THOMAS "ENGLISH" BAGBY 7, (CHARLES TODD 6, ALFRED PAUL [D.D.] 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born May 9, 1891 in Baltimore, Maryland and died January 14, 1955 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He married (1) MARY ELLEN SNOW on May 9, 1918. She was born August 26, 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland and died November 15, 1937 in Durham, North Carolina. He married (2) MONA LISA AMES, the daughter of OWEN B. AMES and LOUISE UNKNOWN About 1939. She was born May 13, 1902 in Fairfiled, Maine and died in August of 1944. He married (3) HELEN MARSH About 1945. She was born April 4, 1905 in Bridgeport, Connecticut and died Unknown in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Research for much of the information about ENGLISH BAGBY and his lineage to date, submitted by John English Bagby.

Reference: Online cemetery record for English Bagby and Mary Ellen Snow [Bagby] at: Orange County Cemetery Records - see entries number 47 and 48. Also reference Old Chapel Hill Cemetery Records online for English Bagby — Section IV.

Notes for ENGLISH BAGBY: Site Owner Note: I believe the author of the following article to be the same Elizabeth Cox, one of the compilers of the book, John Bagby of Bunker Hill.

Durham Morning Herald, Durham, N.C., Sunday, September 10, 1950

Dr. English Bagby

"I Could Hardly Wait To Finish School"

By: Elizabeth Cox

Chapel Hill, Sept. 9 — Unusual experiences are what pychologists are supposed to listen to, but Dr. English Bagby, now winding up his 25th year as professor in the Psychology Department of the University of North Carolina, took time out from listening to tell a few of his own.

The amazing events which he has crammed into his 59 years of living include everything from being a human guinea pig to the rear end of a camel.

Dr. Bagby was born in Baltimore, Md., in 1891, the son of the late Charles Todd Bagby, prominent Baltimore lawyer, and Anne English Bagby. By the time he was 12 years old, he definitely knew that he wanted to teach. It wasn't until his sophomore year at Princeton, however, where he later received his A.B. and M.A. degrees, that he knew what subject he wanted to teach.

Two events occurred which helped him to make up his mind.

There were two football players who were failing in several of their courses, and even in 1912 athletes were required to pass a nominal number of their subjects in order to be eligible for sports. So Dr. Bagby was given the assignment of coaching these players in psychology. He turned out to be such a good prof. that his proteges both made "A" on the course while Dr. Bagby sheepishly turned up with a "B".

Why He Picked Psychology

"That wasn't the only thing that made me decide that maybe psychology was the thing to teach," Dr. Bagby added. "I suppose the most important factor was that I was completely disgusted with the psychology courses offered at Princeton. In fact, I never had a satisfactory course in psychology during my undergraduate days. It was all so abstract and impractical. I could hardly wait to finish school so I could teach a course that would answer questions that young men and women ask — a course that would deal with facts themselves — not merely the methods by which they are demonstrated."

Dr. Bagby had a chance to see his dream materialize in 1919, for the year before he received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins. Unlike ordinary theses, this one was strictly confidential - a confidential report, in fact, to the Surgeon General of the United States Army. No member of the faculty was allowed to read it, but fortunately, Dr. Bagby's superior officer was a psychologist. He read it and certified it to the University.

Dr. Bagby believes that was the first Ph.D. degree awarded "sight unseen." "Lucky for me," he chuckled, "they didn't decide to renig several years later when the report was ready for release." The dissertation was on the effects of high altitudes.

Role of Human Guinea Pig

Another "first and only" which Dr. Bagby could probably claim is that of being the only man to be asphixiated every day for two weeks. This happened while he was serving as first lieutenant in the Sanitary Corps during World War I. It was necessary to find out what effects decreasing amounts of oxygen would have on the individual, and Dr. Bagby was chosen to be the human guinea pig for the experiment.

