Ramsey-McClellan-Pryor House Open during Daffodil Festival

     The Ramsey-McClellan-Pryor House will be open for the Camden Daffodil Festival (Friday and Saturday, 9-4 according to the Camden Daffodil Festival Web Site.
     Mother always wanted Daddy to buy that house for her. Whether she had Scarlett Staircase Dreams or was just partial to old family homes is up for debate. Daddy was savvy enough to waltz around this "money pit." He knew it would take far more than our finances would allow for the house to return to its glory days and Camden is surely grateful to all the families who have seen its beauty and have vowed to preserve it.
     Martha Virginia Ritchie (sister to Ella Jane Ritchie Gordon) married second Walter King Ramsey. He was a widower and she'd lost her husband, Mr. H. Stanley, former principal of the Boys High School. Both had children from the previous marriages, including "Sister Marian."
     Sister Marian married W.W. Brown. That's another story.
     Margaret Ramsey,one of Aunt Mattie and W.K. Ramsey's children, was close to my grandmother's age and her first cousin. Mother told me that Margaret Ramsey often hosted galas at the mansion on Cleveland Avenue. Miss Ramsey met with a tragic death which is key in the story entitled "OIL!"
     The House on Harrison Street contains multiple references to the Ramsey-McClellan-Pryor House and to the stories about the people who lived and loved there. The family saga (Gordon-Ritchie) will be launched at the Camden Daffodil Festival, March 11 - 13, 2016.