Born: March 11, 1859, Pulaski County, Kentucky.
Died: September 1, 1937, Portland, Oregon.
Buried: Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Oregon.
Ransom was the son of Isaac Grabeel and Nancy Hardy Russell, husband of Martha Susan Padgett, and brother of Franklin Grabeel.
If you know where to get a good photo of Grabeel (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),