Agnes Pomeroy

Brief Life History of Agnes

When Agnes Pomeroy was born on 30 September 1887, in South Dakota, United States, her father, John Breckenridge Pomeroy, was 37 and her mother, Eliza Ella Brown, was 30. She married James Thomas Gordon on 17 September 1920, in Richmond, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States in 1930 and Buckhorn District, Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States in 1940. She died on 27 September 1957, in Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, South Hill, Mecklenburg, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Thomas Gordon
1888–1979
Agnes Pomeroy
1887–1957
Marriage: 17 September 1920
James Pomeroy Gordon
1921–1990
John Chalmers Gordon
1926–2005

Sources (14)

  • Agnus Gordon in household of Jimmey Gordon, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Agnes Pomeroy, "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940"
  • Agnes Pomeroy Gordon, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"

World Events (8)

1889 · Established

Town is said to have begun as a railroad town in 1889.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin; mainly Devon and Dorset): habitational name from any of various places in northeastern France named with Old French pommeroie, pommeraie ‘apple orchard’ (collective of pomme ‘apple’). The name was established in Ireland in 1573.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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