Biographical Sketch of James F. Lee, Franklin County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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James F. Lee was born in Jefferson County, Mo., about 1836, and is a 
son of Israel and Nellie (Allen) Lee.  Israel Lee, a blacksmith and
wagon-maker by trade, was a son of Josiah Lee, who died in Illinois
about 1846, at the age of eighty years.  Israel Lee died in 1857, at
the age of fifty-four years.  James T.(?) Lee was reared on the farm,
learned the blacksmith's trade, and began life for himself when twen-
ty years of age with $1,000 worth of property, which he has more than
trebled by his industry and good management.  He owns a well-improved
farm, where he resides, of 227 1/2 acres.  He was married, in 1857, 
to Miss Jane Wilson, who bore him two children: Silas and Emma.  Mr.
Lee subsequently married Mrs. Iman, nee Martha Withington, who died
April 26, 1874, leaving two children, John and William.  In 1879 Mr.
Lee married Fannie Williams, a native of Jefferson County, Mo.  One
child blessed this marriage.  Mr. Lee is a Democrat in politics.  In
1862 he enlisted in Company I, Tenth Missouri Cavalry, two months
later was transferred to the infantry, and about a year later was
given charge of a Confederate States army blacksmith shop, where he
worked until June, 1865.

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