Philip Agee, Ouachita County, AR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOURCE: Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889. Contributed by Betsy Mills. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ouachita County, Arkansas - from Goodspeed's History of Arkansas p. 653: Philip Agee is a successful merchant of Lilly, Ark., and being a native-born resident of the county, he has ever had her interests at heart. His birth occurred October 8, 1846, and he is a son of Philip and Mary (Anderson) Agee, both of whom were born near Mobile, Ala., the former's birth occurring on February 3, 1802. He died near where the subject of this sketch now lives, in 1875, his wife dying in 1862, when about forty years of age. They were married in Alabama, but in 1842 came to Arkansas, and located five miles southwest of Camden, on what is now known as the Bradshaw Place. After the county was organized he became the first clerk, and served in that capacity nearly twenty-five years, when he was disfranchised by the Republicans. He then commenced the practice of law, continuing, with the exception of one year, until his death. He was strictly Democratic in politics, and was an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South. He was married five times, the mother of the subject of this sketch being his fourth wife. They became the parents of eight children, five of whom are now living, Philip being the fourth of the family. He spent his school days in Camden, and for a few months prior to the opening of the war he was an attendant of McKinzie Institute, near Clarksville, Tex. In the early part of 1863 he joined the Memphis Appeal Company of Artillery, commanded by Capt. C. C. Scott, and remained with that company until the close of the war, when he returned home and followed various callings until 1870, when he came to the farm on which he is now living. He is the owner of 1,000 acres of fine land in Ouachita County. In 1886 he formed a partnership with J. C. Culp, and has since been engaged in the general mercantile business, in which he is doing well. Like his father before him, he is a Democrat, and in 1882 was elected on that ticket to the position of county assessor, and served three consecutive terms in that capacity. His marriage to Miss Margaret W. Broughton, a daughter of Jacob L. Broughton, of this county, was celebrated in 1868. She was born in Georgia, and died in 1873, having borne three children, Mary, now attending school in Camden, being the only one living. April 27, 1880, Mr. Agee married Miss Janie McGill, a daughter of Maj. W. McGill of Camden, by whom he has four children: Oscar L., Erwin M., Carlton L. and Philip, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Agee worship in the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.