Ragon Family History
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The
Ragon family connection to Hamilton county began when Jesse Smith Ragon bought a
farm in the Ooltewah area in 1849. It
has been said in family legend, that he was the first postmaster for that area.
He served as postmaster from 1867 to 1873.
ELI
RAGON
ELI
RAGON WAS BORN IN ASHE COUNTY,NC IN
1764, HE MARRIED MARY STEWART IN
1780 .
HE
DIED IN 1807.
ELI
AND MARY HAD NINE CHILDREN---THEIR SON JACOB B. RAGON WAS BORN ON APRIL 22,
1788.
JACOB
B. RAGON
JACOB
WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA ON APRIL 22,1788. HE MARRIED MARY SMITH IN
1810.
JACOB
AND MARY HAD FIVE CHILDREN--THEIR SON JESSE SMITH RAGON WAS BORN IN 1821
JESSE
SMITH RAGON
JESSE
SMITH RAGON WAS BORN IN MORGAN COUNTY , TENNESSEE IN 1821. HE MARRIED PERLINA
MURPHY.
SHE WAS BORN IN 1820. HE DIED IN 1917 IN CHATTANOOGA, HAMILTON COUNTY ,
TENNESSEE.
JESSE
AND PERLINA HAD EIGHT CHILDREN---THEIR SON ROBERT MCKAMEY RAGON WAS BORN IN
1843.
ROBERT
MCKAMEY RAGON
ROBERT
MCKAMEY RAGON WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER
23,1843 IN HAMILTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE
HE
MARRIED JOSEPHINE SYDNEY HENEGAR, WHO WAS BORN IN 1851. ROBERT DIED IN 1906.
ROBERT
AND JOSEPHINE HAD ELEVEN CHILDREN --THEIR SON HARVEY FINLEY RAGON WAS BORN IN
1872.
HARVEY
FINLEY RAGON
HARVEY
FINLEY RAGON WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 26, 1872 IN OOLTEWAH, TN.
HE MARRIED AGNES
SAPHRONIA
WISE OF CHARLESTON , SC. SHE WAS
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1880.
HARVEY
DIED ON JUNE 7, 1919 AND AGNES DIED IN 1970.
THEY ARE BURIED AT GREENWOOD CEMETERY ON MISSIONARY RIDGE IN CHATTANOOGA,
TN.
HARVEY
AND AGNES HAD 6 CHILDREN--THEIR SON HARVEY HENEGAR RAGON WAS BORN IN 1900.
HARVEY
HENEGAR RAGON
HARVEY
HENEGAR RAGON WAS BORN IN JANUARY OF 1900 IN SAVANNAH, GA, BUT RESIDED MOST OF
HIS LIFE IN CHATTANOOGA, TN. HE
MARRIED LOIS IRENE WILSON IN 1933. THEY
HAD THREE CHILDREN---MARY CHARLENE, ELIZABETH ALENE, AND ROBERT HARVEY.
HARVEY
DIED ON OCTOBER 8, 1967 AND LOIS DIED IN 1977. THEY ARE BURIED AT GREENWOOD
CEMETERY ON
MISSIONARY
RIDGE IN CHATTANOOGA, TN
ELIZABETH
ALENE RAGON
ELIZABETH
ALENE RAGON WAS BORN ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1937 IN HAMILTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE.
SHE MARRIED DONALD EMERSON JOHNSON ON APRIL 1, 1959 IN TRENTON, GA.
DONALD
WAS THE SON OF OSCAR A. AND FLORENCE CALLIE MCDANIEL ORTON JOHNSON AND WAS BORN
IN HAMILTON COUNTY, TENNESSEE ON NOVEMBER 30, 1936.
ELIZABETH
DIED ON MAY 17, 2003 AND DONALD DIED ON MARCH 30, 1997.
THEY ARE BURIED AT CHATTANOOGA
NATIONAL
VA CEMETERY IN CHATTANOOGA, TN.
ELIZABETH
AND DONALD HAD SIX CHILDREN---RICHARD DONALD, SUSAN ELAINE, GINA MARIE, PAMELA
ANN, MELISSA GAYLE, AND STEVEN WAYNE.
4/15/2004