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William Tillman Agee

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William Tillman Agee

Birth
Callaway County, Missouri, USA
Death
1 Aug 1857 (aged 24)
Sheridan, Yamhill County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Yamhill County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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William Tillman Agee, son of Isaac and Cordilla Thornton Agee, was the first burial in the Agee Family Cemetery. His siblings were: Mary Emmaline, Wilson, Benjamin, John, Malissa, Matthew, James, Jackson, Sarah, Judy, Jasper, Isaac Thomas and Charles.

He was a casualty of the Oregon and Washington Indian War.

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Until the brass caps were installed, no marker identified W.T. Agee's burial. One brass cap is inscribed: "William Tillman Agee son of I. & C. Agee 1833-1857". The other honors his death as a soldier, inscribed: "Wm. T. Agee, casualty of the O & W Indian War, 1855-1856, War Dept. Benefit $175.88.

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He died of wounds in the Yakima Indian Wars, serving with his brother, Wilson, as privates, in the Yamhill Company "E" of the first regiment of Oregon mounted volunteers, and, under Captain A.J. Hembree. Hembree was killed and scalped.

Sources: Muster Roll of Captain A.J. Hembree's Company and his diaries; Luke Thornton and his Descendents by Larry c. Thornton; The Agee Register by Louis N. Agee, 1982
William Tillman Agee, son of Isaac and Cordilla Thornton Agee, was the first burial in the Agee Family Cemetery. His siblings were: Mary Emmaline, Wilson, Benjamin, John, Malissa, Matthew, James, Jackson, Sarah, Judy, Jasper, Isaac Thomas and Charles.

He was a casualty of the Oregon and Washington Indian War.

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Until the brass caps were installed, no marker identified W.T. Agee's burial. One brass cap is inscribed: "William Tillman Agee son of I. & C. Agee 1833-1857". The other honors his death as a soldier, inscribed: "Wm. T. Agee, casualty of the O & W Indian War, 1855-1856, War Dept. Benefit $175.88.

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He died of wounds in the Yakima Indian Wars, serving with his brother, Wilson, as privates, in the Yamhill Company "E" of the first regiment of Oregon mounted volunteers, and, under Captain A.J. Hembree. Hembree was killed and scalped.

Sources: Muster Roll of Captain A.J. Hembree's Company and his diaries; Luke Thornton and his Descendents by Larry c. Thornton; The Agee Register by Louis N. Agee, 1982

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