RAGSDALE FAMILY
WILLIAM
EDWARD RAGSDALE 1ST MARRIAGE
Born: Abt 1805 TN Died: Unknown
MARRIED
RUTH
FARRIS
THEIR CHILDREN:
1) RACHEL RAGSDALE married HENRY KILE
10 September 1850 Monroe County, TN
2) GABRIEL RAGSDALE married
M. C. ALEXANDER 24 April 1847 Monroe County, TN
3) STERLING RAGSDALE
married SARAH ANN ______
Born: Abt 1823 TN Born: Abt 1817 VA
THEIR
CHILDREN:
a)Eliza Ragsdale B. Abt 1842
b) James Ragsdale B. Abt 1844
c)
Mary Ragsdale B. Abt 1845
d) Camus Ragsdale B. Abt 1846
e) William Ragsdale
B. Abt 1849
Ref: 1850 Census, Monroe Co. TN
Index to Early Tenn Wills Pg.
300 WB #16 Monroe
County, TN 1859
4) LUNEY RAGSDALE
Born: Abt 1828
TN
Ref: 1850 Census, Monroe Co. TN Schoolteacher
5) JASPER RAGSDALE
Born:
Abt 1831 TN
6) LUTHER RAGSDALE FIRST MARRIAGE
Born: Abt 1833 TN married
MARY A. SCOTT
3 May 1855 Blount Co. TN
THEIR CHILDREN:
a) Sarah Ragsdale
Born: Abt 1857 TN
b) Nancy Ragsdale Born: Abt 1859 TN
married FRANCES RICHEY
14 Aug 1881 Texas Co. MO
c) Mary Jane Ragsdale Born: 1866 TN
Died: 2 Mar 1884
Texas Co. MO
Ref: Death Register #64 1883-1890, USGenWebProject, Texas Co. Mo.
Died age 18, Single
CAME TO MISSOURI IN 1873
d) John B. Ragsdale Born: Feb
1868 TN
married MARTHA J. ARNOLD 11 Mar 1888Texas Co. MO. Martha born: Oct 1867
TN
CHILDREN:
William Ragsdale Born: Dec 1888 MO
Rosie Jane Ragsdale Born:
Nov 1892 MO
James A. Ragsdale Born: Sept 1895 MO
Charles E. Ragsdale Born:
Dec 1899 MO
REF: Texas Co. MO Marriages
1900 Census, Texas Co. MO Morris Twp.Alice,
Missouri
FATHER, LUTHER RESIDING IN HOUSEHOLD 1900 CENSUS
SECOND MARRIAGE
of Luther
MARGARET R. PESTERFIELD, Daughter of Jacob Pesterfield and Mary
Ann Polly Redman
Married 20 Mar 1870 Monroe Co. TN
No Children known of this
marriage at this time.
SEE PESTERFIELD LINEAGE
REF: 1880 Census, Texas
Co. MO (no wife shown)
1900 Census, Texas Co. MO (living with son)
Marriages
Monroe Co. TN 1838 to 1890 Page 147
Nancy Helvey email dated 20 Mar 1999
Marriages
of Blount Co. TN 1795-1859 Pg. 61
Index to Early Tenn. Wills & Admin. Pg.
300
1850 Census Monroe Co. TN
Death Register #64 - 1883-1890 USGenWeb Texas
Co. MO
Texas Co. MO Marriages
WILLIAM EDWARD RAGSDALE
2nd MARRIAGE
MARRIED: Abt 1837 Monroe Co. TN
ELIZABETH "BETSY"
TROTTER
Born: Abt 1811 TN
THEIR CHILDREN:
1) OLIVER RAGSDALE
Born: 19 Sept 1837 Monroe Co. TN
Died: 14 Jan 1902 Bucombe, Johnson Co. ILL
Married: 3 June 1858 Monroe Co. TN
SARAH E. JACOBS
REF: Early East
Tenn. Marriages, Vol 1 Grooms
Nancy Helvey email dated 20 Mar 1999
2)
EDWARD GRIEF RAGSDALE (INVOLVED CURTIS BROS.
MURDERS IN TENN)
Born: 24
Dec 1839 Monroe Co. TN
Died: 14 Aug 1914 Bado, Texas Co. MO (PHOTO OF TOMBSTONE)
Buried:
Murr Family Cemetery, Texas Co. MO
Military: 10th Kentucky Cavalry Company M
Nov.
