| 8. | Joseph Daniel Reagan was born 18 Jan 1823, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee (son of Timothy Richard Reagan and Elizabeth Lusk); died 22 Jan 1891, Laclede County, Missouri; was buried 24 Jan 1891, Laclede County, Missouri. Notes:
Joseph Daniel Reagan was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South. He became an exorter when 18 years of age.
In 1852 he emigrated to Missouri. He was married to his wife by Davie Coulter,
pastor of New Bloomfield Prebysterian Church in Calloway County, Missouri.
He was ordained as a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South at
Jefferson City, Missouri in 1867, having been appointed pastor of Lebanon
Circuit. Two years later he resided at Stoutland, where he remained except a
short residence in Richland until his death.
He was a man of good literary atainment, being a forceful and eloquent public
speaker, a vigorous and fluent prose writer, a successful teacher, and a poet
of considerable ability.
"The funeral was held at the Baptist Church in Stoutland, Missouri, by Elder J.
M. Hibbs, of the Baptist Church, on Saturday, January 24th, 1891, in the
presence of most of the family and a large congregation of sympathizing friends
and acquaintances. The remains were interred Saturday evening in the Stoutland
Cemetery."
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Reference:
"Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 8, 12.
"The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 47, 52-53.
Joseph married Elizabeth E. Adams 29 Jul 1853, , Calloway, Missouri. Elizabeth (daughter of Elijah Adams and Susannah Leeper) was born 22 Nov 1828, , Missouri; died 18 Oct 1907, Lebanon, Laclede County, Missouri; was buried Laclede County, Missouri. [Group Sheet]
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