Nathan Ragan
Foreword I was born in 1946 to Robert Nathaniel Ragan and Iva Delores Wilson Ragan. I thank my father for his love of our family history and the stories he told to me. I wish I had listened better and remembered more. My ancestral connection to Nathan Ragan of this narrative is through the lines of my father Robert Nathaniel Ragan > Jacob William Ragan > Nathaniel Francis Ragan > Nathaniel Simpson Ragan > Nathan Ragan, Jr. > Nathan Ragan, Sr. I have tried to substantiate my reasoning for the facts and events in this narrative as fully as I could. My information, while I believe to be as complete as any that I have found to this point, is not all conclusive and it will be a life-long search to add, modify and elaborate on Nathan’s remarkable story of courage and spirit during our country’s westward expansion. I am open to research or ideas from other of my cousins that would make this narrative more compelling and accurate. I hope it will shed some