EDWIN F. LEE
Edwin F. Lee, son of John and Hannah Leo, was born November 2, 1842, in Cumberland county, New Jersey. His father died in that State in 1864. His mother is still living there. Mr. Lee has no relatives in this State, with the exception of an uncle in Polk county. Edwin F. Lee was employed by the government in the naval transportation service, from the spring of 1861 to the spring of 1864. In March, 1864, he went to Illinois, and engaged in farming in Mason county until 1871. He was married in that county, September 22, 1864, to Charlotte Chester, who was born in Cumberland county, New Jersey, in April, 1845. She is a daughter of Thomas and Dorothea Chester. Mr. and Mrs. Lee came to this county in 1871, and bought the farm they now occupy. He first purchased forty acres, to which he has since added one hundred and twenty acres. It is located on section 27. Mr. Lee and wife have three children--Mahala, wife of Preston J. Hillyard, of this township; Henrietta and Selinda. Mr. Lee has served several terms as member of the township board of trustees, has been school director four or five terms, and township treasurer one term. He is a useful and highly respected citizen.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pg. 739.
