LEE, Henry

LEE

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 5/31/2021 at 13:15:50

Henry Lee
born Mar 17, 1833

Henry Lee, proprietor of Summit Heights stock-farm, near Battle Creek, Ida County, Iowa, was born near Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, March 17, 1833. He was married November 24, 1863, to Maria Fishburn, also a resident of the same county. They have four children: Harry F., Kate M., Myra M., and Thomas H. Mr. Lee’s ancestors were natives of the Emerald Isle. Both his grandfathers, Thomas Lee, Sr., and John Noble, were born in Ireland, and reared in the faith of the Episcopal Church. His father, Thomas Lee, was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, June 22, 1785, and at an early age moved to Cumberland County, where he lived until his death, May 21, 1871, at the age of eighty-six years. He was a soldier in the war of 1812; in politics, he was a Republican; his occupation was farming, and he was a member of the Episcopal Church. The mother of the subject of this sketch, whose maiden name was Mary Noble, was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, where she lived until her death, August 27, 1862 at the age of sixty-seven years. They were the parents of five children: Thomas, James, John, Henry and Margaret E., only two of whom are now living. Mrs. Lee is the daughter of John and Catherine Fishburn. John Fishburn was born in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, December 12, 1784, was a farmer by occupation, a Republican and a member of the Lutheran Church. He died at the age of seventy-six years, in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, April 18, 1860. Her mother, whose maiden name was Catherine Carmany was born in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, March 15, 1874. They were the parents of nine children, three girls and six boys, six of whom are now living.
Henry Lee enlisted in the Union army in September 1862, and was First Lieutenant of the One Hundred and Sixty-fifth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry for a period of one year. He then recruited a company and became Captain of the Two Hundred and Ninth Pennsylvania Volunteers. He was taken prisoner November 17, 1863, at Bermuda Hundred, Virginia, and first confined in Belle Island prison, thence afterward taken to Libby, thence to Danville, then to Salisbury, and finally taken back to Libby prison. He was a prisoner until February 22, 1864, when he was exchanged and sent to Annapolis, Maryland, where he again entered the fight for his country, serving until the close of the war, in May, 1865. In 1882, Henry Lee came to Ida County, Iowa, and purchased his present farm. After living on it six years, he moved and settled near Fayetteville, Arkansas. He, however, returned to Ida County, after about two years in the South, and has since made his home here. Summit Heights is one of the most attractive locations in this entire vicinity, being well-improved in every respect. The two-story residence is large and commodious, and is situated on a natural building site, surrounded with lawn and evergreens. The barns, other farm buildings, windmill, etc., and, in fact, everything about the place indicates thrift and prosperity. From Summit Heights, Ida Grove, the county seat can be seen at a distance of seven miles. On this farm Mr. Lee makes a specialty of raising stock, having some of the best draft and road horses in northwestern Iowa; Chieftain, a descendant of Old Gray Eagle, is one of the best natural pacers in Iowa; Olen, a trotting horse, sired by Hiatoga Chief, bred by William Niles, of Lake County, Indiana, is a beauty. He also owns Almata, an iron-gray filly, which is of no small value. Mr. Lee is a Republican and a member of the G. A. R.
Source: Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa, 1893, p.457