Lee, George

LEE, FORD, SHAW

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Date: 12/4/2008 at 09:39:23

LEE, George
Farmer; Sec. 14; P. O. Grinnell; born in Macon Co., Ill., Aug. 9, 1839; came to this State in 1859, and located in Jasper Co. in 1877. Mary P. FORD, his first wife, had three children-Saphrona, born Oct. 8, 1867; R. D., March 18, 1869; Conway B., March 31, 1863. Married for his second wife, Elizabeth SHAW Dec. 25, 1877; she owns 60 ¼ acres of land, valued at $1,200; her children by a former marriage-Mary Jane, born Nov. 24, 1855; Frank F., April 19, 1859; George L., Oct. 16, 1863; James V., Nov. 11, 1869; Harriet E., May 31, 1871; Andrew J., Nov. 24, 1873. George LEE enlisted in the 18th I. V. I. In July, 1862; served three years; was in the battles of Springfield, Mo., Sugar Grove, Mo., Poison Springs, etc. ~ "Rock Creek Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)