Hamilton Lee (1919)
LEE, ROBISON, ROSS
Posted By: Kent Transier
Date: 5/25/2015 at 15:04:40
The Daily Inter Lake
Kalispell, Montana
Thursday, May 8, 1919
Page 1FUNERAL IS HELD FOR HAMILTON LEE
Funeral services for Hamilton Lee were conducted in the Masonic temple at 10 o'clock this morning, in the presence of a large gathering of friends. Many beautiful floral offerings further testified to the esteem in which Mr. Lee was held in the community.
The Masonic services were held in the temple and at the grave in Conrad Memorial cemetery, as Mr. Lee had requested. He had been active in the fraternity for many years and was the first master of the lodge at Malta. Rev. L. L. Totten, of the Presbyterian church, preached a consoling sermon in the temple. Rev. O. D. Harris, of the Christian church, assisted in the services there and at the cemetery. A quartet composed of Mrs. C. J. McAllister, Mrs. O. A. Colby, A. P. Bruce and Andrew Dunsire, sang, accompanied by Mrs. Harry Taylor. The pallbearers were Ward Lyman, E. C. Knight, J. E. Erickson, W. P. McMannamy, F. O. Williams and A. S. Bland.
Hamilton Lee was born in Utica, Ohio, Oct. 25, 1853, and moved with his parents to Madison county, Iowa, when he was nine years old. On January 1, 1873, he was married to Martha J. Robinson, who survives him, with their five children, Miss Laura Lee, Mrs. C. A. Ross, Edgar and Roy, all of whom live in Dodson, and Nellie Mercedes, who, with Mrs. Lee, were in Los Angeles with Mr. Lee when he died, May 2.
Mr. Lee moved his family to Dodson in 1901, and four years later came to Kalispell, his sons continuing on the ranch at Dodson, while he spent his time between Kalispell and there. He was elected to the city council here and also to the local school board.
Mrs. Lee and the others of the family plan to leave this evening for Dodson.
________________________Transcriber's note: The deceased's wife's maiden name is "Robison" per the Madison County, Iowa Marriage Record and per her father's gravestone.
________________________The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Wednesday, May 7, 1919Hamilton Lee
Hamilton Lee, former Jackson township farmer, who grew to manhood in Madison county, died at Long Beach, California, on May 2nd. The funeral occurred at Kalispell, Montana, his home.
"Ham" Lee was known to all old time residents of Winterset and Madison county. He was a successful farmer and was for many years president of the Madison county Agricultural Society. No man in the community had more friends than Ham Lee.
He sold his Maple Grove farm to go to the Milk River Valley in Montana, and his sons made themselves wealthy by some good land investments. He moved to Kalispell in a few years and for several years has spent the winters in California.
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