Crawford County PA Archives Obituaries.....Bagley, George Wesley  May 24, 1917
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  Jackson Sentinel, June 1, 1917
  Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, June 1, 1917
  
  Obituary
  
  George Wesley Bagley was born in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, February 8, 
  1843. He was united in marriage to Miss Amelia Fields, June 17, 1864. This 
  union was blessed with seven children, Mrs. Ed Crane, Edgarton, Virginia; Mrs. 
  Walter Miller, Maquoketa, Iowa; Mrs. Thomas Coleman, LaPlata, Missouri; John 
  of Free Soil, Michigan; Irene, who died in 1880 at the age of seven years; 
  Mrs. Everett Rowe, Ludden, North Dakota and Earl of Hecla, South Dakota, with 
  whom he made his home while in Dakota. All children were here at the funeral 
  and burial, except John, because of conditions he could not change. The wife 
  died August 5, 1897.
  
  Mr. Bagley came with his interesting family to Iowa, March 1876 and located in 
  the vicinity of Buckhorn, where he lived for over 30 years and where his 
  family grew to manhood and womanhood, and where he showed himself a good 
  husband and father to his industrious and highly respected family. In 1907, 
  with his two youngest children, he went to Heckla, South Dakota, where he 
  lived a semi-retired life until his death, May 20, 1917, at the mature age of 
  74 years, 3 months and 12 days.
  
  He was of a quiet, retiring disposition and had a large circle of friends in 
  this community. The body was brought back to Maquoketa accompanied by his 
  daughter Etta and son, Earl and funeral services were held on Thursday, May 
  24, at 1:30 p.m. at the home of his daughter, Carrie Miller, and sermon at 2 
  p.m. at Buckhorn church, where a large circle of friends gathered Burial was 
  made in the Buckhorn cemetery, Rev. D. F. Boomershine officiating at the 
  services.
  
  
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