He recalls that at the time he was commuting between his base in Washington and his home in Baltimore. It upset his mother so much to see him come home after the first experiment that she refused to let him come back until the torture process was over.

After receiving his Ph.D., he went to V.M.I., where he not only taught four courses a day for a year, but also developed the idea for a book entitled, "The Psychology of Personality." Published in 1928, the volume has sold over 5,000 copies and was used as a textbook in leading colleges and universities in the country, including Princeton, Pittsburgh, and the University of North Carolina.

Came To U.N.C. From Yale

It probably isn't for his contributions in psychology, however, that V.M.I. will always remember Dr. Bagby. He made a Contributing in another field which will endure as long as football itself. He wrote the music for the immortal "Our Alma Mater" which is still being played at all important festivities at V.M.I.

From 1920 to 1925 Dr. Bagby taught at Yale, and then, "because it was generally recognized that under Dr. Dashiell, the Psychology Department at the University of North Carolina was superior to any in the East, I accepted the appointment as professor, " Dr. Bagby recalled.

Rates U.N.C. Students High

Dr. Bagby says that although a very small percent of the students of the University of North Carolina are trained in expensive prep schools, they compare favorably with the upper 20 per cent at any college where he has taught.

Self-help students who attended the University during the depression will always remember Dr. Bagby with a feeling of gratitude, for he personally paid for all medicine prescribed for those who could not afford to pay for it themselves. In addition, he underwrote the expense of hospital care for all underprivileged white and Negro children of Chapel Hill. More recently, he has been supplying breed sows to selected Negro children of Orange County to enable them to start a pig chain.

One of the main reasons that Dr. Bagby has been such a well-liked professor stems from his love and understanding of people. In popularity polls conducted in recent years to determine faculty favorites, he has always rated high.

"First-rate", which is a favorite expression of Dr. Bagby's, is the word that best describes him. He has never been satisfied to be less than first-rate in anything he has undertaken.

Great Sports Enthusiast

He was an amateur billiard champion of Maryland, a sport which he was forced to give up when he came to Carolina because of lack of facilities. In his undergraduate days at Princeton, he played football, basketball, baseball, tennis and golf.

But his students at Carolina know him best as an avid hunter and fisherman. Until five years ago, when poor health forced him to lead a more inactive life, Dr. Bagby would spend many hours hunting and fishing with his students. At one time he had acquired the reputation as champion squirrel shooter of Chapel Hill.

Dr. Bagby's versatility carries over into dramatics, for with the Carolina Playmakers, he has been cast as a king, a lady, dragon, and the rear end of a camel. In the latter role, Dr. Bagby recalls that the ventilation in the camel costume was so bad that he cut the membranes in his throat and was in bed recuperating long after the play had been forgotten.

He has always taken an active part in community activities, and has served as president of the Rotary Club and of the Chapel Hill Country Club.

Dr. Bagby is a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity, is an associate in the American Psychological Association, and has been listed in American Men of Science and Who's Who in America.

Completing Another Book

At present he is completing a book on "Behavior Psychology" which will represent many years of intensive reading and observations in that field. It will be used as a textbook in a course for commerce students which he is now teaching.

A former student of Dr. Bagby's tells of going to him in tears and telling how embarrassed she was when she was not able to find the correct exits in a rat maze, which was part of her laboratory work. The students were blindfolded and tested on how many times it took before they were successful in putting the correct exits. But try as she would, she kept going down blind alleys, even after all the other students had completed the test.

"That proves only one thing young lady," was Dr. Bagby's reply, "you are not a rat."

More About ENGLISH BAGBY: Degree: Doctor of Psychology. Individual Note: Wrote the music to "Our Alma Mater" for the Virginia Military Institute, which is still played at all important events as of 1999. Military service: Major, W.W.I. Occupation: 1. Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 2. Professor of Psychology at Virginia Military Institute. 3. Author.

