Place of death from Georgia, Deaths Index, 1914-1927.
Colonel Joel Robert Lee, United States Army, retired, was born on April 18, 1872 at Fort Deposit, Alabama. He served in the ranks of the Army for seven years before he was appointed as a second lieutenant of Infantry in April 1899. He participated in the Spanish War, the Philippines insurrection, the Mexican punitive expedition and in the World War. In March 1924, he retired with the rank of colonel. He served several details in the Quartermaster Corps and was a division quartermaster in France and Germany during the World War. He died on Friday, June 18, 1926 at Atlanta, Georgia. Funeral services and interment were at Arlington National Cemetery.
Source: The Evening Star, Tuesday, June 22, 1926.
He was born in Alabama, the son of David Lee and Nancy Reid Lee. He served in the United States Army as both Private and Corporal in A Battery, 4th United States Artillery from August 6, 1892 to November 5, 1895. He was a Private, 1st United States Artillery and Hospital Steward from September 22, 1896 to April 18, 1899. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant, 10th United States Infantry on April 5, 1899. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on February 2, 1901 and rose through the ranks eventually becoming a Colonel. He was an officer in the United States Army Medical Corps during the Spanish American War. He also served in Cuba and the Philippines. While stationed in Cuba he met Harriet Lee Gaddis, a volunteer nurse from Uniontown, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of James Gaddis of Upper Middletown, Pennsylvania. He was stricken with yellow fever and was one of her patients. On September 20, 1900 they married at Morro Castle in Havana. He was transferred to Manila and his wife accompanied him. She died on July 31, 1901 in the Philippines. In July 1903, he accompanied her remains from the Philippines to San Francisco, California and planned to bring the remains to Uniontown for interment in the family plot at Oak Grove Cemetery in Uniontown.
Sources: The Philadelphia Times, Sunday, September 30, 1900; Harrisburg Telegraph, Tuesday, August 6, 1901 and The Weekly Courier, Connellsville, Pennsylvania, Friday, September 4, 1903.
Military Information: Colonel, United States Army
Colonel Joel Robert Lee, United States Army, retired, was born on April 18, 1872 at Fort Deposit, Alabama. He served in the ranks of the Army for seven years before he was appointed as a second lieutenant of Infantry in April 1899. He participated in the Spanish War, the Philippines insurrection, the Mexican punitive expedition and in the World War. In March 1924, he retired with the rank of colonel. He served several details in the Quartermaster Corps and was a division quartermaster in France and Germany during the World War. He died on Friday, June 18, 1926 at Atlanta, Georgia. Funeral services and interment were at Arlington National Cemetery.
Source: The Evening Star, Tuesday, June 22, 1926.
He was born in Alabama, the son of David Lee and Nancy Reid Lee. He served in the United States Army as both Private and Corporal in A Battery, 4th United States Artillery from August 6, 1892 to November 5, 1895. He was a Private, 1st United States Artillery and Hospital Steward from September 22, 1896 to April 18, 1899. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant, 10th United States Infantry on April 5, 1899. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on February 2, 1901 and rose through the ranks eventually becoming a Colonel. He was an officer in the United States Army Medical Corps during the Spanish American War. He also served in Cuba and the Philippines. While stationed in Cuba he met Harriet Lee Gaddis, a volunteer nurse from Uniontown, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of James Gaddis of Upper Middletown, Pennsylvania. He was stricken with yellow fever and was one of her patients. On September 20, 1900 they married at Morro Castle in Havana. He was transferred to Manila and his wife accompanied him. She died on July 31, 1901 in the Philippines. In July 1903, he accompanied her remains from the Philippines to San Francisco, California and planned to bring the remains to Uniontown for interment in the family plot at Oak Grove Cemetery in Uniontown.
Sources: The Philadelphia Times, Sunday, September 30, 1900; Harrisburg Telegraph, Tuesday, August 6, 1901 and The Weekly Courier, Connellsville, Pennsylvania, Friday, September 4, 1903.
