Medical Records of Dr. Thomas J. Reagan - Panola County, TX

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Originally published in the East Texas Family Records, Volume 14,
Number 1, Winter, 1990, by East Texas Genealogical Society.


PANOLA COUNTY -Medical Records of Dr. Thomas J. Reagan
by Leila B. LaGrone
Carthage, Texas

 Thomas Jefferson Reagan was born in 1828, to James and Nancy Reagan, in
Elbert
County, Georgia. He was the eleventh child and the youngest. Graduating
from
Georgia Medical College, at Augusta Georgia, he came to Panola County in
the
early 1850's. Arriving in the Beckville area_soon afterward, he married
Mrs.
Rebecca Delona (Stanton) Neely, on June 7, 1857. One of eight children, she
was
the daughter of William and Nancy Stanton, born in 1829 in Hancock County
Georgia. She came to Texas with her young husband, Jim Neely. She and Jim
Neely settled near Beckville on land which Neely had purchased, but he died

suddenly and left her a young widow.
   Rebecca and Dr. Reagan had three children: Mary Elizabeth (Reagan)
Jordan;
Julia Neely (Reagan) Whitfield; and Thomas Frederick, who died in infancy.
   Rebecca often went with her husband on his calls, and they had a special

carriage in which they made annual journies to visit relatives. Dr. Reagan
built
a small office building outside his home. It was equipped with a fireplace,
a
desk, a divan or day-bed, and medicines. In this century, with the coming
of
automobiles, this building was converted into a garage.
   Dr. and Mrs. Reagan were important citizens for their day. He died in
1887
and she lived until 1916. They were progenators of Beckville families who
established business and community leadership. The doctor's journals and
business
ledgers, as well as many pictures, came to the "LaGrone Family History
Center" in
the Old Panola County Jail, through the generosity of the Larry Dorman
Family. A
wealth of information in there that will benefit generations to come.
   Because of the value for genealogists, the birth and death records need
to
be printed in available literature. I have spent many hours compiling the
l1st.
These began in the 1860's and extended until his death in 1887. This was
before
the law required this information to be reg1stered.
   Dr. Reagan became a wealthy man; but he accepted about anything of value
as
payment for his services, including: day labor on his farm, cotton, corn,
cows,
horses, bacon, hams, etc., splitting rails, building fences, riving boards,
haul-
ing various supplies, field crops, and about anything else, including land.

   The first Journal preserved from Dr. Reagan's records, began in 1864
when he
was in the Confederate Ordinance Department, stationed in Minden, Louisana.
He
was in charge of issuing forage for the animals used by the Army: Horses,
mules,
oxen, etc. His records l1st many Civil War Veterans.
   Medical records overlap the Ordinance Records. His fees for the
individual
cases were not the same. No explanation helps one understand why his fee
for
child birth might be anywhere from $2.00 to $10.00; even in one case,
$20.00.
Four of these Medical Journals were preserved, the last one very brief; his

death came that year. The l1st below comes from Journal I:

JOURNAL I, 1864-1877

BIGGS, Joseph E., birth of female …. June 30, 1872 (Father's name always)
BALLARD, Elijah, male child born, March 9, 1870 ($10)
BANKUM, Tom, child born, very difficult, October 26, 1875, ($20)
BOOTY, Millage, child born, sex not given, February 12, 1870, ($5)
BROOKS, John, female child born, March 9, 1876, ($10)
BROWNING, A. Lafayette, first child born, female, October 29, 1876, ($7.50)

