Death of Dr. James H. Agee.
Valley, Jan 9.-Dr. James H. Agee who has practiced medicine here for the last forty years, died here at midnight on Saturday. The cause of death was heart trouble.
Dr. Agee was one of the most widely known men in this part of the state, and was exceptionally well known in Douglas county, having located here in the early part of 1865. He experienced all the hardships known to the early pioneers, and was often obliged to face the inclement weather in thirty and forty mile drives to administer to his patients.
He was born in Nashville, Tenn., September 20, 1833. During the gold excitement in California, in 1855, he started west, being one of the first to cross the plains. He was married to Miss Eliza Hurst of Carrollton, O., and she accompanied him on his search for fortune.
Dr. Agee returned to the east again in 1858, and located here in 1865. His wife died here about two years ago. She was laid to rest in the Waterloo cemetery, where the remains of the doctor will be placed, after the funeral services on Tuesday.
Dr. and Mrs. Agee were the parents of fourteen children, two of whom are dead. Eleven of his children were at his bedside when the end came. One to the sons on his way home.
The surviving children are: Edward, a druggist of Putman, O. T, (Oklahoma territory); George, a rancher in Oklahoma; William, a cattleman at Burlington, Wyo.; Horace, a rancher and mine owner at Clover, Nev.; Dr. James C., and Thomas of Valley; Mrs. Anna Wille, 2577 Pierce Street, Omaha; Mrs. F. E. Munson, 1820 Charles street, Omaha; Mrs. Florence Simington of Denver, Colo.; Mrs. Garland Kopp of Mead, Neb.; Mrs. Dr. Max Koetter of Oakdale, and Miss Hattie Agee of Valley-Omaha Daily News.-MDP-[Published in "The Oakdale Sentinel," Oakdale, Nebraska, Friday, January 13th, 1905, MDP, Page 8.]