Ron, Your post is interesting. In our database, which is a collection of families contributed by other RAGAN ROOTers, I find some similar names. First whenever I do a search through our database it seems easier to look for a spouse first. You wouldn't believe how many William, Daniel, Richard, John, Robert, Bob, Sarah, Sally, Elizabeth, Ann, Jane (... etc.) RAGAN/REAGAN/RAGON (...etc.)'s there are. So I looked for Sally ROBERTS first. What I found was 3 of them! There is a Sally ROBERTS who married a Dickerson (or Dixon) REAGAN (one child->Amanda). Next there is a Sally ROBERTS who married an S. Dixon RAGAN (five children ->William Joseph, Millie, Dosh, Amanda, & Tom). Then there's a Sallie ROBERTS who married an S.D. RAGAN, b. KY (one child->William Joseph). This all looks to be the same family to me. Next I did a search for Rachel Sally TURNER. Only found one, she was b. 1818 in TN., m. 28 Aug 1832, Dickson Co., TN. to Joseph Westley RAGAN (son of Joseph RAGAN). They had the following children: 1.1 Lusetta RAGAN, b. 1833, TN 1.2 Sarah RAGAN, b. 1834, TN., m. Phil KENTON 1.3 Mary Catherine RAGAN, b. 2 May 1836, TN., d. 29 May 1915, Cushman, Independence Co., AR., m. 16 Nov 1854, Hartville, Wright Co., MO., William R. PILKINTON 1.4 Nancy RAGAN, b. 1837, TN 1.5a William Edward RAGAN*, b. Nov 1839, TN. d. 27 Feb 1909, m. Olive _?_ 1.5b William Edward RAGAN*, b. Nov 1839, TN, d. 27 Feb 1909, m. 1867, Texas Co., MO to Mary Taylor RANEY 1.6 James RAGAN, b. 1840, TN 1.7 Martha R. RAGAN, b. 1842, TN., m. James CARTER 1.8 John D. RAGAN, b. 20 Nov 1846, Dickson Co., TN, m. 22 May 1867 to Mary M. WILLETT 1.9 Joseph E. RAGAN, b. May 1847, TN., m. Margaret _?_ 1.10 Solomon RAGAN, b. 1849, TN 1.11 David Gray RAGAN, b. 16 Jun 1852, Texas Co., MO., d. 2 Mar 1890, m. Tennessee A. BROWN 1.12 Letta Finn RAGAN, b. 1854, Texas Co., MO., d. 1 Oct 1936, Melbourne, Izard Co., AR., m. 12 Nov 1884, Melbourne, Izard Co., AR Henry Clay SHANNON 1.13 Rachel A. RAGAN, b. 1857, MO 1.14 Arena E. RAGAN, b. 1858, MO 1.15 Benjamin Franklin RAGAN, b. 10 Aug 1860, Texas Co., MO., d. 4 Jan 1940, Longworth, Fisher Co., TX., m. 22 Dec 1889, Izard Co., AR to Susan E. WALLACE ========== Obviously we need some more research on these families. If there was some way you could prove that this Solomon was SD or S. Dixon RAGAN/REAGAN then we might have a new link. Has anyone looked into a will from Joseph Westley or his wife Rachel Sallie TURNER/RAGAN? It may be found in Texas Co., MO where their last five children were born. Since the last child was b. in 1880 we might try locating them in the 1880 census for Texas Co., MO. Does anyone have access to that? Try the Soundex (R250). That should turn up something. Sometimes I feel like a private investigator. We're just looking for clues wherever we can find them. Perhaps we should take a look at children's names of some of this Solomon's siblings. I've found on occasion that siblings will name children after not only a parent, but after a brother or sister. If we find that someone named a child Solomon or Dixon then perhaps we can make a safe assumption about Solomon being the same person. Just a thought ... Best wishes, Michael W. RAGAN ============== RAGAN-ROOTS List Moderator ============== Santa Claus, the tooth fairy, an honest lawyer, and an old drunk are walking down the street together, they all spot a $100 bill on the ground. Who gets it?" A: The old drunk, of course, the other three don't exist. ============= In a message dated 8/4/99 3:47:14 PM, [email protected] writes: >8/4/1999 >Ragan Roots > >Hi, > >I have been doing some more research and just thought I would share some >of the updates that I have found in my >family tree. Hopefully, some of this new information may bring to light >a family connection that was not previously seen. > >Via another ragan geneology researcher (Judy Haddock Swain), I beleive >that S D Ragan's full name was Solomon Dickson Ragan. If that is the case, >which there is alot of circumstantial evidence supporting this theory. > Then his parents would be Joseph Wesley Ragan b.1806 in NC. He married >(29Aug1832) Rachel Turner in Dickson Co. TN. She was born in 1818 in TN. > She was the daugher of William dillard Turner and Priscill a Ursula Thomas. > >An educated guess is that Joseph Wesley Ragan was the son of William Ragan >b.1773 and Sitty ? b.1790 in VA. > >The rest of what I have is though my research. Solomon is assumed to be >S D Ragan's first name. Dickson is the spelling chosed for the family >traditon for his name Dixon or Dickson, either way sound the same. > >Solomon Dickson Ragan b.abt1848. m.abt1873 in Izard Co. Arkansas to Sallie >Jane Roberts from KY. Sallie had two brothers John and Ed Roberts. >They had the following children >1) Millie (Ragan) Moody >2) Dosh (Ragan) ? >3) William Joseph Ragan b.2Apr1874 in Izard Co. AR. > d.27Jul1931 in Coweta, Wagoner > Co. OK. buried in Shahan Cemetery. > He was thought to live a time in > MO. maybe Ozark or Texas Co. & then > he moved on to Bixby, Ok. > He married in Baxter Co. > Arkansas to Margaret Elizabeth > White from Gamialia, Baxter Co. > Arkansas. > More on thier nine children later. >4) Tom Ragan >5) Amanda Lou (Ragan/Ragon) Hughes. 'Mandy' was first > married to ? Sing where they had > two children. Raymond and Susan > Sing. Via Henry Hughes they had > a daughter Judy or Judeth Hughes. > 'Amanda Lou Ragan'b.6Mar1892 in > Evening Shade, AR. Sharp Co. > In 24May1943 she applied for SS# > 555/32/1337 while she lived in > MountBella CA. > She later moved back to near Tulsa > OK, where she lived in a nursing > home Broken Arrow? d.Feb1984. > >------------------------------------------------------- >3) Children of William Joseph Ragan and Margaret > Elizabeth White: > i) (f)Bertha May Ragan b.21Oct1900 OK>? > ii) (m)Jimmey Ragan b.21Oct1904 d.21Oct1904 > iii) (f)Olie Ragan b.6Aug1906? > iv) (f)Lavada (x)Baker b.18Jan1906 > v) (f)Mary Ragan b.8Feb.1910 > vi) (f)Rachel Lee (x)Dunlap b.8Feb1913 d.25Mar1998>CA > vii) (f)Elzora Lith (x)Henson b.24Oct1915 d.Mar74>CA >viii) (m)Oscar Ralph Ragan b.28Dec1919 b.6Jun1989>CA > ix) (m)Joseph Thomas Ragan b.8Mar1922 OK>CA>OK > >I hope this new >updated info helps, >Thanks, >Ron Ragan.