Biography of Agnes Wolf - Conway Co, AR

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SOURCE: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Western Arkansas.
Goodspeed Publishers, 1891.

page 126

Mrs. Agnes Wolf, the widow of David Wolf (deceased), is a daughter of
John A. and Margaret (McLane) Gordon. Mrs. Wolf is a native of
Maryland, where she was born April 20, 1838. Her father and mother
were natives of Maryland and were the parents of ten children, five
sons and five daughters, cight-Agnes, Daniel M., Joseph S., James H.,
John A., Catherine A., Mary A. and Martha A., living. Father was a
farmer and followed that occupation all his life. He was a member of
the Catholic Church, and departed this life about 1880. The mother of
Mrs. Wolf is still living, is 70 years of age and is a worthy member
of the M. E. Church, South. Mrs. Wolf was married in Cavetown,
Frederick County, Md., July 5, 1858. There were born to this union two
children, David A. (deceased) and Adelina E., who married W. R.
Hinkle, and became the mother of two children, Nellie and William A.
Mr. Hinkle died in 1886. Mrs. Hinkle was married to her second
husband, John P. Drake, in 1889. He is a native of Missouri, born
October 27, 1858. He has always followed farming and came to Arkansas
in 1878. Mrs. Drake, was born in Maryland, October 3, 1862. Both Mr.
and Mrs. Drake are members of the M. E. Church. Mr. David Wolf was
born in Maryland, April 21, 1839. He died December 6, 1877. Mrs. Wolf
is the possessor of a good farm of 150 acres, with 100 under a high
state of cultivation. She also owns a steam cotton gin and grist mill,
which was erected in 1883. She came with her husband from Indiana to
this State and made a settlement in Conway County in 1873. She has an
excellent farm, well improved, with a most pleasant residence in
Bentley Township. Her son-in-law, Mr. Drake, manages the estate and
attends to her interests now. She is a member of the M. E. Church,
South.