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Dr. Stephen T. Ragan, a
prominent physician, who is successfully
engaged in the practice of
his profession at Moberly, Mo., is a native of
this state, and is a member
of a pioneer Missouri family. Dr. Ragan was
born in Kansas City, Mo.,
Feb. 24, 1888, and is a son of Dr. Stephen and
Luvena (Duncan) Ragan.
The mother died in 1911 and the father is
engaged in the practice of
medicine, in Kansas City, He was born in
Gracon County, Texas, in
1864. He is s graduate of the Kansas City
Medical College, and for
27 years has been engaged in the practice of
his profession in that city.
During the World War, he enlisted for
service and did volunteer
work for the government in Kansas City, until
1918 when he was
transferred to Fort Leavenworth, Kan, and was in the
service until the close of
the war, He is a son of Stephen C. Ragan and
Josephine (Chiles) Ragan.
Stephen T. Ragan was a very early pioneer
of Jackson County, Mo.,
and served as county marshal there and Josephine
(Chiles) Ragan, was a
member of one of the pioneer families of that
county, several members
of which are now prominent in the affairs of
Jackson County.
Dr. Stephen T. Ragan, the
subject of this sketch, has one brother,
Dr. Walter H. Ragan, who
is a practicing dentist in Kansas City, Mo.
During the World War, he
served with the Dental Corps, having enlisted
in 1917, he was stationed
at Fort Douglas, Arizona.
Dr. Stephen T. Ragan
received a good education in the public schools
at Kansas City and then
entered the University Medical College of Kan-
sas City, where he was
graduated in the class of 1911. He then practiced
medicine in Macon
County until 1915. He then served an internship in a
Kansas City hospital and
then took post graduate course in Chicago and
engaged in the practice at
Moberly, Mo., in August, 1916, and when the
United States entered the
World War, he volunteered his services in
April, 1917, and was
called into service Aug. 1, 1917, and sent to London,
England, where he was
attached to the British Army. He served one
year in London and four
months in Belgium. He then was taken sick
with trench fever and after
being confined to a hospital for two months,
he returned to duty and
served for five months at St. Albans, England.
He was overseas for 22
months and was one of the first three men to go
overseas from Randolph
County. He was mustered out of service at
Camp Dix, New Jersey, in
May, 1919.
After his discharge from
the army, Dr. Ragan resumed his practice
at Moberly and is one of
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