Ruby Fern Ramsower: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1. Ruby Fern Ramsower was born 8 Aug 1933 (daughter of Orby Newton Ramsower and Ruby Noble).
Notes:
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Reference:
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 388.

Generation: 2

2.	Orby Newton Ramsower was born 10 Jul 1899, , Eastland, Texas (son of Jasper Newton Ramsower and Lucy Annie Ragan). Notes: ---------- Reference: "The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 388. Orby married Ruby Noble 8 Aug 1924. [Group Sheet]

Ruby Noble

Notes:

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Reference:
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 388.

Children:

Veda Faye Ramsower was born 17 May 1925.
Marvin Rex Ramsower was born 29 Oct 1926.
Vernon Orby Ramsower was born 11 Apr 1928.
1. Ruby Fern Ramsower was born 8 Aug 1933.

Generation: 3

Jasper Newton Ramsower was born 1870/1879, , Illinois; died 11 Nov 1912, , Eastland, Texas; was buried , Eastland, Texas.

Notes:

Buried in the Eastland Cemetery.
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Reference:
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 387, 388.

Jasper married Lucy Annie Ragan , Hunt, Texas. Lucy (daughter of Francis Marion Ragan and Elizabeth Richie) was born 10 Apr 1872, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died 3 Jul 1939; was buried , Eastland, Texas. [Group Sheet]

Lucy Annie Ragan was born 10 Apr 1872, , MaCoupin, Illinois (daughter of Francis Marion Ragan and Elizabeth Richie); died 3 Jul 1939; was buried , Eastland, Texas.

Notes:

Buried in the Eastland Cemetery.
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Reference:
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 387, 388.

Children:

Pernettie Ramsower was born 1892, , Eastland, Texas; died 29 Jul 1909.
Berlena Ramsower was born 30 Jul 1894, , Eastland, Texas.
2. Orby Newton Ramsower was born 10 Jul 1899, , Eastland, Texas.
Winnie Ramsower was born 11 Jan 1903, , Eastland, Texas.

Generation: 4

10.

Francis Marion Ragan was born 8 Jan 1842, , MaCoupin, Illinois (son of Joshua Ragan and Jane Huskey); died 3 Jan 1890, Pairlie, Hunt, Texas; was buried , Hunt, Texas.

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.
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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.

Francis married Elizabeth Richie 1870. Elizabeth (daughter of Peter Richie and Mary Keefhaver) was born 30 Jan 1854, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died 4 Dec 1943, Eastland, Texas; was buried Eastland, Texas. [Group Sheet]

11.

Elizabeth Richie was born 30 Jan 1854, , MaCoupin, Illinois (daughter of Peter Richie and Mary Keefhaver); died 4 Dec 1943, Eastland, Texas; was buried Eastland, Texas.

Notes:

Buried in the Eastland Cemetery.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 48, 51.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 370, 386, 387.

Children:

5. Lucy Annie Ragan was born 10 Apr 1872, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died 3 Jul 1939; was buried , Eastland, Texas.
John Ragan was born Abt 1875, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died Abt 1876.
Windfield Brown Ragan was born 4 Jan 1879, Athens, Henderson, Texas; died 3 Oct 1947; was buried , Eastland, Texas.
Minna Irvin "Monroe" Ragan was born 1 Mar 1881, Athens, Henderson, Texas; died 22 Sep 1948; was buried Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
Mary Rosabelle Ragan was born 28 Jan 1884, Athens, Henderson, Texas; died 1922; was buried Archer City, Archer, Texas.
Willie Francis Ragan was born 6 Feb 1886, Athens, Henderson, Texas; died 23 Apr 1974; was buried , Eastland, Texas.