Jerry Montague Agnew Sr (1888 - 1954)

Born 10 Nov 1888 in Alma, Crawford, Arkansas, United States

Husband of Mary Dorothy (Knight) Agnew — married 21 Jul 1912 in Crawford, Arkansas, United States

Descendants

Died 25 Apr 1954 at age 65 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

Jerry Agnew Sr is a part of US Black heritage.

Jerry Montague Agnew was born on November 10, 1888, in Alma, Arkansas, to Jeremiah Jerry C Agnew and Betty Parker. He was the eldest of five children and grew up in Fort Smith and Van Buren, Arkansas. He married Mary Dorothy Knight on July 21, 1912, and they had four children: Jerry Montague Jr., Sarah A., Mayme, and Mary Louise. He owned and operated a general store in Van Buren, the only black-owned business in the city. He was also the father of Mayme Agnew Clayton, a librarian and founder of the Western States Black Research and Education Center, a collection of African-American historical materials. He died on April 25, 1954, in Los Angeles, California, and was buried in Carson, California.

Sources

• 1900 United States Federal Census: Year: 1900; Census Place: Fort Smith Ward 5, Sebastian, Arkansas; Roll: 77; Page: 1; Enumeration District: 0133 Ancestry Record 7602 #14883700
• 1910 United States Federal Census: Year: 1910; Census Place: Van Buren Ward 3, Crawford, Arkansas; Roll: T624_48; Page: 4b; Enumeration District: 0016; FHL microfilm: 1374061 Ancestry Record 7884 #193896138
• 1920 United States Federal Census: Year: 1920; Census Place: Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas; Roll: T625_59; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 177 Ancestry Record 6061 #2063365
• 1930 United States Federal Census: Year: 1930; Census Place: Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 0030; FHL microfilm: 2339806 Ancestry Record 6224 #120719121
• 1940 United States Federal Census: Year: 1940; Census Place: Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas; Roll: m-t0627-00129; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 17-32 Ancestry Record 2442 #101612053
• 1950 United States Federal Census: United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas; Roll: 82; Sheet Number: 20; Enumeration District: 17-34 Ancestry Record 62308 #32746716
• Arkansas, U.S., County Marriages Index, 1837-1957: Ancestry.com. Arkansas, U.S., County Marriages Index, 1837-1957 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: "Arkansas County Marriages, 1838–1957." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2011. "Arkansas County Marriages, 1838–1957," database, FamilySearch; from Arkansas Courts of Common Pleas and County Clerks. Digital images of originals housed at various county courthouses in the State of Arkansas. Marriage records. Ancestry Record 2548 #537528
• California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997: Place: Los Angeles; Date: 25 Apr 1954 Ancestry Record 5180 #46045
• U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918: Registration State: Arkansas; Registration County: Crawford County Ancestry Record 6482 #25006161
• U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942: The National Archives At St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System; Record Group Number: 147 Ancestry Record 1002 #459176
• Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203940468/jerry-montague-agnew: accessed 24 May 2023), memorial page for Jerry Montague Agnew (10 Nov 1888–25 Apr 1954), Find A Grave: Memorial #203940468, citing Lincoln Memorial Park, Carson, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by Pam (contributor 48523084).