Husband Dr. James Agnew, M.D. 1 2
Born: - Princeton, Mercer Co, NJ
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Father: Daniel Agnew ( - ) 1 2
Mother: [Unk] Armstrong ( - ) 1
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Wife Sarah B. Howell 2
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Father: Hon. Richard Howell (1754-1802) 3
Mother: Keziah Burr ( - )
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1 M Hon. Daniel Agnew 1 4 5 6
Born: 5 Jan 1809 - Trenton, Mercer Co, NJ 7
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Died: 9 Mar 1902 - Beaver, Beaver Co, PA
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Spouse: Elizabeth Moore (Abt 1809-1888) 7 8 9 10
Marr: 4 Jul 1831 7
2 M John Agnew 2
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General Notes: Husband - Dr. James Agnew, M.D.
He was a native of Princeton, New Jersey, and graduated at its college in 1795. He studied medicine with Dr. McLean, the father of President McLean; took his degree in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 1800, and remained a year in Philadelphia under Dr. Benjamin Rush.
He first practised his profession for several years in Trenton, New Jersey, and then went to Mississippi in 1810. He returned in 1813, riding on horseback all the way from Natchez to Princeton, through the Indian country then known as the "wilderness." In the following October he started on his return journey to Mississippi with his family, intending to remain during the winter at the house of John L. Glaser, the owner of a furnace in Butler County, whose wife was a sister of Mrs. Agnew. But Mrs. Agnew, becoming alarmed at the wildness of the West and the dangers of navigation, then made in arks or flat-boats, declined to make the voyage down the Ohio and Mississippi, and the whole party came to a halt in Butler county.
He practiced in Harmony, Pennsylvania, after the Rapp community left, and afterward removed to Zelienople and remained a few years.
He was quite an old man when he came to Butler, Pennsylvania. He was for a short time a partner of Dr. McJunkin's. He was a superior physician, and had a remunerative practice, but only remained in the borough a few years.
He was educated in the college with which his father was connected for so long a term of years, Princeton, and became an exponent of the medical profession. He lived for a time in New Jersey, but later moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he was one of the earliest of physicians. He formed a partnership with Dr. Simpson, and the following advertisement, which appeared in the city directory for the year 1819, shows the wide gulf that separates the professional methods and practices of a century ago front those of our present day: "Drs. Agnew and Simpson have formed a copartnership in the practice of medicine, and cojointly tender their services to their friends and all others who may apply for professional aid. Their shop is at the corner of Third and Wood Streets, where one or both may at all times be consulted." [GPHWP, 125]