Albon
Lesley
Bagwill
aka Bagwell
Born in East St. Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Son of James Henry Bagwill
and Mary Jane (Brown) Bagwill
Brother of
Daniel Van Buren Bagwell, William Thomas Bagwell, Burrel Benjamin Bagwell, Julia Madaline (Bagwell) Rogers, Linsey E Bagwell, Ida M Bagwell, Alvon Bagwell, Ida M Bagwell, William T Bagwell, Effie Elizabeth (Bagwell) Parkhill and Albert Ross Bagwell Sr.
Husband of
Amy Jane (Downen) Bagwill
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Mabel Irene (Bagwill) Watson
Died
at age 91
in East St. Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 10 Sep 2019
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Biography
Albon Lesley Bagwell was born on August 3, 1877, in East St. Louis, Illinois. He was the son of James Henry Bagwell and Mary Jane (Brown) Bagwell. He had 11 siblings: Daniel Van Bagwell, William Thomas Bagwell, (Burrel) Benjamin Bagwell, Julia Madaline Bagwell, Linsey E. Bagwell, Ida M. Bagwell, Alvon Bagwell, Ida M. Bagwell, William T. Bagwill, Effie Elizabeth Bagwell, and Albert Ross Bagwell Sr[1].
Albon served in the light artillery with Battery K, 1st Regiment, US Army during the Spanish American War in 1898. He kept a bayonet from the war that he gave to his nephew, Albert Ross Bagwell Jr, who gave it to his son, James Albert Bagwell. When James divorced his wife, Cherry, they sold it off to a private dealer[2].
He married Amy Jane Downen on February 17, 1901, in Campbell Hill, Illinois. They had 4 children: Leslie Albon, Mabel Irene, Gertrude May, and James William.
Albon passed away on January 13, 1968 in East St. Louis, Illinois. He is buried in Sunset Cemetery, located in Quincy, Illinois[3].
Sources
- ↑ Bagwells.com - https://bagwells.com/p96.htm#i2926
- ↑ Personal memory of Ross Bagwell
- ↑ Find a Grave - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88710121/albon-lesley-bagwill
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Albon by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Albon:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Albon by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Albon:
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