David Jefferson Lee and Mary Elizabeth Reese

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Husband David Jefferson Lee

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           Born: Abt 1822 - Alabama or Georgia
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           Died: 28 Dec 1895 1
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       Marriage: 15 Dec 1845 - Tuscaloosa Co., Alabama 2

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Wife Mary Elizabeth Reese ³

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           Born: 24 May 1832 - Alabama
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           Died: 2 May 1903 - Oktibbeha Co., Mississippi
         Buried:  - East Sand Creek Cem., Starkville, Oktibbeha Co., Mississippi 4

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         Father: William L. Reese (Abt 1792-After 1860)
         Mother: Mary "Polly" Walker (Abt 1794-1850/1860)

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Children

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1 M William Benjamin Lee

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           Born: Abt 1848 - Alabama
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2 M John H. Lee

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           Born: Abt 1850 - Alabama
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3 F Martha E. Lee

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           Born: Abt 1852 - Alabama
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4 F Margaret Lee

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           Born: Abt 1854 - Alabama
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5 M Samuel N. Lee

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           Born: Abt 1856 - Alabama
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6 F Mary Ann Lee

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           Born: Abt 1859 - Alabama
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7 F Sarah Lee

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           Born: Abt 1861 - Alabama
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8 M James Lee

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           Born: Abt 1864 - Alabama
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General Notes: Husband - David Jefferson Lee

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CENSUS:

<pre>1850 Marion Co., Alabama, District No. 14, Dec [Nov] 14
35/36
David Lee 27 MW Ga Shoemaker
Mary E. " 18 FW Al
William B. " 2 MW Al
John H. " 7/12 MW Al
James " 19 MW Al Shoemaker </pre>

He is not in the Slave Schedule.

<pre>1860 Marion Co., Al, Eastern District, p.o. Astors Store; July 10; pg 59
397/408
David Lee 39 MW Ga $500/$300 Farmer
Mary E. " 28 FW Al Doms
William B. " 12 MW Al
John H. " 10 MW Al
Martha E. " 8 FW Al
Margaret " 6 FW Al
Samuel N. " 4 MW Al
Mary A. J. " 1 FW Al </pre>

He is not in the Slave Schedule.

<pre>1870 Marion Co., Alabama, Western District, p.o. Pikeville; June 5; pg 12
77/77
David Lee 48 MW Al $300/$150 Farmer
Mary E. " 38 FW Al House Keeping
Martha E. " 18 FW Al
Samuel N. " 15 MW Al
Mary Ann " 11 FW Al
Sarah " 9 FW Al
James " 6 MW Al </pre>

His sons William B. and John live at 78/78 and 81/81, respectively.

<pre>1880 Woodruff Co., Arkansas, Deview Township, ED 296; June 15; pg 11
90/90
David Lee 58 MW Al Ga NC Farm Laborer
Mary E. " 48 FW Al Ga Ga Keeps House
Martha " 27 FW Al Al Al At Home
Samuel " 24 MW Al Al Al Farm Laborer
James " 15 MW Al Al Al Farm Laborer </pre>

In 1900 Mrs. Mary Lee (68, May 1832, Wd/8/6, Al Unk Unk) is living in Oktibbeha Co., Mississippi in the household of her son William B. Lee.

LAND IN MARION CO., ALABAMA:

The following tracts in Marion Co. were patented to David Lee:

W1/2SW1/4 section 17 T13S R12W 4/2/1857
E1/2SE1/4 section 18 T13S R12W 4/2/1857

These 2 tracts are contiguous and contain 160.03 acres.

CIVIL WAR:

In "Alabama Civil War Muster Rolls, 1861-1865" at ancestry.com David Lee, age 39, is a private in Company K of the 15th Alabama Infantry Regiment.

PERSONAL COMMUNICATION;

from Suzanne Nolen:

Mary Elizabeth Reese's husband, David Jefferson Lee, died 28 Dec 1895 according to her application for Confederate Widow Benefits made in 1900. She returned to the Oktibbeha area from Collin County, TX around 1897 with her son William Benjamin Lee, his wife, Arminta, their 3 daughters, Mary, Tula and Ella and the Jackson children, William R. and Mary E. whose parents (Sarah Ella Lee and William Thomas Jackson) had both died by that time.

Mary Elizabeth Reese Lee died 02 May 1903 in Oktibbeha, MS and was buried in Sand Creek Cemetery. Her son, William Benjamin Lee was dead by 22 Feb 1904 and was also buried in the same cemetery.

1 "Find-a-Grave."

2 Pauline Jones Gandrud, Marriage Records of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama 1823-1860, 1968, pg 57. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

3 http://www.lowndesmsgenealogy.org/cemeteries/Sand_Creek/Dscn3279.jpg.

4 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 63028476.