Bagley, Kernan H., 1936-
Biography
Kernan H. Bagley was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1936. Shortly afterward, his family moved to a farm in a rural area outside Portland, then called Peach Mountain. He met Shirlene Peacher at an NAACP meeting and they married in 1954. That same year, he began studying at Portland State University, but he dropped out in 1956 to support his young family. He later attended Multnomah School of the Bible (now Multnomah University) from 1964 to 1965. He began working in law enforcement, serving as Multnomah deputy sheriff from 1965 to 1976. He became deputy U.S. marshal for the District of Oregon in 1976, and then was appointed supervisor deputy U.S. marshal for the District of Oregon in 1981. Since 1993, he has served as U.S. marshal to the Virgin Islands.
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Oral history interview with Kernan H. Bagley
Oral history interview with Kernan H. Bagley conducted by Brent E. Turvey from February 9 to March 17, 1993, as part of the United States District Court Oral History Project. Bagley was a U.S. marshal in Portland, Oregon.