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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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"
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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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