Obituary:William H. McKee: Medford, Jackson Co., Oregon

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McKEE, William H., Medford (Oregon) Sun, Friday, 22 Feb 1918, p.
4 -- William M'Kee Passes Away   William H. McKee, aged pioneer of
Jackson county, died in this city yesterday. He is survived by one
son, Ralph, of Phoenix, and Maude Donnser of Prairie City. Funeral
services will be held today, with burial at the Logtown cemetery at 2
p.m.

Mr. McKee was born at Phoenix, April 4, 1857, and has resided in
Oregon all his life. He was one of the earliest citizens and has
watched the growth of the southern part of the state with interest
but has never participated officially in its development. Prior to his
death he was a prominent fruit grower of Applegate.

Tales of his early life as related by the old pioneer to his friends, are
of the turbulent life confronted by the early settler. At the time of
the arrival of the McKee family to Oregon, but little more existed
than Indians and timber, and McKee told often of how his mother
hid him from the invading Indians until aid from the U.S. fort that
was once situated in the valley, would arrive to subdue them.