His Brother, James M. Ragan, was pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Chula, Missouri.
Sources
Green Hills Pioneers
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCD7-VD9 : accessed 7 December 2015), Albert Ragan in household of Darly Ragan, Blount county, Blount, Tennessee, United States; citing family 1112, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M66B-Z9N : accessed 7 December 2015), Elbert Ragan, Jackson, Daviess, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district 238, sheet 77D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0684; FHL microfilm 1,254,684.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Elbert by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Elbert: