Bagley

Addie Vida Bagley
(Grandmother)
Written By ~ Judy Griffin

Addie Vida Bagley was born 8 APR 1888 • Fairfax, Ware County, Georgia. She died 2 MAY 1948 • Folkston, Charlton County, Georgia. She was the daughter of John Wesley and Margaret Malinda Smith Bagley.

Charlton County Herald
February 1931

NEW MEMBERS FOR METHODISTS. The night service at the Methodist Church was an occasion with some special features. Two children, daughters of Mrs. Tison, were baptized and the four members of the family of J.E. Harvey were taken in by letter. Mr. Harvey joined the church at the Wednesday evening service which has become one of the best services of the church. Rev. Griffin is pastor. June 21, 1940

FOLKSTON GARDEN CLUB. The Garden Club met this week at the home of Mrs. C.S. Buchanan. The roll was answered by naming the Beauty Spots in Folkston. Hostesses were Mrs. H.J. Davis, Mrs. J.E. Harvey, Mrs. M.G. White and Mrs. Buchanan. March 12, 1943

BOOKS ARE BEING COLLECTED FOR SERVICE MEN. The Victory Book Campaign for the American Red Cross has begun to function. The request was for 3,400,000 books, but so far only 700,000 have been reported in hand. The chapters have been slow in naming their book chairman which is the main cause of the lack of books. Mrs. J.E. Harvey, local chairman of the book committee, will appreciate any books that can be spared from your library that will prove of interest to the boys at the front.
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Charlton County Herald
Friday May 7, 1948

Beloved Folkston Lady Passed Sunday; Funeral Held Monday

Hearts of Folkston and surrounding communities were saddened Sunday morning when the news came that Mrs. J.E. Harvey, aged 60, had died about 6:30 of a heart attack at her home here. Mrs. Harvey had been as well as usual, and was about her general routine Saturday with no complaints, and her untimely death brought shock and sorrow to her family and friends. Sunday morning about 4:30, she placed her hand on her husbands face and told him she was real sick. He rose and summoned help and medical aid, but to no avail, as the death angel came about 6:30, taking her to her reward. Mrs. Harvey, a native of Ware County, came with her husband to Folkston 21 years ago, he being the telegraph operator for the ACL Railroad Company.

During the years here she was known as one of Folkston's beloved Christian women, always in the churches and elsewhere, rendering any service she possibly could to those sick in sprit and body. For years she taught the Intermediate Sunday School classes at the Methodist Church of which she was a faithful and loyal member until some months ago, when she became afilliated with the Philadelphia Free Will Baptist Church, near Folkston. of which she was a member at the time of her death. To know her was to love her, were the words of her acquaintances, especially those who had been a member of her Sunday School class throughout the years.

Besides her husband, J.E. Harvey, Sr., She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. W. H. Cason of Jacksonville; Mrs. W. G. Purdue, Kingsland; Five Sons, Leroy Harvey of Callahan; Tyson Harvey of St. Simons; Herbert Harvey, of Hilliard; Harry Harvey of Folkston; and J. E. Harvey,Jr. of Quitman; one brother Harry Bagley of Waycross. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 3:30 at the local Methodist church with the Rev. F. J. Gilbert and Rev. John Graham officiating. The large and beautiful floral offering that embanked the church alter and casket, testified to the love and esteem in which she was held.

Internment was in the Folkston Cemetery.

Pallbearers were: Messrs. O.E. Raynor, S.M. Altman, Sr., M. G. White, Ward Harrison, J. A. Prevatt and Charlie Altman. Adkins Funeral Home was in charge.

John Wesley BAGLEY
(GreatGrandFather)
Written By ~ Judy Griffin

John Wesley Bagley was born 1 OCT 1860 • Bickley, Ware County, Georgia and died 6 JUL 1922 • Ware County, Georgia. His occupation was listed as farmer in Bickley Georgia.and heart leakage was his cause of death.

John's father Berrien Bagley spent his entire life in the same community where he was born. John's mother was Eliza Thompson, daughter of Rev. Henry Thompson and Katie Webb Thompson. They had twelve children, two of whom died in infancy. Berrien lived in the Bickley district of Ware County, where he owned a lot of land with a fine farm and comfortable home on it. He died there in 1908. His wife died there in 1916. They were buried in Rehobeth Cemetery near their home.

John's brother, James B. Bagley, was a prominent Medical Doctor of Ware County, practicing many years at Millwood, later at Waycross where he died in 1941. James signed John's death certificate.

Bagley Notes

William Bagley (3rd great-uncle) was born on 17 Nov 1818 in Appling Co, Georgia. He died on 26 Jan 1892. He was buried in Rohobeth Cemetery, Ware Co., Ga .
Rohobeth/Rehobeth Primitive Baptist Church was organized in the home of William Bagley around 1868, by the Elder Cornelious Buie. Elder _Cornelious Buie was blind. Benjamin Bagley and his wife, (William's parents), were among the organizing members. They continued as members until their deaths. Rehobeth Church was located about 2 miles north of the community known as Bickley, in Ware Co., Georgia. William's parents, Benjamin and Rachel Bagley were cut into Ware Co. in it's formation in 1825, and he lived there his entire life. (Source: Rootsweb Mailing List Ware Co., GA)

Berrien Bagley (2nd great-grandfather) was born on 11 Jul 1826 in Waycross, Ware, Ga. He died on 18 Jan 1908 in Waycross, Ware, Ga. He was buried in Bagley Cemetery Coffee County Georgia.
Berrien Bagley was born in Ware County, July 11, 1826, son of Benjamin Bagley. He spent his entire life in the same community where he was born. He was married in 1851 to Eliza Thompson, born Aug. 9, 1831, daughter of Rev. Henry Thompson. They had twelve children, two of whom died in infancy. Berrien Bagley lived in the Bickley district of Ware County, where he owned a lot of land with a fine farm and comfortable home on it. He died there Jan. 18, 1908. His wife died there Dec. 8, 1916. They were buried in Rehobeth Cemetery near their home. The son, James B. Bagley, was a prominent Medical Doctor of Ware County.
Note: The 1860 Census of Ware shows the daughter Mary Jane as being six years old; her tombstone in Rehobeth Cemetery however says she was born July 30,1858.

James Berrien Bagley M.D. (2nd great-uncle) was born in 1866 in Waycross, Ware, Ga. He died in 1941 in Waycross Ga.. He was buried in Bagley Cemetery Coffee County Georgia.
James B. Bagley, was a prominent Medical Doctor of Ware County, practicing many years at Millwood, later at Waycross where he died in 1941.
James attended Atlanta Medical College of Physicians and Surgeons,from which he graduated in 1894. He began his practice at Millwood,GA, staying there until 1909. They were living in Ware County, with James listed as a surgeon, during the 1900 Census. The enumerator, by using ditto marks, indicated his wife Lucy (Lucinda Meeks Bagley) was also a surgeon! Her sister and brother, Ardelia and Daniel, were staying with them. Also, Jane CREWS, a cook born in March 1862, was listed with them. In 1909,they moved to Waycross, GA, where James continued his practice. They were living in Waycross during the 1910 Census, with James listed as a physician. Boarders staying with them were Ida LAWHORN, Ora SCARBORO, and George LYNN. They later lived at Waresboro , GA.