James Allen RagsdaleAge: 68 years1877–1946
- Name
- James Allen Ragsdale
- Given names
- James Allen
- Surname
- Ragsdale
 Birth | May 1877 31 29 |
 Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 8 months)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 3 years) |
 Death of a maternal grandmother | Eleanor Kittrell “Ellen” Shemwell November 14, 1880 (Age 3 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Louise Ragsdale May 1882 (Age 5 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Nell Ragsdale September 15, 1884 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 20 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 23 years) |
| Census | April 22, 1910 (Age 32 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 38 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
 Military | WW1 Draft September 12, 1918 (Age 41 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 39 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 40 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 42 years) |
| Death of a father | James Samuel Ragsdale November 9, 1923 (Age 46 years) |
| Death of a mother | Frances Mae “Mack” Hester February 14, 1926 (Age 48 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 52 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 brother | Frank M Ragsdale November 24, 1932 (Age 55 years) |
| Military | WWII Draft Registration April 27, 1942 (Age 64 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 64 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 (on the date of death)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 | 1946 (Age 68 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 elder brother |
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 elder 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 himself |
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 |
| 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 | 1910 United States - Census transcript - James S Ragsdale - Household
Dover 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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