Brief Life History of Ephraim
When Ephraim Agee was born on 29 May 1809, in Buckingham, Virginia, United States, his father, Jonathan Francis Agee, was 20 and his mother, Sarah Williams, was 23. He married Sarah Elizabeth Parris on 3 July 1826, in Smith, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 25 September 1860, in Gordonsville, Smith, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Agee Cemetery, Gordonsville, Smith, Tennessee, United States.
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- Ephaim Agee, "United States Census, 1860"
- Ephraim Agee, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Ephraim Agee, "Find A Grave Index"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · Monumental Church Built
The Monumental Church was built between 1812-1814 on the sight where the Richmond Theatre fire had taken place. It is a monument to those that died in the fire.
1824 · "Mary Randolph Publishes ""The Virginia Housewife"""
“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
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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