John Henninger Reagan^[1]

1818 - 1905  (86 years)

• Name	John Henninger Reagan
  Born	8 Oct 1818	Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Died	6 Mar 1905	Palestine, Anderson County, Texas
  Buried	East Hill Cemetery, Palestine, Anderson County, Texas
  Person ID	I723	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	1 Apr 2013

  
  

  Father	Timothy Richard Reagan,   b. 1797, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 1847, Fulton County, Arkansas  (Age 50 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Lusk,   b. 1799, Rutherford County, North Carolina ,   d. 1831, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 32 years)
  Married	Abt 1817	, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F245	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Martha Music,   d. Abt 1847, Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas
  Married	19 Apr 1844	Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas
  Family ID	F255	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Edwina Moss Nelms,   b. 12 Dec 1832, Northumberland County, Virginia ,   d. 21 Jul 1863, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia  (Age 30 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1852	Anderson, Grimes, Texas
  Children	+ 1. John Edwin Reagan,   b. 15 Mar 1854, Palestine, Anderson County, Texas ,   d. 8 Oct 1938  (Age 84 years) + 2. Edwina Reagan,   b. 11 Feb 1856, Anderson, Anderson County, Texas ,   d. 10 Apr 1880  (Age 24 years)   3. Anna Reagan,   b. 1857, Anderson County, Texas ,   d. Abt 1858  (Age 1 years) + 4. Elizabeth May "Bessie" Reagan,   b. 8 May 1859, Anderson, Anderson County, Texas ,   d. 29 Jun 1939, Palestine, Texas  (Age 80 years) + 5. Diana Nelms Reagan,   b. 16 Apr 1861, Anderson, Anderson County, Texas ,   d. 6 Sep 1912  (Age 51 years)   6. Reagan,   b. 21 Jul 1863, Anderson County, Texas ,   d. 21 Jul 1863  (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F256	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 3	Molly Ford Taylor,   b. 11 Jan 1847, Anderson County, Texas ,   bur. East Hill Cemetery, Palestine, Anderson County, Texas
  Married	31 May 1865	, Anderson, Texas
  Children	+ 1. Mollie Walker Reagan,   b. 29 Jun 1867, Anderson County, Texas + 2. Jefferson Davis Reagan,   b. 28 Jan 1870, Anderson County, Texas ,   d. 14 Apr 1946  (Age 76 years)   3. Robert Lee Reagan,   b. Abt 1873, Anderson County, Texas   4. Taylor Mills Reagan,   b. 25 Apr 1876, Anderson County, Texas   5. Sue Reagan,   b. Jan 1880, Anderson County, Texas ,   d. See Notes
  Family ID	F257	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 8 Oct 1818 - Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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• 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. ---------- 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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S106] The Mountain Press, 27 Apr 2007.