Nancy Catherine Agnew
  b: 17/Jan/1858 - Mason Co., IL
  d: 8/Mar/1942 - Brazos Co., TX - bur: White Rose Cem., Bartlesville, Washington Co., OK

Father: Leeander Constantine Agnew
Mother: Margaret McDaniel

Spouse: Jacob Hendrickson Potts
  m: 21/Apr/1881 - Mason Co., IL

Child-1: George Leander - b: 6/Jan/1882 - Mason Co., IL
                                          d: 9/Nov/1964 - WA
                                         m: Rena L. Green - 12/Nov/1912? - OK
          2: Jacob Ira - b: 28/Oct/1883 - Mason Co., IL
                               d: 22/May/1927 - bur: White Rose Cem., Bartlesville, Washington Co., OK
                              m: Elizabeth Rachel Statler - 23/May/1909
          3: Lee Agnew - b: 12/Apr/1886 - Anderson Co., KS
                                  d: Jan/1950 - Washington Co., OK - bur: Ochelata  Cem.
                                 m: Drusilla Trine - 24/Jun/1907
          4: Bessie Nannie
          5: Sylvia May - b: 19/Jul/1890 - Anderson Co., KS
                                  d: 31/Aug/1891 - Anderson Co., KS
          6: William McDaniel - b: 26/Apr/1892 - Anderson Co., KS
                                             d: 5/Feb/1973 - Brazos Co., TX - bur: College Station Cem.
                                            m: Eris Gustavus - 26/Nov/1929
          7: Jesse Hendrickson - b: 3/Oct/1894 - Anderson Co., KS
                                             d: 29/Aug/1981 - Oneida Co., ID - bur: Blakely Cem., Greenwood Co., KS
                                            m: Thelma Glee Jones - 24/Jan/1916
          8: Margaret Maria - b: 16/Jul/1897 - Anderson Co., KS
                                         d: 26/Aug/1902 - Anderson Co., KS

Biographical Details:

Very little specific is known regarding Nancy Catherine Agnew, beyond that she was born in Mason County, Illinois, probably in Salt Creek Township, and was a daughter of Lee Constantine Agnew and his first wife Margaret McDaniel Agnew.  Subsequently, she married Jacob Hendrickson Potts on April 21, 1881, and migrated with him to eastern Kansas a few years later.  They family later moved to Bartlesville, Oklahoma, about 1909.  Nancy Catherine Agnew Potts died in Bartlesville on March 8, 1942, and was buried with her husband in White Rose Cemetery.
Source Citations:
1. 1900 US Census Population Schedule for Anderson County, Kansas, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 284B, (microfilm: roll T623_470; img. 80).

2. 1910 US Census Population Schedule for Washington County, Oklahoma, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 75B, (microfilm: roll T624_1276; img. 153).

3. 1920 US Census Population Schedule for Washington County, Oklahoma, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 114B, (microfilm: roll T625_1490; img. 227).

4. 1930 US Census Population Schedule for Washington County, Oklahoma, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 119A, (microfilm: roll T626_1938; img. 240).

5. 1940 US Census Population Schedule for Washington County, Oklahoma, National Archives, Washington DC:  pg. 155A, (microfilm: roll T627_3339; img. 313).

6. 1885 Kansas State Census Population Schedule for Anderson County, Kansas State Historical Soc., 6425 SW Sixth Ave., Topeka, KS, 66615: pg. 35, (microfilm: roll 1885_K3; imgs. 477-8).

7. 1905 Kansas State Census Population Schedule for Allen County, Kansas State Historical Soc., 6425 SW Sixth Ave., Topeka, KS, 66615: pg. 35, (microfilm: roll 1905_K1; imgs. 533-4).

8. Karen Smith Woods and Kimberley Inman,"White Rose Cemetery", Bartlesville, OK, 74003.  (Anonymous, "City of Bartlesville", www.cityofbartlesville.org/departments/cemetery/index.htm, 2005.)

9. White Rose Cemetery, Washington County, Oklahoma (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99793&CScn=White+Rose&CScntry=4&CSst=38&CScnty=2201&, continuously updated).

10. Ochelata Cemetery, Washington County, Oklahoma (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=99140&CScn=Ochelata&CScntry=4&CSst=38&, continuously updated).

11. College Station Cemetery, Brazos County, Texas (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=2976&CScn=college+station&CScntry=4&CSst=46&, continuously updated).

12. Blakely Cemetery, Greenwood County, Kansas (www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=92045&CScn=Blakely&CScntry=4&CSst=18&, continuously updated).

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