The Shemwell Family

Birth March 14, 1891 28 19
MarriageGertrude Virginia McMillan — View this family
unknown
Birth of a brotherStewart Ronda Ragan
May 3, 1893 (Age 2 years)
Death of a motherMary Payne
1896 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMary Bess “Bess” Ragan
June 13, 1897 (Age 6 years)
Birth of a half-sisterAda Elizabeth Ragan
December 29, 1898 (Age 7 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherJohn William Ragan
November 2, 1899 (Age 8 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMay Belle Ragan
April 6, 1900 (Age 9 years)
Birth of a half-brotherCharles Abraham Lincoln “Link” Ragan
September 21, 1905 (Age 14 years)
Birth of a half-sisterLillian Ragan
March 10, 1908 (Age 16 years)
Birth of a half-brotherDavid D Ragan
November 30, 1910 (Age 19 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJonathan Howard Ragan
September 14, 1912 (Age 21 years)
Death of a half-sisterMay Belle Ragan
March 10, 1914 (Age 22 years)
Birth of a half-brotherVernon Shelton Ragan
January 16, 1915 (Age 23 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1Virginia Esther Ragan
March 11, 1917 (Age 25 years)
Birth of a half-sisterRuby Delray Ragan
March 23, 1917 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJames Butler Ragan
June 8, 1919 (Age 28 years)
Death of a half-sisterLillian Ragan
March 15, 1920 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a son
#2Donald Paul Ragan
April 20, 1920 (Age 29 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSarah Adeline Greene
April 25, 1920 (Age 29 years)
Birth of a half-brotherJulian Flinoy Ragan
July 21, 1924 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a son
#3John Thomas Ragan
March 6, 1925 (Age 33 years)
Death of a half-brotherDavid D Ragan
August 27, 1932 (Age 41 years)
Death of a fatherWade Hampton Ragan
September 30, 1946 (Age 55 years)
Death of a wifeGertrude Virginia McMillan
September 14, 1952 (Age 61 years)
Death of a half-brotherCharles Abraham Lincoln “Link” Ragan
February 6, 1959 (Age 67 years)
Death of a half-sisterMary Bess “Bess” Ragan
October 1, 1965 (Age 74 years)
Death 1967 (Age 75 years)
Burial

Family with parents
father Parents John William Ragan Sarah Adeline Greene	Wade Hampton Ragan 1863–1946
mother Parents (unknown)	Mary Payne 1872–1896
himself Family Gertrude Virginia McMillan Virginia Esther Ragan Donald Paul Ragan John Thomas Ragan	George Henry Ragan 1891–1967
younger brother Family (none)	Stewart Ronda Ragan 1893–1969
Father’s family with Nancy Evelyn Shelton …
father Parents John William Ragan Sarah Adeline Greene	Wade Hampton Ragan 1863–1946
step-mother Parents (unknown)	Nancy Evelyn Shelton … –
half-brother Family Ethel Nase Private	Charles Abraham Lincoln “Link” Ragan 1905–1959
half-sister Family Carl Arnold	Ruby Delray Ragan 1917–2023
half-brother Family (none)	Vernon Shelton Ragan 1915–1984
half-brother Family Arnitta Arlington Vaughan Jonathan Howard “Johnny” Ragan Jr.	Jonathan Howard Ragan 1912–1990
half-brother Family (none)	David D Ragan 1910–1932
half-sister Family (none)	Lillian Ragan 1908–1920
half-sister Family (none)	May Belle Ragan 1900–1914
half-sister Family (none)	Ada Elizabeth Ragan 1898–1983
half-sister Family (none)	Mary Bess “Bess” Ragan 1897–1965
half-brother Family (unknown) Steven Wade Ragan	James Butler Ragan 1919–1994
half-brother Family (none)	Julian Flinoy Ragan 1924–1977
Family with Gertrude Virginia McMillan
himself Parents Wade Hampton Ragan Mary Payne	George Henry Ragan 1891–1967
wife Parents (unknown)	Gertrude Virginia McMillan 1893–1952
daughter Family (none)	Virginia Esther Ragan 1917–2020
son Family (none)	Donald Paul Ragan 1920–1972
son Family (none)	John Thomas Ragan 1925–1988