LDS film # 09962913, Excerpts from History of Kentucky, Illustrated, 1885, by Battle, Perrin, and Kniffin. Appeared in the Central City Messenger and Times-Argus, Central City, Kentucky, in seven installments during May, June, and July 1959. James Ragon was born in Sumner County, TN, December 10, 1862, and is the youngest of five children of John V. and Amanda (Dickison) Ragon, natives of Franklin and Wilson Counties, KY. James was reared on a farm, and moved with his parents to Greenville in 1868. His early education was good, and later he attended Greenville College two years. He learned the saddler's trade with his father, and followed it seven years. In January, 1884, he purchased one-half interest in the Muhlenberg Echo, of which he is publisher. Ragon Dickison = Sumner-TN Franklin Wilson http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/muhlenberg/ragon.j.txt