Wade Hampton RaganAge: 83 years1863–1946
- Name
- Wade Hampton Ragan
- Given names
- Wade Hampton
- Surname
- Ragan
 Birth | March 2, 1863 28 20 |
 Marriage | Nancy Evelyn Shelton — View this family unknown |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: 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 3 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 3 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 5 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 14 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 25 years) |
| Marriage | Mary Payne — View this family 1890 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #1 | George Henry Ragan March 14, 1891 (Age 28 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Stewart Ronda Ragan May 3, 1893 (Age 30 years) |
| Death of a wife | Mary Payne 1896 (Age 32 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Mary Bess “Bess” Ragan June 13, 1897 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 35 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 |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Ada Elizabeth Ragan December 29, 1898 (Age 35 years) |
| Death of a father | John William Ragan November 2, 1899 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | May Belle Ragan April 6, 1900 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a son #6 | Charles Abraham Lincoln “Link” Ragan September 21, 1905 (Age 42 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Lillian Ragan March 10, 1908 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a son #8 | David D Ragan November 30, 1910 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a son #9 | Jonathan Howard Ragan September 14, 1912 (Age 49 years) |
| Death of a daughter | May Belle Ragan March 10, 1914 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a son #10 | Vernon Shelton Ragan January 16, 1915 (Age 51 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 52 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Virginia Esther Ragan March 11, 1917 (Age 54 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #11 | Ruby Delray Ragan March 23, 1917 (Age 54 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 53 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 54 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/ |
| Birth of a son #12 | James Butler Ragan June 8, 1919 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Lillian Ragan March 15, 1920 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Donald Paul Ragan April 20, 1920 (Age 57 years) |
| Death of a mother | Sarah Adeline Greene April 25, 1920 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a son #13 | Julian Flinoy Ragan July 21, 1924 (Age 61 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | John Thomas Ragan March 6, 1925 (Age 62 years) |
| Death of a brother | Jesse Smith Ragan October 28, 1929 (Age 66 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 66 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 of a son | David D Ragan August 27, 1932 (Age 69 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #4 | Jonathan Howard “Johnny” Ragan Jr. November 28, 1940 (Age 77 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 78 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 |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 82 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 | September 30, 1946 (Age 83 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 elder 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 himself |
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 |
| Family with Nancy Evelyn Shelton |
| himself |
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 |
| wife |
Nancy Evelyn Shelton Death: |
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Marriage: — |
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| son |
Charles Abraham Lincoln “Link” Ragan Birth: September 21, 1905 42 — Meat Camp, Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: February 6, 1959 — Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States |
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12 years daughter |
Ruby Delray Ragan Birth: March 23, 1917 54 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: April 14, 2023 — Blowing Rock, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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-2 years son |
Vernon Shelton Ragan Birth: January 16, 1915 51 Death: October 3, 1984 |
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-2 years son |
Jonathan Howard Ragan Birth: September 14, 1912 49 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: October 6, 1990 — Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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-21 months son |
David D Ragan Birth: November 30, 1910 47 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: August 27, 1932 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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-3 years daughter |
Lillian Ragan Birth: March 10, 1908 45 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: March 15, 1920 — Blowing Rock, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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-8 years daughter |
May Belle Ragan Birth: April 6, 1900 37 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: March 10, 1914 — Meat Camp, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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-15 months daughter |
Ada Elizabeth Ragan Birth: December 29, 1898 35 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: September 4, 1983 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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-19 months daughter |
Mary Bess “Bess” Ragan Birth: June 13, 1897 34 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: October 1, 1965 — Blowing Rock, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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22 years son |
James Butler Ragan Birth: June 8, 1919 56 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: January 23, 1994 — Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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5 years son |
Julian Flinoy Ragan Birth: July 21, 1924 61 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: March 1, 1977 — Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States |
| Family with Mary Payne |
| himself |
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 |
| wife |
Mary Payne Birth: 1872 Death: 1896 |
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Marriage: 1890 — |
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14 months son |
George Henry Ragan Birth: March 14, 1891 28 19 — Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: 1967 |
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2 years son |
Stewart Ronda Ragan Birth: May 3, 1893 30 21 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: June 10, 1969 — Virginia, United States |