Nancy Malinda RaganAge: 89 years1861–1951
- Name
- Nancy Malinda Ragan
- Given names
- Nancy Malinda
- Surname
- Ragan
- Married name
- Nancy Malinda Norris
 Birth | March 27, 1861 27 18 |
 Birth of a brother | Wade Hampton Ragan March 2, 1863 (Age 23 months) |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 5 days)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 5 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 5 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 7 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 16 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 27 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 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 38 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 54 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 55 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 56 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 59 years) |
| Death of a brother | Jesse Smith Ragan October 28, 1929 (Age 68 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 68 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 |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 80 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Death of a brother | Wade Hampton Ragan September 30, 1946 (Age 85 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 88 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 84 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | March 11, 1951 (Age 89 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 elder brother |
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 herself |
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 |