Agnes Ellen (Price) Kehoe (1875 - 1927)

Born 23 Aug 1875 in Michigan, United States

Wife of Andrew Phillip Kehoe — married 14 May 1912 (to 18 May 1927) in Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan, United States

Died 18 May 1927 at age 51 in Bath, Clinton County, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Agnes Ellen Price, the daughter of Patrick and Mary (Wilson) Price a wealthy Lansing entrepreneur, as well as the wife of Andrew P. Kehoe.

Andrew and Ellen met while Andrew was attending Michigan State College of Agricultural (Michigan State University) and would marry shortly thereafter in 1912.

Diagnosed with and suffering from tuberculosis in October of 1926, she had been making several trips and long stays to St. Lawrence Hospital in Lansing, Michigan. Andrew was intended to bring home his wife earlier the week of the massacre, but it was determined that she would be better served staying a couple more days.

By account of neighbors of the Kehoe's, they did see her on the night of May 16 as the Kehoes returned home. However, she had a hat over her head and she appeared to be asleep in the vehicle. She is believed to be have been murdered by her husband sometime between May 16 and May 18, 1927, after Andrew picked-up Nellie at the hospital.

At some point after her death, she was placed in a hog chute on the side of the sheep barn, doused with either kerosene or gasoline, and allowed to burn with the buildings. Due to the limitations of forensics at the time, No determination of her actual cause or time of death was made.

Contemporary accounts from the time, implied that she had been hit over the head with a blunt force object. This was based upon the fracturing of her skill at the time of discovery. However, this theory was countered during the inquest by the Michigan state fire marshal, whose conclusions were that the skull fracture occurred as an expansion of gas. As was stated during his testimony during the inquest, it's normal for the skull to fracture in an outwardly manner from the expansion of gas when a body burns, as it did in Nellie Kehoe's circumstance.

She was found with what appeared to be a dislocated or broken arm, however. Undoubtedly, she likely met with foul play or possibly, though unlikely, succumbed to her illness as they returned home.

The next morning, Nellie's sisters called the Kehoe home to find out how she was doing. Andrew relayed that she had been up and about the house, and he had taken her to Jackson to visit friends. This however, had proven to be a lie.

Occupation

Occupation: Housewife

Religious Affiliation

Religion: Roman Catholic

Birth

Date: August 23, 1875

Place: Zilwaukee, Saginaw County, Michigan, United States

Source: Birth record

Marriage

Marriage of record with Andrew P. Kehoe

Date: May 14, 1912

Age: 36y 8m 21d

Place: Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan, United States

Source: Marriage record

Residence

Residence:

Place: Bath, Clinton County, Michigan, United States

Date: 1880

Age: 5

Role: Daughter

Status: Single

Source: 1880 Census

Residence:

Place: Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan, United States

Date: 1894

Age: 18

Role: Daughter

Status: Single

Source: 1894 Michigan Census

Residence:

Place: Sherwood, Sherwood Township, Branch County, Michigan, United States

Date: 1900

Age: 25

Role: Daughter

Status: Single

Source: 1900 Census

Residence:

Place: Ward 4, Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan, United States

Date: 1910

Age: 34

Role: Daughter

Status: Single

Source: 1910 Census

Residence:

Place: Bath, Clinton County, Michigan, United States

Date: 1920

Age: 44

Role: Wife

Status: Married

Source: 1920 Census

Death

Death:

Date: May 18, 1927

Age: 51y 8m 25d

Cause: Murder

Place: Bath, Clinton County, Michigan, United States

Source: Death record

Interment:

Date: May 20, 1927

Cemetery: Mount Hope Cemetery

Place: Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan, United States

Source: Interment record

Source Citations

Birth:

"Michigan Births and Christenings, 1775-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4YT-C89 : 9 December 2014), Nellie Price, 23 Aug 1875; citing Zilwaukee, Saginaw, Michigan, reference ; FHL microfilm 967,180.

Marriage:

"Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1940", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCXD-C2Y : 25 April 2016), Andrew P. Kehoe and Ellen A. Price, 1912.

Census:

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWSS-GMK : 10 August 2016), Agnace E Price in household of Patrick Price, Bath, Clinton, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district ED 414, sheet 556A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0577; FHL microfilm 1,254,577.

"Michigan State Census, 1894," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKW-3HP : 15 November 2014), Agnes E Price in household of Patrick Price, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States; citing p. 380, State Archives, Lansing; FHL microfilm 915,309.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M91P-9BP : accessed 15 May 2017), Agnes E Price in household of Patrick Price, Sherwood township Sherwood village, Branch, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 20, sheet 1A, family 10, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,704.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ML5X-X91 : accessed 15 May 2017), Ellen A Price in household of Patrick Price, Lansing Ward 4, Ingham, Michigan, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 67, sheet 8B, family 220, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 651; FHL microfilm 1,374,664.

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZS2-M55 : accessed 15 May 2017), Ellen A Kehoe in household of Andrew P Kehoe, Bath, Clinton, Michigan, United States; citing ED 1, sheet 3B, line 69, family 89, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 761; FHL microfilm 1,820,761.

Death:

"Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFHZ-RS9 : 12 December 2014), Agnes Ellen Kehoe, 18 May 1927; citing Bath, Clinton, Michigan, United States, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing; FHL microfilm 1,973,220.

Interment:

"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVQ-PDX6 : 13 December 2015), Ellen Agnes Price, 1927; Burial, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States of America, Mount Hope Cemetery; citing record ID 7842135, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• http://www.okemosalumni.org/000/4/8/8/29884/userfiles/file/The%20Story%20of%20Bath%20by%20Sherrie%20Paty%20'66%20edited.pdf

Acknowledgements

This profile has been researched and added by Larry Budd.