FORMER SLAVE
Son of Benjamin and Ester Lee of Virginia. First husband of Dr. Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler, married 15 April, 1852 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. This was his second marriage and Rebecca's first. In various records his birth year is given as 1821, 1822, or 1823 and his work as "Laborer" or "Porter".
A son, Albert Lee, was born of his first marriage. Albert died at age 7 of "dropsy on the chest", an accumulation of watery fluid in the tissues or in the chest cavity.
Wyatt appears in the 1855 Massachusetts State Census and in the 1860 US Census living in Charlestown with Rebecca. Considering the time and place of his birth, it seems likely that Wyatt had escaped slavery in Virginia and had somehow made his way to Boston by 1852, well before the Civil War broke out. Wyatt died of "phthisis" (pulmonary tuberculosis) in 1863 while his wife was still a medical student. His place of burial is listed as "Mount Hope".
Son of Benjamin and Ester Lee of Virginia. First husband of Dr. Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler, married 15 April, 1852 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. This was his second marriage and Rebecca's first. In various records his birth year is given as 1821, 1822, or 1823 and his work as "Laborer" or "Porter".
A son, Albert Lee, was born of his first marriage. Albert died at age 7 of "dropsy on the chest", an accumulation of watery fluid in the tissues or in the chest cavity.
Wyatt appears in the 1855 Massachusetts State Census and in the 1860 US Census living in Charlestown with Rebecca. Considering the time and place of his birth, it seems likely that Wyatt had escaped slavery in Virginia and had somehow made his way to Boston by 1852, well before the Civil War broke out. Wyatt died of "phthisis" (pulmonary tuberculosis) in 1863 while his wife was still a medical student. His place of burial is listed as "Mount Hope".
FORMER SLAVE
Son of Benjamin and Ester Lee of Virginia. First husband of Dr. Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler, married 15 April, 1852 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. This was his second marriage and Rebecca's first. In various records his birth year is given as 1821, 1822, or 1823 and his work as "Laborer" or "Porter".
A son, Albert Lee, was born of his first marriage. Albert died at age 7 of "dropsy on the chest", an accumulation of watery fluid in the tissues or in the chest cavity.
Wyatt appears in the 1855 Massachusetts State Census and in the 1860 US Census living in Charlestown with Rebecca. Considering the time and place of his birth, it seems likely that Wyatt had escaped slavery in Virginia and had somehow made his way to Boston by 1852, well before the Civil War broke out. Wyatt died of "phthisis" (pulmonary tuberculosis) in 1863 while his wife was still a medical student. His place of burial is listed as "Mount Hope".
Son of Benjamin and Ester Lee of Virginia. First husband of Dr. Rebecca Davis Lee Crumpler, married 15 April, 1852 in Charlestown, Massachusetts. This was his second marriage and Rebecca's first. In various records his birth year is given as 1821, 1822, or 1823 and his work as "Laborer" or "Porter".
A son, Albert Lee, was born of his first marriage. Albert died at age 7 of "dropsy on the chest", an accumulation of watery fluid in the tissues or in the chest cavity.
Wyatt appears in the 1855 Massachusetts State Census and in the 1860 US Census living in Charlestown with Rebecca. Considering the time and place of his birth, it seems likely that Wyatt had escaped slavery in Virginia and had somehow made his way to Boston by 1852, well before the Civil War broke out. Wyatt died of "phthisis" (pulmonary tuberculosis) in 1863 while his wife was still a medical student. His place of burial is listed as "Mount Hope".
Gravesite Details
Section A/ West Side- Indigent lot. Grave 2, Row 14.
There is no grave marker as this is a pauper's grave section.
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