Francis Marion Ragan

1842 - 1890  (47 years)

• Name	Francis Marion Ragan
  Born	8 Jan 1842	, MaCoupin, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Jan 1890	Pairlie, Hunt, Texas
  Buried	, Hunt, Texas
  Person ID	I4147	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	12 Jan 2001

  
  

  Father	Joshua Ragan,   b. Abt 1804, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Oct 1874, MaCoupin County, Illinois  (Age ~ 70 years)
  Mother	Jane Huskey,   b. 1806, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. Aug 1857, Phelps County, Missouri  (Age 51 years)
  Married	Abt 1824	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F1420	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Jane E. Farwell,   b. 1850,   d. 27 Jul 1869, , MaCoupin, Illinois  (Age 19 years)
  Married	Sep 1866	, MaCoupin, Illinois
  Children	1. Charles Edwin Ragan,   b. 25 Aug 1867, , MaCoupin, Illinois ,   d. 13 Sep 1868  (Age 1 years)   2. Harmon Witt Ragan,   b. 27 Jul 1869, , MaCoupin, Illinois ,   d. 1888  (Age 18 years)
  Family ID	F2616	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Richie,   b. 30 Jan 1854, , MaCoupin, Illinois ,   d. 4 Dec 1943, Eastland, Texas  (Age 89 years)
  Married	1870
  Children	+ 1. Lucy Annie Ragan,   b. 10 Apr 1872, , MaCoupin, Illinois ,   d. 3 Jul 1939  (Age 67 years)   2. John Ragan,   b. Abt 1875, , MaCoupin, Illinois ,   d. Abt 1876  (Age ~ 1 years) + 3. Windfield Brown Ragan,   b. 4 Jan 1879, Athens, Henderson, Texas ,   d. 3 Oct 1947  (Age 68 years) + 4. Minna Irvin "Monroe" Ragan,   b. 1 Mar 1881, Athens, Henderson, Texas ,   d. 22 Sep 1948  (Age 67 years) + 5. Mary Rosabelle Ragan,   b. 28 Jan 1884, Athens, Henderson, Texas ,   d. 1922  (Age 37 years) + 6. Willie Francis Ragan,   b. 6 Feb 1886, Athens, Henderson, Texas ,   d. 23 Apr 1974  (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F1590	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 8 Jan 1842 - , MaCoupin, Illinois Married - Sep 1866 - , MaCoupin, Illinois  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Francis Marion Ragan lived in Macouping County, Illinois until leaving for his military service with the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He was listed with his parents in the 1850 Federal Census of Macoupin County, Illinois. In the 1860 Federal Census of Macoupin County, Illinois, he was listed with his brother, Richard Robinson Ragan. Serving with the Confederate Army, Francis Marion Ragan enlisted as a private in Company D, 8th Regiment of Missouri Infantry on 7 August 1862 at Eleven Points Mill in Shannon County, Missouri. His term of enlistment was for three years, or, the duration of the war. His personal description at the enlistment was grey eyes, light hair, fair complexion, and was 5 feet 7 inches tall. He was a Junior 2nd Lieutenant when his regiment surrendered at New Orleans, Louisiana on 26 May 1865. He was a prisoner of war for a very short time and was paroled on 7 June 1865 in Alexandria, Louisiana. He returned home in late 1865 to Macoupin County, Illinois where his father was living during the Civil War. He "was a school teacher at Lick Skillet school near Palmyra in Macoupin County, Illinois. The little schoolhouse was still standing" in 1993 according to direct descendants. Francis Marion Ragan and his second wife Elizabeth were listed in the 1870 Federal Census of Macoupin County, Illinois. He was appointed as administrator for his father's estate by the Macoupin County Court after his father's death 13 October 1874. The final settlement was made in 1878. After settling his father's estate, Francis Marion and his wife Elizabeth migrated to Henderson County, Texas. In the 1880 Federal Census, they were listed in Henderson County, Texas. There were two children in the household: Lucy A., age 8; and Windrield B., age 1. Francis Marion Ragan was buried in the Sonora Cemetery. ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 48, 51. "Joshua Reagan", Lula F. Shelton, 1982, p 70. "The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 370, 386, 387.