Ramage Family History
Jacob Main
1848 - 1914 (65 years)-
Name Jacob Main Born 14 Sep 1848 Beaver Falls, N.Sewickly, PA. 
Gender Male Buried Feb 1914 Nebo, Pike, IL Died 21 Feb 1914 Nebo, Pike, IL Person ID I198 Ramage | Lee Lines Last Modified 28 Mar 2011
Father Daniel W. Main, b. 6 Feb 1805, N. Sewickly, Beaver, PA , d. 13 Apr 1881, Milton, Pike, IL (Age 76 years) Mother Ruth Johnston, b. 28 Feb 1811, N. Sewickly, Beaver, PA , d. 1881, Milton, Pike, IL (Age 69 years) Married Beaver, PA Family ID F110 Group Sheet
Family Mary Morton, b. Abt 1852, Beaver, PA , d. Yes, date unknown Married 1 Sep 1868 Beaver, PA Children 1. Effie Main, b. Abt 1874, Beaver County, Pennsylvania , d. Bef 29 Oct 1931 (Age ~ 57 years)+ 2. Otto Main, b. 7 Aug 1875, Independence, Pike County, Illinois , d. 29 Oct 1931, Nebo, Spring Creek Township, Pike County, Illinois (Age 56 years)+ 3. Mida Almira Main, b. 12 Feb 1879, Independence, Pike, IL , d. 2 Dec 1934, Jerome, Jerome County, Idaho (Age 55 years)4. Lynn Main, b. 1881, Independence, Pike County, Illinois , d. Yes, date unknown5. Mabel Main, b. 1885, Independence, Pike County, Illinois , d. Feb 1961, Milton, Pike County, Illinois (Age 76 years)6. Nellie Maud Main, b. 18 Jan 1885, Independence, Pike County, Illinois , d. 25 Mar 1966, Charleston, Mississippi County, Missouri (Age 81 years)Last Modified 28 Mar 2011 Family ID F109 Group Sheet
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Notes - Dates Source: Personal knowledge and records of Louise Weeks, Jan 1992
Time was about 10 miles from Nebo. Pop would hire a surrey with fringe on top to take us to see Mammy and Pappy Main. We would get there just before dinner time. I can remember what good food Mammy had. Fresh fried chicken she’d raised, potatoes and vegetables from their garden, delicious home made bread and little yellow tomato preserves.
The rooms in houses were small then. In their parlor was a baby grand piano, also Mammy’s quilting frames. She did quilting for people. I can shut my eyes and see her now: She was a small thin woman, her iron-grey hair parted in the middle and drawn into a knot in the back. Her name was Mary; Pappy’s name was Jacob. I think of them when I hear the song “Dear Hearts and Gentle People.”
The sidewalks in Time were all made of wooden boards. There was a band stand in the park across from Mammy and Pappy’s house. They had band concerts and ice cream and cake socials on Saturdays, given by the church. That was a big social event. I spent a couple of weeks in Time every summer. After Mom’s youngest sister Mabel was married and moved to Milton, a town about 12 miles from Time, I spent one summer with them. I was 15 then, and had a real good time. Uncle Leslie had a sister my age and a couple of brothers older. They lived a few miles away. They took me on a Showboat on the Mississippi river. It was a beautiful evening. After the show the orchestra played, and we danced in the moonlight on the deck. It was all so beautiful. Source: Irene (Hack) Lee
- Dates Source: Personal knowledge and records of Louise Weeks, Jan 1992