Son of George Washington Alston and Elizabeth Sanders. Married Hattie Cadenhead on June 13, 1889 in Smith Co., Texas, USA. Lee and Hattie had two daughters and one son: Myrtie Leath Alston b. 1893; George Henry Alston b. 1897; and Hattie Lee Alston b. 1902. Joseph Lee was working on the railroad in Muskogee, Oklahoma when he contracted "brain fever" and died there.
Son of George Washington Alston and Elizabeth Sanders. Married Hattie Cadenhead on June 13, 1889 in Smith Co., Texas, USA. Lee and Hattie had two daughters and one son: Myrtie Leath Alston b. 1893; George Henry Alston b. 1897; and Hattie Lee Alston b. 1902. Joseph Lee was working on the railroad in Muskogee, Oklahoma when he contracted "brain fever" and died there.
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Joseph "Lee" Alston was buried in an unmarked grave for 111 years. On Feb. 28, 2013, seven of his eight great-grandchildren descended from his daughter, Myrtie Leath Alston, placed a headstone at his grave.
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