| b 17 Mar 1828, , Sevier, Tennessee | Timothy Ragan | d 16 Jan 1897, , Bollinger, Missouri | John Ragan | Mary Lary |
| Timothy Reagan | b 1711 | |||
| | b 1750 | Mary Morrice | |||
| Timothy Reagan, Jr. | d ABT 1825 1830 | Clement Trigg | ||
| |b 01 Jul 1800 | | | Clemant Trigg | Sarah | |
| |d 21 Aug 1883 | Elizabeth Trigg | b 1735 | John Fouracres | |
| | | b 1760 | Mary Ann Fouracres | Sarah Eleanor Halts | |
| Richard Rainwater Ragan | d ABT 1825 1830 | b 1738 | Johan Velten 'Valentine' Shultz | |
| |Hannah Finley-1 + | Johan Martin 'Martin' Shults | Maria Eva Stocker | > | |m 27 Jun 1850 | Martin S. E. Shults, Jr. | b 1740 | Heinrich Stentz | > |
| |, Madison, Missouri | |b 1773 | Juliana Stentz | Maria Dorethea Bosserth | |
| Barbara Shults | d 11 Nov 1846 | b 1741 | Johan Philip Emert | |
| b 20 Mar 1803 | | | Frederick Emert | Maria Catharina Kamm | > |
| d 21 Sep 1834 | Barbara Ann Emert | b 11 Oct 1754 | Daniel Neidig | > |
| b 27 Dec 1778 | Barbara Ann Neidig | Margaretha | ||
| d 23 Sep 1875 | b 06 May 1755 | |||
Richard Rainwater and his first wife Rutha Caroline were listed in the 1850 Federal Census of Madison County, Missouri. There was one child in the household named Roberta Miller, age 2. This may have been a daughter from a previous marriage of Rutha.
Richard Rainwater and his wife Rutha Caroline were listed in the 1860 Federal Census of Bollinger County, Missouri. They had four children in the household then. They were Mary E., age 9; Timothy B., age 7; George W., age 5; and Margaret, age 2.
On 3 September 1864, Richard Rainwater Ragan enlisted as a private in Company F, 50th Regiment of Missouri Infantry Volunteers during the Civil War. He was discharged on 8 April 1865 at St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri after serving six months five days duty.
He and his wife Rutha were again listed in the 1870 Federal Census of Bollinger County. There were now eight children in the household: Mary, age 19; Benton, age 17; George, age 15; Margaret, age 12; James, age 8; Ruth, age 5; Charles, age 3; and Edwin, age 1.
In the 1880 Federal Census, he and his wife Rutha were still listed in Bollinger County, Missouri. There were five children at home then: Margaret A., age 22; James H., age 17; Ruth C., age 15; Charles H., age 13; and Dewitt E., age 11.
Richard Rainwater died in Crooked Creek Township and was buried beside his first wife in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery.
Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans', Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 70. 'Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2', Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 27. 'The Book of Ragan/Reagan,' Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 328, 331-332.