John Shelton AGAR
- Born: 23 Oct 1842, Ireland
- Marriage (1): Emily CRUWELL on 6 Apr 1872
- Died: 5 Sep 1902, China aged 59
- Buried: Borella General cemetery, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo, Ceylon
General Notes:
Memorial in St. Paul's Church, Kandy, Ceylon:
"Sacred to the memory of John Shelton Agar, who
died of Cholera at Wuhu, China, 5th September,
1902. This memorial is erected by his sorrowing
children."
He was one of three brothers who were coffee and tea planters, the other two being Walter Agar and Charles Agar.
Source: J. Penry Lewis, C.M.G.: List of Inscriptions on Tombstones and Monuments in Ceylon of Historical or Local Interest with an Obituary of Persons Uncommemorated, Colombo: H. C. Cottle, Government Printer, 1913.
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John Shelton (Agar), of Kandy, Ceylon, born 23
Oct., 1842, married 1872, Emily, only daughter of
Gotlieb Cruwell, Esq., of Ceylon, and has 4 sons
and 5 daughters.
John married Emily CRUWELL, daughter of Gotlieb Arnold CRUWELL and Julie Wilhelmine BECKHAUS, on 6 Apr 1872. (Emily CRUWELL was born in 1853 in Austria?, died on 8 Feb 1891 in Ceylon, and was buried in Borella General cemetery, Bauddhaloka Mawatha, Colombo, Ceylon.)
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