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New Years 2008 Roll Call Results
My
g.g.grandfather (for sure) was Albert Steve Ragsdale of KY & IN (1823-1898).
His ancestry (I think) was:
Drury Ragsdale of KY (ca1796-1825).
Richard Ragsdale of VA, KY, IN (ca1765-1842).
Joseph Ragsdale of VA (1724/25 - 1791).
Peter Ragsdale of VA (1689-1747).
Godfrey Ragsdale II of VA (1643/44 - 1701/03).
Godfrey Ragdale I of England & VA (1615-1644).
Phil |
Direct Descendants of Benjamin Franklin Ragsdale
1 Benjamin Franklin Ragsdale 1806 -1808 in North Carolina d bet 1860-1870
.. +Mary Elizabeth Coffelt 1806 - 1850 b: Abt. 1806 in Tennessee m: 19 May
1825 in Knox County, Kentucky
2 Nancy Ann Ragsdale 1841 - 1913 b: 04 Aug 1841 in Lawrence County, Arkansas
+Zackary/Zachias Wilkinson/Wilkerson 1815 - 1876 b: 1815 in Tennessee m: 05 Mar
1864 in Madison County, Illinois
3 Zackary Earl Wilkinson 1866 - 1908 b: 05 Apr 1866 in Washoe County, Neveda
+Minerva Catherine Kelting 1868 - 1956 b: 20 Dec 1868 in Colton, San Bernadino
County, California m: 02 Dec 1886 in West Riverside, San Berbnadino County,
California
4 Rosella Mae Wilkinson 1893 - 1944 b: 16 Aug 1893 in Chino, San Bernardino
County, California
+Richard Watson Banks 1881 - 1948 b: 28 Nov 1881 in Durham, England m: 25 Mar
1918 in Bakersfield, Kern County, California
5 Evelyn May Banks 1917 - 1942 b: 27 Mar 1917 in Stockton , San Joaquin,
California
+Henry Louis 1905 - 1985 b: 27 Sep 1905 in Hanford, King County, California
m: 24 Mar 1934 in Salinas, Monterey County, California
6. Donald Allen Louis 1934 - b: 20 Oct 1934 in Watsonville, Santa Cruz,
California M: Ruby Marie Brown (me)
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I did try to place Benjamin as the son of John Ragsdale and Nellie Harnage as
Mrs Van Leer tried to do and other researchers over the years that I have
researched with. He just doesn't fit there. I have the Indian papers packed
away for this family and there is no mention of our Benjamin in them. I am
sure Benjamin had a brother William from old family correspondence. Some
researchers think Calvin was his brother. I am not sure. William and Benjamin
both served in the war of 1836 from Arkansas. William states in those papers
that he was born in Richmond North Carolina. Six of Benjamin's sons were in
the Civil War.
War record: Bounty Land was issued to Benjamin Franklin Ragsdale: Bounty Land
File of Benjamin Ragsdale BIUT 35-102-8055
Captain Willis Phillips
Col Laben C. Horall
Arkansas volunteer
Volunteered 31 November 1836
Discharged 12 April, 1837
Warrant 19297 issued and sent 31 October, 1851
80 Acres, apr. 26/56 JA Shindel
Lawrence County, Arkansas on 16 November 1850, Justice of the Peace for
Benjamin Ragsdale about 43 years. A resident of Lawrence County, Arkansas was
a private in Company b? commanded by Captain Phillips of the 1st Battalion of
the second regiment of Arkansas volunteers at Little Rock, 31 Nov, 1836
William was a volunteer in Lawrence County, Arkansas, mustered in 31 Oct 1836,
to serve 6 months. He was a private in Captain Willis Phillips Company, 1st
Battalion of the 2nd regiment, Arkansas Volunteers, discharged Honorably 12
April, 1837. He had received 80 acres of bounty land for serving and had
filed for more, but it was not allowed. In the papers of William he states he
was in the war of 1836. He was 5'11" tall and had blue eyes, black hair and
a fair complexion. He says he was born in Richmond County, North Carolina. I
have these papers on William also but do not have them transcribed.
Ruby Marie Louis |
RE: Ragsdale Roll Call
Jean Hopkins Harrison d/o Hazel Ragsdale Hopkins & Herbert Brown Hopkins, d/o
Squire Gorham Ragsdale & Laura Amada Sherrill, s/o Alfred Ragsdale & Martha
Elizabeth Gorham, s/o Burrell Ragsdale and his second wife Olive Frances Foote.
Jean
Harrison |
Most of what I know about my Ragsdale line comes from Michael's assistance. I
put that into Ancestry.com and got information about the first two generations,
assuming it is correct.
