Biography of William H Ragsdale
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| William H. Ragsdale, attorney at law and member of
the law firm of Hosford & Ragsdale, Moro, Sherman
county, was born in Missouri, January 25, 1872, the son
of Christopher C. and Mary L. (Hampton) Ragsdale, who
are mentioned in this volume in the biographical sketch
of Commodore P. Ragsdale. At present the mother
resides in the house adjoining that of our subject. The latter was reared in Sherman county since attaining the age of ten years. Here he attended the public schools, laying the foundation of an excellent education, and subsequently was matriculated in the State Normal School at Monmouth, from which he graduated in 1896. Until June, 1898, he taught school, and was then elected by the Republicans county superintendent of instruction, and re-elected in 1900, receiving handsome majorities at each election. In 1899 he began reading law with J. B. Hosford, who had practiced in Moro for a number of years. December 23, 1898, he formed a partial partnership with Mr. Hosford, and in 1901 they were full partners. Mr. Hosford opened an office in Portland in 1904. At the residence of the bride's parents, Sherman county, October 20, 1900, our subject was united in marriage to Lida H. Belchel, a native of Oregon, born at McMinnville, Yamhill county. Her parents were Charles H. and Mary (Sink) Belchel. Her mother is a sister of George Sink, mentioned elsewhere. Mrs. Ragsdale has one brother and six sisters; George, living at Woodland, California, where his parents also reside; Ella, wife of Warren Myers, of Woodland; Jennie, wife of J. B. Morrison, also of Woodland; Maud, wife of Thomas Collins, of Collins, California; Evalyn, Vera and Mary, all single. Mr. and Mrs. Ragsdale have one child, Evalyn R., aged twenty months. The fraternal affiliations of our subject are with Moro Lodge No. 113, I.O.O.F., and A.O.U.W., No. 64, of Moro, of which he is past master workman. Mrs. Ragsdale is a member of the United Presbyterian church. Mr. Ragsdale is a member of the city council, and was a delegate to the last county Republican convention. During the Civil war his father enlisted in the Second Kansas Cavalry, in 1862, serving until the close of the war. He was mustered out at New Orleans, having been in active service from the date of his enlistment. Our subject is one of the promising and rising young men of the state. He has recently completed a handsome two-story and a half house, Queen Anne style of architecture, on an eligible site overlooking the town of Moro.
Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers. "An Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties") Spokane, WA: Western Historical Publishing Co., 1905. p. 511.
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