Bio: William Reagan, Webster Par., Louisiana
Source:  Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana
The Southern Publishing Company, Chicago & Nashville, 1890
Submitted by: Gwen Moran-Hernandez
Date: April 2000


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===William Reagan is a Mississippian by birth, and first saw the light 
of day in Itawamba County on August 28, 1846, being a son of Alexander
 C. Reagan and brother of James W. Reagan, whose sketch appears in 
this history.  William Reagan removed with his father to Texas in 1851, 
and in Robertson County grew to manhood, enlisting there in 1862 in 
the First Cavalry Brigade and served until the close of the war, after 
which he returned to his home in Texas, but from there removed to 
Louisiana in 1867, locating in Ward 1 of what is now Webster Par., Louisianain the month of January.  He purchased his present improved farm in 
February, 1886, and has cleared and improved it to a great extent, 
it being now one of the finest kept places in the parish.  Of his 410 
acres he has 100 acres under cultivation.  He was married December 14, 
1869, to Mary Frances Anderson, a daughter of W. A. and Lucretia 
Anderson.  Mrs. Reagan was born in Arkansas, but was reared in 
Louisiana, and has borne her husband six children: Mary Marguerite, 
Webb P., James W., Sallie L., Claude Douglas and John W.  Mr. and 
Mrs. Reagan are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, the former 
being a member of the Farmers' Union and lecturer of his local union.  
He also belongs to the Masonic fraternity, being a Master Mason in 
Minden Lodge.  He is a man who at all times endeavors to do as he 
would be done by, and as a result his friends are numerous.