Jack Reagan

Jack Reagan
Born	John Edward Reagan July 13, 1883 Fulton, Illinois, U.S.
Died	May 18, 1941 (aged 57) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Resting place	Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, California
Nationality	American
Religion	Roman Catholic
Spouse(s)	Nelle Clyde Wilson
Children	Neil Reagan Ronald Reagan

John Edward "Jack" Reagan (July 13, 1883 – May 18, 1941) was the father of radio station manager Neil "Moon" Reagan (1908–1996) and his younger brother President Ronald Reagan (1911–2004) .

Ancestry

Jack's paternal grandfather, Michael O'Regan, was a native of County Tipperary, Ireland. O'Regan worked as a tenant farmer during his early years in Ireland, before he moved to London in 1852. O'Regan married an Irish refugee, Catherine Mulcahey, in London and anglicised his family surname as "Reagan". The Reagans relocated to Carroll County, Illinois in 1856.^[1] John Michael, their son, became a grain-elevator farmer, and married Jenny Cusick in 1878. Cusick was born in Canada, but like John Michael, her parents came from Ireland. Their son, John Edward "Jack", was born five years later.^[2]

8. Thomas O'Regan

4. Michael O'Regan (Reagan)

9. Margaret Murphy

2. John Michael Reagan

10. Patrick Mulcahey

5. Catherine Mulcahey

1. John Edward "Jack Reagan[3]

12. Patrick Thomas Cusick

6. Patrick Cusick

13. Jean Gabbert

3. Jennie Cusick

7. Sarah Higgins

Death

Journalist Lou Cannon writes that Jack Reagan was an alcoholic in his book Reagan. This may have led to his death on May 19, 1941, at the age of 57 after a series of heart attacks.

See also

• Birthplace of Ronald Reagan
• Pitney Variety Store

References

1. Gullan (2001), p. 320
2. The New Yorker, Volume 57, Issues 37-41, 1981, p. 45
3. Reitwiesner, William Addams and Michael J. Wood. "The Ancestors of Ronald Reagan". Retrieved 2008-04-16.

General

• Angelo, Bonnie (2001). First Mothers: The Women who Shaped the Presidents. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-06-093711-4.
• Gullan, Harold I. (2001). Faith of our mothers: The stories of presidential mothers from Mary Washington to Barbara Bush. New York: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. ISBN 0-8028-4926-1.
• Kengor, Paul (2004). God and Ronald Reagan. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. ISBN 0-06-057142-X.
• Pemberton, William E. (1998). Exit with honor: The life and presidency of Ronald Reagan. M.E. Sharpe. ISBN 0-7656-0096-X.
• Reagan, Ronald (1990). An American Life. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7434-0025-9.