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Addison Hoyt Lee

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Addison Hoyt Lee

Birth
Camps Mills, Jefferson County, New York, USA
Death
5 Aug 1889 (aged 61)
Dexter, Jefferson County, New York, USA
Burial
Sackets Harbor, Jefferson County, New York, USA Add to Map
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ADDISON HOYT LEE; born Camps Mills Feb. 16, 1828; m. August 24, 1845, Olive Bull Hammond, born probably in Henderson, N.Y., Sept. 1830, daughter of Edminster and Amanda (Rust) Hammond. She died in Hounsfield Feb. 13, 1881; and be died at Dexter (in Hounsfield) Aug. 5, 1889.

Addison Lee was by trade a carpenter and cooper, but had an inherited gift for music. He was an expert violinist and fifer, and could play on any blown instrument. In his home, among his own family, he developed an orchestra of extraordinary talent. People came from miles away to hear the Lee Family play and to dance to their music. Olive Lee was a woman of unusual character, a trait she transmitted to her large family of children. Her parents had lived neighbors to George Lee at Camps Mills.

Children of Addison Hoyt and Olive Bull (Hammond) Lee that are not linked below, all born Hounsfield:

• Alice Josephine: Dec. 6, 1852; m. (1) Orville Horace Gilmore; (2) Will A. Spencer.
• Freeborn Melberton: Mar. 6, 1860; m. Cora Frances Root.
• Nicholas Addison: Aug. 21, 1870; m. Josephine Marks.
• Minnie Moore: Oct. 19, 1877; m. William J. Gardinier.

Source: The Lee Family of Hounsfield, N.Y. and Related Families, 2nd Ed., By Walter John Coates, Litt. D.
ADDISON HOYT LEE; born Camps Mills Feb. 16, 1828; m. August 24, 1845, Olive Bull Hammond, born probably in Henderson, N.Y., Sept. 1830, daughter of Edminster and Amanda (Rust) Hammond. She died in Hounsfield Feb. 13, 1881; and be died at Dexter (in Hounsfield) Aug. 5, 1889.

Addison Lee was by trade a carpenter and cooper, but had an inherited gift for music. He was an expert violinist and fifer, and could play on any blown instrument. In his home, among his own family, he developed an orchestra of extraordinary talent. People came from miles away to hear the Lee Family play and to dance to their music. Olive Lee was a woman of unusual character, a trait she transmitted to her large family of children. Her parents had lived neighbors to George Lee at Camps Mills.

Children of Addison Hoyt and Olive Bull (Hammond) Lee that are not linked below, all born Hounsfield:

• Alice Josephine: Dec. 6, 1852; m. (1) Orville Horace Gilmore; (2) Will A. Spencer.
• Freeborn Melberton: Mar. 6, 1860; m. Cora Frances Root.
• Nicholas Addison: Aug. 21, 1870; m. Josephine Marks.
• Minnie Moore: Oct. 19, 1877; m. William J. Gardinier.

Source: The Lee Family of Hounsfield, N.Y. and Related Families, 2nd Ed., By Walter John Coates, Litt. D.

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