

Benjamin "Ben" Ratledge (b Dec 1853 Monroe CO, TN d 14 Sep 1927 Lenoir City, Loudon CO, TN)
* great-great-great-grandparents of Stephen Ratledge, my husband
"THOU SHALT NOT STEAL." DEUTERONOMY 5 : 19
is a son of Asbury "Berry" Ratledge* and Lucinda "Lucy" Clowers* of Greene, Monroe and McMinn COS, TN.
He married Mary Elizabeth (called "Polly" or "Lizzie") Lane.
This site is dedicated to the memory of my mother Beulah Cline Nipper, a beautiful product of the Knobs.
Public Domain, but please include this site in your sources

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Sandra Ratledge
All you kinfolks, put some mail in that old box!
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