Person:George Ragland (3)

1898 Granville Co, NC Marriages Register, FHL film no.0306195, on Dec 28, 1898, George Ragland 22 married Sallie Yancy 18.

1900 US Census (NC, Granville, Oak Hill Twp, ED 57, Sheet 6, line2), George, 24 (b. NC Jun 1875), both parents b. NC, farm laborer, rented his farm. Wife Sallie, 20 (b. NC May 1880), both parents b. NC, married 1 year. Dtr, Mable, 7 mos (b. NC Oct 1899). Sallie: Total children = 1; Living children = 1.

1904 Per Sunni Khalid (1978), in late 1904 the family moved to Baltimore, MD to work in construction. However, due to a smallpox epidemic in 1905, the family moved back to Granville County, NC in 1906.

1910 US Census (NC, Granville, Oak Hill Twp, ED 82, sh 4B, ln 80), George 33, black, b. VA, both parents b. VA, married once, worked as a farmer, could read and write, rented their home. Sallie, 29, black, b. VA, both parents b. VA, had been married (once) for 11 years, 3 kids, 3 living, she could read and write. Their daughters, all b. NC: Mable 10, Almeta 7, Marie 6.

1916 Per Sunni Khalid (1978), the family moved to Richmond, VA in 1916.

1920 US Census (VA, Richmond City, 3rd Pct, ED 124, sheet 17, line 64), George 45, mu, b. VA, father b. VA, mother b. NC, he could read and write, worked as a barber in his own shop, and owned his own home at 25 Wood Street. Sallie 39, mu, b. VA, both parents b. VA, she could read and write. Their children: Mabel 20, b. NC; Marie 16, b. NJ. Also living with them Frederick Graham 18, mu, b. SC, both parents b. SC; his wife Almeta 18, mu, b. NJ (George’s daughter), and their daughter Gaynell 1/12, mu, b. VA. Almeta, Marie, and Mabel all worked as Stemmers at a tobacco factory, and Frederick worked as a laborer for the N & W Railroad.

1928 Hill’s Richmond, VA City Directory, pub. Hill Directory Co, Inc., he was listed as: Ragland, Geo (c; Sallie), shoe repr, h 118-B Wood.

1930 US Census (VA, Henrico Co, ED 116-65, sheet 1B) he was 50, was 43 when he was married, could read and write, was b. VA, both parents b. VA, and was a shoemaker and had a shoe repair shop. He was living at 7-1/2 E. Marshall Street., his rental/ownership status listed as unknown. His wife, Minnie, was 29, negro, was 21 when they were married, was b. VA, both parents b. VA. Their daughter, Elizabeth was 8, also b. VA.

• • They were sharing their home with another family: Hellen Edwards 32, Neg, b. VA, both parents b. VA, was 16 at the time of her first marriage, could read and write, rented their home for $50/month. Her husband, Fleming 45, Neg, b. VA, both parents b. VA, could read and write, wsa 30 at the time of his first marriage, worked as a brakeman for the railroad. Their daughter, Johnny Edwards 14, Neg, b. VA, both parents g. VA, could read and write, attended school.

1930 Hill’s Richmond, VA City Directory, he was listed as: Ragland, Geo G. (c) (Minnie), shoe repr r 1624 N. 28th

1931 Hill’s Richmond, VA City Directory, he was listed as: Ragland, Geo (c) (Minnie), shoe repr Murray Goshen r 7-1/2 E. Marshall

1932 Feb 10, 1932, VA Death Certificate No. 332 (2731), he died at 7-1/2 E. Marshall Street, Richmond. His wife was Minnie Ragland, he was 50 years old and a shoemaker. He was b. Mecklenburg, his father was Gilbert Ragland, b. Mecklenburg, and his mother Lucy Clark, also b. Mecklenburg. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery on 2/14/1932, A.D. Price, Jr. was the undertaker (210-212 E. Leigh St.), and he died of pneumonia.