• General Notes

  REFN: 171
  At the age of 8 years, Catharine Redmond was left an orphan and was
  placed under the guardianship of Father McElroy of Frederick City, MD,
  who placed his ward in the charge of the Sisters at Mount St. Marys at
  Emmettsburg, MD where she received her education and remained until she
  was 18 years old.  In 1843 Catharine E. Redmond was married to John Agnew
  of Frederick Co., MD and in 1852 she and her husband moved to Iowa City,
  IA where they resided until 1868.  They then moved to a farm in Iowa Co.,
  IA.  John Agnew died 4 years later in 1872.  Shortly thereafter,
  Catharine moved from the farm to Marengo, IA and made her home chiefly
  with her children in Marengo, Davenport and Stuart, IA.  She was the
  mother of 12 children, 7 of whom survived her at death.  She is buried in
  the Catholic cemetery at Holbrook, IA.

Details of Catharine E.'s family with John Agnew