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AGEY, JOHN S., livery and sale stable, 318-320 Hampshire street; residence, southwest corner 3d and Kentucky streets; born in Indiana county, Pa., in 1832; went to Muscatine, Iowa, in 1855, and to Mt. Pleasant in 1856. He went to Lee county, Iowa, in 1860 and enlisted in the 14th Iowa Vols., Co. D; Sept. 28, 1861, appointed orderly sergeant; promoted to 1st lieutenant March 25, 1862, and captain, Jan. 1, 1863, when his regiment was reorganized; was captured at Shiloh, April 6, 1862, and made his escape at Macon, Ga. He and six other soldiers made their escape in two skiffs down the river and reached the Atlantic Ocean, where they were picked up by the war steamer Wamsutta and turned over to Commander Goldsborough, June 27; arrived at Fortress Monroe July 4. They reported to Gen. Wool in Baltimore, who sent them to Washington, where he met Senator Browning and others. He was promised a position on the staff of Gen. Herron and reported to him at Chicago, July 14; was soon after appointed Quartermaster of the paroled prisoners Aug. 2, which he held until the reorganization of his regiment in 1863; was mustered out November, 1864, at Davenport. He married Mary A. Laird at Fort Madison. She was born in Lawrenceburg, Ind. They have two children, Clara and Pearl L. They are members of the M. E. Church. Republican.