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Dr William Hardin Ragland
22 Sep 1842 – 6 Apr 1927
| Birth | 22 Sep 1842 |
| Death | 6 Apr 1927 |
| Cemetery | Cookeville City Cemetery Cookeville , Putnam County , Tennessee , USA |
| Added by | Carol Robertson White on 02 Mar 2026 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56814523 |
Bio
b. 22 September 1842, Smith Co., TN – d. 1927, md on the Elizabeth Lou (Butler) Ragland. William Hardin Ragland M. D., s/o Dr. William Ragland. Dr. William Hardin Ragland Jr. was the second son of Dr. William Hardin Ragland and Martha Biggers Hughes. He was born 22 Sept 1842 in Sullivan Bend, Smith Co., Tennessee. He died 6 April 1927 in Cookeville, Putnam Co., Tennessee. He was married 3 times and the father of 11 children William Hardin Ragland was born in Smith County, September 22, 1842. Completed his education at Vanderbilt Medical College and has practiced extensively in Jackson and Putnam Counties. Moved to Cookeville about twenty—five years ago. Dr. Ragland is a Confederate veteran, a Democrat and a Methodist. He was married three times and has seven grown children, He is a son of Dr. William Ragland, a well known physician of his day. At eighty three he is in splendid health. He retired from practice of medicine several years ago. Dr. William Hardin Ragland, a confederate war veteran and prominent pioneer Cookeville physician, was the son of Dr. William Ragland of Smith County and the grandson of Dr. Hardin Ragland of Wilson County. He was married to Elizabeth Lou Butler. They were the parents of Mattie Ragland (Mrs. Ernest Houston) Boyd, Mary Ragland (Mrs. Thomas G.) Dillon, C.B. Ragland, John Ragland, Edward Ragland, Ernest Ragland, Nan Ragland and Grace Ragland. After Lizzie Loucetta Ragland died in May of 1889, William remarried Lavina Levicy Putty Myers in Dec of 1889 in Jackson County, TN. Lavina's first husband Henry Clay Myers died in 1888. Grace and Nancy Ragland, mentioned in the biography, are William Hardin Ragland's children by Lavina Correction: His death certificate states he died in Murfreesboro, Rutherford County, TN?
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Family
Parents
Spouse
- Ann Burton Ragland 1847–1878
- Lizzie Lousetta Butler Ragland 1854–1889 FaG
- Lavina L. Putty Ragland 1854–1940 FaG
Siblings
- John Beverly Ragland 1839–1917 FaG
- Nancy Hughes Ragland Clark 1846–1922 FaG
- Effie Rilda Ragland Crain 1860–1950 FaG
Children
- William Edward Ragland 1865–1942
- John Biggers Ragland 1867–1933
- Charles Burton Ragland 1870–1937
- Ernest Murray Ragland 1877–1931
- Mary Butler Ragland Dillon 1880–1964 FaG
- Martha Hughes "Mattie" Ragland Boyd 1885–1981 FaG
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