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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Lonoke County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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A. J. Agnew, was born in Kentucky, in 1836, and is the third in a family of six children which blessed the union of William and Nancy (Davis) Agnew. William Agnew came originally from Scotland to Kentucky, when quite young, where he received his education and afterward married. He was an expert cabinet-maker, working principally at Union Star, Ky. He served in the War of 1812, under Gen. Jackson, and died in 1840, his excellent wife surviving him about six years. A. J. was educated in his native State, and there, like his father, met the lady who became his wife, Miss Martha Livers, their marriage occurring on May 16, 1861. The same year Mr. Agnew entered the Twenty- seventh Kentucky Volunteer Infantry, under Gen. Halleck, but was soon transferred to Gen. Nelson’s command while on the battlefield of Shiloh. During his service in the State Guard he was wounded, losing one finger of the left hand. In 1865 he was discharged at Louisville, Ky., and immediately returned home to resume actively his former occupation of farming. Mr. and Mrs. Agnew are the parents of ten children: John R. (deceased), Eliza E. (Gardner), Sallie H., Noah B., Lucy, Rubin, Birdie, Blanch and Beulah. Mr. Agnew has a fine farm, which, though not so extensive as some, yields larger returns than many of greater proportions, as it is carefully cultivated. He is a member of the Wheel, in which he has held the office of president, and has also served as justice of the peace for two terms. He takes decided interest in political affairs, and exerts no little influence in Lonoke County regarding politics. Mr. and Mrs. Agnew and family are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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This family biography is one of 143 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Lonoke County, Arkansas published in 1889.  For the complete description, click here: Lonoke County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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