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Ramsay, Erskine
  • b. 24 September 1864 - Six Mile Ferry, PA; d. 15 August 1953 - Birmingham, AL; buried: Elmwood Cemetery (Birmingham, AL)
  • "Birmingham Industrial Leaders Win Meritorious Awards for Their Work: Ramsay and Hassler given Recognition as Engineers and Inventors" Birmingham News 10 Feb 1937: 2.
  • "Erskine Ramsay Gives Away More Than $1,000,000 During Lifetime" Birmingham News 23 Sept 1948: 1, 4.
  • "Erskine Ramsay Gives Sixth Avenue Presbyterian Stained-Glass Window" Birmingham News 28 Nov 1948: D-48.
  • "Citizens Express Tributes to Late Erskine Ramsay" Birmingham News 17 Aug 1953: 18.
  • "Erskine Ramsay Estate Totaled Over $4 Million" Birmingham News 9 Aug 1957: 1.
  • "Erskine Ramsay, Famed Philanthropist, is Dead" Birmingham News 16 Aug 1953: 1, 2.
  • "Erskine Ramsay Found Happiness in Giving" Birmingham News 18 Aug 1953: 25.
  • "Erskine Ramsay, Inventor, 88, Dies: Alabama Industrialist and Philanthropist Patented 40 Coal Mining Devices" New York Times 17 Aug 1953.
  • "Erskine Ramsay Stands at Threshold of 80, Still Filled with Zest of Life" Birmingham Post 23 Sept. 1944: 1, 5.
  • "Home State to Honor Erskine Ramsay" Birmingham News 17 July 1950: A-2.
  • "Labor Saving Device for Mining Coal is Expected to Revolutionize Industry: Erskine Ramsay who has Many Industrial Innovations to his Credit, Produces Machine which will Have Seams at Great Savings to Owners" Birmingham Post 27 Sept 1935: 1.
  • "Legislature Adopts Eulogy for Late Erskine Ramsay" Birmingham News 19 Aug 1953: 15.
  • "Local Industrialist is Awarded Medal as Mining Leader" Birmingham Age-Herald 17 Oct 1936: 18.
  • Price, Bem. "Erskine Ramsay City Developer: Inventions Play Large Part in Success in Industry Here" Birmingham Age-Herald 15 or 16 Feb 1940.
  • "Rites Held for Erskine Ramsay, Beloved Alabama Industrialist" Birmingham News 17 Aug 1953: 18.
  • "Scotch Firm Uses Coal Invention of Erskine Ramsay" Birmingham News 24 Nov 1935.
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