[1] He prepared for college at the Charlestown, New Hampshire school run by the Reverend Dan Foster.

[1] Ranney attended Dartmouth and Middlebury Colleges and became a physician while also maintaining a farm in Townshend.

[3] Ranney served in several local offices, including school board member.

He transferred his farm to one of his sons in the late 1830s and moved to a home in the center of town.

[8] Ranney remained active until his health began to fail in the late 1840s, after which he lived in retirement in Townshend.