Agnes was my Great Great Grandmother. She was my mom's, mom's, mom's, mom. Agnes had Ruth Crist Bishop Peck who had Donna Bishop Nelson who had Phyllis Nelson Casey who had Cynthia Casey Mael (Me, who had Adaria and Dorian Mael.)
Agnes had 9 kids, but 5 died in infancy. Ruth wrote a 22 page document about her and how things were on the farm in the civil war. Her husband shook President Lincoln's hand, who stood there for 4 hours shaking every soldier's hand who had fought for the North. One of thier children was 2 and was put in a rocking chair while getting ready for church. She rocked and fell into the fireplace and died that day of her severe burns.
The Surviving kids and brother at her time of death were:
Mrs. M.L. Magnuson of Worley, Idaho
Mrs. Ruth Willard Crist Bishop Peck (Buried in Odd Fellows Cemetery The Dalles, OR) (Spouse
Ed and she had step children. Ruth birthed Donna M. Bishop with Thomas Hale Bishop buried in Portland who died when Donna was 12 but they were already divorced, and Judy Peck Dowell)
Mrs. Anna Dell Crist Shively of Echo, Oregon. Married to L.D. Shively. She was born November 1880 in Missouri and died February 4, 1985 in Mason County, WA and buried in the Olney Cemetery with husband:
Leonard Shively: born in May 29, 1852 and died in August 12, 1953.
And Children: Glen L. Shively Feb 23, 1911-June 22, 1989 who married Marjorie Pearl Wadell
Shively born Feb 25, 1917 and died June 11, 2014
AND Jean Loraine Shively Powell, August 23, 1919 to February 8, 2003 who married Floyd
Elmer Powell who was born October 1, 1912 and died Nov 8, 1988)
BF Foos of Tacoma Burt Franklin “Birdie” Foos was Agnes’s brother. ( Burt Franklin Foos August 9, 1872 to February 9, 1985 buried Mountain View Memorial Park, Lakewood, Pierce County, Washington.
Lewis Rogers Foos March 1, 1857-died May 21, 1940 buried Mt. Hope Cemetery, College Place, Walla Walla County, Washington.
Alice Jane Foos Freeman born 1858 in Ohio died Feb 17, 1932 buried Sheridan Cemetery, Nemaha County, Nebraska USA