Fred Ragland (1895 - 1981)

Born 13 Aug 1895 in Morgantown, Butler Co. KY

Ancestors

Son of Thomas Sherman Ragland and Mary S (Garrison) Ragland

Husband of Katherine (McCollough) Ragland — married 5 Jul 1922 (to before 1929) in Monte Vista, CO

Husband of Leona Pearl (Wyley) Taylor — married 25 Nov 1929 (to 1939) in Alamosa, CO

Husband of Rose (Pope) Ragland — married 12 Apr 1947 in Clark County, Indiana

Descendants

Died 28 Feb 1981 at age 85 in Louisville, KY

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Biography

1910 Census, Butler Co., KY: The household is: Tom S Ragland 45, Fred Ragland 14, Aubra Ragland 12, Courtland Ragland 11, Noka Ragland 8, Grady Ragland 7.

His mother-in-law's diary (2 May 1936) notes "Fred got a telegram that his father was very ill today.^[1] T. S. Ragland died a few days later. On 7 May, she records that he "started for Kentucky today, called there by his father's death. Leona went with him to Walsenburg." On 27 May she reports "Fred got home from Kentucky yesterday. He wants to go back."

Event: moved with his family back to Kentucy from Colorado on 2 SEP 1936, as noted in his mother-in-law's dirary: Monte Vista CO to Butler County, KY. "buried myself in my work today to forget my lonelyness".

Later, he was abandoned by his wife and children. (OCT 1939) Morgantown, KY.

A Fred J Ragland is noted as living outside of Monte Vista in the 1930 census, in a household with another male, both farmers. Vital stats fit him but the anomaly is that he ought to have been living with his wife by this time.

Short obituary from the Louisville Courier Journal, March 1, 1981: "Fred Ragland, 85, of Anne Lynne Manor, died Saturday at Baptist Hospital East. He was a native of Butler County, a retired meat cutter, an Army veteran of World War I and a member of Churchill Downs Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2921. Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Ordean Kindt [sic] of California, Mrs. Barbara Magness of Colorado and Mrs. Donna Graham of Kansas; two sisters, Mrs. Nokie Shelton of Jeffersonville and Mrs. Gradie Fisher of Utah; two brothers, Aubrey Ragland of Morgantown and Courtland Ragland; and eight grandchildren. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tues day at O.D. White & Sons. 2727 S. Third St, with burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation at the funeral home will be after 5 p.m. Sunday. "

Marriage Husband Fred Ragland. Wife Leona Pearl Wyley. Child: Ordean Ragland. Child: Barbara Dee Ragland. Child: Donna Gayle Ragland. Marriage 25 NOV 1929. Alamosa, CO

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by a 23andMe test match between his daughter Barbara Ragland and "M.S", third cousins. Their MRCAs are Walker Ragland and Betsy Comer, their second great grandparents. Predicted relationship from 23andMe: Second to Fourth Cousin, based on sharing 1.31% across four segments.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on GEDmatch consisting of Barbara Magness, Chelley Patterson, and Dan Driggs sharing an 18.1 cM segment chr 7 from 105543030 to 130231616.

Sources

Third marriage: "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXG7-1TC : 21 January 2016), Thomas S Ragland in entry for Fred Ragland and Rose Mcdonald, 12 Apr 1947; citing Clark, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 2,312,592.

First marriage: "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNQV-P81 : 3 December 2014), Fred J Ragland and Katherine Mccollough, 05 Jul 1922, Monte Vista, Rio Grande, Colorado, United States; citing no. 1171, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,123.

• US Census

Year: 1910; Census Place: Magisterial District 1, Butler, Kentucky; Roll: T624_468; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0030; FHL microfilm: 1374481

Year: 1930; Census Place: Rock Creek, Rio Grande, Colorado; Roll: 251; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 0010; Image: 169.0; FHL microfilm: 2339986

• Burial

https://new.findagrave.com/memorial/183154783

1. ↑ 5-year diary of Ethel Wyley, 1936 - 1940

• Source: S1 GEDCOM file imported on 29 Dec 2002, created from old Ultimate Family Tree software.