I am searching for WILLIAM REAGAN born in September 1839 in Indiana. He
married a REBECCA---probably REBECCA SHAFFER who was born between 1848-1855
in Indiana. They came to Caldwell Co. MO for a while where they raised
WILLIAM SHAFFER (b. abt 1868 in Tipton Co. IN), a nephew and JOHN ALDRIDGE,
which the census in 1880 in Caldwell Co. MO just said "taken in to
raise"--JOHN ALDRIDGE was born about 1871 in Inidana. He later adopted JOHN
ALDRIDGE and John changed his name to JOHN REAGAN. JOHN REAGAN eventually
married a woman named Josie in Kansas City, MO and I believe ended up with a
daughter named GRACE REAGAN who was born about 1893---probably in Kansas
City. I also find a REBECCA SHAFFER in Pike Co., IN living with the Malott
family in 1870 with a 1 year old named WILLIAM---she is the right age for my
Rebecca, aunt to Wm. Shaffer, before she married Reagan and I surmise, if
this is her, she may have been on her way to Missouri from Franklin or Tipton
Co., IN. By 1880 Rebecca and William Ragan are married and living in
Caldwell Co.
WILLIAM REAGAN served in the Civil War in Indiana Infantry (13th and 35th).
If anyone has missing SHAFFER or REAGAN children who left INDIANA....please
e-mail me if you think this may be them. I need leads to follow up on to
find these people.
Valerie in Kansas