Death and Legacy
In 1855, the Yakima War between the United States government and Native Americans broke out in the eastern part of the Washington Territory. Following the defeat of Major Haller on October 5, 1855, Hembree and many others in the Willamette Valley volunteered to fight the Native Americans. A captain, he was in charge of a company of troops when he and a small group of his men were doing reconnaissance on Satas Creek on April 10, 1856. The group was ambushed and Hembree was killed, the lone casualty for the Americans. His body was returned to Oregon and he was given a Masonic burial at the Hembree Cemetery in Yamhill County. On June 20, 1920, the Washington State Historical Society placed a monument at the site of his death.
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