Child of ENGLISH BAGBY and MARY SNOW is:

1. ANNE ENGLISH BAGBY, b. September 22, 1919, Maryland; d. June 27, 1999, Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland.

Child of ENGLISH BAGBY and MONA AMES is:

1. JOHN ENGLISH BAGBY, b. February 7, 1942.

 

CHARLES TODD BAGBY, JR. 7, (CHARLES TODD 6, ALFRED PAUL [D.D.] 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born About 1898 in Baltimore, Maryland and died Unknown in Baltimore, Maryland. He married MILDRED MORGAN FLACK. She was born June 2, 1898 and died April 1980 in Baltimore, Maryland.

More About CHARLES TODD BAGBY, JR.:

Military service: Served in W.W.I.

 

Children of CHARLES BAGBY and MILDRED FLACK are:

1. INFANT SON BAGBY, b. July 1, 1919, Baltimore, Maryland; d. July 1, 1919, Baltimore, Maryland.
2. ELIZABETH MORGAN BAGBY, b. March 27, 1922, Baltimore, Maryland; d. May 16, 1998.

 

JANET LATANE BAGBY 7, (ALFRED 6, ALFRED PAUL [D.D.] 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born About 1897 and died About 1967 in Maryland. She married ABEL CHARLES JULES SABALOT. He was born About 1897 and died About 1972 in Maryland.

More About ABEL CHARLES JULES SABALOT: Early research listed him as JULES SABOLOT. 2016 research shows him as ABEL CHARLES JULES SABALOT. Source is cemetery records. He was a Captain in the United States Navy and is buried at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland as is JANET LATANE BAGBY [SABALOT].

Child of JANET BAGBY and ABEL SABALOT is:

1. NANCY BAGBY SABALOT, b. December 30, 1923, San Diego, California; d. August 1, 2014, Ginger Cove, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

 

LOUISE ELIZABETH BAGBY 7, (JOHN, SR. 6, ALFRED PAUL [D.D.] 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born October 26, 1896 in Richmond, Virginia and died April 22, 1969 in Richmond, Virginia. She married THOMAS PHILIP MATHEWS, SR. He was born January 9, 1901 and died June 10, 1948 in Richmond, Virginia.

More About THOMAS PHILIP MATHEWS, SR.: Military: Virginia Sergeant 301 Battalion Tank Corps WW1 Purple Heart

Children of LOUISE BAGBY and THOMAS MATHEWS are:

1. ELIZABETH BAGBY MATHEWS, b. May 6, 1924, Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia; d. September 17, 1999, Henrico County, Virginia.
2. THOMAS PHILIP MATHEWS, JR., b. August 16, 1925; d. October 13, 1990, Richmond, Virginia.
3. MARGARET HARWOOD MATHEWS, b. Unknown; m. JOHN D. USE.

 

PHYLLIS HARWOOD BAGBY 7, (JOHN, SR. 6, ALFRED PAUL [D.D.] 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born September 5, 1902 in Richmond, Virginia and died November 28, 1995 in Virginia. She married ARTHUR LEE PLEASANTS, JR. He was born About 1900 and died About 1989 in Richmond, Virginia.

Children of PHYLLIS BAGBY and ARTHUR PLEASANTS are:

1. ARTHUR LEE PLEASANTS III, b. Unknown. More About ARTHUR LEE PLEASANTS III: Unmarried.
2. JOHN BAGBY PLEASANTS, b. Unknown.

 

JOHN BAGBY, JR. 7, (JOHN, SR. 6, ALFRED PAUL [D.D.] 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born July 26, 1908 in Virginia and died May 2, 1975 in Richmond, Virginia. He married PAULINE ELLINGTON AIKEN. She was born April 14, 1910 and died September 27, 2004 in Richmond, Virginia.

Children of JOHN BAGBY and PAULINE AIKEN are:

1. PAULINE AIKEN BAGBY, b. Unknown.
2. JOHN BAGBY III, b. About 1938, Richmond, Virginia, d. January 24, 2014, Richmond, Virginia.

