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Agnes’ family

Agnes was married to Andrew McNabb and had three children, three sons:  Andrew McNabb, Peter McNabb and John McNabb  

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Agnes Anne Hyer

Martha’s older sister, Agnes Anne, was born on November 12, 1920, in Forth Worth, Texas. 

She was a graduate of Arlington Heights High School in Fort Worth and attended Southwestern University and Southern Methodist University. She became a nurse.  She served as an U.S. Army nurse's aide in Connecticut, New Mexico and Oklahoma, and served in the American Red Cross in South Korea.

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Martna’s mom, Agnes, attended University of California in the early 1910s. She was a well educated woman, and was a member of the student body, as we can see on this photo above. 

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Martha’s mother, Agnes

Martha’s mom, Agnes Rebecca Barnhart, was born on 24 April 1892, in Punxsutawney, Jefferson, Pennsylvania. Her father, Harry Oliver Barnhart, was 35 and her mother, Margaret C. McGee, was 25. She had an younger brother,  Henry McGee Barnhart, born in 1894. 

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Julien Hyer was a model student while at Georgetown, very active and visible in so many places. 

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Julien Hyer ran for class president of the senior year in 1916. He seems like an ambitious but very level headed and responsible guy. 

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Julien Hyer, Martha’s dad, was a very active student of Georgetown University. In their yearly notebook, he features prominently in several fields, among them the Debate club. Here is his photo and description. Seems like a very handsome man! 

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Julien Hyers education

Martha’s dad was a highly educated man.  In 1913, he graduated from Wofford College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, with an A.B. degree. He received his LL.B. degree from Georgetown University Law School, Washington, DC, in 1916.

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We will start with Martha’s parents on the blog, and write about anyhing I can find about her, bit by bit. Martha’s dad, Julien Caper Hyer, sounds like a very interesting man.  “ Texan by Choice Was a Man of Diverse Interests," as an article says about him. He was a lawyer, judge, teacher and writer (and much more), born on April 1, 1894, in Aiken, South Carolina, to William Hyer and Marsha Wagener. 

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Great opening shot of Martha, Jean Harlow style! Yet she was so much more than a blonde sexpot! 

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All about Martha!

This blog is a valiant try to categorize and learn as much as posible about the alluring but somewhat neglected classic actress, Martha Hyer. Martha appeared in more than 100 movies and series, was nominated for a best supporting actress Oscar, but is little known today, and most people have never heard about her. This is a try to remedy at least a bit about that. So, let’s gather anything we can find about Martha and put it here! We start now! 

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