Philip Y. Ragan
Philip Y. Ragan, son of Thomas and Elizabeth Regan, was born in Franklin Township, this county, March 9, 1831. He has made farming his principal vocation, and now owns a good farm in Dinsmore Township, which he is conducting with success. On the 6th of April, 1854, he married Miss Sarah A., daughter of Hector and Ann Lemon. Miss Lemon was born in Chester County, Pa., November 12, 1832, and was brought to Shelby County by her parents in June, 1833, who settled on the west half of section 27, Dinsmore Township. Mr. and Mrs. Ragan settled on her father’s home farm, on which they have since resided. They have a family of nine children, two sons and seven daughters.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883