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David D RaganAge: 21 years19101932

Name
David D Ragan
Given names
David D
Surname
Ragan
Birth November 30, 1910 47
Birth of a brotherJonathan Howard Ragan
September 14, 1912 (Age 21 months)
Death of a sisterMay Belle Ragan
March 10, 1914 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherVernon Shelton Ragan
January 16, 1915 (Age 4 years)

Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 5 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 sisterRuby Delray Ragan
March 23, 1917 (Age 6 years)
Historical Event
World War I
between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 6 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 7 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 brotherJames Butler Ragan
June 8, 1919 (Age 8 years)
Death of a sisterLillian Ragan
March 15, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Adeline Greene
April 25, 1920 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a brotherJulian Flinoy Ragan
July 21, 1924 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
The Great Depression
October 1929 (Age 18 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 August 27, 1932 (Age 21 years)
Burial
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mother
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elder 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
younger 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
younger brother
-2 years
younger brother
Jonathan Howard Ragan
Birth: September 14, 1912 49Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: October 6, 1990Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
-21 months
himself
David D Ragan
Birth: November 30, 1910 47Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: August 27, 1932Watauga, North Carolina, United States
-3 years
elder sister
Lillian Ragan
Birth: March 10, 1908 45Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 15, 1920Blowing Rock, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
-8 years
elder 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
elder sister
Ada Elizabeth Ragan
Birth: December 29, 1898 35Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: September 4, 1983Watauga, North Carolina, United States
-19 months
elder 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
younger brother
James Butler Ragan
Birth: June 8, 1919 56Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: January 23, 1994Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States
5 years
younger brother
Julian Flinoy Ragan
Birth: July 21, 1924 61Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: March 1, 1977Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
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father
step-mother
Marriage: 1890
14 months
half-brother
2 years
half-brother
Stewart Ronda Ragan
Birth: May 3, 1893 30 21Watauga, North Carolina, United States
Death: June 10, 1969Virginia, United States

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