Jacob Bagley
(Cir 1823-)
Caroline Woods
(Cir 1823-)
George Randall Bagley
(1849-)

 

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1. Jennie Lydia Pingree

George Randall Bagley

  • Born: 11 Jul 1849, New Hampshire
  • Marriage (1): Jennie Lydia Pingree on 26 Oct 1878 in Elgin, IL
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He came west in 1871 and settled in Elgin, IL (Kane Co. IL biographies on Rootsweb)
GEORGE RANDALL BAGLEY, who holds a responsible position with the Elgin National Watch Company, was born on the 11th of July, 1849, in New Hampshire, and is a son of JACOB and CAROLINE (WOODS) BAGLEY, who spent their entire lives in the east. by occupation the father was a farmer. Our subject was reared to agricultural pursuits and acquired his education in the public schools of his native state. In 1871 he came west and located in Elgin, Illinois, where he accepted a position in the motion department of the Elgin National Watch Company's factory, with which he has since been connected. His fidelity to duty won him promotion and he is now foreman of the job department, having forty men and women working under him.
On the 26th of October, 1878, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. BAGLEY and Miss JENNIE L. PINGREE, a daughter of ISRAEL S. and HARRIET (THURSTON) PINGREE of Elgin. Her paternal grandfather was Rev. ANDREW PINGREE, who was born in Rowley, Essex county, Massachusetts, February 17, 1775. In 1838 he became a resident of Kane county, Illinois, casting in his lot with the pioneers of this region, and he took an active and prominent part in its early development and upbuilding. He was not long permitted to enjoy his new home, however, for he died on the 25th of March 1846. His wife, who bore the maiden name of ABBIE STRAW, was born in Weare, New Hampshire, in 1786. Mr. and Mrs. BAGLEY have become the parents of two children: VERNA MAY, who was born May 10, 1883, and died on the 6th of April 1889; and GLEN DAVID, who was born September 20, 1890, and was graduated from the Elgin high school in 1908. Winning the scholarship of Kane county, he entered the University of Illinois at Champaign in the fall of 1908 and will pursue a course in electrical engineering. The family is one of prominence in Elgin, and Mr. and Mrs. BAGLEY attend the Universalist church. In his political views Mr. Bagley is a republican and takes an active and commendable interest in public affairs.


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George married Jennie Lydia Pingree, daughter of Israel Straw Pingree and Harriet Thurston, on 26 Oct 1878 in Elgin, IL. (Jennie Lydia Pingree was born on 27 Jun 1854.)




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