Samuel Fayette Lee

Male3 March 1829–10 March 1888

Brief Life History of Samuel Fayette

When Samuel Fayette Lee was born on 3 March 1829, in Winfield, Herkimer, New York, United States, his father, Marquis La Fayette Lee, was 36 and his mother, Clarissa Jane Hodges, was 32. He died on 10 March 1888, in Melvern, Osage, Kansas, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Melvern, Osage, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Marquis La Fayette Lee
1792–1863
Clarissa Jane Hodges
1797–1864
Charles Hodges Lee
1824–1867
Samuel Fayette Lee
1829–1888
Eli Bradley Lee
1830–1880
Mary Jane Lee
1837–1916

Sources (7)

  • Samuel Lee in household of Eli Day, "New York, State Census, 1855"
  • Samuel F. Lee, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Samuel Lee in household of Levi Smith, "United States Census, 1860"

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Siblings (4)

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Age 1

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1830 · The Oregon Trail

Age 1

Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.

1846

Age 17

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Young, Sang, Jae, Jong, Jung, Sung, Yong, Kyung, Seung, Dong, Kwang, Myung.

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lēa, dative case (used after a preposition) of lēah, which originally meant ‘wood or glade’.

English: habitational name from any of the many places in England named with Old English lēah ‘wood, glade’, including Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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