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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Ouachita County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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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.

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This family biography is one of 91 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Ouachita County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Ouachita County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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