Background
Agnew, Benjamin Lashells was born on October 2, 1833 in Apollo, Armstrong Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Smith and Maria Mayes (Sterrett) Agnew.
Agnew, Benjamin Lashells was born on October 2, 1833 in Apollo, Armstrong Company, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Smith and Maria Mayes (Sterrett) Agnew.
Graduate Washington College, 1854, Western Theological Seminary, 1857. (Doctor of Divinity, 1874, Doctor of Laws, 1902, Washington and Jefferson College).
Ordained Presbyterian ministry, 1858. Pastor Johnstown, Pennsylvania, 1858-1867. Chaplain 76th Pennsylvania Volumes, 1961-1962.
Pastor Westminster Church, Philadelphia, 1868-1870, North Church, Philadelphia, 1870-1882, East. Liberty Church, Pittsburg, 1882-1884, Bethlehem Church, Philadelphia, 1884-1896.
Correspondent secretary.
Member Board of Domestic Missions.
Married Anna Cochran, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, June 16, 1857.