Martha Jane Lee

Notes:

She was shared a double marker with Thomas J. BOWSER (1924-2000), who also has a memorial at FindAGrave.

Notes:

From FindAGrave: Husband of Grace Mattox, father of Martha Jane Lee. Long Leaf Lumber Co., Weirgate, TX Served in WWI with Co.V, 315th Engineers, Pvt. 1st Class, Memorial created by Jo Ann Lee Gartig



(Research):

Census Listings:

1930 Census
Texas, Newton County, JP 7, Wiergate Town
Enumerated ______________ 1930
ED 176-8 SD 19 Sheets 15B and 16A
309-330
Lee, Emmett C Head M W 39 M 32 Tx Ga Tx Mill Superintendent Lumber Co
Lee, Grace E Wf F W 27 M 20 Tx Tx Tx
Lee, Martha J Dtr F W 1 5/12 S Tx Tx Tx

Emmet married Grace Elizabeth Mattox on 19 May 1923. Grace was born on 18 Jan 1903 in Texas; died in Oct 2001 in Galveston County, Texas; was buried in Newton City Cemetery, Newton, Newton County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of her death, she was married to Roger Severne AMIOTT, who also has a memorial at FindAGrave. Appears to have been a daughter of John Hamp Mattox and his wife Anna. They had a large family living in Jasper County, Texas, including daughter Grace born ca 1903, at the time of the 1910 and 1920 Federal Census enumerations.

Notes:

In her letter of 12 September 1999 to Melinda Strong, Jo Ann Lee Gartig wrote:

"Tim began his working life as a teamster, age 17 (where on the Jasper County 1880 Federal census he was boarding with Newton B. Jones) in the logging camps of Jasper County, along the Neches River between Kirbyville and Buna. A few years later he was engineer of the Texas Tram, a logging train which ran through the Neches River "bottom" near Buna and Ten Acre Lake. He went to San Antonio to earn $50 so that he could marry. At age 27, on October 6, 1886, Tim married Emily Ann Westbrook. The marriage took place at Tram Town, Jasper County. Two sons were born in Tram Town and both died in infancy. The couple took each infant in turn to be buried at Farr's Chapel, Farrsville, Newton County, Texas. Emily Ann's family lived at Farrsville.

On October 10, 1896, (at) age 37, Tim Lee was ordained by the Council of the South East Texas Free Will Baptist Association as a Free Will Baptist Minister. He was Minister of Erin Free Will Baptist Church, Erin Community, Jasper County. Throughout the years of his ministry, he was a circuit minister and one of the several churches that he traveled to preach in was Farr's Chapel.

At age 38, the family moved to Kirbyville, Jasper County and built their "dog-trot" home. This was one of the first homes built in Kirbyville when Mr. Kirby was marking off lots for homesites. The seventh child, Lela Lanine was the first born in the new house...(and) the remaining children were all born in this home.

Tim went to work for Mr. Kirby, owner of Kirby Lumber Company, as a timber evaluator. He was called a "log scaler" and measured amount of timber with a log scaling stick. For a while he was engineer for a log train and worked at night reparing engines in the engine shop. Tim worked for Kirby for many years until the lumber company burned in 1917. Then he went to work for Trout Creek Lumber Company as a night watchman at age 58. This lumber mill was located behind the old Kirbyville school building and near Tim's house. In October, 1927, age 67, Tim attended the 38th annual session of South East Texas Free Will Baptist Association at the Friendship Church near Roganville. He also attended the 39th annual session at Cairo Springs and in 1930 he attended the session at North Zulch, Madison County, Texas.

In 1931, Tim was 71 years old and still employed as a night watchman at the Trout Creek Lumber Mill in Kirbyville. He died of pneumonia, April 16, 1931 at home. Services were held at the family home and Tim was buried in Kirbyville Cemetery.

Chester Lee recounted to his daughter that "The old pendulum clock the family owned was won by Tim. A Kirbyville store owner offered the clock as a prize to the man who paid up his bill. Poppa owed 50 cents and paid up."

Joshua married Emily Ann Westbrook on 6 Oct 1886 in Tram Town, Jasper County, Texas. Emily (daughter of William Westbrook and Emily Huffman) was born on 11 Feb 1865 in Jasper County, Texas; died on 18 Jan 1933 in Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas; was buried in Kirbyville City Cemetery, Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

CENSUS YR: 1850 STATE or TERRITORY: GA COUNTY: Decatur DIVISION: District No. 22 REEL NO: 432-67 PAGE NO: 74A HN FN LAST NAME FIRST NAME AGE SEX RACE OCCUP. VAL. BIRTHPLACE

687 687 Lee E. 52 M Farmer 400 SC
687 687 Lee Hannah 50 F NC
687 687 Lee Stephen 19 M Laborer GA 687 687 Lee Elias 10 M GA

Could this be the Elias Lee (born ca 1840) who married Dorcas Morgan? It appears that he would have been too young to marry in 1864. But could there be an error in the age on either the transcription or on the census itself? Jo Ann Lee Gartig said that Elias M.C. Lee's father was named Ebenezer. There was an Ebenzar Lee listed as a head of household on the 1840 Decatur County, Georgia census, enumerated immediately before Joshua T. Hawthorn. His household consisted of 1 male under 5, 1 male 10-15, one male 15-20, one male 20-30, and one male 30-40. There were also three females in the home, one between 15-20, the next between 20-30 and the final female household member between the ages of 30 and 40.

Elias married Dorcus Morgan on 23 Nov 1854 in Decatur County, Georgia. Dorcus (daughter of Daniel Morgan and Mary ???) was born about 1836 in North Carolina; died before 1886. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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In 1870, she was living next to her brother, James Morgan.

According to the FamilySearch 1880 Census:

Census Place:Precinct 3, Jasper, Texas Source:FHL Film 1255313 National Archives Film T9-1313 Page 15 RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace Darcus LEESelfFWW43NC Occ:Keeping HouseFa: NCMo: NC Ebenezer LEESonMSW22GA Occ:Works On FarmFa: GAMo: NC Daniel MORGANFatherMWW79NC Occ:Retired FarmerFa: NCMo: NC Owen MORGANBrotherMSW45NC Occ:IdleFa: NCMo: NC Alley MORGANBrotherMSW18TX Occ:At HomeFa: NCMo: GA

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Married:
Per www.rootsweb.com/~gadecatu/marriage

Dorcas Morgan m Elias M.C. Lee on 23 Nov 1854

William married Emily Huffman. Emily (daughter of Asa Owen Huffman and Emily A.L. ???) was born about 1839 in Georgia; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]