Ransom, Reverdy C. (Reverdy Cassius), 1861-1959

found: Morris, C.S. Reverdy C. Ransom, c1990:CIP galley (Reverdy Cassius Ransom; African Methodist Episcopal bishop and author; b. Flushing, Ohio, 1/4/1861; d. Wilberforce, Ohio, 4/22/1959)

found: Dict. of Amer. Negro Biog., 1982, p. 513-514(Ransom, Reverdy Cassius (1861-1959), forty-eighth bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal church, civil rights leader, and editor; attended Wilberforce University)

found: African American National Biography, accessed March 18, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Ransom, Reverdy Cassius; AME bishop, civil rights activist; born 04 January 1861 in Flushing, Ohio, United States; graduated from Wilberforce University (1886); licensed to preach in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) Church (1883), ordained a deacon (1886) and an elder (1888); organized the Institutional Church and Social Settlement (1900); moved to New York's Bethel AME Church (1907) and helped to organize the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; editor of the A.M.E. Church Review (1912-1924); was elected bishop; worked at Wilberforce University, board of trustees member and president (1932-1948); became president of the Fraternal Council of Negro Churches (1934); was a commissioner of Ohio's Board of Pardon and Parole (1936-1940); retired from the active episcopacy (1952); died 22 April 1959 in Wilberforce, Ohio, United States)