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Agnes Benedicto Ross:

Date of Birth:24 April 1826

Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland

Christening: 7 May 1826

Parents: William Gibbs Ross

             Mary T. Heuisler

Spouce: 7 July 1852: Samuel Magaha

Children: 26 Nov 1853: Mary Margaret Magaha

              18 March 1855: Elizabeth Philomenia Magaha

              14 March 1857: Agnes Celia Magaha

              19 September 1858: Magdalin Francis Magaha

              3 September 1860: Laura Virginia Magaha

              21 May 1863: William Patrick Magaha

              21 May 1863: Rose Magaha

              5 July 1866: Theresa Ellen Magaha

             10 February 1868: George Henry Magaha

Date of death:November 28, 1908

Place of death: Baltimore, Maryland

Date of Burial: November 30, 1908

Cemetery: Unkown

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Biography: Agnes (Ross) Magaha was born in 1826 in Baltimore, Maryland to William Gibbs and Mary T. (Heuisler) Ross.She met and married Samuel Magaha in 1852 and they had at least nine children together. Sam and Agnes were married for twenty five years until his death in 1877. Agnes was listed as head of household in the 1880 census, but in the 1900 census it showed her living with her youngest son George Henry Magaha, but at the time of her death in 1908 she was living with her oldest daughter Mary Cook. Her death certificate listed her cause of death as old age. Agnes death certificate said that she was buried in Loudon Park Cemetery. We went to visit Loudon Park and was told by the administration that Agnes was not buried there, and that they keep impeckable records. Sam Magaha, her husband, was buried in St Peters Cemetery in Baltimore Maryland. Upon visiting St. Peter's we found a cemetery very much in disrepair, with very few records of who is buried there. It is that possibility that Agnes was buried along side of Sam in St Peter's Cemetery.

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