William Smith RaganAge: 63 years1855–1918
- Name
- William Smith Ragan
- Given names
- William Smith
- Surname
- Ragan
 Birth | March 20, 1855 22 21 |
 Birth of a brother | Richard Filmore Ragan December 22, 1856 (Age 21 months) |
| Birth of a brother | Greenlee Ragan about 1858 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 21 months)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Birth of a brother | John Isaac Ragan June 16, 1862 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 6 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 11 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 11 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 13 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Death of a brother | Greenlee Ragan before 1870 (Age 14 years) |
| Death of a father | Larkin Ragan before 1870 (Age 14 years) |
| Marriage of a parent | Thomas Richard Calvin Winkler — Nancy Calista Greene — View this family about 1870 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a half-sister | Mary S Winkler March 1871 (Age 15 years) |
| Birth of a half-brother | George Washington Winkler March 16, 1874 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 22 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Deacon Solomon Greene December 24, 1888 (Age 33 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 43 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a mother | Nancy Calista Greene October 17, 1900 (Age 45 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 60 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a brother | Richard Filmore Ragan April 19, 1918 (Age 63 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 61 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 62 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
 Death | September 12, 1918 (Age 63 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Larkin Ragan Birth: about 1833 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: before 1870 |
| mother |
Nancy Calista Greene Birth: June 14, 1833 32 31 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: October 17, 1900 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: about 1854 — |
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15 months himself |
William Smith Ragan Birth: March 20, 1855 22 21 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: September 12, 1918 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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21 months younger brother |
Richard Filmore Ragan Birth: December 22, 1856 23 23 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: April 19, 1918 — Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Greenlee Ragan Birth: about 1858 25 24 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: before 1870 |
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4 years younger brother |
John Isaac Ragan Birth: June 16, 1862 29 29 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: April 14, 1934 — Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United States |
| Mother’s family with Thomas Richard Calvin Winkler |
| step-father |
Thomas Richard Calvin Winkler Birth: October 22, 1847 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: January 2, 1934 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Nancy Calista Greene Birth: June 14, 1833 32 31 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: October 17, 1900 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: about 1870 — |
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15 months half-sister |
Mary S Winkler Birth: March 1871 23 37 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: before 1920 |
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3 years half-brother |
George Washington Winkler Birth: March 16, 1874 26 40 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: February 4, 1949 — Meat Camp, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |