Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Agnes Philena MEDILL
Agnes P. Medill was born in Newark, Delaware, on September 8, 1887, and died on August 8, 1985 at the Episcopal Home in Hockessin, Delaware. She had five older brothers and sisters, one of whom was probably George Lodge Medill. She may also have been related to William Medill, a native of Newark who later served in the U.S. Congress and as governor of Ohio in the 1850s. In the early 1900s, Agnes Medill taught school at the old Newark Elementary School. During and after World War I, she worked for the Delaware College Extension Department to organize patriotic boys’ and girls’ clubs throughout Delaware. She became Assistant State Club Leader of the Boys’ and Girls’ Liberty Clubs of Delaware. Sometime after 1922, she married Joseph M. McVey. They lived on S. College Street and raised three children. Agnes Medill belonged to the First Presbyterian Church, the Newark New Century Club, and the Newark Senior Citizens Center. McVey Elementary School is named after her husband, a former president of the Board of Education of the Christina School District.
Sources:
Obituary. Wilmington News Journal Morning News, August 10, 1985.
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