Rev. John Holmes Agnew, D.D. and Sarah E. Taylor

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Husband Rev. John Holmes Agnew, D.D. ¹

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           Born: 9 May 1804 - Gettysburg, Adams Co, PA 1
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           Died: 11 Oct 1865 - Peekskill, Westchester Co, NY 1
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         Father: Dr. Samuel Agnew (1777-1849) 1 2 3
         Mother: Jane Grier (      -      ) 1 4

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       Marriage: 15 May 1829 1

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Wife Sarah E. Taylor ¹

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         Father: John Taylor (      -      ) 1
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General Notes: Husband - Rev. John Holmes Agnew, D.D.

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He was graduated at Dickinson College and at the Princeton Theological Seminary. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Carlisle, in 1827. He was pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Uniontown for a brief period, and was afterward Professor of Languages in Washington College, Pa.; the Reformed Institution at York; in Marion College, Mo.; in Newark College, Del.; and the University of Michigan. Later he conducted the Maplewood Female Seminary, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and was editor of the "Eclectic Magazine" and the "Biblical Repertory." He received the degree of D. D. from Washington College in 1852.

1 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 429.

2 Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876), Pg 270.

3 Edward B. Reighard, John Agnew of Hominy Ridge (Clearfield, PA: Self-published, 1984), Pg 6.

4 Alfred Nevin, D.D., LL.D., Men of Mark of the Cumberland Valley, Pa. 1776-1876 (Philadelphia, PA: Fulton Publishing Co., 1876), Pg 271.