Person:James Ragon (2)

James RAGON was born in Sumner County, TN, December 10, 1862, and is the youngest of five children of John V. and Amanda (Dickison) RAGON, natives of Franklin and Wilson Counties, KY. James was reared on a farm, and moved with his parents to Greenville in 1868. His early education was good, and later he attended Greenville College two years. He learned the saddler's trade with his father, and followed it seven years. In January, 1884, he purchased one-half interest in the Muhlenberg Echo, of which he is publisher.

RAGON Dickison = Sumner-TN Franklin Wilson

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1. ↑ Perrin, William Henry; J. H. Battle; and G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky: a History of the State: Embracing a concise account of the origin and development of the Virginia colony : its expansion westward, and the settlement of the frontier beyond the Alleghanies; the erection of Kentucky as an independent state and its subsequent development. (Louisville: F. A. Battey, 1887).

   1870 census index p38, 1880 p114 Muhlenberg Co, KY

2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Perrin, William Henry; J. H. Battle; and G. C. Kniffin. Kentucky: a History of the State: Embracing a concise account of the origin and development of the Virginia colony : its expansion westward, and the settlement of the frontier beyond the Alleghanies; the erection of Kentucky as an independent state and its subsequent development. (Louisville: F. A. Battey, 1887).