- TRUMAN T. LEE, a retired farmer of Evansville, Rock county,
has had a long and useful life.
- He has kept close to the soil, and by its tillage has made
a living for his active years, and has accumulated a handsome
competence for his old age. He is much respected for his upright
character and his generous disposition.
- Mr. LEE was born in Oswego county, N.Y., Oct. 12, 1827, and
is a son of Thomas and Lucinda
- (WAGH) LEE, both natives to the soil of New York. They had
six sons and one daughter, and five of their children are now
living: Truman T., of Evansville; John P. of White Fox, Ohio;
George F., of Magnolia, Wis.; Squire Norman, of Lorain county,
Ohio; and Andrew P., of the same county. The father was a canal
contractor in his early life, and in later years became a farmer.
In 1833 he moved to Lorain county, Ohio, where he bought a farm
of ninety acres, increasing same by subsequent purchases until
he owned a farm of 140 acres. There he reared his family, and
there he died in 1877, at the age of seventy-eight years. His
widow survived many years, and died Feb. 5, 1894, at the age
of eighty-two; she was born in 1811. Both were members of the
Regular Baptist Church. He was a man of prominence, and was
called upon to fill various town offices in his active years.
Thomas LEE, his father, was a native of Herkimer county, N.Y.,
of English descent, and lived to be old. He reared a large family.
The maternal grandfather of Truman T. LEE, a native of New York,
died in middle life. He had a family of two sons and one daughter.
- Truman T. LEE was reared in Ohio, five miles west of Oberlin,
spent his boyhood and youth
- under the parental roof until grown, and attended the district
school. When he assumed the burden of his own support he worked
out for wages, and carefully saved his earnings until he was
able to buy a fifty-five-acre farm in Lorain county. This place
he almost cleared the native growth of timber, and then rented
it, that he might make a protracted visit to Illinois and Wisconsin.
He returned to his farm, and was engaged in its tillage for
six years. In 1864 he came to Rock county, Wis., and here purchased
a farm of 127-1/2 acres in Porter township. Later he bought
land to make this an even quarter-section, and here he lived
until 1878, when he rented his farm and moved into Evansville,
that he might spend the rest of his days in the enjoyment of
the comforts which in a hard an industrious life he had richly
earned. He has sold his farm, and owns a fine house in the city.
For some two years he was engaged in the grocery business.
He opened a bakery, but on account of failing health was compelled
to dispose of it, and live a retired life. He owns a number
of town lots, and takes a commendable interest in public affairs.
- On Aug. 25, 1850, Truman T. LEE and Miss Julia A. LOW, daughter
of Henry Smith and Rachel
- (BALDWIN) LOW, were united in marriage. They became the
parents of one son and two daughters, Smith died when he was
two years old. Corris Lilly married Shasta E. BARNARD, and is
the mother of two children, Fred (deceased) and Orland K. Mary
Lucinda married Guy BARNARD, a cousin of her brother-in-law and
they have three living children, Lee Wayne, Mabel and Lloyd;
one is deceased. Mr. and Mrs. LEE hold to the Baptist faith.
He is a Republican, has served as supervisor, and was school
director while living in the country. He has lived in Rock county
over thirty-six years, and has a host of friends.
- Mrs. LEE's father was born in Massachusetts, and her mother
in New Jersey. They were farming
- people, and were the parents of seven children, of whom only
two are now living, Lyman W., of Albion, Ill., where he has practiced
medicine over forty years; and Mrs. Julia A. LEE. The father
died in 1852, at the age of seventy-two, the mother died in 1848,
at the age of sixty-seven. They were both Baptists. Mrs. LEE's
paternal grandfather, Samuel LOW, died at Plattsburg, N.Y., during
the war of 1812. Her maternal grandfather was Levi BALDWIN.
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- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin"
(c)1901, pp. 80-81.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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