Jasper Greenlee RaganAge: 90 years1887–1978
- Name
- Jasper Greenlee Ragan
- Given names
- Jasper Greenlee
- Surname
- Ragan
 Birth | August 16, 1887 25 24 |
 Birth of a brother | Coy Solomon Ragan October 9, 1892 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Caroline Ragan February 2, 1895 (Age 7 years) |
 Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 10 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 paternal grandmother | Nancy Calista Greene October 17, 1900 (Age 13 years) |
 Marriage | Lillie May Bumgarner — View this family 1906 (Age 18 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Ardith Ragan February 12, 1908 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #2 | Mabel Virginia Ragan April 28, 1910 (Age 22 years) |
| Birth of a son #3 | John Edward Ragan January 5, 1914 (Age 26 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Mabel Virginia Ragan January 14, 1915 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a son #4 | Dallas James Ragan June 21, 1916 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 28 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 29 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 30 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 granddaughter #1 | Minnie Dare Greene December 11, 1924 (Age 37 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Grady MacDonald Greene May 3, 1928 (Age 40 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 42 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 sister | Violet Lucinda Ragan August 24, 1930 (Age 43 years) |
| Birth of a son #5 | Jasper Carlton “Carl” Ragan December 28, 1933 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a father | John Isaac Ragan April 14, 1934 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 54 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 mother | Hannah Adams August 10, 1949 (Age 61 years) |
| Death of a brother | Coy Solomon Ragan January 25, 1950 (Age 62 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 62 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 |
| Death of a sister | Mary Caroline Ragan March 2, 1959 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a daughter | Ardith Ragan January 28, 1965 (Age 77 years) |
| Death of a wife | Lillie May Bumgarner January 27, 1973 (Age 85 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 58 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 | April 13, 1978 (Age 90 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Skyland Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
John Isaac Ragan Birth: June 16, 1862 29 29 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: April 14, 1934 — Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United States |
| mother |
Hannah Adams Birth: October 21, 1862 Death: August 10, 1949 |
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Marriage: — |
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| elder sister |
Violet Lucinda Ragan Birth: March 30, 1886 23 23 Death: August 24, 1930 |
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17 months himself |
Jasper Greenlee Ragan Birth: August 16, 1887 25 24 Death: April 13, 1978 — Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
Coy Solomon Ragan Birth: October 9, 1892 30 29 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: January 25, 1950 — Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Mary Caroline Ragan Birth: February 2, 1895 32 32 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: March 2, 1959 — Carter, Tennessee, United States |
| Family with Lillie May Bumgarner |
| himself |
Jasper Greenlee Ragan Birth: August 16, 1887 25 24 Death: April 13, 1978 — Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States |
| wife |
Lillie May Bumgarner Birth: January 18, 1889 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: January 27, 1973 |
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Marriage: 1906 — |
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2 years daughter |
Ardith Ragan Birth: February 12, 1908 20 19 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: January 28, 1965 — Morganton, Burke, North Carolina, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Mabel Virginia Ragan Birth: April 28, 1910 22 21 Death: January 14, 1915 |
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4 years son |
John Edward Ragan Birth: January 5, 1914 26 24 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: November 12, 1991 — Yuma, Arizona, United States |
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3 years son |
Dallas James Ragan Birth: June 21, 1916 28 27 — Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: March 7, 1997 — Virginia, United States |
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18 years son |
Jasper Carlton “Carl” Ragan Birth: December 28, 1933 46 44 — Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States Death: September 9, 2012 |