Amos Lee is the son of Sarah O'Neal Sojourner, 2nd wife of Pertiller Lee. His full siblings are Sarah Emma Lee Bandy, Annie Lee Moore and Maud Ida Lee Bond.
Mary Francis Lee Sullivan, Celia Ann Lee Hobbs, John Edward Lee, Susan E. Lee and Laura P. Lee are his half siblings, children of first wife, Harriet Minerva Williams.
Harriet died prior to 1860 and her grave is believed to have been washed away during a flood. Sarah is believed to have died prior to 1893, and the whereabouts of her grave are unknown at this time.
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LEE, AMOS
A resident of the county of his birth and a member of one of its sterling pioneer families, Amos Lee has served in various positions of public trust and is now incumbent of the office of sheriff, as well as that of tax collector, of Matagorda County. He maintains his home in Bay City, the thriving county seat, and is one of the well-known and distinctively popular citizens of this section of the state.
Amos Lee was born in the diminutive village then known as Elliott's Postoffice, the nucleus of the present Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas, and the date of his nativity was February 9, 1866. His father, Patillo Lee, was born in South Carolina, but was reared to maturity in the vicinity of Grand Junction, Tennessee, from which state he came to Texas in 1837, when this section was on the very frontier of civilization, and for two years he was a member of that gallant and historic body familiarly known as the Texas Rangers. He took up his residence in Matagorda County about 1840, becoming one of the first permanent settlers of this county, and thereafter he devoted the greater part of his active career to the cattle business, in connection with which he was duly successful. He became the owner of a large tract of land in the county and was one of the prominent and influential citizens of this section, where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred in 1894. His name merits an enduring place on the roll of the sturdy pioneers who laid the foundations for the great and prosperous Lone Star commonwealth. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah O'Neal, and who was a native of the state of Alabama, died in 1892, and of their children one son and two daughters are now living.
Amos Lee was reared to manhood on the homestead ranch of his father, in Matagorda County, to whose country schools he is indebted for his early educational discipline, which was supplemented by a course of study in the Southwestern University, at Georgetown, this state. After leaving the university Mr. Lee turned his attention to the work of the pedagogic profession, and for about a decade he was one of the successful and popular teachers in the schools of his native county. In the meanwhile he was also actively identified with the raising of cattle and other livestock. In 1897 he assumed a clerical position in the office of the county assessor, in Bay City, where he was employed for four years. In 1897-8 he was deputy sheriff of the county, to which position he was again appointed in 1902, remaining incumbent of the same until 1906, when he was elected sheriff of the county and tax collector, of which dual office he has since continued in effective tenure, having been elected as his own successor in 1908. He has given an admirable and highly satisfactory administration of the shrievalty and is one of the valued public officials of the county. His present term will expire in December, 1910. Mr. Lee is one of the popular members of the Texas Sheriffs' Association. He has been a loyal and enthusiastic worker in the ranks of the Democratic party, keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the hour and was chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Matagorda County from 1896 to 1898, inclusive. He and his wife are members of the Methodist-Episcopal church, South, and he is affiliated with Bay City Lodge, No. 865, Ancient Free & Accepted Masons; Bay City Chapter, No. 315, Royal Arch Masons; and with the local organizations of the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Woodmen of the World.
On the 13th of November, 1890, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Lee to Miss Annie L. Baxter, daughter of William Baxter, a well-known citizen of Matagorda county. The two children of this union are Henry Amos and Austin Bryan. Sheriff Lee and his family are popular in the social affairs of their home city and he is the owner of property in Bay City as well as of a well improved tract of 30 acres, in his native county. Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Mary Francis Lee Sullivan, Celia Ann Lee Hobbs, John Edward Lee, Susan E. Lee and Laura P. Lee are his half siblings, children of first wife, Harriet Minerva Williams.
Harriet died prior to 1860 and her grave is believed to have been washed away during a flood. Sarah is believed to have died prior to 1893, and the whereabouts of her grave are unknown at this time.
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LEE, AMOS
A resident of the county of his birth and a member of one of its sterling pioneer families, Amos Lee has served in various positions of public trust and is now incumbent of the office of sheriff, as well as that of tax collector, of Matagorda County. He maintains his home in Bay City, the thriving county seat, and is one of the well-known and distinctively popular citizens of this section of the state.