 

PLEASANT HARWOOD "PLEZ" BAGBY, SR. 7, (JOHN, SR. 6, ALFRED PAUL [D.D.] 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born April 28, 1910 and died January 26, 2004. He married ANNE "ELIZABETH" WALKER. She was born May 13, 1913 in Danville, Virginia and died November 22, 2008 in Lexington County, South Carolina.

More About PLEASANT HARWOOD "PLEZ" BAGBY, SR.: Burial: Hollywood Cemetery Richmond, Virginia. (Death date was provided by Pleasant Harwood "PLEZ" Bagby, Jr. for publishing.) His Father died at the age of 93. Military service: United States Army, Lieutenant Colonel, World War II.

More About ANNE "ELIZABETH" WALKER: Burial: Hollywood Cemetery Richmond, Virginia.

Children of PLEASANT BAGBY and ANNE WALKER are:

1. ANNE GORDON BAGBY, b. Unknown.
2. ELIZABETH COURTNEY BAGBY, b. Unknown.
3. PLEASANT HARWOOD "PLEZ" BAGBY, JR., b. Unknown.

 

RICHARD HUGH "DICK" BAGBY 7, (JOHN, SR. 6, ALFRED PAUL [D.D.] 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born June 16, 1914 and died February 20, 2006. He married MARY ELIZABETH COOK, the daughter of BYRON GOODES COOK and MYRA ZAMORA CRISWELL. She was born About 1918 and died April 23, 2014 in Virginia.

More About RICHARD HUGH "DICK" BAGBY: Burial: Forest Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum, Richmond, Virginia.

Individual Note: This Richard Hugh Bagby is attached to Mary Elizabeth Cook as his wife and Richard Hugh Bagby, born about 1873, is also attached to a wife by the same name. From a 2014 obituary, it appears the earlier generation marriage is incorrect. Also, child 2, 3, and 4 are taken from the obituary of Mary Bagby.

More About MARY ELIZABETH COOK: She was of "Bon Air". She served as a Lieutenant Registered Nurse during World War II. Burial: Forest Lawn Cemetery and Mausoleum, Richmond, Virginia.

Children of RICHARD BAGBY and MARY COOK is:

1. MARTHA GENEVIEVE BAGBY, b. Unknown.
2. RICHARD HUGH BAGBY, JR., b. Unknown.
3. PHYLLIS BAGBY, b. Unknown.
4. CHARLES BAGBY, b. Unknown.

 

RICHARD "HUGH" BAGBY, JR. 7, (RICHARD HUGH, SR. 6, ALFRED PAUL [D.D.] 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born Unknown and died Unknown. He married DENISE DREON. She was born Unknown and died Unknown.

More About RICHARD "HUGH" BAGBY, JR.: Note 1: The book, John Bagby of Bunker Hill records this couple had no children.

Children of RICHARD BAGBY and DENISE DREON are:

1. MARTHA CHRISTINA ELIZABETH BAGBY, b. Unknown.
2. RICHARD ALEXANDER HUGH BAGBY, b. Unknown.

 

CHARLES TODD BAGBY 7, (RICHARD HUGH, SR. 6, ALFRED PAUL [D.D.] 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born Unknown. He married (1) JANET UHLER. She was born Unknown. He married (2) JANET MARIE SHIPLEY. She was born Unknown.

Child of CHARLES BAGBY and JANET UHLER is:

1. RICHARD "RICKY" BAGBY, b. Unknown in Germany.

Children of CHARLES BAGBY and JANET SHIPLEY are:

1. JUSTIN EWING BAGBY, b. Unknown in Honolulu, Hawaii.
2. ADAM LEE BAGBY, b. May 15, 1982 in New Jersey.
3. JESSICA MARIE BAGBY, b. About 1985 in New Jersey.

 

CAROLINE GRIFFITH "CAROL" BAGBY 7, (GEORGE POINDEXTER 6, ALFRED PAUL [D.D.] 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born About 1909 in Baltimore, Baltimore City County, Maryland and died About 1992 in Alexandria, Alexandria City County, Virginia. She married WILLIAM EVERETT HANNAN, JR. He was born January 1908 in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska and died February 2001 in Alexandria, Alexandria City County, Virginia.

Children of CAROLINE BAGBY and WILLIAM HANNAN are:

1. WILLIAM EVERETT HANNAN III, b. December 28, 1944, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas.
2. LAURA KING HANNAN, b. November 1948, Garden City, Nassau County, New York.

 

EDWYL LLEWELLYN 7, (BETTIE LEE CARLTON 6, MARTHA HILL BAGBY 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born About 1894 in Arkansas and died About 1975 in Arkansas. She married SAMUEL STIRLING REEVES. He was born December 19, 1873 and died April 16, 1922 in Arkansas.

Children of EDWYL LLEWELLYN and SAMUEL REEVES are:

1. JOHN LLEWELLYN REEVES, b. Unknown.
2. SAMUEL STERLING REEVES, JR., b. Unknown.

 

LOUISE LLEWELLYN 7, (BETTIE LEE CARLTON 6, MARTHA HILL BAGBY 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born February 17, 1897 in Arkansas and died September 4, 1948 in Arkansas. She married ERNEST ROE. He was born June 14, 1896 in Tennessee and died September 1, 1976 in Arkansas.

Children of LOUISE LLEWELLYN and ERNEST ROE are:

1. BETTIE LEE ROE, b. Unknown.
2. MARY SUE ROE, b. Unknown.

 

SUSAN HUMPHREYS "SUE" LLEWELLYN 7, (BETTIE LEE CARLTON 6, MARTHA HILL BAGBY 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born About 1899 in Arkansas and died About 1974 in Arkansas. She married ELLIS B. WOODSON. He was born Unknown and died Unknown.

Children of SUSAN LLEWELLYN and ELLIS WOODSON are:

1. BETTY FRANCES WOODSON, b. Unknown.
2. JULIA ANN WOODSON, b. Unknown.

 

FLORENCE COURTNEY BAGBY 7, (FREDERICK HUGH 6, GEORGE FRANKLIN [REV] 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born Unknown and died Unknown. She married (1) ELMO PROCTOR RAINBOLT. He was born Unknown and died Unknown. She married (2) JOSEPH D. WHEELER. He was born Unknown and died Unknown.

More About FLORENCE COURTNEY BAGBY: No children from second marriage.

Child of FLORENCE BAGBY and ELMO RAINBOLT is:

1. ELMO PROCTOR RAINBOLT, JR., b. Unknown; d. Unknown. More About ELMO PROCTOR RAINBOLT, JR.: Died in infancy.

 

MARY THOMAS BAGBY 7, (FREDERICK HUGH 6, GEORGE FRANKLIN [REV] 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born Unknown and died Unknown. She married R. LLOYD SIGLER. He was born Unknown and died Unknown.

Children of MARY BAGBY and R. LLOYD SIGLER are:

1. FLORENCE COURTNEY SIGLER, b. Unknown.
2. JAMES FRANKLIN SIGLER, b. Unknown.

 

WILLIAM RODERICK BAGBY, SR. 7, (FREDERICK HUGH 6, GEORGE FRANKLIN [REV] 5, JOHN CHRISTOPHER 4, RICHARD 3, JOHN 2, JAMES 1) was born Unknown and died Unknown. He married MARCIA LENA MILLER. She was born Unknown and died Unknown.

Children of WILLIAM BAGBY and MARCIA MILLER are:

1. WILLIAM RODERICK BAGBY, JR., b. Unknown.
2. RICHARD STEPHEN BAGBY, SR., b. Unknown.

 

 

 

 

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