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Ramer's Crossing
John Ramer came to America and settled in TN in the early 1820's. Census data for McNairy Co. indicates that John Ramer, father of Felix, and his family were the only Ramers living there in 1830. By 1840 they were joined by the family of Andrew Ramer. (Source: Joe M. Powers, McDougal / Smith / Carmack / Powers / Ramer Families, Mannis Printing Co., Knoxville, n.d., p. 144). The village of Ramer, McNairy Co., TN was built on part of the original plantation of John Ramer (Source: Centennial History of Arkansas, page 775). Several years before the Civil war, John Ramer gave a portion of right-of-way to the Mobile & Ohio Railroad. When the station was built, it was named Ramer's Station. The town of Ramer was incorporated 27 Apr 1857. (Source: The West Tennessee Historical Society, Vol. 11, p. 137, quoted in Raymer Roots, Vol 1, No. 1, Jan., 1980). Ironically, about 1874 John Ramer was killed by an M&O train while crossing the railroad on horseback. The railroad offered his wife a cash settlement, which she refused, saying this would be accepting blood money. (Source: Joe M. Powers, cited above).