Amos Lee was born in the diminutive village then known as Elliott's Postoffice, the nucleus of the present Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas, and the date of his nativity was February 9, 1866. His father, Patillo Lee, was born in South Carolina, but was reared to maturity in the vicinity of Grand Junction, Tennessee, from which state he came to Texas in 1837, when this section was on the very frontier of civilization, and for two years he was a member of that gallant and historic body familiarly known as the Texas Rangers. He took up his residence in Matagorda County about 1840, becoming one of the first permanent settlers of this county, and thereafter he devoted the greater part of his active career to the cattle business, in connection with which he was duly successful. He became the owner of a large tract of land in the county and was one of the prominent and influential citizens of this section, where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred in 1894. His name merits an enduring place on the roll of the sturdy pioneers who laid the foundations for the great and prosperous Lone Star commonwealth. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah O'Neal, and who was a native of the state of Alabama, died in 1892, and of their children one son and two daughters are now living.
Amos Lee was reared to manhood on the homestead ranch of his father, in Matagorda County, to whose country schools he is indebted for his early educational discipline, which was supplemented by a course of study in the Southwestern University, at Georgetown, this state. After leaving the university Mr. Lee turned his attention to the work of the pedagogic profession, and for about a decade he was one of the successful and popular teachers in the schools of his native county. In the meanwhile he was also actively identified with the raising of cattle and other livestock. In 1897 he assumed a clerical position in the office of the county assessor, in Bay City, where he was employed for four years. In 1897-8 he was deputy sheriff of the county, to which position he was again appointed in 1902, remaining incumbent of the same until 1906, when he was elected sheriff of the county and tax collector, of which dual office he has since continued in effective tenure, having been elected as his own successor in 1908. He has given an admirable and highly satisfactory administration of the shrievalty and is one of the valued public officials of the county. His present term will expire in December, 1910. Mr. Lee is one of the popular members of the Texas Sheriffs' Association. He has been a loyal and enthusiastic worker in the ranks of the Democratic party, keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the hour and was chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Matagorda County from 1896 to 1898, inclusive. He and his wife are members of the Methodist-Episcopal church, South, and he is affiliated with Bay City Lodge, No. 865, Ancient Free & Accepted Masons; Bay City Chapter, No. 315, Royal Arch Masons; and with the local organizations of the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Woodmen of the World.
On the 13th of November, 1890, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Lee to Miss Annie L. Baxter, daughter of William Baxter, a well-known citizen of Matagorda county. The two children of this union are Henry Amos and Austin Bryan. Sheriff Lee and his family are popular in the social affairs of their home city and he is the owner of property in Bay City as well as of a well improved tract of 30 acres, in his native county. Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Amos Lee is the son of Sarah O'Neal Sojourner, 2nd wife of Pertiller Lee. His full siblings are Sarah Emma Lee Bandy, Annie Lee Moore and Maud Ida Lee Bond.
Mary Francis Lee Sullivan, Celia Ann Lee Hobbs, John Edward Lee, Susan E. Lee and Laura P. Lee are his half siblings, children of first wife, Harriet Minerva Williams.
Harriet died prior to 1860 and her grave is believed to have been washed away during a flood. Sarah is believed to have died prior to 1893, and the whereabouts of her grave are unknown at this time.
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LEE, AMOS
A resident of the county of his birth and a member of one of its sterling pioneer families, Amos Lee has served in various positions of public trust and is now incumbent of the office of sheriff, as well as that of tax collector, of Matagorda County. He maintains his home in Bay City, the thriving county seat, and is one of the well-known and distinctively popular citizens of this section of the state.
Amos Lee was born in the diminutive village then known as Elliott's Postoffice, the nucleus of the present Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas, and the date of his nativity was February 9, 1866. His father, Patillo Lee, was born in South Carolina, but was reared to maturity in the vicinity of Grand Junction, Tennessee, from which state he came to Texas in 1837, when this section was on the very frontier of civilization, and for two years he was a member of that gallant and historic body familiarly known as the Texas Rangers. He took up his residence in Matagorda County about 1840, becoming one of the first permanent settlers of this county, and thereafter he devoted the greater part of his active career to the cattle business, in connection with which he was duly successful. He became the owner of a large tract of land in the county and was one of the prominent and influential citizens of this section, where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred in 1894. His name merits an enduring place on the roll of the sturdy pioneers who laid the foundations for the great and prosperous Lone Star commonwealth. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah O'Neal, and who was a native of the state of Alabama, died in 1892, and of their children one son and two daughters are now living.
