Kate was the youngest daughter of Washington Jess "Wash" and Lydia Ann "Liddie" (née MUSGROVE) LEE. Her father was 3/4 to possibly a full-blood Cherokee and her mother was 1/2 Cherokee. She was born at the LEE home on September 3, 1881. Prior to Oklahoma statehood on November 16, 1907, the area in which the LEEs lived was known as the Going Snake District of the Cherokee Nation West in Indian Territory. The LEE residence was located about five to six miles northwest of the present-day community of Westville in Adair County, Oklahoma. Their home would have been located on land immediately southwest of the present-day intersection of Chewey Drive and old Highway 59; the new Highway 59 passes over at least part, if not all, of the former site of their log cabin home.
Katie LEE grew up in Indian Territory on the LEE farm with four sisters and two brothers: Martha, Nannie, Felix, Carrie, Sallie, and Levi.
About three and a half weeks after Katie's ninth birthday, her father (a Light-Horseman and former sheriff of Going Snake District) was shot, not far from the LEE home, during an ambush by two men. A doctor was summoned to care for Wash, but little could be done. He died at his home, surrounded by family and friends, three days after the attack. During their grief, Wash's family was helped by numerous friends, neighbors, and family who did what they could for Lydia and the children.
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Katie LEE grew up in Indian Territory on the LEE farm with four sisters and two brothers: Martha, Nannie, Felix, Carrie, Sallie, and Levi.
About three and a half weeks after Katie's ninth birthday, her father (a Light-Horseman and former sheriff of Going Snake District) was shot, not far from the LEE home, during an ambush by two men. A doctor was summoned to care for Wash, but little could be done. He died at his home, surrounded by family and friends, three days after the attack. During their grief, Wash's family was helped by numerous friends, neighbors, and family who did what they could for Lydia and the children.
to be continued.
Kate was the youngest daughter of Washington Jess "Wash" and Lydia Ann "Liddie" (née MUSGROVE) LEE. Her father was 3/4 to possibly a full-blood Cherokee and her mother was 1/2 Cherokee. She was born at the LEE home on September 3, 1881. Prior to Oklahoma statehood on November 16, 1907, the area in which the LEEs lived was known as the Going Snake District of the Cherokee Nation West in Indian Territory. The LEE residence was located about five to six miles northwest of the present-day community of Westville in Adair County, Oklahoma. Their home would have been located on land immediately southwest of the present-day intersection of Chewey Drive and old Highway 59; the new Highway 59 passes over at least part, if not all, of the former site of their log cabin home.
Katie LEE grew up in Indian Territory on the LEE farm with four sisters and two brothers: Martha, Nannie, Felix, Carrie, Sallie, and Levi.
About three and a half weeks after Katie's ninth birthday, her father (a Light-Horseman and former sheriff of Going Snake District) was shot, not far from the LEE home, during an ambush by two men. A doctor was summoned to care for Wash, but little could be done. He died at his home, surrounded by family and friends, three days after the attack. During their grief, Wash's family was helped by numerous friends, neighbors, and family who did what they could for Lydia and the children.
to be continued.
Katie LEE grew up in Indian Territory on the LEE farm with four sisters and two brothers: Martha, Nannie, Felix, Carrie, Sallie, and Levi.
About three and a half weeks after Katie's ninth birthday, her father (a Light-Horseman and former sheriff of Going Snake District) was shot, not far from the LEE home, during an ambush by two men. A doctor was summoned to care for Wash, but little could be done. He died at his home, surrounded by family and friends, three days after the attack. During their grief, Wash's family was helped by numerous friends, neighbors, and family who did what they could for Lydia and the children.
to be continued.
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