1862 to Sept 1863 Lung trouble caused by measles, living Alice, MO 1890, Discharge
Lost (1890 Veterans Special Census, Texas Co. MO)
Married: 2 June 1864 Monroe
Co. TN
, MONROE COUNTY, TENNESSEE 10 JULY 1864
SARAH ELIZABETH PESTERFIELD
Born:
26 Sept 1843
Died: 3 Apr 1909 Texas Co. MO
Buried: Murr Family Cemetery, Texas
Co. MO (PHOTO OF TOMBSTONE)
Daughter of JACOB PESTERFIELD AND MARY ANN POLLY
REDMAN
(Will of Jacob Pesterfield included)
SEE PESTERFIELD LINEAGE
Homesteaded
160 acres Bado, Texas Co. MO
WENT TO TEXAS CO. MO 1870 (Texas Co. Heritage
Book Pg. 692)
CHILDREN: Had 9 children, 8 living
a)Jacob E. Ragsdale
Born:
22 Aug 1865 TN
Died: 26 Dec 1878 Texas Co. MO
Buried: Murr Family Cemetery,
Texas Co. MO
b) Mary A. Ragsdale
Born: 1868 TN
c) Elizabeth Ragsdale
Born:
1870 TN
d) John L. Ragsdale
Born: 11 Nov 1870 TN
Died: 9 Dec 1914
Texas Co. MO
Buried: Murr Family Cemetery, Texas Co. MO
Married: Cordelia ________
Abt 1892
Born: 9 May 1870 MO
Died: 7 Aug 1923 Texas Co. MO
Buried:
Murr Family Cemetery, Texas Co.
MO
CHILDREN:
Lilly May Ragsdale
Born: Feb 1893 MO
Ethel M. Ragsdale Born: June 1897 MO
REF: Murr Cemetery
Records
1900 Census, Texas Co. MO, Morris Twp, Alice
e) WILLIAM S. RAGSDALE
Born:
13 Apr 1874 MO
Died: 30 May 1914 Texas Co. MO
Buried: Murr Family Cemetery,
Texas Co. MO
Married: Harriett _____ Abt 1892
CHILDREN: Had 3 children
3 Living 1900 Census
Lawrence Ragsdale Born: May 1894 Texas Co. MO
Effie Ragsdale
Born: Jun 1898 Texas Co. MO
Infant Ragsdale Born: May 1900 Texas Co. MO
(child
no named yet - FEMALE)
REF: 1900 Census, Texas Co. MO Morris Twp. Alice
f)
SARAH ALICE RAGSDALE
Born: Jun 1876 MO
g) THOMAS RAGSDALE
Born: Apr
1879 MO
Died: 1924 Texas Co. MO
Buried: Murr Family Cemetery, Texas Co. MO
Married:
Possibly Rachel _______
Born: 1878 Died: 1921 (Buried next to Thomas in
Murr Cemetery, ASSUME HIS WIFE
h) HENRY GRIEF RAGSDALE
Born: Jan 1881 MO
Died: 1908 MO
Buried: Hillcrest Cemetery, Mountain Grove, Wright Co. MO
Married:
MINNIE
CORBIN - WENT TO MURR SCHOOL
BOUGHT FATHER'S LAND IN TEXAS CO. MO
CHILDREN:
11
Ray Ragsdale Born: 1909 Texas Co. MO
Died: Abt 1995/96 Texas Co.
MO
SCHOOL TEACHER
Married: NEVA NAIL
Beatrice Ragsdale Born: 1911
Texas Co. MO
STILL LIVING 30 Mar 1999
SCHOOL TEACHER
Married: LINVILLE
HARDIN
Florence Ragsdale Born: 1911 Texas Co. MO
STILL LIVING 30 Mar 1999
Married: ORVAL MC GOWAN
Leona Ragsdale Born: 1913 Texas Co. MO
STILL LIVING
30 Mar 1999
SCHOOL TEACHER
Married: OSCAR CANTRELL
Bessie Ragsdale Born:
1915 Texas Co. MO
STILL LIVING 30 Mar 1999
SCHOOL TEACHER
Married:
CLINTON GORDON
Elois Ragsdale Born: 1917 Texas Co. MO
DECEASED - DATE UNKNOWN
SCHOOL TEACHER
Married: ALTUS DANSBY
Warren HenryRagsdale Born: 2 Feb 1921
Texas Co. MO
(PHOTO) STILL LIVING 30 Mar 1999
FARMER - OWNED LAND WHERE MURR SCHOOL IS LOCATED - Attended Murr School
Married: DOROTHY LYBYER
Bentonville,
Arkansas 1908
Fern Ragsdale Born: 1923 Texas Co. MO
STILL LIVING 30
Mar 1999
Married: GARLAND FITZHUGH
Dorothy Ragsdale Born: 1925 Texas
Co. MO
STILL LIVING 30 Mar 1999
SCHOOL TEACHER
Married: HAROLD HARVEY
Maxine
Ragsdale Born: 1929 Texas Co. MO
STILL LIVING 30 Mar 1999
SCHOOL TEACHER
Married: MURLIN BATEY
(Bro. To Dixie's 2nd husband)
Dixie Ragsdale Born:
1935 Texas Co. MO
STILL LIVING 30 Mar 1999
Married 1st) _____BATEY
Married 2nd) TED RUST
REF: Personal Interview with Warren Ragsdale at his farm
31 Mar 1999, Texas Co. MO
He stated some of Edward Grief Ragsdale's brothers
went West.
