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father’s side he is of English, and on his mother’s of Scotch-Irish 
ancestry. He has one sister, Emily H. Ramskill. 
He spent his early days in Maryland and Washington, D. C., where 
he attended high school. In 1902 he entered Cornell, continuing to study 
there until the Forest School was discontinued in 1903. 
He was married February 28, 1906, in Parowan, Utah, to Miss Jessie 
Messick of Westerville, Ohio, daughter of Rufus M. Messick and Mary 
Frances Messick. They have two daughters: Margaret H. Ramskill, 
born December 19, 1906, in Parowan, Utah, and Ruth Anna Ramskill, 
born November 23, 1912, in Delta, Colo., and one son, Jerome Hinds 
Ramskill, Jr., born April 23, 1911, in Delta, Colo. 
Ramskill was appointed forest assistant in the United States 
Forest Service on July 1, 1905, and was assigned to Sevier 
Forest Reserve, Utah. He was transferred in August, 1906, 
to Leadville National Forest, Colorado, and in November, 1907, 
to Uncompahgre National Forest, Colorado, which position he 
now holds. 
He is a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of 
Elks. 
Charles A. Scott 
311 North Eighteenth Street, Manhattan, Kans. 
Charles Anderson Scott was born January 30, 1875, in Westmoreland, 
Kans., the son of Adam Scott, a farmer, and Elizabeth (Anderson) Scott. 
His parents came to the United States from Scotland in 1870. He has 
two brothers: Thomas A. Scott, M.D. Rush Medical College, Portland, 
Ore., and John M. Scott, B.S.A. Kansas State Agricultural College, now 
vice director of the Florida Experiment Station, Gainesville, Fla. 
He lived on a farm and attended the common school at Westmoreland, 
Kans. In 1901 he graduated from the Kansas State Agricultural College 
with the degree of B.S.A. He was a cadet captain while at college and 
a member of Alpha Zeta. He was employed in the United States Forest 
Service from the time of his graduation until he entered the Yale Forest 
School. 
He was married September 30, 1903, in Hall’s Summit, Kans., to Miss 
Laura Davidson (deceased), of Hall’s Summit, Kans., daughter of Isaac 
Davidson and Mary Davidson. He was married a second time, on Janu- 
ary 30, 1907, to Miss Perley Burnham Jewett of Broken Bow, Neb., daugh- 
ter of Leander Hastings Jewett and Sarah M. Jewett. By this marriage 
he has two daughters: Sybella Adelaide Scott, born January 4, 1908, in 
Broken Bow, Neb., and Sarah Elizabeth Scott, born January 13, 1911, in 
Manhattan, Kans. 
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