Richard Reason "Uncle Dick" Reagan

1830 - 1912  (81 years)

• Name	Richard Reason "Uncle Dick" Reagan
  Born	12 Nov 1830	Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	1DDV-7W
  Died	17 Apr 1912  [3]
  Buried	Ownby Addition Cemetery, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I754	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2011

  
  

  Father	Daniel Wesley Reagan,   b. 15 Oct 1802, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Jan 1892, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Nancy Ogle,   b. 24 Aug 1810, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 18 Feb 1844, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 33 years)
  Married	30 Jan 1830	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F230	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Sarah Sallie Bohannon,   b. Abt 1830, Tennessee ,   d. Abt 1854  (Age ~ 24 years)
  Married	Abt 1848	, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. Nancy Elizabeth Reagan,   b. 24 Jul 1849, Tennessee ,   d. 19 Sep 1931  (Age 82 years) + 2. Mary Ann Reagan,   b. 22 Mar 1851, Tennessee ,   d. 6 Oct 1931  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F266	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Martha Hurst,   b. 2 Aug 1834, Tennessee ,   d. 17 Mar 1878  (Age 43 years)
  Married	12 Jul 1856	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. Tilman L. Reagan,   b. 24 Apr 1857, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 13 Aug 1913  (Age 56 years) + 2. Fletcher Luther Reagan,   b. 30 Jan 1859, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Jan 1934  (Age 74 years)   3. Daniel Wesley Everett Reagan,   b. 20 Dec 1860,   d. 12 Oct 1861  (Age 0 years) + 4. Martha Ellen Reagan,   b. 4 Dec 1862, Tennessee ,   d. 16 Jun 1888  (Age 25 years)   5. Richard R. Reagan,   b. 2 Jun 1866,   d. 30 Jul 1867  (Age 1 years) + 6. Louis A. Reagan,   b. 2 Sep 1868, Tennessee ,   d. 22 Jun 1900  (Age 31 years) + 7. Rhoda Malinda Reagan,   b. 5 Apr 1870, Tennessee ,   d. 2 Nov 1943  (Age 73 years) + 8. Charetza Hammer "Kay" Reagan,   b. 11 Oct 1873, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 28 Oct 1957  (Age 84 years)
  Family ID	F268	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 3	Sarah Caroline Bradley,   b. 31 Jul 1842, Tow String Creek, Swain County, North Carolina ,   d. 16 Jan 1886, Sugarlands, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 43 years)
  Marriage License	7 Jun 1878	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Married	9 Jun 1878	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. Lillie Reagan,   b. 23 Jan 1880,   d. 20 Feb 1964  (Age 84 years) + 2. Arra Jane Reagan,   b. 8 Sep 1881, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 22 May 1952  (Age 70 years)
  Family ID	F269	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 4	Martha Lueasy Bradley,   b. 11 Nov 1843, Tow String Creek, Swain County, North Carolina ,   d. 7 Sep 1918, Sugarlands, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 74 years)
  Married	23 Apr 1886
  Family ID	F279	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 12 Nov 1830 - Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee Married - Abt 1848 - , Sevier County, Tennessee Married - 12 Jul 1856 - Sevier County, Tennessee Marriage License - 7 Jun 1878 - Sevier County, Tennessee Married - 9 Jun 1878 - Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Ownby Addition Cemetery, 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

  
  

• Headstones

  Com. Sgt. Richard R. Reagan Co. E. 2 Tenn. Cav.

  
  

• Notes

  Listed in 1850 Sevier County, Tennessee census as farmer. Richard Reason lived all his life in the Gatlinburg area. Some time after the Civil War he moved his home and store to the Sugarlands. R. R. Reagan served the district for many years as a Justice of the Peace and as a tax collector. He was the county sheriff from 1870 to 1874. When the Gatlinburg Post Office was established in 1856 by the U. S. Postal Department, Richard served from 12 December 1871 to 10 July 1883 as postmaster, but not the first. Serving the Union during the Civil War, R. R. Reagan enlisted 16 Sep 1862 in Company E, 2nd Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry. A commissary sergeant, he was discharged 5 July 1865 at Nashville, Tennessee. His personal description at that time was: 5' 9" in height, dark hair, dark complexion and yellow eyes. ---------- Reference: "Smoky Mountain Clans", Donald B. Reagan, 1978, p 16, 17. "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 3", Donald B. Reagan, 1983, p 144, 171. "Smoky Mountain Clans, Volume 2", 1983, Donald B. Reagan, p 141, 146. "Smoky Mountain Family Album," Gladys Trentham Russell, 1984, p 8.

  
  

• Sources

  [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 448a, 29 Jun 1870. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tn/sevier/census/1870/0448a.gif [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, family 267, page 404b, line 8, 30 Aug 1850. http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/sevier/census/1850/pg0396a.txt [S77] Rawlings Funeral Home Records 1911-1995, Larry D. Fox, (Smoky Mountain Historical Society), 19 Apr 1912. Reagan, R R Apr 19, 1912 [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 550, 29s.