H. H. Ragon Family Bible
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The following information was found in the H.H. Ragon Bible, which was donated by his great-granddaughter, Marian Surprise Webster, to the Halsted House in 2012:
Births
Henry H. Ragon - born March 8th, 1837- Lefee C. Ragon - born May 15th, 1841
Elmer E. Ragon - born March 13th, 1862
Allen & Almon Ragon - born April 12th, 1864
Minnie Lucille Ragon - born July 25th, 1866
- Jennie A. Ragon, wife of H.H. Ragon - born March 1st, 1847, at Gerry, New York
Leonard Wilbur, son of H.H. and Jennie A. Ragon - born Jan. 7th, 1874, at North Liberty, Ind.
Lola Montez, daughter of H.H. and Jennie A. Ragon - born Oct. 21st, 1875, at Lowell, Ind.
Mertie Elizabeth, daughter of H.H. and Jennie A. Ragon - born at Lowell, Ind., May 13th, 1877
John Clifford, son of H.H. and Jennie A. Ragon - born at Lowell Ind., February 1st, 1879
George Vernon, son of H.H. and Jennie A. Ragon - born at Lowell, Ind., June 7th, 1881
Cordie Uiral, son of H.H. and Jennie A. Ragon - born August 16th, 1885, at Lowell, Ind.
Marriages
Henry H. Ragon married to wife Lefee C. Stephens -- September 25th, 1860H.H. Ragon and Lefee C. Ragon separated Oct. 26th, 1866; divorced at March term of Lake Circuit Court of Ind. 1870. H.H. Ragon was married to Jennie A. Smith Apr. 13th, 1871, by Rev. J.J. Stines, Lowell, Ind. The marriage took place at the residence of F. Bowe near Lowell, Ind.
Oliver M. Collins married to Minnie L. Ragon - Oct. 11, 1886
Elmer E. Ragon married to Etta Palmer - June 25, 1890
Lola M. Ragon married to Ernest A. Surprise - Nov. 27th, 1895
Myrtle E. Ragon married to Joseph L. Buckley - Oct. 26, 1895
Leonard W. Ragon married to Adelia H. Lee - June 26, 1898
Cordie U. Ragon married to Myrtle M. Hale - May 29, 1916
Max L. Ragon to Elsie McConnell - June 15th, 1920
Azalia E. Ragon to Baron H.F. Richards - July 10th, 1926
Harry W. Buckley to Louise Haase - April
Mabel E. Buckley to Daniel O Krietzman - May 10th, 1924
Births
Percy H., son of Lola and E.A. Surprise - born May 23, 1896Kenneth L. - born Nov. 16th, 1897
Mildred M. - born Nov. 7th, 1899
Arnold - born Nov. 21st, 1901
Roger - June 13th, 1903
Oliver R. - born June 16th, 1905
Myrtle - born June 30th, 1907
Albert - born Mar. 31st, 1909
Charles - born Feb. 12th, 1911
Harry - born Dec. 31, 1912
Cecil George Collins, son of Minnie and Oliver M. Collins - born Aug. 18, 1887
Mabel Laura - born June 12th, 1889
Myra Irene - born June 23, 1898
Forrest A., son of Elmer E. and Etta Ragon - born May 10, 1892
Chandos - born Sept. 18, 1890
Harry W., son of Myrtle E. and Joseph Buckley - born Sept. 6, 1896
Mabel E. - born Aug. 27th, 1901
Max L., son of Leonard W. and Adelia Ragon - born April 12, 1899
Azalia Eilene - born October 16, 1904
Howard Hale Ragon, son of Cordie U. and Myrtle M. Ragon - born Oct. 28, 1918
Laura Jane - Oct. 18th, 1920
Robert & Roy (twins) - Nov. 3, 1921 - died at 2 mo. *
John Harrison - Dec. 26th, 1923
Lorraine C. - Jan. 15th, 1926
Jean Marcille - May 29th, 1921 - daughter of Max L. & Elsie Ragon
Rebecca Jane, daughter of Harry W. & Louise Buckley - March 28th, 1919
John Harrison - Aug. 28, 1924
Donald Oliver, son of Mabel & Daniel O. Krietzman - March 13th, 1927
(* NOTE -- While these birth records show that Robert and Roy Ragon were born on Nov. 3, 1921, and died at age 2 months, the "Death" records below say they both died on Nov. 3, 1921. Their birth and death announcements are not included in the library's newspaper holdings, and the Cedar Creek Cemetery index shows only that their headstone listed 1921 as the year of their deaths but gave no other specific dates.)
Deaths
Allen & Almon Ragon - died April 14th, 1864John Clifford, son of H.H. and Jennie A. Ragon - died at Lowell, Ind., May 17th, 1879, aged two months and 17 days
George Vernon, son of H.H. and Jennie A. Ragon - died at Lowell, Ind., August 19th, 1881, aged two months & twelve days
Henry H. Ragon - died May 3, 1918
Oliver M. Collins - died Nov. 23rd, 1908
Robert and Roy Ragon - died Nov. 3, 1921
Percy Howard Surprise - Oct. 9, 1918
Jennie A. Ragon - May 13th, 1933
Elmer E. Ragon - died Aug 20, 1939
Leonard W. Ragon - died February 10, 1953
Lola Ragon Surprise - died May 9, 1955 in hospital after a year of serious illness; in & out of the hospital sev. times
Dollie Ragon, wife of Leonard Ragon - died *
(*NOTES -- The Ragon Bible lists Lola Ragon Surprise's death date as May 9, 1955, but her obituary lists it as May 6. Also, Dollie Ragon's name is listed in the death records of the Ragon Bible, but the actual date of her death is not recorded there. According to her obituary, she died on January 9, 1954.)
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