By the mid-1870’s in Indianapolis, In, Harry was working as a stock boy in a department store, where he met his future wife, Amy Rosina Coveney. He settled in Kansas City, Missouri in 1877, his occupation was shown as an Abstract Title Clerk. He briefly tried a business in Sioux City, Iowa, possibly to be near his intended wife. His stay was brief, for he had his own abstract of title firm in Kansas City from 1885 onward.
Harry married Amy Rosina Coveney on 12 May 1886, in Sioux City, Iowa. The rising young business man sported a luxuriant handlebar mustache. He was quiet and middle-mannered, but his pure blue eyes always sparkled with humor. He took an almost childlike delight in practical jokes, fireworks and staging elaborate tableaux during games of charades.
Throughout his life he collected postage stamps. Although he sold his first collection during a financial bind, at his death he left each of his granddaughters a valuable stamp legacy.
Harry’s and Amy’s children were: Amy Muriel Algeo, born 8 June 1887; Herman Wray Algeo, born 22 January 1892 and died 2 May 1892; and Francis Algeo, born 31 January 1894.
In about 1905, Harry sold his abstract business. The family traveled in style to the San Francisco World’s Fair and began building a handsome house on Independence Avenue in north east Kansas City. Unfortunate investment in a gold mining venture , however, wiped out his assets. Having signed a non-compete clause when he sold his business, he could not start his own company again so he did abstract examinations for the Schryock Realty Company. After retirement from this firm, he devoted his later years to gardening at the last family home at 1726 Arlington in Fairland Heights, a development in the rural area between Kansas and Independence, Missouri.
After the deterioration of Amy’s health, the couple was cared for by their daughters, and Harry died at the home of Muriel Algeo Gibson on 16 March 1940.
Fannie’s Children, complied by Amy Ruth MaGill
Kansas City, Missouri, September, 1994
Harry married Amy Rosina Coveney on 12 May 1886, in Sioux City, Iowa. The rising young business man sported a luxuriant handlebar mustache. He was quiet and middle-mannered, but his pure blue eyes always sparkled with humor. He took an almost childlike delight in practical jokes, fireworks and staging elaborate tableaux during games of charades.
Throughout his life he collected postage stamps. Although he sold his first collection during a financial bind, at his death he left each of his granddaughters a valuable stamp legacy.
Harry’s and Amy’s children were: Amy Muriel Algeo, born 8 June 1887; Herman Wray Algeo, born 22 January 1892 and died 2 May 1892; and Francis Algeo, born 31 January 1894.
In about 1905, Harry sold his abstract business. The family traveled in style to the San Francisco World’s Fair and began building a handsome house on Independence Avenue in north east Kansas City. Unfortunate investment in a gold mining venture , however, wiped out his assets. Having signed a non-compete clause when he sold his business, he could not start his own company again so he did abstract examinations for the Schryock Realty Company. After retirement from this firm, he devoted his later years to gardening at the last family home at 1726 Arlington in Fairland Heights, a development in the rural area between Kansas and Independence, Missouri.
After the deterioration of Amy’s health, the couple was cared for by their daughters, and Harry died at the home of Muriel Algeo Gibson on 16 March 1940.
Fannie’s Children, complied by Amy Ruth MaGill
Kansas City, Missouri, September, 1994
By the mid-1870’s in Indianapolis, In, Harry was working as a stock boy in a department store, where he met his future wife, Amy Rosina Coveney. He settled in Kansas City, Missouri in 1877, his occupation was shown as an Abstract Title Clerk. He briefly tried a business in Sioux City, Iowa, possibly to be near his intended wife. His stay was brief, for he had his own abstract of title firm in Kansas City from 1885 onward.
Harry married Amy Rosina Coveney on 12 May 1886, in Sioux City, Iowa. The rising young business man sported a luxuriant handlebar mustache. He was quiet and middle-mannered, but his pure blue eyes always sparkled with humor. He took an almost childlike delight in practical jokes, fireworks and staging elaborate tableaux during games of charades.
Throughout his life he collected postage stamps. Although he sold his first collection during a financial bind, at his death he left each of his granddaughters a valuable stamp legacy.
Harry’s and Amy’s children were: Amy Muriel Algeo, born 8 June 1887; Herman Wray Algeo, born 22 January 1892 and died 2 May 1892; and Francis Algeo, born 31 January 1894.
In about 1905, Harry sold his abstract business. The family traveled in style to the San Francisco World’s Fair and began building a handsome house on Independence Avenue in north east Kansas City. Unfortunate investment in a gold mining venture , however, wiped out his assets. Having signed a non-compete clause when he sold his business, he could not start his own company again so he did abstract examinations for the Schryock Realty Company. After retirement from this firm, he devoted his later years to gardening at the last family home at 1726 Arlington in Fairland Heights, a development in the rural area between Kansas and Independence, Missouri.
After the deterioration of Amy’s health, the couple was cared for by their daughters, and Harry died at the home of Muriel Algeo Gibson on 16 March 1940.
Fannie’s Children, complied by Amy Ruth MaGill
Kansas City, Missouri, September, 1994
Harry married Amy Rosina Coveney on 12 May 1886, in Sioux City, Iowa. The rising young business man sported a luxuriant handlebar mustache. He was quiet and middle-mannered, but his pure blue eyes always sparkled with humor. He took an almost childlike delight in practical jokes, fireworks and staging elaborate tableaux during games of charades.
Throughout his life he collected postage stamps. Although he sold his first collection during a financial bind, at his death he left each of his granddaughters a valuable stamp legacy.
Harry’s and Amy’s children were: Amy Muriel Algeo, born 8 June 1887; Herman Wray Algeo, born 22 January 1892 and died 2 May 1892; and Francis Algeo, born 31 January 1894.
In about 1905, Harry sold his abstract business. The family traveled in style to the San Francisco World’s Fair and began building a handsome house on Independence Avenue in north east Kansas City. Unfortunate investment in a gold mining venture , however, wiped out his assets. Having signed a non-compete clause when he sold his business, he could not start his own company again so he did abstract examinations for the Schryock Realty Company. After retirement from this firm, he devoted his later years to gardening at the last family home at 1726 Arlington in Fairland Heights, a development in the rural area between Kansas and Independence, Missouri.
After the deterioration of Amy’s health, the couple was cared for by their daughters, and Harry died at the home of Muriel Algeo Gibson on 16 March 1940.
Fannie’s Children, complied by Amy Ruth MaGill
Kansas City, Missouri, September, 1994
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