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F Agnes McMahon

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County Marriage record, Middlesex Co., ON, image from Archives of Ontario:
William Hodgins, 24, resides London, born Canada, s/o John D. Hodgins & Eliza Hodgins married Agnes McMahon, 24, resides London, born Canada, d/o George McMahon & Mary A. Andersen. Witnesses: Marg't McMahon, London and Richard Mir?, Lobo. Married Oct. 3, 1860.

1870 federal census, Sedalia, Pettis Co., MO, image from FamilySearch site:
Hodgins Wm H., 33, M, Butcher, Canada, father of foreign birth, mother of foreign birth;
Hodgins Agnes, 33, F, Keeping House, Canada, f. of f.b., m. of f.b.;
Hodgins Archie A., 8, M, , Canada, f. of f.b., m. of f.b.;
Hodgins Gertrude, 2, F, , Missouri, f. of f.b., m. of f.b.

Headstone, Crown Hill Cemetery, Sedalia, Pettis County, Missouri, USA, image from findagrave.com:
Agnes wife of W. H. Hodgins May 23, 1837 - Mar. 4, 1883
W. H. Hodgins Sept 1, 1837 - June 19, 1905.

Portrait and Biographical Record of Johnson and Pettis Counties, Missouri, p. 377-378, image from Google books. W. H. Hodgins, a well-known citizen of Sedalia, is one of the oldest and most trusted employes of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad. He holds the position of storekeeper...
Our subject's grandfather, John Hodgins, emmigrated from Ireland to London, Canada, with his family at the beginning of the present century, and engaged in farming. His son, John D., father of W. H., was born in Queen's County, Ireland, and for 40 years was a police magistrate. He was in the Rebellion of 1837, and for years was in the Canadian militia. In addition to his public duties he managed a farm. When he was eighty-five years of age he was called to his final rest, dying in the faith of the Episcopal Church. His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Hodgins (not a relative however), was born in Canada, and was a daughter of William Hodgins, a farmer of English birth. Mrs. Hodgins died when forty years of age, and left twelve children, seven of whom are yet living.
W. H. Hodgins is a native of London, Canada, born September 1, 1838, and was reared on a farm. When he was eighteen years of age he came to the United States, first going to Detroit and later to St. Louis, Mo., where he ran as a clerk on a line of steamers plying between that point and New Orleans. During this time he bought a farm near Baton Rouge, Miss. In 1861 he enlisted as a private in company H, Ninth Louisiana Volunteers, but at the battle of Gettysburg he served as a Lieutenant. In the fall of 1864 he was captured by some Ohio troops but managed to make his escape and went to Canada.
In March 1865 Mr. Hodgins returned to this country ... in 1868 located in this city ... March 24, 1871, he received the appointment as Storekeeper of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad ...
In 1861 our subject was married, in Canada, to Agnes McMahon, also a native of the Dominion. She became the mother of two children. Archie A., who graduated from the high school here, learned a trade and is now foreman in the Illinois Steelworks of Chicago; and Gertrude, who was educated in Canada, resides with her father. The faithful mother and wife was called to her reward in 1882, leaving a host of friends who sincerely mourn her loss.
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