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John Reagan

By: Ashlyn Sander And Eric Sutton. John Reagan. Early Life. Reagan was born on October 8, 1818 in Sevier County, Tennessee. Siblings , Edwina Moss Nelms Reagan. Parents Were Timothy Richard and Elizabeth{Lusk} Reagan.

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John Reagan

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  1. By: Ashlyn Sander And Eric Sutton John Reagan

  2. Early Life • Reagan was born on October 8, 1818 in Sevier County, Tennessee. • Siblings , Edwina Moss Nelms Reagan. • Parents Were Timothy Richard and Elizabeth{Lusk} Reagan. • He left Tennessee At the age of 19 and traveled to Texas and became a surveyor from 1839 to 1843 then farmed in Kaufma County til 1851.

  3. Early Life (continued) • In the time when he was surveyor he was also a private tutor to the children of John Marie Durst. • He was a Politician, Lawyer, Surveyor, and a Senator. • He studied Law on his own and licensed to practice in 1846. Opening an office in Buffalo.

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  5. Duringthe Civil War • President Jefferson Davis choose Reagan to lead the new Confederate States of America-Post Office Department. • On May 9 near Abbeville, Georgia, Jefferson Davis, former governor of Texas, Francis R. Lubbock and Reagan were captured. • The Confederate States lost and Reagan, Lubbock, and Jefferson were sent to Fort Warren.

  6. After the Civil War • Reagan continued to be a politician after the Civil War. • On March 6, 1905 Reagan died of pneumonia. He was buried in Palestine.

  7. Work Cited Page • http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fre02 • http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=r000098

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