Ramsay family.

William Gouverneur Ramsay was the son of Joseph Gales Ramsay (1843-1899) and Anne Morris Ramsay (1846-1910). He was born August 23, 1866 at the Presidio, San Francisco, California. He trained as a civil engineer at the University of Virginia, finishing his course work in 1887. His employment included numerous engineering positions with the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, for which he worked sporadically from 1883 until 1892.

In 1892, Ramsay joined the Chicago sales office of the Repauno Chemical Company and Eastern Dynamite Company. While in Chicago, he was involved with the construction of the Chicago drainage canal. In 1894, Ramsay was transferred to the New York sales office of Repauno where he was head of the sales office until June 1898. He left to organize Company "A," 1st U.S. Volunteer Engineers in response to the Spanish-American War. He served in the war as captain of the company and was promoted to major.

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