Thomas Agnew1

M, #1232, * 26 Aug 1858, + 23 May 1900
FatherJoseph B. Agnew1 * 22 Oct 1815, + 23 Dec 1895
MotherLouisa Boldrey1 * 25 Jan 1818, + May 1915
     Thomas Agnew was born on 26 Aug 1858 in Indiana.2,1 He died on 23 May 1900 in San Pierre, Indiana,2,3,4, and was buried on 24 May 1900 in the Winamac Cemetery.5,2

Other information:
He graduated in 1886 from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois.5 An obituary in the Rochester Sentinel on 25 May 1900.
Dr. Thomas J. AGNEW was buried from his home in San Pierre yesterday. Dr. Agnew was a brother of Mr. Daniel AGNEW, of this city, and well known in Fulton county. He was born on a farm near Winamac forty-two years ago where his early years were spent. Fourteen years ago he graduated from Rush Medical College, after which he located at San Pierre where he achieved unusual success in the practice of his profession. His death was caused by appendicitis, and the sudden ending of so promising a career causes great sadness in the community where he resided. (An other obit appeared in the Starke County Democrat.)5

     Rush Medical College (often referred to simply as "Rush") is the medical school of Rush University, a private university in Chicago, Illinois. Rush Medical College was chartered in 1837, twelve days before the city of Chicago was chartered, and opened with 22 students on December 4, 1843. It was named after Benjamin Rush, known as the 'Father of American Psychiatry'.
     During its first century of operation, more than 10,000 physicians received their training at Rush Medical College; a "Rush Doctor" was a highly-prized commodity in the American West of the 19th century. Rush Medical College was affiliated with the University of Chicago from 1898 until 1942. With the onset of World War II, the medical college temporarily suspended its educational program, though it continued its corporate existence. Its faculty continued undergraduate and graduate teaching of medicine and the biological sciences as members of the faculty of the University of Illinois. The charter of the medical college was reactivated in 1969 when it became part of Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center. In 1971, Rush Medical College reopened with a class of 66 first-year students and 33 third-year students.
     Since 1972, Rush Medical College has been part of Rush University.6

He is listed in the following census:
1860 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Joseph B. Agnew, (#540), Franklin Township, Pulaski County, Indiana.1
1870 Fed. census (1 Jun): Household of Joseph B. Agnew, (#81), Monroe Township, Pulaski County, Indiana.7

Citations

  1. [S108] Fed. Census: 1860. Indiana. Pulaski County. Franklin Township. page 76, line 15-26 (NARA: M653, Roll 290, Page 1018) Household of Joseph B. Agnew.
  2. [S575] Dr. Thomas Agnew. Memorial #11841185, Find-A-Grave. Index and/or images online at http://www.findagrave.com/
  3. [S334] Jean C. & Wendell C. Tombaugh, Rochester Sentinel, Obituary Louisa (Boldrey) Agnew, 15 May 1915.
  4. [S137] Rick Jenkins, Jenkins, pg. 87. Obituary Lucinda Agnew Jenkins. Winamac Republican, May 4th, 1905.
  5. [S334] Jean C. & Wendell C. Tombaugh, Rochester Sentinel, Obituary Dr. J. Thomas Agnew, Friday 25 May 1900.
  6. [S191] Wikipedia. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_Medical_College_of_Rush_University
  7. [S108] Fed. Census: 1870. Indiana. Pulaski County. Monroe Township. page 10, line 8-12 (NARA: M593, Roll 352, Page 482) Household of Joseph B. Agnew.