Amos Lee was reared to manhood on the homestead ranch of his father, in Matagorda County, to whose country schools he is indebted for his early educational discipline, which was supplemented by a course of study in the Southwestern University, at Georgetown, this state. After leaving the university Mr. Lee turned his attention to the work of the pedagogic profession, and for about a decade he was one of the successful and popular teachers in the schools of his native county. In the meanwhile he was also actively identified with the raising of cattle and other livestock. In 1897 he assumed a clerical position in the office of the county assessor, in Bay City, where he was employed for four years. In 1897-8 he was deputy sheriff of the county, to which position he was again appointed in 1902, remaining incumbent of the same until 1906, when he was elected sheriff of the county and tax collector, of which dual office he has since continued in effective tenure, having been elected as his own successor in 1908. He has given an admirable and highly satisfactory administration of the shrievalty and is one of the valued public officials of the county. His present term will expire in December, 1910. Mr. Lee is one of the popular members of the Texas Sheriffs' Association. He has been a loyal and enthusiastic worker in the ranks of the Democratic party, keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the hour and was chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Matagorda County from 1896 to 1898, inclusive. He and his wife are members of the Methodist-Episcopal church, South, and he is affiliated with Bay City Lodge, No. 865, Ancient Free & Accepted Masons; Bay City Chapter, No. 315, Royal Arch Masons; and with the local organizations of the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Woodmen of the World.
On the 13th of November, 1890, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Lee to Miss Annie L. Baxter, daughter of William Baxter, a well-known citizen of Matagorda county. The two children of this union are Henry Amos and Austin Bryan. Sheriff Lee and his family are popular in the social affairs of their home city and he is the owner of property in Bay City as well as of a well improved tract of 30 acres, in his native county. Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
Mary Francis Lee Sullivan, Celia Ann Lee Hobbs, John Edward Lee, Susan E. Lee and Laura P. Lee are his half siblings, children of first wife, Harriet Minerva Williams.
Harriet died prior to 1860 and her grave is believed to have been washed away during a flood. Sarah is believed to have died prior to 1893, and the whereabouts of her grave are unknown at this time.
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LEE, AMOS
A resident of the county of his birth and a member of one of its sterling pioneer families, Amos Lee has served in various positions of public trust and is now incumbent of the office of sheriff, as well as that of tax collector, of Matagorda County. He maintains his home in Bay City, the thriving county seat, and is one of the well-known and distinctively popular citizens of this section of the state.
Amos Lee was born in the diminutive village then known as Elliott's Postoffice, the nucleus of the present Bay City, Matagorda County, Texas, and the date of his nativity was February 9, 1866. His father, Patillo Lee, was born in South Carolina, but was reared to maturity in the vicinity of Grand Junction, Tennessee, from which state he came to Texas in 1837, when this section was on the very frontier of civilization, and for two years he was a member of that gallant and historic body familiarly known as the Texas Rangers. He took up his residence in Matagorda County about 1840, becoming one of the first permanent settlers of this county, and thereafter he devoted the greater part of his active career to the cattle business, in connection with which he was duly successful. He became the owner of a large tract of land in the county and was one of the prominent and influential citizens of this section, where he continued to reside until his death, which occurred in 1894. His name merits an enduring place on the roll of the sturdy pioneers who laid the foundations for the great and prosperous Lone Star commonwealth. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah O'Neal, and who was a native of the state of Alabama, died in 1892, and of their children one son and two daughters are now living.
Amos Lee was reared to manhood on the homestead ranch of his father, in Matagorda County, to whose country schools he is indebted for his early educational discipline, which was supplemented by a course of study in the Southwestern University, at Georgetown, this state. After leaving the university Mr. Lee turned his attention to the work of the pedagogic profession, and for about a decade he was one of the successful and popular teachers in the schools of his native county. In the meanwhile he was also actively identified with the raising of cattle and other livestock. In 1897 he assumed a clerical position in the office of the county assessor, in Bay City, where he was employed for four years. In 1897-8 he was deputy sheriff of the county, to which position he was again appointed in 1902, remaining incumbent of the same until 1906, when he was elected sheriff of the county and tax collector, of which dual office he has since continued in effective tenure, having been elected as his own successor in 1908. He has given an admirable and highly satisfactory administration of the shrievalty and is one of the valued public officials of the county. His present term will expire in December, 1910. Mr. Lee is one of the popular members of the Texas Sheriffs' Association. He has been a loyal and enthusiastic worker in the ranks of the Democratic party, keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the hour and was chairman of the Democratic executive committee of Matagorda County from 1896 to 1898, inclusive. He and his wife are members of the Methodist-Episcopal church, South, and he is affiliated with Bay City Lodge, No. 865, Ancient Free & Accepted Masons; Bay City Chapter, No. 315, Royal Arch Masons; and with the local organizations of the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Woodmen of the World.
On the 13th of November, 1890, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Lee to Miss Annie L. Baxter, daughter of William Baxter, a well-known citizen of Matagorda county. The two children of this union are Henry Amos and Austin Bryan. Sheriff Lee and his family are popular in the social affairs of their home city and he is the owner of property in Bay City as well as of a well improved tract of 30 acres, in his native county. Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
Contributor: Sherry (47010546)
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