Wylie Bohannon Ragan (ca 1838 - 10 Jan 1894)

Wylie Bohannon Ragan served as a Private in Company A of the 21st Regiment of Mississippi Infantry, Confederate States of America.

Company A - Volunteer Southrons of Vicksburg, aka Vicksburg Southrons, raised in Warren County, Mississippi. 21 Mississippi Infantry.

These companies all tendered themselves, independently, to President Davis for service to the close of the war, and on being accepted went to Virginia as rapidly as possible. Companies A, B, C, D and E were organized in Virginia into the First Battalion Mississippi Volunteers, to command which Captain William L. Brandon was promoted as Major. Brandon's battalion was ordered to Manassas 21 Jul 1861.

http://www.mississippiscv.org/MS_Units/21st_MS_INF.htm

Wylie Bohannon Ragan died at Iowa Park in Wichita County, Texas. At the time of his death, he was living in the home of Margaret Stone, and he is buried in the Stone-Emanuel plot in Highland Park Cemetery. His is one of the earliest graves in the cemetery.

Notes and Comments

The tombstone at the grave of Wylie Bohannon Ragan in Highland Park Cemetery at Iowa Park in Wichita County, Texas is marked William B. Ragan, but almost certainly this is the grave of Wylie Bohannon Ragan. An application for the tombstone made by Mrs. Frank L. Emanuel of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma lists W. Bohannon Ragan; Ragan, William B. was added in read handwriting, presumably by the agency processing the request (1293).

1840 U.S. Federal Census
Jesse B. Ragan Household
Hinds County, Mississippi
Jesse B. Ragan, a: 40-49
+Female, a: 30-39 (Sarah King Bohannon)
Male, a: 20-29 (William P. Stone)
+Female, a: 15-19 (Amanda Susan Ragan)
Male, a: 10-14 (John Curtis Ragan)
Female, a: 10-14 (Laura Ragan)
Male, a: 5-9 (Wylie Bohanan Ragan)
Male, a: 0-4 (William Ragan Stone)
Female, a: 0-4 (Sarah Ragan)

1850 U.S. Federal Census
Jesse B. Ragan Household
Warren County, Mississippi
2 Oct 1850
Jesse B. Ragan, a: 50, b: Georgia (Planter)
+Sarah K. Ragan, a: 44, b: Georgia
John Ragan, a: 23, b: Mississippi
Wylie B. Ragan, a: 16, b: Mississippi (Student)
Sarah Ragan, a: 12, b: Mississippi
Sarina Ragan, a: 10, b: Mississippi
Ashburn Ragan, a: 1, b: Mississippi
Real Estate Value: $20,000

In her journal, Kate Stone refers to Wylie Bohanan Ragan as “Uncle Bo.”

Date of birth is from an Oglesby family tree published on RootsWeb. (Accessed 3 Oct 2009).