CHAPMAN, John, first child born, female, September 19, 1871
CHURCHILL, Alfred, 7th child born, male, July 8, 1876 ($5)
CRAWFORD, Elsburg R., female child born, December 27, 1875 ($10)
CRAWFORD, James A., 2nd child born, male, March 14, 1876 ($10)
CRAWFORD, Dr. Thomas, treatment after childbirth, November 15, 1872 (no
charge)
CRAWFORD, W. W., birth of 3rd child, female, September 12, 1876 ($10)
DANIELS, James M., 1st child born, female, January 16, 1877
DANIELS, Mayei T., birth of 5th child, male, November 22, 1875
ESSEY, G. Scott, birth of 1st child, male, December 17, 1874 ($10)
ESSEY, G. Scott, birth of 2nd child, male, December 10, 1876 ($5)
FORSYTHE, John, birth of 1st child, female, May 31, 1876 ($10)
FORSYTHE, J. P., birth of 3rd child, female, February 18, 1870 ($5)
FORSYTHE, King Hiram, birth of 6th child, male, November 30, 1876 ($10)
GRANT, Atlas, birth of 8th child, female, May 9, 1877 (?)
GREEN, John L., birth of female child, August 4, 1870 ($10)
HILL, Alexander C., birth of 1st child, female, January 21, 1876 ($10)
HOSKINS, Dan, birth of 1st child, male, August 16, 1871 ($5)
HOSKINS, Josephine, birth and death of son, March 11, 1877 ($7.50)
HULL, Augustus, birth of male child, September 20, 1871 ($7.50)
HULL, Augustus, birth of 2nd child, male, January 28, 1873 ($7.50)
HULL, Augustus, birth of 3rd child, male, October 14, 1874 ($7.50)
HULL, F. W., birth of female child, December 26, 1870 ($10)
HULL, F. W., birth of female child, November 7, 1872 ($7.50)
JACKSON, Peter, birth of 2nd child, female, April 27, 1876 ($7.50)
JONES, Ben, birth of male child March 20,1872 ($7.50)
JONES, John, birth of 2nd child, male, February 24, 1873 ($7.50)
JONES, Sallie, birth of male child, November 11, 1876
KUYKENDALL, Norman H., birth of 2nd child, female, July 30, 1876 ($10)
McJIMSEY, George, birth of 1st child, female, April 19,1871 ($5)
METCALF, V. A. S., birth of twins, male and female, October 1, 1870 ($10)
MORRIS, Elisha, birth of female child, January 24, 1870
MURRAY, William R., birth of male child, October 11, 1872
NELSON, ____, birth of 1st child, female, May 20, 1871 ($10)
PAGE, George, birth of 3rd child, female, August 27, 1870 ($10)
PAGE, George, birth of child, female, July 21, 1872 ($7.50)
PARKER, William, birth of female child, April 25, 1871 ($5.50)
PRUITT, L. P., birth of female child, April 21, 1871 ($7.50)
ROBINSON, David, birth of 1st child, February 9, 1876 ($10)
ROSS, Edmund J., birth of 1st child, November 26, 1877 ($3.50)
SEARS, James, birth of 1st child, male, July 26, 1873 ($7.50)
SHARP, R. B., birth of 2nd child, March 24, 1872 ($8)
SHARP, Richard, birth of male child, November 9, 1874 ($10)
SHARP, Richard, birth of 4th child, female, January 8, 1877 ($10)
SHIVERS, Barney, birth of 3rd child,
SHIVERS, John, birth of 1st child, male, November 12, 1873 ($10)
SHIVERS, John, birth of child, December 26, 1874
SIMS, Thomas, birth of 3rd child, March 20, 1876 (cold snowey day)
SINGLETARY, Franklin, birth of 3rd child, male, November 13, 1872
SINGLETARY, Franklin, birth of female child, November 28, 1874
SMITH, William, birth of 8th child, male, February 21,1870 ($10)
SMITH, William, birth of 9th child, female, April 21,1872 ($5)
SMITH, William, birth of 11th child, female, September 17,1876 ($6)
WILLS, John J., birth of male child, December 17, 1870 ($5)
WILLS, John J., birth of female child, February 17, 1872 ($6)
WOMACK, William, birth of 1st child, female, February 1, 1873 ($7.50)
WYATT, C. C., birth of male child, December 15, 1876 (Died)
YARBOROUGH, George W., birth of child, May 15, 1870 ($5)

JOURNAL #2, 1877- 1880

BELLAMY, John, birth of 1st child, male, May 25, 1878 ($10)
BIGGS, Joseph E., birth of female child, May 9, 1877
CARLTON,____, birth of 1st child, female, November 1,1879
CHAPMAN, John W., birth of female child, March 30, 1877
CHURCHILL, Alfred, birth of 8th child, female, May 25? 1878 ($5)
COBB, Ben, birth of 1st child, female, February 27, 1878
CRAWFORD, E. T., birth of 5th child, male, January 19,1878, (Fine Boy!)
CRAWFORD, James A., birth of 3rd child, male, June 20,1877
CRAWFORD, James A., birth of 4th child, October 18, 1880, sex?
DANIEL, James W., birth and death of child, August 22, 1880
DANIEL, Maeyei, birth of 6th child, female, December 2, 1878
DANIEL, William, birth of 6th child, male, October 10, 1879
FOSTER, William, birth of 2nd child, male, April 5, 1878
GENTRY, John, birth of 1st child, female, March 23, 1880
HANEGIN, Allen, birth of male child, March 8, 1880
HARRIS, Mrs. Nannie, birth of male child, August 2, 1877
HILL, Alex C., birth of 2nd child, male, August 15,1877
HILL, Alex C., birth of 3rd child, male, September 28,1879
JACKSON, J. Peter, birth of 3rd child, male, died, November 9, 1878
JACKSON, J. Peter, birth of 4th child, male, January 30, 1880
JOHNSON, Jack, birth of child, male, November 16, 1879
JORDAN, Mollie E., birth of female child, November 17, 1880
LANGLEY, George, birth of male child, December 31,1877
LEARY, Emmett, birth of 3rd child, female, September 22,1879
LILES, Ben, birth of 2nd child, female, September 22,1879
LILES, James, birth of female child, September 22, 1879
LILES, John, birth of male child, February 19, 1878
McNEESE, James A., birth of 5th child, female, August 10, 1877
MOSELEY, William, birth of child, ? , October 12, 1877
MOSELEY, William, birth of 4th child, female, December 25, 1880
NOBLES, W. J., birth of 3rd child, male, March 7, 1878
PAGE, George, birth of male child, September 18, 1880
RICHARDSON, John R., birth and death of child, November 14, 1879
SEARS, Henry Thomas, birth of male child, September 4, 1880
SEARS, James, birth of 3rd child, female, August 18, 1879
SHARP, Henry, birth of female child, March 8, 1877
SHARP, Henry, birth of 3rd child, male, October 16, 1878
SHARP, Henry, birth of 4th child, male, March 8, 1880
TOMPKINS, Dr. Jo, birth of 5th child, male, November 4, 1880
WALDROP, Mrs. ____? birth of 1st child, female, November 23, 1880
WHITFIELD, Julia, birth of child, ?, December 19, 18_?

