Jesse Smith RaganAge: 71 years1858–1929
- Name
- Jesse Smith Ragan
- Given names
- Jesse Smith
- Surname
- Ragan
 Birth | March 2, 1858 23 15 |
 Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
 Birth of a sister | Nancy Malinda Ragan March 27, 1861 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Wade Hampton Ragan March 2, 1863 (Age 5 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 3 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 8 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 8 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 10 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 |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 19 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 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 40 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 father | John William Ragan November 2, 1899 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 57 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 58 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 59 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 of a mother | Sarah Adeline Greene April 25, 1920 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 71 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
 Death | October 28, 1929 (Age 71 years) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John William Ragan Birth: March 3, 1834 — Ashe, North Carolina, United States Death: November 2, 1899 — Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
| mother |
Sarah Adeline Greene Birth: April 27, 1842 41 40 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: April 25, 1920 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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Marriage: about 1857 — |
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14 months himself |
Jesse Smith Ragan Birth: March 2, 1858 23 15 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: October 28, 1929 — North Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Nancy Malinda Ragan Birth: March 27, 1861 27 18 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: March 11, 1951 — Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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23 months younger brother |
Wade Hampton Ragan Birth: March 2, 1863 28 20 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: September 30, 1946 — Bald Mountain, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |