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Lee Mooney Family
Jesse Urias Lee, son of
Obadiah Watson Lee and
Rebecca Taylor Sullivan,
was born
January 16, 1833 in
Greene County, Illinois and
died
October 22, 1904 in
Gaylord, Smith County, Kansas.
He married
Nancy Jane Mooney on
September 20, 1855
in
Chesterfield, Macoupin County, Illinois.
See Marriage Certificate
Other events in the life of Jesse Urias Lee
Military:
Jesse enlisted as a private in Company H,
Illinois
122nd Infantry on September 4, 1862. On October 31, 1862
he was transferred to Company D of the 122nd where he served
through out the Civil War. He mustered out of
service on July 15, 1865 in
Mobile, Alabama. See
Civil War records for Jesse Lee,
regimental history and diary of
Ibbetson from Company D, Illinois 122.
Occupations : Farmer
in Illinois and later in Deer Creek
Township, Phillips County, Kansas from 1871 till 1903. He
served served as postmaster in the Blooming Rose, MO. post
office commencing in 1866 till some time before moving to Kansas
in 1871.
Land: (See locations
Macoupin and
Phillips
Counties). At age 18, Jesse purchased 40 acres of land in
Shipman township (NE1/4 NE1/4 Section 12), Macoupin County on
July 12,1851. On October 3, 1854, he purchased an
additional 40 acres of land in Shipman township (On 14 November
1857, Jesse Lee purchased 40 acres of land in Macoupin County,
Illinois from his parents. In 1859, Jesse and
brother-in-law Abraham Smith, acquired 40 acres (each) of land
grant land in Texas County, MO. Later that year, Abraham
sold his adjacent land to Jesse Lee, who then sold the combined
80 acres to R. Duke the same day. After returning from the
Civil War, Jesse purchased 160 acres of land from Abraham Smith
and wife Martha Mooney. Martha inherited from her father,
Jesse Hale Mooney. Jesse homesteaded 160 acres of Deer
Creek Township, Phillips County, KS, land with patent issued in 1880 (see
patent record).
Residences: As an infant, his family moved from Greene
county to Macoupin County Illinois where his parents farmed.
He purchased land and farmed in Macoupin County prior to and
after his service in the Civil War. The family moved to
Texas County, MO., where his widowed, mother-in-law resided in
1865 or 1866. In 1871, he and his
family moved to Phillips County, Kansas where they homesteaded
land and farmed. In 1900, Jesse and Nancy moved off the
farm into Gaylord, Kansas.
Burial : Gaylord
Cemetery,
Smith County, Kansas.
Nancy Jane Mooney, daughter of
Joseph
Hale Mooney and
Rachel
E Diedrick, was born
November 18, 1840 in
Current Creek, Texas
County,
Missouri
and died
February 27, 1923 in
Gaylord, Smith County,
Kansas.
Other events in the life of Nancy Jane
Mooney
(also
see obituary)
Religion : Baptist.
Occupations : House and farm wife.
Residences: See above plus in 1910 census
records show her is a widow living with three sons,
Byron, head of household, Milton and George T. in
Houston,
Smith County, Kansas.
Burial : Gaylord
Cemetery,
Smith County, Kansas.
Children of Jesse Lee
and Nancy Mooney
Joseph Watson Lee
was born
May 8, 1858 and died on
December 1, 1944. He married Louisa Eliza Hatton on November 25, 1883.
 Elbridge Gerry Lee was born on
November 5, 1860 in
Chesterfield,
Macoupin County, Illinois and
died March 26, 1945 in
Phillipsburg,
Phillips County, Kansas. He married
Bertha Sophia Bruner on
March 22, 1886.
Edward Payton Lee was born on
March 9, 1863 in
Chesterfield,
Macoupin County, Illinois and
died April 10, 1941 in
Gaylord, Smith
County, Kansas. He married
Anna F Franklin on
April 10, 1892 in Phillips County, Kansas.
Wilburt
"Willie" Lee was born on
December 9, 1866 in Missouri and died September 9, 1923.
Charles Mayfield "Charlie" Lee was born on
October 10, 1869 in
Missouri and died September 5, 1939.
He married
Alice Ives Smith.
 Byron Lee was born on
June 9, 1872 in
Kansas and
died July 16, 1952 in
Gaylord, Smith County,
Kansas.
He married
Bessie Wright.
Milton Lee was born on
June 9, 1872 in
Phillips County, Kansas and
died December 6, 1940 in Gaylord,
Smith County,
Kansas.
 Martha Jane "Mattie" Lee
was born on
January 18, 1875 in Phillips County, Kansas and died May 20, 1965 in
Norton, Norton County,
Kansas.
George Taylor Lee was born on
February 15, 1877 in
Phillips County, Kansas and
died January 1973 in
Smith Center, Smith
County,
Kansas.
Emma Louella "Lovella" Lee was born on
January 27, 1884 in Kansas and died December 1978 in
Hughson, Stanislaus County,
California.
She married
James Garfield Pitzer on
June 13, 1904.
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