Military Information: Colonel, United States Army
Place of death from Georgia, Deaths Index, 1914-1927.
Colonel Joel Robert Lee, United States Army, retired, was born on April 18, 1872 at Fort Deposit, Alabama. He served in the ranks of the Army for seven years before he was appointed as a second lieutenant of Infantry in April 1899. He participated in the Spanish War, the Philippines insurrection, the Mexican punitive expedition and in the World War. In March 1924, he retired with the rank of colonel. He served several details in the Quartermaster Corps and was a division quartermaster in France and Germany during the World War. He died on Friday, June 18, 1926 at Atlanta, Georgia. Funeral services and interment were at Arlington National Cemetery.
Source: The Evening Star, Tuesday, June 22, 1926.
He was born in Alabama, the son of David Lee and Nancy Reid Lee. He served in the United States Army as both Private and Corporal in A Battery, 4th United States Artillery from August 6, 1892 to November 5, 1895. He was a Private, 1st United States Artillery and Hospital Steward from September 22, 1896 to April 18, 1899. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant, 10th United States Infantry on April 5, 1899. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on February 2, 1901 and rose through the ranks eventually becoming a Colonel. He was an officer in the United States Army Medical Corps during the Spanish American War. He also served in Cuba and the Philippines. While stationed in Cuba he met Harriet Lee Gaddis, a volunteer nurse from Uniontown, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of James Gaddis of Upper Middletown, Pennsylvania. He was stricken with yellow fever and was one of her patients. On September 20, 1900 they married at Morro Castle in Havana. He was transferred to Manila and his wife accompanied him. She died on July 31, 1901 in the Philippines. In July 1903, he accompanied her remains from the Philippines to San Francisco, California and planned to bring the remains to Uniontown for interment in the family plot at Oak Grove Cemetery in Uniontown.
Sources: The Philadelphia Times, Sunday, September 30, 1900; Harrisburg Telegraph, Tuesday, August 6, 1901 and The Weekly Courier, Connellsville, Pennsylvania, Friday, September 4, 1903.
Military Information: Colonel, United States Army
Colonel Joel Robert Lee, United States Army, retired, was born on April 18, 1872 at Fort Deposit, Alabama. He served in the ranks of the Army for seven years before he was appointed as a second lieutenant of Infantry in April 1899. He participated in the Spanish War, the Philippines insurrection, the Mexican punitive expedition and in the World War. In March 1924, he retired with the rank of colonel. He served several details in the Quartermaster Corps and was a division quartermaster in France and Germany during the World War. He died on Friday, June 18, 1926 at Atlanta, Georgia. Funeral services and interment were at Arlington National Cemetery.
Source: The Evening Star, Tuesday, June 22, 1926.
He was born in Alabama, the son of David Lee and Nancy Reid Lee. He served in the United States Army as both Private and Corporal in A Battery, 4th United States Artillery from August 6, 1892 to November 5, 1895. He was a Private, 1st United States Artillery and Hospital Steward from September 22, 1896 to April 18, 1899. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant, 10th United States Infantry on April 5, 1899. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on February 2, 1901 and rose through the ranks eventually becoming a Colonel. He was an officer in the United States Army Medical Corps during the Spanish American War. He also served in Cuba and the Philippines. While stationed in Cuba he met Harriet Lee Gaddis, a volunteer nurse from Uniontown, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of James Gaddis of Upper Middletown, Pennsylvania. He was stricken with yellow fever and was one of her patients. On September 20, 1900 they married at Morro Castle in Havana. He was transferred to Manila and his wife accompanied him. She died on July 31, 1901 in the Philippines. In July 1903, he accompanied her remains from the Philippines to San Francisco, California and planned to bring the remains to Uniontown for interment in the family plot at Oak Grove Cemetery in Uniontown.
Sources: The Philadelphia Times, Sunday, September 30, 1900; Harrisburg Telegraph, Tuesday, August 6, 1901 and The Weekly Courier, Connellsville, Pennsylvania, Friday, September 4, 1903.
Military Information: Colonel, United States Army
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