Son of Captain Drury Ragsdale & Sophia Waller; grandson of Quarter Master Joseph & Frances Bott (Beavill) Ragsdale and Thomas & Sophia (Gaither) Waller.
3rd great-grandson of Godfrey I and Mary Ragsdale.
Married 1) Mary R. Hart, March 23, 1846 in Monroe Co., MO; one known child:
Richard H. Ragsdale
Married 2) Louise C. Thompson, June 4, 1851 in Monroe Co., MO; known children:
Leslie A. Ragsdale
George M. Ragsdale
Clarence E. Ragsdale
Married 3) Martha E. Bower, October 8, 1867 in Monroe Co., MO; known child:
Crockett B. Ragsdale
OBIT. - The death of Mr. Drury Ragsdale, who died at his residence, one mile South of Paris, on the 22d of February, in the 56th year of his age. Drury Ragsdale was born in Mason Co., Ky., to Mo., in 1830, and after residing at St. Louis and Louisiana a little over one year, the family removed to the Northeast part of this county. Drury was the youngest of a large family of children. He was only thirteen years old when he first became a citizen of this county, and remained one for forty-three years, save four or five years' residence in St. Louis, between 1845 and 1850. Mr. Ragsdale leaves surviving him a widow and three minor sons, two by a former deceased wife, Louisa C., who was a daughter of the late Alexander Thompson and one by his last wife, Martha E., who was the daughter of the lamented Charles H. Bower, deceased. Mr. Ragsdale survived all of his brothers and sisters except one brother, Mr. Edward Ragsdale, who resides in the western part of this county.
THE PARIS MERCURY
(Contributed by the Shelby Co., MO Historical Society INC.)
Son of Captain Drury Ragsdale & Sophia Waller; grandson of Quarter Master Joseph & Frances Bott (Beavill) Ragsdale and Thomas & Sophia (Gaither) Waller.
3rd great-grandson of Godfrey I and Mary Ragsdale.
Married 1) Mary R. Hart, March 23, 1846 in Monroe Co., MO; one known child:
Richard H. Ragsdale
Married 2) Louise C. Thompson, June 4, 1851 in Monroe Co., MO; known children:
Leslie A. Ragsdale
George M. Ragsdale
Clarence E. Ragsdale
Married 3) Martha E. Bower, October 8, 1867 in Monroe Co., MO; known child:
Crockett B. Ragsdale
OBIT. - The death of Mr. Drury Ragsdale, who died at his residence, one mile South of Paris, on the 22d of February, in the 56th year of his age. Drury Ragsdale was born in Mason Co., Ky., to Mo., in 1830, and after residing at St. Louis and Louisiana a little over one year, the family removed to the Northeast part of this county. Drury was the youngest of a large family of children. He was only thirteen years old when he first became a citizen of this county, and remained one for forty-three years, save four or five years' residence in St. Louis, between 1845 and 1850. Mr. Ragsdale leaves surviving him a widow and three minor sons, two by a former deceased wife, Louisa C., who was a daughter of the late Alexander Thompson and one by his last wife, Martha E., who was the daughter of the lamented Charles H. Bower, deceased. Mr. Ragsdale survived all of his brothers and sisters except one brother, Mr. Edward Ragsdale, who resides in the western part of this county.
THE PARIS MERCURY
(Contributed by the Shelby Co., MO Historical Society INC.)
Inscription
Masonic Symbol
Drury Ragsdale
Born
Jun 16, 1820
Entered Upon
Eternal Life
Feb 22, 1875
Gravesite Details
Compiled by Annie Smithey and a list from the Monroe County Appeal. June 1968
Family Members
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