RAGSDALE, Anna (Schempf)

Mrs. J. H. Ragsdale died Monday at one o’clock from peritonitis at her home in Columbus, after an illness of ten days. The remains were taken to Pana, Ill., her former home, for inter­ment. She leaves an infant son which has been taken by its grandmother, Mrs. Fred Ragsdale, of Hensley township, to be cared for. George Ragsdale, of the college, accompanied his brother with the remains, Tuesday, to their resting place in Illinois.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, December 16, 1898,
Volume XXXIX Number 23, page 6 column 4

FROM OVER THE COUNTY.

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TRAFALGAR.

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Mrs. James Ragsdale died at her home in Columbus. James is a son of Fred Ragsdale of this place.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, December 23, 1898,
Volume XXXIX Number 24, page 5 column 1

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SAMARIA.

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Prof. Jas. Ragsdale telegraphed to his parents from Columbus, of the death of his wife last week. The parents left and were present at the funeral. Prof. Rags­dale attended high school at Trafalgar, graduated at Valpariso, and went to Illinois and taught school several years. While there he married, and moving to Columbus, began the practice of law. He is a native of Hensley township and all deeply sympathize with him in his bereavement.

Link to Anna (Schempf) Ragsdale’s grave

Notes: Illinois Statewide Marriage Index [database on-line] records that James H. Ragsdale married Anna E. Schempf on 2 Jul 1896 in Shelby County (Volume 2 page 165).

The Bartholomew County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, referencing Book HD-6A, page 4, records that Anna Ragsdale, a thirty-two-year-old white female, died 12 Dec 1898 in Columbus.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson