Richard Rainwater Ragan

1828 - 1897  (68 years)

• Name	Richard Rainwater Ragan
  Born	17 Mar 1828	, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Jan 1897	, Bollinger, Missouri
  Person ID	I706	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2006

  
  

  Father	Timothy Reagan, Jr.,   b. 1 Jul 1800, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Aug 1883, Bollinger County, Missouri  (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Barbara Shults,   b. 20 Mar 1803, , Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Sep 1834, , Madison, Missouri  (Age 31 years)
  Married	30 Sep 1819	, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F237	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Rutha Caroline Mills,   b. 16 Jun 1832, , Alabama ,   d. 18 Sep 1895, , Bollinger, Missouri  (Age 63 years)
  Married	27 Jun 1850	, Madison, Missouri
  Children	+ 1. Mary Elizabeth Reagan,   b. 13 May 1851, , Bollinger, Missouri ,   d. 10 Apr 1924  (Age 72 years) + 2. Timothy Benton Reagan,   b. 10 Dec 1852, , Bollinger, Missouri ,   d. 27 Dec 1886  (Age 34 years) + 3. George Washington Reagan,   b. 5 Aug 1855, , Bollinger, Missouri ,   d. 22 Feb 1937  (Age 81 years) + 4. Margaret E. Reagan,   b. 3 Apr 1858, , Bollinger, Missouri   5. Rebecca Ann D. Reagan,   b. 29 Jul 1860, , Bollinger, Missouri ,   d. 27 Sep 1861  (Age 1 years)   6. William E. Reagan,   b. 26 Jul 1861, , Bollinger, Missouri ,   d. 26 Aug 1861  (Age 0 years) + 7. James Henry Reagan,   b. 13 Mar 1863, , Bollinger, Missouri ,   d. 6 Dec 1968  (Age 105 years) + 8. Rutha Caroline Reagan,   b. 11 Mar 1865, , Bollinger, Missouri ,   d. 18 Sep 1895  (Age 30 years) + 9. Charles Hasford Reagan,   b. 2 Feb 1867, , Bollinger, Missouri ,   d. 8 Jul 1941  (Age 74 years) + 10. Dewitt Edward Reagan,   b. 8 Oct 1868, , Bollinger, Missouri ,   d. 4 Apr 1958  (Age 89 years)   11. Louisa A. Reagan,   b. 9 May 1870, , Bollinger, Missouri ,   d. 24 Feb 1871  (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F243	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Hannah Finley,   b. 1834, , Madison, Missouri
  Family ID	F16217	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 17 Mar 1828 - , Sevier County, Tennessee Married - 27 Jun 1850 - , Madison, Missouri Died - 16 Jan 1897 - , Bollinger, Missouri  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Richard Rainwater Ragan was born in the Emert Cove community where he lived with his family until he migrated with them in 1834 to Madison County, Missouri. He appeared in his parent's listing in the 1830 Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee. Later he was listed with his parents in the 1840 Federal Census of Madison County, Missouri. Richard Rainwater and his first wife Rutha Caroline were listed in the 1850 Federal Census of Madison County, Missouri. There was one child in the household named Roberta Miller, age 2. This may have been a daughter from a previous marriage of Rutha. Richard Rainwater and his wife Rutha Caroline were listed in the 1860 Federal Census of Bollinger County, Missouri. They had four children in the household then. They were Mary E., age 9; Timothy B., age 7; George W., age 5; and Margaret, age 2. On 3 September 1864, Richard Rainwater Ragan enlisted as a private in Company F, 50th Regiment of Missouri Infantry Volunteers during the Civil War. He was discharged on 8 April 1865 at St. Louis, St. Louis County, Missouri after serving six months five days duty. He and his wife Rutha were again listed in the 1870 Federal Census of Bollinger County. There were now eight children in the household: Mary, age 19; Benton, age 17; George, age 15; Margaret, age 12; James, age 8; Ruth, age 5; Charles, age 3; and Edwin, age 1. In the 1880 Federal Census, he and his wife Rutha were still listed in Bollinger County, Missouri. There were five children at home then: Margaret A., age 22; James H., age 17; Ruth C., age 15; Charles H., age 13; and Dewitt E., age 11. Richard Rainwater died in Crooked Creek Township and was buried beside his first wife in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery. ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 70. "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 27. "The Book of Ragan/Reagan," Donald B. Reagan, 1993, p 328, 331-332.