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Marvin Raye Ragan

Male 1918 - 1984  (65 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Marvin Raye Ragan was born 23 Jun 1918, , MaCoupin, Illinois (son of William Riley Ragan and Pearl Lena Hartsook); died 19 Apr 1984.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 375.

    Marvin married Imogene Zahradca 16 Aug 1943. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Ragan
    2. Ragan
    3. John Ragan
    4. William R. Ragan

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Riley Ragan was born 30 Jan 1882, , MaCoupin, Illinois (son of John Calvin Reagan and Emiline Story); died 12 Sep 1946, Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois; was buried Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois.

    Notes:

    William Riley Ragan was a Rural Mail Carrier.
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    Reference:
    "Joshua Reagan", Lula F. Shelton, 1982.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 374.

    William married Pearl Lena Hartsook 5 Feb 1903, Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois. Pearl (daughter of Joseph A. Hartsook and Christianne Sarah Caldonia(Callie) Bacon) was born 20 Nov 1886, , Greene, Illinois; died 23 Dec 1955, Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois; was buried Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Pearl Lena Hartsook was born 20 Nov 1886, , Greene, Illinois (daughter of Joseph A. Hartsook and Christianne Sarah Caldonia(Callie) Bacon); died 23 Dec 1955, Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois; was buried Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 374, 375.

    Children:
    1. Irene Ragan was born 1906, , MaCoupin, Illinois.
    2. Helda Ragan was born 1908, , MaCoupin, Illinois.
    3. William Donald Ragan was born 1911, , MaCoupin, Illinois.
    4. 1. Marvin Raye Ragan was born 23 Jun 1918, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died 19 Apr 1984.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Calvin Reagan was born 11 Apr 1856, , MaCoupin, Illinois (son of Richard Robinson Ragan and Sarah E. Patterson); died 28 Jan 1934, St. Louis, Missouri; was buried Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 50.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 374.

    John married Emiline Story 24 Mar 1878, Murryville, Morgan, Illinois. Emiline (daughter of Story) was born 3 Mar 1858, , Morgan, Illinois; died 16 Aug 1893, Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois; was buried Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Emiline Story was born 3 Mar 1858, , Morgan, Illinois (daughter of Story); died 16 Aug 1893, Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois; was buried Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 50.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 374.

    Children:
    1. Lula A. Ragan was born 1 Jan 1879, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died 24 Feb 1879.
    2. Olive A. Ragan was born 3 Feb 1880, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died 4 Aug 1896.
    3. 2. William Riley Ragan was born 30 Jan 1882, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died 12 Sep 1946, Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois; was buried Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois.
    4. Richard Reuben Ragan was born 15 Mar 1884, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died 22 May 1962, Long Beach, California.
    5. Rosa B. Ragan was born 27 Feb 1886, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died 29 Jul 1886.
    6. Sarah Margaret Ragan was born 9 Jun 1887, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died 7 Jan 1935.
    7. Paul Ragan was born 16 Nov 1889, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died Feb 1890.
    8. John Albert Ragan was born 27 May 1891, , MaCoupin, Illinois.

  3. 6.  Joseph A. Hartsook

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 374.

    Joseph married Christianne Sarah Caldonia(Callie) Bacon 1894, , MaCoupin, Illinois. Christianne was born 6 Jan 1859; died 26 Sep 1935, Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois; was buried Greenfield, Green, Illinois. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Christianne Sarah Caldonia(Callie) Bacon was born 6 Jan 1859; died 26 Sep 1935, Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois; was buried Greenfield, Green, Illinois.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 374.

    Children:
    1. 3. Pearl Lena Hartsook was born 20 Nov 1886, , Greene, Illinois; died 23 Dec 1955, Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois; was buried Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Richard Robinson Ragan was born 3 Sep 1828, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Joshua Ragan and Jane Huskey); died 8 Apr 1916, Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois; was buried Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois.

    Notes:

    Migrated with his parents to Missouri, then to Illinois. He was teacher,
    farmer, and hardware store owner.

    Buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery.

    From "The Weekly Transcript" April 13, 1918

    Palmyra, Macoupin Co. Ill.

    Obituary

    R. R. Ragan, an old and Honored Citizen, dies.

    Richard R. Ragan, son of Joshua and Jane Ragan, was born Septeber the 3rd.
    1828 in Sevier Co. Tenn, and departed this life in Palmyra, Ill. April the 8,
    1916, age 87 years, 7 months and five days.

    He, with his parents, moved to Missouri in 1831. Five years later they moved
    to Illinois, settling in St. Clair Co., later in the same year they came to
    Macoupin Co., first residing eight miles north of Carlinville and finally
    coming to Palmyra.

    Mr. Reagan made a profession of religion and accepted his Master as guide at
    the age of 14, and united with the Methodist Episcopal church, remaining a very
    faithful member the remaining seventy three years of his life. When Mr. Ragan
    became of age he entered the profession of teaching school and followed this
    vocation for seven years until 1856, at which time he turned his attention to
    farming. He kept at this latter occupation until 1871, when after several
    winters of teaching, he removed to Palmyra, Ill in the year 1876. Since that
    time until a few years ago, Mr. Ragan was a hardware merchant in our vicinity.
    He joined the free and accepted order of Masons, and was also a member of the
    Grand Army Post number 278, having served in the Union Army during the days of
    the Rebellion (Civil War). He was justice of the Peace for fifteen years.

