| Birth Date: Feb 21, 1845 | Birth Date: Feb 7, 1840 | |
| Death Date: Jan 12, 1936 | Death Date: Apr. 21, 1905 |
Rank: PrivateWhile in the Cavalry during the war, he helped guard Jeff Davis when he left Richmond to go into Georgia. But Davis told them, "We can't all get away. You boys can go on home; I am going on." The men were paid in gold, measured by the beltful, taken from kegs in a wagon. A belt held so many dollars in gold, Mr. Reagan said.The Reagans settled three miles northwest of Emma on a section of land, where they lived until their death. Mr. Reagan lived to be ninety-two. He was a good fiddler and played for many dances.
Their children were: Lathonia, Mattie, Emma, Ike, Will, Collie, Kate, Alex and Charlie. Grandchildren: Chas. Morrison, Lorenzo; Mrs. E. W. Brown, Lubbock, TX.
Submitted by Ralls Historical MuseumSource: "Through the Years, A History of Crosby County, Texas" by Nellie Witt Spikes and Temple Ann Ellis ©1951; The Naylor Company, San Antonio, Texas
Charles Allison Reagan was born in Cooksville, TN. He met Sibba Amanda Huddleston, a native of KY. They were married in Albany, KY on Apr. 6, 1864, during the Civil War. He served in the Confederate Army. Her brothers served in the Union Army. She was home by herself with Alex, Matt and Lithonia, when she heard a noise outside. She hid behind the door with an ax waiting for the carpetbaggers. She told them she would split their head open. They didn't come in the house, but stole their milk cow along with all the livestock from their neighbors.
They moved to Farmersville, TX in about 1872. Their other children: Charles, Emma, Will, Ike, Dollie and Kate were born in Collin Co.
Alex came to Crosby Co. about 1891. He worked awhile on Two-Buckle Ranch. He later settled on a section of land three miles west and one mile south of Ralls.
Charles and Sibba, with the rest of the family except young Charles (who died of pneumonia at Farmersville), moved to this place when Alex relinquished it to his parents.
Alex returned to work on Two-buckle Ranch. He later returned to Farmersville.
Emma met a cowboy, Tom Morrison, who had worked with Alex on Two-Buckle. She married him, and they raised their three children, Charley, Sue and Jake, near Robertson.
Martha Ann, or Matt as she was known, married A.L. May and later moved to Colgate, OK. He worked as a coal miner before he died from black lung. They had two children, George and Emma.
Will drove a mail hack from Mt. Blanco to Dickens. Later, he carried the mail from Plainview to Emma. Then he drove the mail hack from Plainview to Crosbyton with a stop at Ralls.
Once on a mail run, a cowboy named Jay stopped Will to ask directions. He stuttered as he asked directions, and Will stuttered as he gave directions. Both men became very angry because they thought each was making fun of the other. Before they actually fought, each realized the other really stuttered.
Will herded sheep for Julian Bassett for a while. When he was herding sheep for Judge Beatty of Lubbock, there was a prairie fire. To escape the fire, Will herded the sheep into a lake until the fire passed. Judge Beatty thought Will and his sheep had burned to death.
Will never married and spent the rest of his working days herding sheep in New Mexico. He died at the age of 81 in Clovis.
Tom Morrison sold like a quarter-section of land because he didn't have a close neighbor. He married Ida Lewis and the had four boys. Dewey, Frank, Lee and Tim.
In 1916, Ike was serving on the school board at Robertson when the family moved to New Mexico and then to Colorado. In the middle 1930's, Ike returned with Tim and Lee to live at Robertson. He farmed until 1946 when he sold his farm to Tom Lockwood. He returned to Colorado where he died.
After Sibba's death, Dollie and Kate stayed with their dad to take care of him. He is remembered for his long white beard.
Dollie married Jim Brown in 1913. They leased seven sections of land to run cattle near the Reagan homeplace for four or five years. They moved to Elida, NM to establish their home.
Kate and Lena Martin Bonine went to college summer school at Plainview. Her first teaching job was the first school at Robertson in 1906. She taught at Bronte for a couple of years and then returned to teach at Emma. She remained a dedicated teacher for the rest of her life, teaching Indians in Arizona. Her last teaching job was in Mountain Aire where she met her husband, A.M. Black.
Charles was living with Jim and Dolly at the time of his death in 1936. He was buried alongside his wife and daughter, Lithonia, in Emma cemetery.
(written by Charley Morrison)Source: "A History of Crosby County 1876-1977" © p. 455 Crosby County Historical Commission 1978; Taylor Publishing Company, Dallas, Texas.
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