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Below is a family biography included in The History of Wright County, Missouri published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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John B. Agee, liveryman at Mountain Grove, Mo., was born in Scott County, Va., in 1837. He is the son of Isaac and Hannah (Bounds) Agee, and grandson of William Agee, who was a native of Virginia, and a tiller of the soil by occupation. He was one of the early settlers of Virginia, and died in Scott County of that State. While boating on the river he had the sight of one of his eyes destroyed. Isaac Agee was also a native of Virginia, and also followed agricultural pursuits. He moved to Tennessee when the subject of this sketch was a child, and followed farming in that State for several years. He passed his last days in that State. Hannah Agee was the mother of eight children, and also died in Tennessee. John B. Agee, his father and grandfather were all Union men, while all the rest of the connection were Southern sympathizers, and most of them were killed in the Confederate army. John B. Agee grew to manhood in Tennessee, and there married Miss Sarah Long, who bore him three children: William, James E., and Docia, wife of Harvey Young. Mrs. Agee died in April, 1874, and Mr. Agee afterward married Miss Elizabeth Hart, daughter of Judge Hart, of Norwood. These children were born to this union: Fred, Marion, Laura, Luie, Ada (deceased), John and Ben. Mr. Agee came to Missouri in 1860, and worked on the ‘Frisco Railroad one year, but his principal occupation has been farming. He is the owner of eighty acres of land. In 1887 he moved to Mountain Grove, and has now the only livery in the place. Aside from this he owns some valuable town property. He is a Republican in politics; is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Tyler of Mountain Grove Lodge, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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