Chester County PA Archives Obituaries.....John REAGAN, 1887
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Montgomery Ledger, Pottstown, 1/11/1887 edition:
Deaths:
REAGAN - At Madison, Chester county,  on the 6th inst.,  
John Reagan, aged 76 years and 6 days
Obituary:
Death of John Reagan, at Madison
     John Reagan, in his day a quite prominent and highly 
respected citizen of Chester county, departed this life 
on Thursday afternoon, at the residence of his son-in-law 
John[sic] D Henzey, at Madison Chester county, near 
Pottstown aged 76 years and 6 days.   He had been an 
invalid over a yea, from a complication of internal 
diseases.  His wife died nearly five years ago, and they 
leave six children - P Wiley Reagan, of Pottstown; Mrs. 
Joseph D. Henzey, of Madison; Owen W Reagan, of Hagerstown; 
Harry C. and J. Allen Reagan of West Chester, and Willis 
I. Reagan, of near the same place.
     John Reagan was born in Chester county, but in his 
early days moved to Albany township, Berks county, and 
engaged in iron the iron business and agriculture.  He 
returned to Chester county and for forty years followed 
farming in South Coventry, near Pughtown.  For five years 
he was Assistant U S Assessor for several of the northern 
townships in  Chester county.  For a long period he took 
an active part in political affairs, as a member of the 
Republican party.
     George Reagan, father of John Reagan, died in Virginia 
about 10 years ago, aged about 93 years.  This gentleman 
was for a long time an iron manufacturer in Berks county, 
owning Windsor and other forges, and large tracts of land 
in northern Berks county.


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