Harrison Ragsdale m ? in Virginia in 1755
Hubbard Ragsdale b. 1788 in Virginia m. Mary Ann ?
William Ragsdale from Monroe Co. Tennessee (1823-1870) m. Margaret Green
James Andrew Ragsdale (1849-1931) m. Sarah McCone (1847-1928) in Illinois. James
moved from Tennesse to Illinois to Texas.
Bertha Ragsdale (1884-1916: Texas) m. Silas Rathbun Love (1879-1937: Texas)
Everett Ragsdale Love m. Ella Lota Elam: They are my parents.
Thanks,
Rhonda Love |
Paula Ragsdale Arsenault here,
responding to roll call...my info is scant...
father...Martin Grady Ragsdale, b. June 22, 1922 , Illinois, Mechanical
Engineer. Single son...
gfather...Martin Grady Ragsdale, b. December 15th, 1889, Honey Grove, TX,
singer, salesman for Oscar Meyer, Villa Park, Ill.
ggfather...Robert Bruce Ragsdale, b. 1855, Piedmont, Wayne, Missouri (not 100%
sure on this info.) He married Susannah Lemina Lewis Oct. 24th, 1875 in Honey
Grove, TX. Heard he was a Judge/Lawyer, also photographer in Honey Grove, TX.
gggfather...Thomas Ragsdale, gggmother...Parthena (Easley) Ragsdale
The Dallas area and Coleman, Texas have a lot of my relatives. I grew up
outside of Phila., PA, now live in Maine and never interacted or knew my
Ragsdale relatives other then my dad's mother, Dottie Olive (Ellis) Ragsdale.
Paula Ragsdale
Arsenault |
| Michael, in
response to your request for a RAGSDALE roll call, here is mine, all 17
generations worth. To save room and eyestrain I have cut out everything but the
names but I have all the particulars and am happy to share.
Jack HOWELL
The RAGSDALE family is my oldest line. My
SETTLE/SETTLES line goes back to 1499 though. Both the SETTLE and GREENING
families were also very early settlers of Virginia emigrating there from
England by the early 1650s. All of my RAGSDALEs, SETTLEs, GREENINGs and
HICKMANs came to Virginia from England and then on to Kentucky and then to
Monroe and Marion Counties in Missouri.
Henry RAGSDALE – My 13th GreatGrandfather
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Robert RAGSDALE
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Henry RAGSDALE + Elizabeth OGLETHORPE
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William RAGSDALE
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John RAGSDALE + unknown HEATHCOTE
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Godfrey I RAGSDALE + Mary COOKNEY
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Godfrey II RAGSDALE + Rachel ROWLETT
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Peter RAGSDALE + Alse WITTON
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Joseph RAGSDALE + Frances BEEVIL
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Drury RAGSDALE + Sophia WALLER – I have Pioneer Cemetery pictures if anyone
wants them
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James RAGSDALE + Sarah (Sallie) DEAVER (DEVAR)
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Martha Ellen RAGSDALE + Isaac G. GREENING – 2rd Great Grandparents & last
direct line
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Isaac Newton GREENING + Nancy Jane HICKMAN
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Lenna Mae GREENING + Andrew Jackson SETTLES
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My Mother + HOWELL
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Myself
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I am looking for anything on a Rosetta Ragsdale DOB,Sept.26, 1877, or close DOD year 1947.
Married Frank A. Martin, in Arkansas, sometime before 1898.
This is my grandmother, but I was born after she died.
To the people who want to stop smoking, do it cold turkey in the sign of the HEART. You will stop.
Liz |
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I am looking for parents of Burrell Ragsdale, b. 12/7/1799 in Logan County, Ky. Married (1) Sandell Crane Aug. 8, 1822 in Logan County, KY. They had five children. Married (2) Olive Frances Foote June 28, 1840 in Springfield, Robertson Cty, TN They had 8 children. I am a descendant of the second marriage and the first born, Alfred Ragsdale. We think Burrell's parents were in Pittsylvania Cty, VA.
Any help will be deeply appreciated.
Jean Harrison |
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I am Garnet Naslund, looking for information on the ancestry of Benjamin F. Ragsdale, born 1808 probably in NC, married Mary "Polly" Coffelt in Knox County Kentucky on 19 May 1825.
Benjamin and Polly had 11 children, the second , Elizabeth Carolina Jane, was my gggrandmother. I have found several references that say Benjamin was the son of John Ragsdale married to Nellie Harnage, but I have found nothing to prove this (or disprove it either). Am hoping that someone out there can help me.
Thanks in advance and "Happy New Year".
