1897 History - W. H. & F. A. Ransom

Ransom, W. H. & F. A. - The senior member of this firm, Washington H., was born in Lockport, N. Y., March 9, 1842, and has been engaged in the practice of law for over thirty years. He studied law at the Albany Law School and was graduated from there and admitted to the bar. He was a classmate of the Hon. D. Cady Herrick and President McKinley. The junior member of this firm, Frank A., son of Washington H. and Kate F. (Stickney) Ransom, was born in Lockport October 9, 1871. He began the study of law in his father's office and was admitted to the bar in Buffalo, January 6, 1894, and since that time has been connected with the firm of W. H. & F. A. Ransom, one of the leading firms of the city of Lockport.

Contributed 2017 by Lisa Slaski from Landmarks of Niagara County, New York, by William Pool, D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, NY, 1897

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