Brief Life History of James Nelson
When James Nelson Agee was born on 4 December 1859, in Johnson, Missouri, United States, his father, Nelson H. Agee, was 29 and his mother, Manervia Cooper, was 26. He married Penelope Canzada Abel on 23 December 1880, in Cooke, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 6, Montague, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 2, Montague, Texas, United States for about 20 years. He died on 5 December 1933, in Montague, Montague, Texas, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Shiloh Cemetery, Bulcher, Cooke, Texas, United States.
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- James Agee in household of Nelson Agee, "United States Census, 1860"
- J N Agee, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- James Nelson Agee, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States
On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
1872
Historical Boundaries 1872: Cooke, Texas, United States
1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
Name Meaning
Altered form of French Agé (see Age ) or, alternatively, of Desage .
History: This surname was brought to VA in 1690 by the Huguenot Mathieu-Isaac Agee (c. 1670–1761), a native of Nantes, who left France for the Netherlands in 1688, joined the forces of William of Orange during the latter's seizure of the throne of England from the Catholic James II, and in 1690 was granted a passage to VA and lands at Manakin, a Huguenot settlement founded in 1700–01. Two of his three sons had a total of 24 children. He is listed in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors and also in the similar registers of the Huguenot Society of America and of the Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin. His original surname was either Agé (see Age ) or Desage.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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