Lee was born February 1, 1896, in Miller Grove, TX. In the 1900 census, he is living with his parents and five siblings on his grandmother's farm.
His father died in 1906, when he was 10 yrs old, leaving his mother with five kids at home.
In the 1910 census, he is 14 years old, still living with his mother and four siblings at the farm.
When he was about 19, married Ibah Easley on October 7, 1915.
In the 1920 census, they were living in Hopkins County on County Line Rd, with their two young sons and Lee's brother, JW Beasley was living with them.
They were farmers and lived and worked in East Texas and much later in West Texas. They had their 7th baby, RL on March 22, 1929 and sadly, Ibah developed septicemia and died on April 11, 1929, leaving Lee with a baby and six young children. RL, an infant was adopted and Lee struggled to keep his young family together. He refused to place his children in an orphanage and took them to the fields when he worked. The youngest ones played in the shade of the wagon.
In the 1930 census, Lee and his six children are listed as having moved back to Hunt Country, Texas, and were living with his brother Wesley Beasley and his family. It is hard to imagine the struggles he faced as a farm laborer during the depression.
About 1932 he married Bessie Hipp and they had two more sons.
In the 1940 census, they had seven children at home and were still farming.
He lived in Cumby, TX, until he died on February 6, 1977 after a stroke a year or so before his death.
His father died in 1906, when he was 10 yrs old, leaving his mother with five kids at home.
In the 1910 census, he is 14 years old, still living with his mother and four siblings at the farm.
When he was about 19, married Ibah Easley on October 7, 1915.
In the 1920 census, they were living in Hopkins County on County Line Rd, with their two young sons and Lee's brother, JW Beasley was living with them.
They were farmers and lived and worked in East Texas and much later in West Texas. They had their 7th baby, RL on March 22, 1929 and sadly, Ibah developed septicemia and died on April 11, 1929, leaving Lee with a baby and six young children. RL, an infant was adopted and Lee struggled to keep his young family together. He refused to place his children in an orphanage and took them to the fields when he worked. The youngest ones played in the shade of the wagon.
In the 1930 census, Lee and his six children are listed as having moved back to Hunt Country, Texas, and were living with his brother Wesley Beasley and his family. It is hard to imagine the struggles he faced as a farm laborer during the depression.
About 1932 he married Bessie Hipp and they had two more sons.
In the 1940 census, they had seven children at home and were still farming.
He lived in Cumby, TX, until he died on February 6, 1977 after a stroke a year or so before his death.
Lee was born February 1, 1896, in Miller Grove, TX. In the 1900 census, he is living with his parents and five siblings on his grandmother's farm.
His father died in 1906, when he was 10 yrs old, leaving his mother with five kids at home.
In the 1910 census, he is 14 years old, still living with his mother and four siblings at the farm.
When he was about 19, married Ibah Easley on October 7, 1915.
In the 1920 census, they were living in Hopkins County on County Line Rd, with their two young sons and Lee's brother, JW Beasley was living with them.
They were farmers and lived and worked in East Texas and much later in West Texas. They had their 7th baby, RL on March 22, 1929 and sadly, Ibah developed septicemia and died on April 11, 1929, leaving Lee with a baby and six young children. RL, an infant was adopted and Lee struggled to keep his young family together. He refused to place his children in an orphanage and took them to the fields when he worked. The youngest ones played in the shade of the wagon.
In the 1930 census, Lee and his six children are listed as having moved back to Hunt Country, Texas, and were living with his brother Wesley Beasley and his family. It is hard to imagine the struggles he faced as a farm laborer during the depression.
About 1932 he married Bessie Hipp and they had two more sons.
In the 1940 census, they had seven children at home and were still farming.
He lived in Cumby, TX, until he died on February 6, 1977 after a stroke a year or so before his death.
His father died in 1906, when he was 10 yrs old, leaving his mother with five kids at home.
In the 1910 census, he is 14 years old, still living with his mother and four siblings at the farm.
When he was about 19, married Ibah Easley on October 7, 1915.
In the 1920 census, they were living in Hopkins County on County Line Rd, with their two young sons and Lee's brother, JW Beasley was living with them.
They were farmers and lived and worked in East Texas and much later in West Texas. They had their 7th baby, RL on March 22, 1929 and sadly, Ibah developed septicemia and died on April 11, 1929, leaving Lee with a baby and six young children. RL, an infant was adopted and Lee struggled to keep his young family together. He refused to place his children in an orphanage and took them to the fields when he worked. The youngest ones played in the shade of the wagon.
In the 1930 census, Lee and his six children are listed as having moved back to Hunt Country, Texas, and were living with his brother Wesley Beasley and his family. It is hard to imagine the struggles he faced as a farm laborer during the depression.
About 1932 he married Bessie Hipp and they had two more sons.
In the 1940 census, they had seven children at home and were still farming.
He lived in Cumby, TX, until he died on February 6, 1977 after a stroke a year or so before his death.
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