
Listed in 1830 in Montgomery
County Ky.
Age
40-50
3 male sons, and wife and 4
female children.
James
Ramey living near age 60-70
With
wife age 60-70 and 1 son age 20-30
1850
Montgomery County Kentucky
Mary
is living with so Robert in Ky.
Robert
age 36
Caroline
age 23
W.F.
age 2
Mary
age 69 born in Virginia
Henrietta
age 24 born in Kentucky
Where
Jacob Was in this census is unknown
He
is with John in 1860
1860
Montgomery County Kentucky Jacob
age 76 and Henrietta
Are
Listed living with his son
John
Ramey and wife Mildred
Children:
Robert
born 1815 Virginia
John
C. Ramey born 1819 Virginia
Henrietta
born 1826 Kentucky
John
Ramey
Born:
1819
Died: 1875
Married:
Mildred
Jane Haggard
Born:
1829
Died:
1884
1860 Census Montgomery County Ky.
John
Ramey age 41 born in Ky.
Mildred
age 31 born in Ky.
Mary
age 10 born in Ky.
James
age 9 born in Ky.
William
age 7 born in Ky.
Martin
age 4 born in Ky.
Sandford age 7 born in Ky.
Jacob
age 76 born in Virginia
Henrietta
age 36 born in Ky.
1880
Census: Montgomery County Ky
Mildred
J. Ramey age 51
Martin
age 24
Sanford
age 20
John
age 16
Davis
age 12
Children:
1…Mary
Martha (Mollie)
Born:
1850
2…James
Born:
1851
3…William
Born:
1853
4…Martin
Born: 1855
5…John
Born: 1856
6…Jacob
born 1857
Died:
August 18, 1868 of the Flux
Death
Record: States:
Jacob
Ramey age 14 months old
Parents:
John and Milly J. Ramey
6…Sanford
Born:
1860
7…Nannie (Nancy)
Born:
1862
8…Davis
Born:
1868
Martin
V.
Ramey
Born:
October 1855
Died: July 3 1925
Death
Record States: Mt. Sterling,Lincoln County Ky.
Father: John Ramey born in Virginia
Mother: Milly J Haggard
born in Ky.
Died
from a skull fracture falling down the stairs
Informant:
Mrs Nannie B Richards
Married:
1885 Emma Clark
She
had been married before
Born:
October 1864
1900
Montgomery County Ky Census
Martin
age 45 born 1855 Ky
Married
15 years
Emma
wife born Oct 1864
Married
15 years 1 child 1 child living
John
C. son age 12 born October 1887
Mary
Ware Servant, Black, born July 1881 age 18
1910
Census: Montgomery County Kentucky
John
Ramey age 22
Married
6 years
Evalene age 20 married 6 years
1
child, 1 child living
Martin,
father age 55 born in Ky
listed as Married
By
1920 they were back living together either that
Or
he was just visiting his son John when the 1910 Census
Was taken.
1920
Bath Kentucky
Martin
Ramey age 64
Emma
age 48
Lucille
Clark Stepdaughter
Bessie
Clark Stepdaughter
John
C. Ramey
Born:
October 1887
Married: 1905 Evalena Gambill
Born:
1890
She
was 15, he was 17
John C. Lived in Lincoln County Kentucky
John C. Died at age 82 in Lincoln
County Kentucky
25 April 1970
J.
W born 1906
Jessie
M born 1914
Venus
born 1925
Lois
born 1928
1910
Census: Montgomery County Kentucky
John
Ramey age 22
Married
6 years
Evalene age 20 married 6 years
1
child, 1 child living
Martin,
father age 55 born in Ky.
1920
Lived in the
State of Wyoming
John
C. Ramey age 34 born in Ky.
Evalena age 30 born in Ky.
John
son age 14 born in. Ky.
Jesse
M age 7 born in Ky.
Sallie
Gambill mother in law age 53 born in Ky.
Moved
Back to Kentucky to Lincoln County Kentucky by 1930
J.O.
Ramey born in Ky.
Evalena born in Ky.
John W.
age 24 born in Ky.
Jesse
M. age 17 born in Ky.
Venus
age 5 born in Ky.
Venus
Ramey born 1925 Kentucky
1944
Miss America
Ramey
competed as Miss District of Columbia and worked
during her reign to help win suffrage for Washington
D.C. in 1945. Later, she became the first Miss America to run for public
office, seeking a seat in the Kentucky House of Representatives
She
made an attempt at a seat in state legislature of Ky and then got married in 1948
Newspaper article and photo of Venus Ramey
The whole page has been put online as it is an interesting newpaper
Article on other things going on around the world at that time.
1944
To
Joseph H. Murphy they honeymooned in Cuba. He is in the sorghum business in
Lincoln County Ky.
Vensus Ramey of Ashland Ky filed as a democratic candidate
for the house of Rep.
Was
a judge in the 1954 Miss America contest.
A
Bomber was named after her:
The
Venus Ramey was also a famed WWII B-17, having flown 150 missions without being
shot down
-
National Review Newspaper Article
May 14, 2007
Miss America 1944 was Venus Ramey of Kentucky, the first redhead to win the title. Now aged 82, Ramey lives on a farm in her native state. The other day, Ramey, alerted by her dog, found an intruder in the act of stealing scrap metal from one of her storage buildings. The embarrassed but unrepentant thief said that if Ramey would get out of his way, he would leave.
"Oh no you won't," declared the retired beauty queen. She thereupon pulled out a snub-nosed .38 and shot out a tire on the intruder's car, balancing on her walker for a steady aim. The thief was subsequently arrested. "I'm trying to live a quiet, peaceful life and stay out of trouble, and all it is, is one thing after another," complained Ramey. We know the feeling, ma'am; but thanks for reminding us that on those inevitable occasions when trouble comes looking for you, a snub-nosed .38 can be very handy.
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