Jacob Edward Lee

Brief Life History of Jacob Edward

When Jacob Edward Lee was born on 19 December 1848, in Jamestown, Moniteau, Missouri, United States, his father, Francis Lee, was 37 and his mother, Jane Vail Johnson, was 33. He died on 25 June 1850, in North Platte River, Converse, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 1, and was buried in North Platte River, Converse, Wyoming, United States.

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Family Time Line

Francis Lee
1811–1866
Jane Vail Johnson
1815–1875
William Henry Lee
1836–1904
Electa Jane Lee
1838–1916
Samuel Marion Lee Sr.
1840–1890
John Nelson Lee
1841–1914
George Washington Lee
1844–1911
Francis Columbus Lee
1846–1910
Jacob Edward Lee
1848–1850
Mary Eliza Lee
1850–1885
Milton La Fayette Lee
1853–1894
Sally Lee
1856–1896
Arthur Orson Lee
1856–1910
Louisa Juliette Lee
1859–1863

Sources (6)

  • US Federal Census 1850 Utah Territory Tooele County Lee family on pages 118a & b
  • Jacob Edward Lee, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Jacob Edward Lee, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"

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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John Nelson Lee by Leona Lee Conger

John Nelson Lee b. 17 Nov. 1841 d. 21 July 1914 Written by Leona Lee Conger It was a beautiful, clear morning in June in the year 1850. Nine year old John Nelson Lee looked down at his dusty shoes. …

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