    R. R. Reagan was united in marriage to Sarah E. Patterson in 1853, and after
    only five years of fellowship together she received the call triumphant in the
    year 1857. One son was born to this union, John C. Ragan, now of St. Louis,
    Mo. Mr. Ragan was again united in marriage in 1858 to Mrs. Margaret Simpson
    Patterson. For 36 years they walked down life's road together in sympathy and
    toil, and then God beckoned and she responded. To this union was born one child
    Mrs. Rosa Belle Angelo. He was again united in Marriage in the year 1895 to
    Mary E. Story, and for the remaining twenty some years of his life she has ever
    been his faithful helpmate; with love and tenderness she has stood by his side
    in all the trying moments of age and sickness, and today at this sad moment,
    she is the chiefest among them who mourn his departure.

    The mourners of the late Richard R. Ragan are his widow, Mrs. Mary Ragan; one
    son, John C.; one daughter, Rose Angelo; five grandsons, Will, Ray and Albert
    Ragan and Percy Angelo of Palmyra; and Reuben of Jacksonville; four grand
    daughters, Mrs. Maurice Richie, Miss Una Angelo of Palmyra, and Mrs. Margaret
    Fitzgerarld of Jacksonville; five great grand daughters, Irene, Hilda, Mildred
    and Olive Ragan, and Margaret Dorks; two great grand sons Donald Ragan, and
    Loren Richie, and besides these one brother, several more distant relatives and
    a multitude of friends.

    Palmyra, Ill. 4/29/1906

    I, Richard R. Reagan, was born Sept. 3rd. 1828, in Sevier County East Tenn. My
    Father's name was Joshua, Grand Father's name was Timothy and Grand Mother
    Reagan's maiden name was Elizabeth Trigg. My Mother's name was Jane Huskey and
    Grand Mother Huskey's maiden name was Jane Mill. I went with my parents to
    Madison County Missouri, in the fall of 1828, where we resided till late in the
    fall of 1835, when I again moved with the family to St. Clair County, Ill.,
    where Father got a job of work for a month or two as wood chopper and rail
    splitter on the banks of the Mississippi River. Then about June when the
    family was again on the move we landed in Macoupin County, Ill., which has been
    my home since the summer of 1836. Father bought a small farm on Hodges' Creek,
    where he erected a log cabin; where we lived until the Spring of 1838, when we
    resided on this place till the spring of 1844, when we emigrated to a farm which
    Father bought in what is now Barr township. Here the family resided till Sept.
    1856, when Father and Mother and the minor children moved to Phelps County,
    Missouri, where after a few years Mother died. After the breaking out of the
    war, Father and a few of the Children returned to Ill.

    As to my own history, I would state; that I was converted in a Camp Meeting in
    the fall of 1842, I think, and united with the M. E. Church in what is now Bird
    Township. After some years the Church went down and most of the Class moved
    their membership where it was rather inconvenient for me to attend; so I united
    with the C. P. Church, it being very convenient for me to attend. After I moved
    to Palmyra, I again united with the Methodist Church. I was first married to
    Miss Sarah E. Patterson, in Oct. 1853. Of this union 2 children were born, one
    of which died in infancy. The other (J. C. Reagan) lives. My wife died in Feb
    1857. I was again married to my second wife, Margaret Simpson Patterson in
    April, 1858. Of this marriage only one child was born, now Mrs. C. P. Angelo.
    My second wife died in Oct. 1894.

    I was again married to Miss Mary E. Story, of Queen City, Mo., Sept. 1895. My
    wives were all members of the M. E. Church before their marriage. I was made
    of Mason in about 1881, and am still a member. I belong to the G. A. Post No.
    278, Palmyra, Ill.

    I was enlisted in the Union Army, the first of Feb. 1865, and served a little
    over 13 months; was discharged at Springfield, March, 3rd, 1866. After the
    Pension Law of 1890 was passed, I applied under that Act for a pension and was
    allowed a pension of 6 dollars per month. In due time I applied for an
    increase of pension and kept it up till I was finally allowed a pension of
    Twelve dollars per month, which comes very hand on in 3 months. Uncle Sam, I
    think is very generous to his old boys.

    Palmyra, Ill. May, 1906

    Yesterday and today have been terrible cold for summertime. I do not know what
    is to become of me. I must write a letter to Mother Story and also to Sister
    Belle.
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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 48, 49-50.
    "Joshua Reagan", Lula F. Shelton, 1982.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 370.

    Richard married Sarah E. Patterson 3 Oct 1853. Sarah was born , Morgan, Illinois; died 1857, , MaCoupin, Illinois. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Sarah E. Patterson was born , Morgan, Illinois; died 1857, , MaCoupin, Illinois.

    Notes:

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    Reference:
    "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 50.
    "The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 370.

    Children:
    1. Nancy Jane Reagan was born 9 Feb 1855, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died 28 Oct 1855.
    2. 4. John Calvin Reagan was born 11 Apr 1856, , MaCoupin, Illinois; died 28 Jan 1934, St. Louis, Missouri; was buried Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois.

  3. 10.  Story
    Children:
    1. 5. Emiline Story was born 3 Mar 1858, , Morgan, Illinois; died 16 Aug 1893, Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois; was buried Palmyra, MaCoupin, Illinois.
    2. Lula Story
    3. Mary Story
    4. Story