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John Ray Agney

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John Ray Agney

Birth
Ohio, USA
Death
16 Jul 1922 (aged 71)
Shelby County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Shelbyville, Shelby County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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An obituary published in the Shelbyville Democrat on July 20, 1922 for John Agney stated that he had died at his home on South Fourth Street Sunday, [July 16, 1922]. John Agney was born in Cumberland County, Ohio on October 15, 1850 being a son of Isaac and Nancy Agney. He came to Illinois with his parents when a young boy, the family settling in Effingham County. He had resided in Shelby County about 40 years. He had served as janitor of the Christian Church as janitor for thirty-two years. Surviving were his wife, Harriet Davis, and four small children. Also there were five sisters and two brothers, namely: Mrs. Easter Belser, Mrs. Wilse Reed and Mrs. Henry Mentz, all of Shelbyville; Mrs. Louelza Willis of St. Elmo; Mrs. Emma Richardson of Humeston, Iowa, and Rueben and Robert Agney of Holland. Mr. Agney was 71 years, 7 months and 1 day old at the time of his death. Funeral services were held from the family home, Rev. N. H. Robertson, officiating. Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery.

The following information has been provided by findagrave contributor Cameron Disney:

Husband of:
1. Charity E. Hedges
Married: November 25, 1874
2. Christina Ann Light
Married: June 7, 1880
3. Harriet Retta Davis
Married April 3, 1913
An obituary published in the Shelbyville Democrat on July 20, 1922 for John Agney stated that he had died at his home on South Fourth Street Sunday, [July 16, 1922]. John Agney was born in Cumberland County, Ohio on October 15, 1850 being a son of Isaac and Nancy Agney. He came to Illinois with his parents when a young boy, the family settling in Effingham County. He had resided in Shelby County about 40 years. He had served as janitor of the Christian Church as janitor for thirty-two years. Surviving were his wife, Harriet Davis, and four small children. Also there were five sisters and two brothers, namely: Mrs. Easter Belser, Mrs. Wilse Reed and Mrs. Henry Mentz, all of Shelbyville; Mrs. Louelza Willis of St. Elmo; Mrs. Emma Richardson of Humeston, Iowa, and Rueben and Robert Agney of Holland. Mr. Agney was 71 years, 7 months and 1 day old at the time of his death. Funeral services were held from the family home, Rev. N. H. Robertson, officiating. Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery.

The following information has been provided by findagrave contributor Cameron Disney:

Husband of:
1. Charity E. Hedges
Married: November 25, 1874
2. Christina Ann Light
Married: June 7, 1880
3. Harriet Retta Davis
Married April 3, 1913

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