John Wesley Lee was born in New Jersey in 1817. His parents are unknown. He married Elizabeth Lanning on 8 March 1849 in Saltlick Twsp., Perry County, Ohio.
John also went by the name of Wesley Lee. His occupations through the years was mechanic in Ohio in 1850; 1856 painter in Monroe Co.; and farmer. The family came to Monroe County, Iowa in 1852 and settled on a farm just west of Albia where five of their children were born.
He was the father of seven children, three sons and four daughters. One son and two daughters lived to be adults.
Children:
1. Catherine Lee 1850-1851 Salt Lick Township, Perry Co.,Ohio
2. Osborn Lee b.1852 in Ohio d.?
3. Ardilla Lee b. 1855 in Iowa d. ? name on the Lee headstone
4. Theodore Lee b. 1858 Iowa d. ? name on the Lee headstone
5. Sarah Merinda Lee b. 1859 Iowa 1935 Monroe Co., Iowa: married George Moser
6. Joseph Warren Lee 1861 Iowa d. 1943 Monroe Co., Iowa
married Ida Mae Kirkendall
7. Cora Adaline (Addy)Lee b. 1867 Iowa d. 1955 Ottumwa,Iowa
married Charles Wesley Barnhill
John also went by the name of Wesley Lee. His occupations through the years was mechanic in Ohio in 1850; 1856 painter in Monroe Co.; and farmer. The family came to Monroe County, Iowa in 1852 and settled on a farm just west of Albia where five of their children were born.
He was the father of seven children, three sons and four daughters. One son and two daughters lived to be adults.
Children:
1. Catherine Lee 1850-1851 Salt Lick Township, Perry Co.,Ohio
2. Osborn Lee b.1852 in Ohio d.?
3. Ardilla Lee b. 1855 in Iowa d. ? name on the Lee headstone
4. Theodore Lee b. 1858 Iowa d. ? name on the Lee headstone
5. Sarah Merinda Lee b. 1859 Iowa 1935 Monroe Co., Iowa: married George Moser
6. Joseph Warren Lee 1861 Iowa d. 1943 Monroe Co., Iowa
married Ida Mae Kirkendall
7. Cora Adaline (Addy)Lee b. 1867 Iowa d. 1955 Ottumwa,Iowa
married Charles Wesley Barnhill
John Wesley Lee was born in New Jersey in 1817. His parents are unknown. He married Elizabeth Lanning on 8 March 1849 in Saltlick Twsp., Perry County, Ohio.
John also went by the name of Wesley Lee. His occupations through the years was mechanic in Ohio in 1850; 1856 painter in Monroe Co.; and farmer. The family came to Monroe County, Iowa in 1852 and settled on a farm just west of Albia where five of their children were born.
He was the father of seven children, three sons and four daughters. One son and two daughters lived to be adults.
Children:
1. Catherine Lee 1850-1851 Salt Lick Township, Perry Co.,Ohio
2. Osborn Lee b.1852 in Ohio d.?
3. Ardilla Lee b. 1855 in Iowa d. ? name on the Lee headstone
4. Theodore Lee b. 1858 Iowa d. ? name on the Lee headstone
5. Sarah Merinda Lee b. 1859 Iowa 1935 Monroe Co., Iowa: married George Moser
6. Joseph Warren Lee 1861 Iowa d. 1943 Monroe Co., Iowa
married Ida Mae Kirkendall
7. Cora Adaline (Addy)Lee b. 1867 Iowa d. 1955 Ottumwa,Iowa
married Charles Wesley Barnhill
John also went by the name of Wesley Lee. His occupations through the years was mechanic in Ohio in 1850; 1856 painter in Monroe Co.; and farmer. The family came to Monroe County, Iowa in 1852 and settled on a farm just west of Albia where five of their children were born.
He was the father of seven children, three sons and four daughters. One son and two daughters lived to be adults.
Children:
1. Catherine Lee 1850-1851 Salt Lick Township, Perry Co.,Ohio
2. Osborn Lee b.1852 in Ohio d.?
3. Ardilla Lee b. 1855 in Iowa d. ? name on the Lee headstone
4. Theodore Lee b. 1858 Iowa d. ? name on the Lee headstone
5. Sarah Merinda Lee b. 1859 Iowa 1935 Monroe Co., Iowa: married George Moser
6. Joseph Warren Lee 1861 Iowa d. 1943 Monroe Co., Iowa
married Ida Mae Kirkendall
7. Cora Adaline (Addy)Lee b. 1867 Iowa d. 1955 Ottumwa,Iowa
married Charles Wesley Barnhill
Bio by: charlene Lamb
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