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| 1909 James Rufus Agee is born on November 27 in Knoxville. |
| 1915 Agee's father, Hugh James Agee, is killed in an automobile accident. |
| 1919 - 1924 Agge attends St. Andrews Episcopal School in Tennessee. Friendship with Father James Harold Flye commences. |
| 1924-1928 Attends Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire and becomes editor of the Phillips Exeter Monthly. |
| 1929 Works in Midwest USA as day laborer and on farms during harvests. |
| 1928 - 1932 Attends Harvard University and is editor of The Advocate. |
| 1932 Starts working with Fortune Magazine. |
| 1933 Marries Olivia Saunders. |
| 1937 Marriage to Olivia Saunders ends as he begins relationship with Alma Mailman. |
| 1939 Leaves Fortune, marriage to Alma Mailman and starts as a reviewer on films for Time Magazine. |
| 1941 Publishes Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. First son Joel is born. Marriage breaksdown and Alma Mailman leaves. |
| 1942 - 1948 Writes column on film for Nation. |
| 1946 Marries Mia Fritsch and daughter Julia Teresa is born. |
| 1948 Writes narration for documentary The Quiet One. |