Amos Kahgee (1889-1954)

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Reverend Amos Kahgee
WW I Enlistment Card (Click to enlarge)
Born:	1 Feb 1889 Chippewa Hill, Bruce, Ontario, Canada
Died:	24 Nov 1954 Northport, Michigan
Siblings:	Amos Kahgee
Spouse:	Louisa Neshkewa
Children:	Milton Kahgee Mary E. Kahgee
Spouse:	Agnes McMillan
Married:	12 Dec 1926 Petoskey, Michigan
Children:	Bruce Dean Kahgee Vincent Eugene Kahgee Avis Joyce Kahgee Arvilla June Kahgee

• Leelanaunews.com

1947-54 – Amos Kahgee would travel a total distance of 200 miles each Sunday to minister to the Kewadin and Northport parishioners. Under his direction, membership reached 74, with 100 in Sunday school in 1950. On Nov. 24, 1954, Kahgee collapsed and died while preaching at the Northport Congregational Church. Before he collapsed, he said, “Love me as I have loved you.”

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• Enlistment: Photo of enlistment document: Bruce County Military History

• Military: Canadian Great War Project:

Regimental Number: 651571

Survived War: Yes

Force: Army

Regiment: Canadian Infantry

Battalion: 160th Battalion

Company: "B" Company

Place of Birth: Chippewa Hill, Ontario

Country: Canada

Next of Kin: Mrs. Lucy Kahgee, wife; Chippewa Hill, Ontario

Address at Enlistment: Unspecified

Date of Birth: February 1, 1889

Trade or Calling: Farmer

Marital Status: Married

Prior Military Experience: No

Place of Enlistment: Southampton, Ontario

Date of Enlistment: January 31, 1916

Age at enlistment: 26

Height: 5 Feet 4 1/2 Inches

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Religion: Methodist

Enlisted or Conscripted: Enlisted

Saw service in: Great Britain

Cause of Death: Survived

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Prisoner of war: No

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Gender: Male

Ethnic Origin: Not Specified

LAC Reference: RG150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 4995-9

Research Notes: From 1934 reunion booklet "Bruce in Khaki" and enlistment card in the collection of the Bruce County Museum, Southampton, Ontario. This man's attestation papers are not available on the LAC website.

Rank: Private

Regiment: Canadian Infantry

Unit: 160th Battalion, “B” Company

Private Amos Kahgee was transferred to the Canadian Casualty Assembly Centre, in England, May 2nd, 1917.

• Marriage: Emmet County, Michigan, Vital Records Search, Marriages:

Kahgee, Amos & McMillan, Agnes

Date of Marriage: 12/20/1926

Liber: 4

Folio: 134

• Mt. Pleasant Indian School Index, 1893-1946:

Family Name: Kahgee:

Children's Name: Mary, Milton, Vincent, Avis, Bruce

Father: Amos

Mother: Agnes

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• Burial: Greenwood Cemetery Index, Petoskey, Michigan:

Kahgee, Amos

Age: 66

Born: 2/1/1888

Died: 11/24/1954

Burial: 11/30/1955

Cemetery: Greenwood, Petoskey

Section: M

Block: 129

Lot: 17 N 1/2

Military: WWI