Person:John Agner (1)

From Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia (NY, Richmond and Toledo; H.H. Hardesty and Company Publishers, 1884) ;

Transcribed by Angela M. Ruley

JOHN AGNER- born in Rockbridge County, June 28, 1806, was a son of George and Susanna Siders Agner, natives of this country, and now many years dead. His paternal grandparents came from Germany to America prior ro the Revolution and were ardent patriots, holding many thousand dollars of the Continental money. In April, 1829, in Rockbridge County, John Agner married Mary Hughes who was born in this county in 1807, a daughter of Jonathan and Ruth Patterson Hughes. Her parents were born here and died many years ago. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Agner were nine: Jonathan, Susanna, Richard, Leanna, George, David, William, Joseph Spriggs, and American Jane. Four sons entered the Confederate service; Jonathan, George, David and William, and the first named gave his life for the Lost Cause on the battlefield of Winchester, 1863. John Agner followed the trade of cooper for many years. His post office is Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia.

1. ↑ Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia.

   Hardesty's Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia.
   New York, Toledo, and Richmond: H.H. Hardesty, 1885.
   pg 411