James Miller 'Madison' Ragan

b 05 Mar 1837, , MaCoupin, Illinois
d 09 Dec 1924, Flat, Phelps, Missouri			Timothy Ragan
bur , Phelps, Missouri		John Ragan	Mary Lary
	Timothy Reagan	b 1711
	\| b 1750	Mary Morrice
Joshua Ragan	d ABT 1825 1830		Clement Trigg
\|b 1804	\|	Clemant Trigg	Sarah
\|d 13 Oct 1874	Elizabeth Trigg	b 1735	John Fouracres
\|	b 1760	Mary Ann Fouracres	Sarah Eleanor Halts
James Miller 'Madison' Ragan	d ABT 1825 1830	b 1738	John Frederick Huskey	>
\|Susan James Sullivan		Peter Huskey	Rebecca Washington
\|m 12 Apr 1861	Isaac Huskey	b 10 Sep 1758	James Miller
\|, Phelps, Missouri	\|b 29 Jan 1772	Mary 'Mollie' Miller
Jane Huskey	d Jul1846
b 1806	\|
d Aug1857	Jane Miller
	b 1772
	d ABT 1840 1846

Children

1	<	Martha Jane Reagan
2		James Marion Reagan
3	<	Elizabeth Alice Reagan
4		Lilly Day Reagan
5	<	Isaac Bert Reagan
6	<	John William Reagan
7		Ellen Frances Reagan

Notes

James Miller 'Madison' Ragan lived in Macoupin County, Illinois until the migration to Phelps County, Missouri in the mid-1850s. Most of the family give James' middle name as 'Madison.' The Watts Journal, (the original is housed in the Western Historical Collection at The University of Missouri at Rolla) corrected this to read as 'James Miller Ragan.'

James M. was listed with his parents in the 1840 and 1850 Federal Census of Macoupin County, Illinois. In September 1856 he moved with them to Phelps County, Missouri. He lived there until his marriage.

In 1870 he and his wife Susan J. were listed in the Federal Census of Macoupin County, Illinois. There were three children and James' father in the household: Jane, age 8; Marion, age 6; Elizabeth, age 3; and Joshua, age 66. In June 1873 he and his wife Susan J. returned to Phelps County, Missouri.

James M. and Susan J. were again listed in the 1880 Federal Census of Phelps County, Missouri. They now had five children in the home. They were: James M., age 16; Elizabeth C., age 13; Isaac B., age 7; John W., age 4; and Frances E., age 10 months.

Buried in the George Smith Cemetery, near Flat.

Source: 'Smoky Mountain Clans', Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 48, 50. 'Joshua Reagan', Lula F. Shelton, 1982, p 53. 'The Book of Ragan/Reagan,' Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 370, 381, 382.

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