Reagan Donley

Notes:

No issue.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 11.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 51.
LaFaye Sutkin GEDCOM, 18 December 1995.

Reagan — . [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 11.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 49, 50.
LaFaye Sutkin GEDCOM, 18 December 1995.

William married Diana Nelms Reagan 15 Mar 1881. Diana (daughter of John Henninger Reagan and Edwina Moss Nelms) was born 16 Apr 1861, Anderson, Anderson County, Texas; died 6 Sep 1912. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 11.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 49, 50.
LaFaye Sutkin GEDCOM, 18 December 1995.

Notes:

John H. left Tennessee in 1839 for Texas, then a Republic, and settled in the eastern portion of the state where he resided until his death. Without a doubt, John H. Reagan is still Gatlinburg's most illustrious son.

A brief summary of his accomplishments includes: surveyor of public lands in Texas; lawyer, admitted to the bar in 1846; state representative 1847-1849; district judge, 1852-1857; Representative to U. S. Congress, 1857-1861; delegate to Secession Convention of Texas in 1861; Postmaster General of Confederacy; acting Secretary of Confederacy. In 1875 he was a member of the State Constitutional Convention; U.S. Representative, 1875-1887; U. S. Senator from Texas, 1887-1891; a member of State Railroad Comission, served as chairman 1897-1903.

John was imprisoned after the Civil War presumably for his high post in the Confederacy.

John H. returned to his birth place only once, 22 August 1900, after sixty-three years absence. He and his wife received a heartwarming reception in Sevierville where he spoke at the Courthouse and received friends at a reception later. He spent two days visiting with his cousins in Gatlinburg.

John H. Reagan reared his first wife's two sons.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 8, 10.
"Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 9.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 46, 47-49.
LaFaye Sutkin GEDCOM, 18 December 1995.

John married Edwina Moss Nelms 23 Dec 1852, Anderson, Grimes, Texas. Edwina (daughter of Edwin Nelms, Colonel and Diana Moss) was born 12 Dec 1832, Northumberland County, Virginia; died 21 Jul 1863, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia; was buried Texas. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Remains were returned to the family plot.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 8, 10.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 47, 48.
LaFaye Sutkin GEDCOM, 18 December 1995.

Notes:

Timothy Richard died while on his way to join his son in Texas. This Timothy
Reagan and his wife, Elizabeth Lusk, were the parents of John H. Reagan of
Texas and Civil War fame.

John H. Reagan described his father as being very mechanically inclined and
good at many trades - being a good blacksmith, boot and shoe maker, tanner,
saddle maker, gunsmith, silversmith, very adept at woodworking, and able to
repair most any kind of clock or watch. John H. also said, "He was a
man of exemplary piety and of benevolent disposition, and was a member
of the Methodist church from his youth to the end of his life".

Probably because of his ability in these trades Timothy Richard moved from
Gatlinburg to the Sevierville area where the demand for his services would be
greater. Sometime after 1838 he moved to Knox County, Tennessee where he lived
for a few years.

Timothy with Elizabeth and their family appear in the 1830 Federal Census of
Sevier County, Tennessee.

Also found in the Knox County 1840 Federal Census is a listing for him.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 6a, 8.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 51.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 36.

Timothy married Elizabeth Lusk Abt 1817, , Sevier County, Tennessee. Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph Lusk and Sarah "Sally" Roberts) was born 1799, Rutherford County, North Carolina; died 1831, Sevier County, Tennessee; was buried Church in the Forks Baptist Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Elizabeth was of English and Welsh origin, her being of the Roberts family. She
died while giving birth to Sara Reagan.
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 6a, 8.
"Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 51.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 36, 45.

Notes:

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Reference:
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 48.

Edwin — Diana Moss. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

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Reference:
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan", Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 48.