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The key role that farming plays in the economy of Indiana today owes much to the work of John Harrison Skinner (1874-1942). Skinner was a pioneering educator and administrator who transformed the study of agriculture at Purdue University during the first decades of the twentieth century. From humble origins, occupying one building and 150 acres at the start of his career, the agriculture program grew to spread over ten buildings and 1,000 acres by the end of his tenure as its first dean. A focused, single-minded man, Skinner understood from his own background as a grain and stock farmer that growers could no longer rely on traditional methods in adapting to a rapidly changing technological a...
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Mathieu Agé (fl. 1685-1761), a Huguenot, emigrated from France to Virginia about 1700/1701, married Ann Gandovin about 1714, settled in Powhatan County, Va. and later moved to Buckingham County, Virginia. Descendants (chiefly spelling the surname Agee) lived in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Texas, New Mexico, California and elsewhere.
This is Volume 3 of 4 volumes. See Volume 1 for a complete book description.
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