Person:Tobias Ratcliff (1)

"Amaziah [Tobias?] Ratcliff located in Dawson in 1852 upon a farm which comprised 80 acres. His wife, Sarah passed away in Dawson in 1892 leaving 3 children, James, Amaziah and Eliza, wife of Walter Judd, a business man of Dawson."

 According to WorldConnect database, Tobias was the son of Jesse Ratcliff and Rachel Teague of North Carolina. Tobias died in 1865 in Illinois. {'Robert Wilkinson Family', WorldConnect database, <wc.rootsweb.com>}
 He is named in his father's will. {'The Richard Ratcliff Book', by <http://familytree.ratcliffs.net/rr/A.htm>}
 "Amaziah Ratcliff...was born in Ross county, Ohio, [now Vinton County]  December 19, 1844, and is a son of Tobias Ratcliff, whose birth occurred in Ross county about 1815. The grandfather, Jesse Ratcliff, was also a native of the Buckeye state. Thomas [Tobias] Ratcliff was there reared and married, the lady of his choice being Sarah Ray, a native of Ross county and a daughter of James Ray, one of the early settlers there. Mr. Ratcliff engaged in teaching in early life and afterward followed farming in Ross county until 1852, when he came with his family to Sangamon county, Illinois, spending the first four years in Clear Lake township. He then located in Dawson upon a farm which at first comprised eighty acres. Subsequently he sold his property and removed to the village, where he spent his remaining days. His wife survived him for a number of years and passed away in Dawson in 1892 at the advanced age of eighty-four years. In the family are three living children: James, a carpenter by trade, residing in Dawson; Amaziah, of this review; and Eliza, wife of Walter Judd, a business man of Dawson." {'Past and Present of the City of Springfield and Sangamon County Illinois', 1904, <http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsangam/1904/ratcliff.htm>}
 In the 1850 census for Eagle township, Vinton Co., Ohio, Tobias Ratcliff is 33, a farmer from Ohio.  Sally is 30 from Ohio and their children are Samantha, 9, male(?); James E., 7; 'Amajiah' 5; and Eliza A., 3 -- all born in Ohio. {p.603, township district 148; p. 302a text, USGenWeb Vinton Co., Ohio, <www.rootsweb.com>}
 In the 1860 census for Dawson, Sangamon Co., Illinois, 'F. Beatill' is 43 farmer from Ohio; with Sarah 41; J. E. 18; Amaziah 16; and Eliza Ann 13 -- all born Ohio.  {p. 427 roll 226 HeritageQuest}
 He is listed in the Mechanicsburg Cemetery. {Sangamon Co. ILGenWeb, 2 Dec 2006,<http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilmaga/sangamon/cemetery/mchnicsbrg.html>}