Frank M RagsdaleAge: 65 years1867–1932
- Name
- Frank M Ragsdale
- Given names
- Frank M
- Surname
- Ragsdale
 Birth | October 1867 22 20 |
 Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867Note: 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 1867Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 15 months)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 |
 Birth of a sister | Lotta G Ragsdale January 31, 1872 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a brother | James Allen Ragsdale May 1877 (Age 9 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 10 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Census | June 9, 1880 (Age 12 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Eleanor Kittrell “Ellen” Shemwell November 14, 1880 (Age 13 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Louise Ragsdale May 1882 (Age 14 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Nell Ragsdale September 15, 1884 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 30 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 |
| Census | June 28, 1900 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 48 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 49 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 50 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/ |
| Census | January 10, 1920 (Age 52 years) |
| Death of a father | James Samuel Ragsdale November 9, 1923 (Age 56 years) |
| Death of a mother | Frances Mae “Mack” Hester February 14, 1926 (Age 58 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 62 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 | November 24, 1932 (Age 65 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Riverside Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
James Samuel Ragsdale Birth: May 23, 1845 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States Death: November 9, 1923 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Frances Mae “Mack” Hester Birth: September 18, 1847 43 38 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: February 14, 1926 — Hopkinvsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: November 11, 1865 — Montgomery, Tennessee, United States |
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2 years himself |
Frank M Ragsdale Birth: October 1867 22 20 — Kentucky, United States Death: November 24, 1932 — Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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4 years younger sister |
Lotta G Ragsdale Birth: January 31, 1872 26 24 — LaFayette, Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: February 5, 1954 — Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States |
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5 years younger brother |
James Allen Ragsdale Birth: May 1877 31 29 — Kentucky, United States Death: 1946 |
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5 years younger sister |
Louise Ragsdale Birth: May 1882 36 34 — Christian, Kentucky, United States Death: December 1970 — Rio Arriba, New Mexico, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Nell Ragsdale Birth: September 15, 1884 39 36 — Jefferson, Kentucky, United States Death: March 18, 1969 — Davidson, Tennessee, United States |
Frank M Ragsdale has 17 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (17)
Parents Edmund Garner Hester + Susan Francis “Sally” Wilson
Parents Joseph Anderson “Anse” Hester + Mattie Marlowe
Parents Samuel Buford Hester + Amanda A Jeffriss
Parents Samuel Buford Hester + Ida B Loveless
Parents John Oscar Cushman + Eudora G “Puss” Hester
Parents Richard M “Dick” Hester + Eudora “Dora” Moss
| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - James Ragsdale - Household
Lafayette, Christian, Kentucky
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - James Ragsdale - Household
Lafayette, Christian, KY
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - James S Ragsdale - Household
East Seventh St. Hopkinsville, Christian, KY
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