The Shemwell Family

Stewart Ronda RaganAge: 76 years18931969

Name
Stewart Ronda Ragan
Given names
Stewart Ronda
Surname
Ragan
Birth May 3, 1893 30 21
Death of a motherMary Payne
1896 (Age 2 years)

Birth of a half-sisterMary Bess “Bess” Ragan
June 13, 1897 (Age 4 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 4 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 half-sisterAda Elizabeth Ragan
December 29, 1898 (Age 5 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn William Ragan
November 2, 1899 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMay Belle Ragan
April 6, 1900 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a half-brotherCharles Abraham Lincoln “Link” Ragan
September 21, 1905 (Age 12 years)
Birth of a half-sisterLillian Ragan
March 10, 1908 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a half-brotherDavid D Ragan
November 30, 1910 (Age 17 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJonathan Howard Ragan
September 14, 1912 (Age 19 years)
Death of a half-sisterMay Belle Ragan
March 10, 1914 (Age 20 years)
Birth of a half-brotherVernon Shelton Ragan
January 16, 1915 (Age 21 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 22 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 half-sisterRuby Delray Ragan
March 23, 1917 (Age 23 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 23 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 24 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 half-brotherJames Butler Ragan
June 8, 1919 (Age 26 years)
Death of a half-sisterLillian Ragan
March 15, 1920 (Age 26 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Adeline Greene
April 25, 1920 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJulian Flinoy Ragan
July 21, 1924 (Age 31 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 36 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 half-brotherDavid D Ragan
August 27, 1932 (Age 39 years)
Historical Event
World War II
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 48 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 fatherWade Hampton Ragan
September 30, 1946 (Age 53 years)
Historical Event
Korean War
between 1950 and 1953 (Age 56 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 half-brotherCharles Abraham Lincoln “Link” Ragan
February 6, 1959 (Age 65 years)
Death of a half-sisterMary Bess “Bess” Ragan
October 1, 1965 (Age 72 years)
Death of a brotherGeorge Henry Ragan
1967 (Age 73 years)

Historical Event
Vietnam War
between 1946 and 1975 (Age 52 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 June 10, 1969 (Age 76 years)
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: 1890
14 months
elder brother
2 years
himself
Stewart Ronda Ragan
Birth: May 3, 1893 30 21Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 10, 1969Virginia, United States
Father’s family with Nancy Evelyn Shelton - View this family
father
step-mother
Marriage:
half-brother
Charles Abraham Lincoln “Link” Ragan
Birth: September 21, 1905 42Meat Camp, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: February 6, 1959Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States
12 years
half-sister
Ruby Delray Ragan
Birth: March 23, 1917 54Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: April 14, 2023Blowing Rock, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
-2 years
half-brother
-2 years
half-brother
Jonathan Howard Ragan
Birth: September 14, 1912 49Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 6, 1990Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
-21 months
half-brother
David D Ragan
Birth: November 30, 1910 47Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 27, 1932Watauga, North Carolina, United States
-3 years
half-sister
Lillian Ragan
Birth: March 10, 1908 45Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 15, 1920Blowing Rock, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
-8 years
half-sister
May Belle Ragan
Birth: April 6, 1900 37Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 10, 1914Meat Camp, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
-15 months
half-sister
Ada Elizabeth Ragan
Birth: December 29, 1898 35Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 4, 1983Watauga, North Carolina, United States
-19 months
half-sister
Mary Bess “Bess” Ragan
Birth: June 13, 1897 34Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 1, 1965Blowing Rock, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
22 years
half-brother
James Butler Ragan
Birth: June 8, 1919 56Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 23, 1994Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
5 years
half-brother
Julian Flinoy Ragan
Birth: July 21, 1924 61Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 1, 1977Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States