City: Murfreesboro
RAGSDALE, Thos. Charleton, minister of the gospel; born Laurens district, S. C., Dec. 26, 1863; English-Irish descent and German descent; son of Edward Carter and Elizabeth Sarah (Calhoun) RAGSDALE; father’s occupation, physician, local preacher and farmer; paternal grandparents, Edmund and Sallie (Hill) RAGSDALE, maternal grandparents, E. and Fannie (Sullivan) CALHOUN; educated at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn.; moved with parents to Texas in 1868, reared on farm; licensed to preach in 1883; married Adele A. ARMSTRONG, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 9, 1886; member Knights of Pythias, and Knights Templar Masons; Democrat; chaplain of house of Tenn., general assembly, 1899; member of M. E. church, South, and Tenn., conference; joined N. W. Texas conference in 1888 and served churches in Cisco and Fort Worth, Tex., transferred to Tenn., conference in 1893; stationed at Fayetteville, Tenn., in 1893, West Nashville, 1896, Clarksville, 1899, West End (Nashville) 1902, Pulaski, 1906, and Murfreesboro since 1908.