JOURNAL #3, 1882-1883

BIGGS, Joe E., birth of female child, December 1, 1882
BLACKMAN, Sam, birth of 1st child, male, January 9, 1883
CHAPMAN, Mrs. Fannie, birth of 3rd child, female, June 20, 1882
CRAWFORD, James A., birth of 5th child, female, November 21, 1882
DANIEL, D. N., pre-mature birth of female, child died, August 28, 1882
DILLARD, I. R., birth of 4th child, male, June 15, 1882
GENTRY, John, birth of 2nd child, male, January 6, 1883
LENTZ, A. J., birth of male child, September 13, 1882
LILES, R. J., birth of 2nd child, male, September 30, 1882
LILES, M. L., birth of 4th child, male, February 4, 1883
REAGAN, Mrs. T. J. (Rebecca), birth of child, called on Dr. Kirkley to
assist;
   September 8, 1882, sex ____?
SARTOR, J. C., birth of male child, October 24, 1882
SHARP, H. N., birth of 5th child, female, October 5, 1882
SHIVERS, Barney, birth of female child, September 18, 1882
WALDROP, Dan, birth of 1st child, female, August 19,1882
WILLS, W. C., birth of 3rd child, female, December 9, 1882

Dr. Thomas Jefferson Reagan's Journal of Medicine, #4, 1887
Dr. Reagan's death came early in 1897 as he approached the age of 60
HILL, W. Taylor, still-born child, March 16, 1887


PANOLA COUNTY -Dr. T. J. Reagan's Recorded Deaths
                        Copied by Leila B. LaGrone
                                   Carthage, Texas

JOHN NELSON CONNER, died March 9, 1870, accidental suicide from gun shot.
WILLIAM H. BARBEE, died May 19, 1871, after daily visits from the doctor.
JOSEPHINE HOSKINS, died giving birth, out-of-wedlock to son, March 11,1877.

MRS. NELSON CONNER, died June 12, 1877, 7:00 p.m., of Disease of the liver,

                    absess perhaps, long illness; visited by Dr. Reagan
fifteen
                    times between February 28, and June 12, 1877.
WILLIAM DANIEL'S, son Danny died May 3,1877, after several daily calls by
Dr.
                  Reagan and Dr. Shaw; he died about seven p. m.
JOHN L. BUCKNER, died June 12, 1877, at seven p. m. after seven days of
visits
                 and treatment by more than one doctor.
JOHN WILLIAMS, died December 10, 1880, after daily visits from the doctor
from
               November 9th to December 10th.
MRS. THOMAS J. BUCKNER, died about three a.m., February 4, 1880.
MRS. JOHN LILES, died at 3:00 a.m., May 28, 1878.
MRS. WILLIAM DANIEL (Mary), died instantly, April 1, 1880, before doctor
arrived,
                            at 6:00 a.m. She was well as usual on retiring.

JOHN W. CHAPMAN, died July 20, 1870, conjestion or inflamation of the
brain.
MRS. JOHN LILES, died May 28, 1878, 8:00 p.m., after continued illness
after
                 child birth of 3rd child on February 19, 1878; Doctors
Reagan
                 and Shaw in attendance.
MRS. J. T. SMITH, died September 8, 1877, after illness attended by Dr.
Reagan,
                  assisted by Dr. Sterrit and Dr. Bradford from Overton.
JOHN BEAUCHAMP'S CHILD, died of Diphtheria, July 20,1878, after 14 visits
by the doctor.
MRS. T. W. STANTON, died May 6, 1882, after several days of critical
illness, evidently
                    the mother of Dr. Reagan's wife, Rebecca Stanton.
J. N. SMITH'S CHILD, died December 29, 1882, of Diphtheria, or sore throat
of some kind;
                     Consultation between Drs. Reagan and Kirkley.
MRS. VIOLETT ALEXANDER (nee Saterwhite), died April 8, 1887, before doctor
reached her.
                       She was apparently a cousin to Rebecca.
GEORGE W. POSEY, was buried April 20, 1887, probably died day before.
THOMAS HILL, son of A. C. Hill, died April 23, 1887.
HECTOR NEELY, colored, died, May 21, 1879.
V. CRAWFORD, died August 7, 1880
EDNA STONE BEERS, died August 9, 1880
J. E. ADAMS, died October 23,1880.

(NOTE: Most of these deaths cannot be found in local cemeteries, so they
are of
importance to genealogists.)