Garnet |
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Hi Everybody, and Happy New Year. I was weaning myself off cigarettes and down to 5 a day..... then my sister died in November and I starting lighting up without even knowing it....so I'm back to a pack a day.....maybe soon I will try again...wish me luck.
I'm looking for, and think I may never find, the parents/siblings of my Great Grandfather Hiram Ragsdale born in 1815 somewhere in TN. DNA shows, I'm told, that we descend from Baby Godfrey but I can't find the missing link.
Hiram married (1) Mary Johnson, daughter of Jeffrey and Delilah (Johnson) Johnson in 1834 in Williamson Co TN and lived out the rest of his life there.
Their children: Elcanah b 1835 married Mary Ann Grimes (my grandparents)
Elizabeth b 1838 married James K Fitzgerald
Ephraim b 1843 married Sarah J Johnson
Marion b 1844 (not on family deed of 1872, must have already died)
Sarah b 1846 married Thomas Johnson
Hiram C b 1849 (no other record besides deed of 1872)
Hiram married (2) Virginia T Crosen in 1870, no issue.
I think Hiram died around 1883/84 but have found no record. It was soon after, that my Grandfather Elcanah moved his family to Tumbling Creek in Humphreys Co TN and lived out the rest of his life there. They had 9 children, my father John Campbell Ragsdale being the 6th, was born 1878 in Williamson Co TN, married Grace Harris in Hickman Co TN and died in Humphreys Co.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL.
My Ragsdale line is:
CALVIN RAGSDALE, b. 1820/21 in KY, married JANE RUSSELL 1847 in Lawrence Co., AR.
Children:
1. WILLIAM, b. 1852 Mammoth Springs, (then Lawrence Co., now Fulton Co., AR), m. MARY ELVIRA (POLLY) BROWN in Oregon Co., MO. Daughter of HOLLOWAY BROWN & MARY.
2. ROBERT WILLIS, b. 1852 (twin of William), married MARY ANN ELLIS 1879 in Oregon Co., MO. , daughter of WINSTON ELLIS & SALLY
3. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, b. 1855 Mammoth Springs, married SARAH ANN HOLDER 1875 Lawrence Co., AR, daughter of BLEDSOE HOLDER & ELIZABETH GIBSON.
4. SILAS, b. 1858 Mammoth Springs, married MARY HENRY ELIZABETH FRANCES COFFELL 1878 Lawrence Co., AR., daughter of HENRY COFFELL AND ELIZABETH.
5. MARY ANN, b. 1860 Mammoth Springs.
Any information on Mary Ann would be greatly appreciated.
6. GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. 1863 Mammoth Springs, married CAROLINE
Would love to hear from anyone descended from anyone in this line.
And Michael, I quit smoking in May, hurrah!!
Pat Stevens |
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Resolution: To work everyday on being a better person - us humans need all the improvement we can get!
Searching for any information related to sorting out the Ragsdales of Coffee, Marion, Grundy, and Franklin Counties in Tennessee.
My Great Grandmother Isabella (Bell) Ragsdale was born 08 Jan 1856 (headstone - no birth record found). Recorded in census 1870 at House 484, Grundy County, Tennessee (home of Hiley Jane Keeling and Michael Galagher) as 15 years of age. Isabella and Anne Ragsdale are listed as domestic servants. Hiley's sister married Woodson Ragsdale. They appear for the first time in the 1870 census & I have not been able to find this family in subsequent records. The 1860 census would have solved my dilemma but they were not recorded. As Woodson disapears after 1860 & before 1870 I thought the family could have been split up among relatives.
Isabella married David Thomas Tucker 15 Mar 1874 at Grundy County. Was recorded with her husband in census 1880 at p. 301, Marion County, Tennessee as 22 years of age. Died 24 Aug 1933 in Grundy County.
All of the potential players in this family were centered around Atltamount, Ragsdale, Monteagle, and Pelham in Grundy County, Tn.
I have no other records of her or any indication of who her parents or siblings are.
Phil Roberts |
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Happy New Year to each and everyone. I sincerely hope you have a happy, healthy and prosperous 2008!
Now, on to business: what better way to start the New Year than with a "roll call" ...... sound off and let everyone know who you're looking for, and/or who you descended from, and/or where you need help and ..... OF COURSE .... you might as well throw in a New Year's resolution or two.
Looking for the father of Jordan and William Ragsdale, brothers born in the early 1800's in Tennessee.
Jordan Ragsdale
Samuel Ragsdale
Herbert Minter Ragsdale
Herbert Bernard Ragsdale
Michael Ragsdale
My New Year's resolution ... TO STOP SMOKING!
Michael Ragsdale | |