Gave an account that Edward Grief Ragsdale helped shell corn &
hide in a crib. They built a false floor to hide it during the Civil War in Monroe
Co. Tennessee.
He said Sarah Elizabeth Pesterfield Ragsdale was part Indian.
Texas Co. MO Heritage Book Page 692
1880 Census Texas Co. MO, Morris Twp, Alice
1890 Special Census, Texas Co. MO, Morris Twp,Alice
Murr Cemetery Records -
Carol Boykin
Monroe Co. Tenn Marriage Records 1838 - 1890 Page
152
Monroe Co. Tenn. Court Minutes - Murder Indictment
And other info
i)
NANCY CAROLINE RAGSDALE "Callie"
Born: 2 APRIL 1884 Texas Co. MO
Died:
2 Dec 1956
Buried: Murr Family Cemetery, Texas Co. MO
Married:
STEPHEN
ALFERD* MURR
Born: 4 Dec 1883 Texas Co. MO
Died: 23 Feb 1973
Buried: Murr
Family Cemetery, Texas Co. MO
Children: **1)Amy Murr b:1901 married Oscar Baney
2)Mae MURR b:1904
3)Sterling MURR b:1907
4)Ocie Ann MURR b:1908
5)Glenna MURR b:1911
6)Eulin Stephen Murr b:1914( line of Carolyn Ann Murr)
7)Elmer C. MURR b:1916
8) Lee Alferd MURR b:1918
Ref: 1900 Census Texas Co. MO (Nancy)
age 15 living with parents
Murr Family Cemetery Records by Carol Boykin
3) MARY CATHERINE RAGSDALE
Born: 15 Jan 1841 Monroe
Co. TN
Died: 17 Oct 1920 Texas Co. MO
Buried: Murr Family Cemetery, Texas
Co. MO
Married: 17 Oct 1860 Monroe Co. TN
WILLIAM J. HUTCHESON
Born:
5 Dec 1839 TN
Died: 11 Apr 1916 Texas Co. MO
Buried: Murr Family Cemetery,
Texas Co. MO
CHILDREN: 10 Born 4 Living (GUESSING @ THESE CHILDREN BURIED
IN MURR CEMETERY, EXCEPT FOR MARY E. & DANIEL, listed on 1900 Census, Texas Co.
MO)
a) Martha Hutcheson Born: 19 Aug 1861
Died: 9 Dec 1880 Texas Co.
MO
Buried: Murr Family Cemetery, Texas Co. MO
b)Frank A. Hutcheson Born: 30
Mar 1867 MO
Died: 15 Feb 1888 Texas Co. MO
Buried: Murr Family Cemetery,
Texas Co. MO
c) Infant Hutcheson Born: 4 Sep 1877 MO
Died: 4 Sep 1877 MO
Buried: Murr Family CemTexas Co. MO
d)Walter Hutcheson Born: 21 Jan 1879 MO
Died: 13 Apr 1881 MO
Buried: Murr Family CemTexas Co. MO
e)Mary E. Hutcheson
Born: Dec 1874 MO
f)Daniel Hutcheson Born: Sept 1881 MO
g)Ettie Hutcheson
Born: 1875 MO
REF: Murr Cemetery Records
1900 Census Texas Co. MO,
Morris Twp
Monroe Co. Marriages 1838 - 1890 Pg 93
4) NANCY ANN RAGSDALE
-3758 (Line of NANCY HELVEY)
Born: 13 Jun 1844 Monroe Co. TN
Died: 28 Aug
1916 Texas Co. MO
Buried: Murr Cemetery, Texas Co. MO (PHOTO)
Married: 15 Jan
1869 Monroe Co. TN
JACKSON DENTON - 3754 (SON OF ALPHERD DENTON & DORCAS
CLICK (INVOLVED IN CURTIS BROS. MURDERS IN TENN WITH
GRIEF RAGSDALE.)
10TH KENTUCKY CAVALARY (CIVIL WAR)
COMPANY M
SEE
FAMILY GROUP RECORD 1341 FOR CHILDREN & DETAILS
5) MARTHA RAGSDALE
Born:
Abt 1844 Monroe Co. TN
6) THEODORE ALONZO RAGSDALE
Born: Abt 1847 Monroe
Co. TN
7) G. R. RAGSDALE (MALE 1860 Census in Wm Edward
Household)
Born:
(couldn't read age) TN
8) C. J. RAGSDALE (FEMALE 1860 Census in Wm Edward
Household)
Born:
(couldn't read age) TN
REF: 1850 Census Monroe Co. TN Pg. 98 12 DistFarmer
Pers. Value $400
1860 Census Monroe Co. TN Pg. 205 #230-226
Farmer Pers.
Value $1000
Research by Carolyn Whitaker
Website: http://hometown.aol.com/atsissie/pubpage.htm
and Nancy HELVEY
**per Carolyn Ann MURR's family notes E. Stephen was insistant that the spelling for Alferd was with an "E" other Documents show it with an "O".
** from family notes of Carolyn MURR.