William Reason Reagan

b 17 Mar 1830, , Sevier, Tennessee John Ragan >
Timothy Reagan Mary Morrice
Richard Reagan b 1750 Clemant Trigg >
| b 1776 Elizabeth Trigg Mary Ann Fouracres >
Timothy Richard Reagan  d 1829 b 1760 Johan Velten 'Valentine' Shultz
|b 1797 | Johan Martin 'Martin' Shults Maria Eva Stocker >
|d 1847 Julia Ann Shults b 1740 Heinrich Stentz >
|  b 1775 Juliana Stentz Maria Dorethea Bosserth
William Reason Reagan  d 23 Apr 1845 b 1741  
|Sarah M. Harper-2 +    
|m 24 Jan 1873 Joseph Lusk  
|, Robertson, Texas |    
Elizabeth Lusk    
 b 1799 | Roberts  
 d 1831 Sarah 'Sally' Roberts Dickerson
  Dickerson Ralph
 

Children

1 M. L. Reagan
2 Thomas H. Reagan
3 Alice L. Reagan

Notes

William Reason Reagan went to Texas in 1849 and settled first in Red River County. There he attended McKinney College. After leaving that institution, he taught school for two years at Marlin, Falls County. During his spare time, he studied law and in 1857 was admitted to the bar. He opened an office and practiced law. In 1874, he romoved to Reagan, a small town named for him. In 1880, he moved to Georgetown where he lived until his death.

During the Civil War, he first enlisted in the 13th Cavalry, but in 1862, was appointed enrolling officer for Falls County. While the war was in progress, he was entrusted with an important mission to Richmond, Virginia in the interest of the Postal service of the Confederacy.

In 1865, he was elected judge of Falls County.

'The Waco Examiner' records an episoded that took place during the reconstruction days in the State of Texas:

'Judge Reagan, from Falls County, was arrested on the 5th inst., on the square, and carried to the military camp. The following are the particular: The Judge was suspected of having thrown a brick-bat into the military camp, and upon this suspicion was arrested by the soldiers, and liberated shortly after his arrest. The Judge again appeared on the square armed, and the Sheriff, Mr. Morris, interpreting his demonstration as hostile, arrested him again, and upon which he was taken by the U.S. soldiers in the custody at their camps.'

Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans', Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 9, 13. 'The Book of Ragan/Reagan', Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 47, 58, 59.


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